About Becoming My Ex-Husband's Mistress - Chapter 190

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Chapter 190. Now, Only Love Remains
“Sir Jester?”
Priscilla’s eyes widened in disbelief at the sight of the clownfish.
She soon realized they were merely two very small juveniles and could only sigh.
The trap also contained a small turtle and a conch shell.
She released the turtle first and set the conch aside.
“I’m sorry. I should have checked inside before emptying it.”
She carefully lifted the baby clownfish and released them into the sea with a plea.
“If you happen to meet Sir Jester, will you tell him to come back? All the protesting Mages have already returned. Besides, I don’t have much time left, so I’d like to see him before I go.”
The clownfish disappeared into the sea without concern.
I crouched by the water for a long time, gazing at the sea and muttering to myself.
“Here I am, talking to fish of all things.”
That was when it happened.
Two small fish leaped from the water before my eyes and vanished beneath the surface.
“?”
My eyes widened.
They were unmistakably the baby clownfish I had just released.
The fish leaped again. This time there were several baby clownfish.
Startled, I examined the sea more carefully.
Baby clownfish continued to leap from the waves.
“What… what on earth is this…?”
I cried out urgently.
“Luderne! Luderne!”
I wanted to go inside and tell him of this strange phenomenon, but I couldn’t move for fear the clownfish would suddenly disappear.
The door burst open and Luderne Sellen rushed out frantically.
“What’s wrong!”
Startled, he quickly examined me.
“I’m… I’m sorry for alarming you. It’s not me—look there.”
Luderne Sellen’s gaze turned toward the sea.
The number of leaping baby clownfish had increased.
Each time a clownfish fell back into the sea, tiny ripples spread across the surface.
Then a slightly larger ripple formed.
What leaped this time was not a juvenile. It was a clownfish of similar size to when Sir Jester had transformed.
“Luderne!”
“Priscilla! It looks like Sir Jester!”
Good heavens, Sir Jester!
Luderne Sellen immediately plunged into the sea. Though he descended directly from the rocks, the water reached his thighs.
After taking a few steps, he suddenly stopped. He then cupped both palms together and submerged them in the seawater.
I held my breath in anticipation, waiting for Sir Jester to rise in Luderne Sellen’s cupped hands along with the seawater.
But what followed was silence.
Luderne Sellen remained perfectly still, with only the sound of waves echoing all around.
After waiting a moment, I asked carefully.
“Luderne Sellen? Not Sir Jester?”
Luderne Sellen turned around, sweeping his hair back with one hand.
“This damn bastard.”
I was startled by the harsh words that escaped his lips.
“The white clownfish you just saw is definitely Sir Jester.”
Luderne Sellen came back to where I was and kissed my cheek.
“The seawater is a bit cold, but it seems like the kind of moment where you should come greet me… The meal is all ready.”
Luderne Sellen’s brow furrowed.
“The meal I went to all this trouble preparing is going to get cold.”
His expression showed he was clearly displeased with the current situation.
I kissed Luderne Sellen’s cheek in return.
“It will still be delicious. Just a moment. I’ll bring you a towel.”
I hurried into the house and grabbed a towel. And the moment I turned to leave, my gaze fell upon the dining table.
White rice, clear clam soup, and smoked pork belly were plated alongside various vegetables for wrapping the meat.
In addition, I could see a beautiful rolled egg garnished with edible flowers.
Somehow white and yellow were arranged in alternating patterns, creating a pretty striped pattern.
“Oh my goodness.”
I understood why Luderne Sellen had been displeased with Sir Jester’s untimely arrival.
He had been earnestly asking about related matters and listening to stories, and had put in considerable effort today to console my melancholy.
My heart ached and tears welled up suddenly.
I went back down to the seaside and extended my hand to Luderne Sellen.
“Will you hold my hand?”
Luderne Sellen took both my hands.
“Why does your expression look like that?”
At his concerned voice, I carefully submerged myself in the seawater from the rock, then embraced Luderne Sellen.
“I saw the dining table.”
“Ah.”
Luderne Sellen nodded.
“I did put in some effort today. But…”
Luderne Sellen’s expression as he gazed at the sea held equal parts joy and regret.
I had just one thing to say to dispel his conflicting emotions.
“I love you, Luderne Sellen.”
As expected, a smile appeared at the corners of Luderne Sellen’s mouth.
I carefully surveyed my surroundings.
Soon small baby clownfish gathered around.
Then a single clownfish swam toward me.
“Sir Jester?”
The clownfish gracefully swayed its tail as it circled around me once.
As if delighted to see me.
I took a deep breath and submerged both hands into the seawater.
The moment I turned my palms upward, young clownfish gathered abundantly around me.
The clownfish turned to observe its young for a moment, then slipped directly into my palm.
I accepted the towel Luderne Sellen offered and dried the clownfish.
Soon the towel swelled with water.
With a splash, water sprayed everywhere. A massive wave rippled across the surface.
Drenched to our heads, we wiped away the water obscuring our vision.
“Ah! The curse is finally broken!”
Sir Jester’s cry rang out.
When I opened my eyes, I saw his back as he waved toward the sea first.
“My children! Live well! If anyone bothers you, come find me, yes?”
The small clownfish leaped above the surface once more, then disappeared in a school toward the distant sea.
Sir Jester turned toward me with a broad smile.
“Have you been well? Priscilla.”
* * *
In the Reception Room of the Mage Tower, Luderne Sellen, Sir Jester, and I sat gathered together.
After sharing lunch and drinking tea, Sir Jester listened to the events that had befallen us, then began to unfold his own tale.
Dong— dong—
The grandfather clock chimed twice.
Warm steam rose gently from the tea freshly poured into the cup.
Luderne Sellen spoke casually as he brought the cup to his lips.
“It’s already two o’clock.”
Sir Jester nodded and continued his story.
From the moment he became a clownfish, he had remained in the sea of the region where we dwelled.
He said he was aware that we were searching for him.
The reason he did not return despite this.
“You said there are those who remember the regression. There was no guarantee that more such people wouldn’t emerge from this incident.”
In other words, had he returned immediately, he likely would have been beaten to death by the Mages or succumbed to countless curses.
Just as I suspected.
So he decided to take this opportunity to break the curse instead.
In Sir Jester’s case, he had said he only needed to live as a fish for a few months.
So his next concern was where he should meet a female clownfish.
“I grew tired researching clownfish courtship behavior and gave up. If all else failed, I resolved to live as your companion fish, Priscilla.”
Sir Jester suddenly laughed as he glanced at the grandfather clock in the corner of the Reception Room.
“But it turned out to be hermaphroditic. The moment life entered my belly, I felt the curse breaking.”
“You felt the curse breaking?”
“Yes. So I thought, if I continued the regression until the child was born, wouldn’t that work?”
Sir Jester then drew a rather complex magical circle on the floor of the Reception Room.
Dong— dong— dong—
At that moment, the grandfather clock placed in one corner of the Reception Room chimed three times. It was three in the afternoon.
Simultaneously, light erupted from his hand.
For an instant, something felt profoundly wrong.
“?”
While I stood bewildered, the grandfather clock chimed again.
Dong—dong—
The grandfather clock had just chimed moments ago.
Checking the time again, I doubted my own eyes.
“Two o’clock?”
At that moment, Luderne Sellen lifted a teacup with steaming warmth to his lips.
“It’s already two o’clock, it seems.”
“Pardon? It was three o’clock just now? And the magic circle here….”
In that instant, I lost all words.
As if it had never happened, the magic circle had vanished without a trace.
Yet there was a marked difference in Sir Jester’s condition.
His body was drenched in perspiration. He appeared utterly exhausted.
Observing Sir Jester’s state in response to my reaction, Luderne Sellen’s lips soon curved upward.
“Could it be a one-hour regression?”
“From now on, please set your mind at ease. The world cannot advance toward the future until Priscilla’s curse is lifted.”
Sir Jester, his resolve unwavering, nodded his head.
“If magical power runs short, I shall seize it from others.”
“If you do that, the other Mages truly won’t tolerate it. Even surrendering the entire nation might not suffice.”
Though he spoke thus, Luderne Sellen clearly showed signs of approval.
“How did you recover the time?”
Sir Jester, too, raised a wicked smile and tapped his own head with his fingers.
“All the memories from before the regression have returned. Since I’ve done it once, I can do it well a second time. Leave it to me.”
“I’m genuinely grateful.”
“To help us this much…. I’m truly grateful, Sir Jester.”
At our gratitude, Sir Jester’s smile softened.
“It’s good to repay a debt of life. And….”
Sir Jester’s gleaming gaze turned toward me.
“I’m happy to see Priscilla. Please, set your heart at ease.”
He immediately shut himself away in the Mage Tower for research.
He instructed us to send messenger birds repeatedly if no good news arrived even after the crucial date passed.
Luderne Sellen and I, our fingers interlaced, walked slowly back to the Small House.
The afternoon sunlight of midday was warm and comforting, and the sea breeze blew peacefully, lifting my spirits.
Luderne Sellen spoke first.
“Ever since the Ship Party, both you and I have thought only of conceiving a child. So it seems we became fixated on the act itself rather than the process.”
His words were true.
All this time, we had made many attempts each night. We focused on frequency rather than the experience itself.
Of course, I had always felt satisfied in those moments.
But those acts stemmed solely from a sense of duty to conceive a child.
“But today, it feels as though that burden has lifted. Though I may have incurred a tremendous debt to the Mages of the world.”
The moment Luderne Sellen stepped inside the house, he swept me into his arms and carried me toward the Bedroom.
“If I can make you happy, I would become a Demon King rather than remain an Emperor.”
His warm lips gently consumed my breath.
I wrapped my arms around his neck and accepted his tender kiss.
Before long, the soft mattress pressed against my back, and our lips parted.
When I opened my eyes, I saw Luderne Sellen hovering above me.
He smiled bewitchingly as he loosened the cravat of his shirt.
“Now I shall think only of love.”
I felt the same way.
Even if we never bore fruit, I would love only Luderne Sellen with my whole heart.
I lifted my hands to caress his face and drew his neck closer.
As though he had been waiting, his lips descended again, touching my closed eyelids.
His gentle hands, which had been caressing my hair and cheek, began to trace down the nape of my neck.
“Ah.”
As I surrendered to his touch, a gasp escaped me unbidden.
It was bliss.
So different from before.
Wherever his fingertips passed, it felt as though flowers were blooming.
Remarkably, merely by easing my mind—
A certainty bloomed within me that our desires, our dreams would be realized today, and a joyful smile rose naturally to my lips.
I tightened my grip and drew him closer, whispering the words he had always longed to hear.
“I love you, Luderne Sellen. Hold me.”
A happy smile graced his perfectly sculpted lips.
“I love you, Priscilla.”
Regarding How I Became My Ex-Husband’s Mistress
The End

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