This Emperor Is Running a Marriage Scam - Chapter 65

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Chapter 65

 

Potter, who employed Cosette, had a quick temper and often got angry.

 

However, he was always sincere about pottery and didn’t try to pry too much into Cosette’s situation, nor did he look down on her for losing her hometown. His younger brother Carter was also kind.

 

At some point, Potter became very affectionate, so Cosette opened her heart to him.

 

Not long after, Potter proposed to Cosette, and they got married.

 

Cosette thought.

 

That even if life wasn’t abundant, it would be stable. That she could finally live happily while firing pottery and restoring Crooke.

 

“This is my lifelong wish. I thought my husband wouldn’t oppose it. But.”

 

Potter opposed it from the moment he heard about the materials.

 

Cosette was hurt again by his unexpectedly intense reaction.

 

“I mean, the materials are right in the forest ahead, so what’s the problem with obtaining them? If my husband hadn’t shown such a terrible rejection, we wouldn’t have fought.”

 

Potter sighed at Cosette’s story.

 

“You didn’t tell me that.”

 

With his softened attitude, Cosette’s tone also became gentler.

 

“If I had told you, if you had known, would you have allowed me to make it?”

 

Potter shook his head without hesitation. His brow was furrowed again.

 

“No. Even if I had known, my choice would have been the same. Whether it’s the Royal Palace’s secret technique or your late mother’s legacy.”

 

He grabbed Cosette’s wrist and pointed toward the workshop.

 

“This place won’t do. Besides, you saw there are monsters. Even if we deal with them immediately, if there’s a Gate, more will come out. So let’s go back now.”

 

Cosette shook off his hand and stepped back.

 

“No.”

 

Cosette pointed to the lumps piled up on one side of the tent.

 

“If we’re going to leave, we need to take at least all of that with us.”

 

Potter sighed.

 

“How can we move all of that? It took us forever just to find this place. Besides.”

 

While speaking and looking toward the forest, Potter suddenly flinched.

 

“Ugh.”

 

He let out a groan and staggered backward. His complexion gradually turned pale.

 

In an atmosphere as if he had witnessed a monster, we quickly checked what Potter was looking at.

 

But it wasn’t a monster. What was visible through the trees were armed knights.

 

“Not visible here.”

 

“Nothing here either!”

 

They repeatedly shouted the same words as they approached this way.

 

“Q-quickly, l-let’s go back.”

 

And Potter began trembling and stuttering.

 

“W-w-we c-can’t encounter them. H-hurry, let’s run away.”

 

“What are you talking about? Brother. Those aren’t monsters, they’re The Lord’s knights.”

 

“I-I know! Damn! T-that’s why we n-need to l-leave quickly!”

 

Then one of the knights pointed this way.

 

“Vice-Captain! There are people over there!”

 

The knights who discovered us came rushing over.

 

“Don’t move!”

 

“Hiiiik!”

 

At the same time, Potter collapsed as if his legs had given out.

 

“What’s this?”

 

One of the knights who seemed to have a high rank stepped forward. His face glistening with grease, he smirked the moment his eyes met Potter’s.

 

“Oh ho, now I see it’s the dirt-worker Potter, isn’t it? Long time no see?”

 

“V-Vice-Captain.”

 

Potter barely called out to him with a trembling voice.

 

“Yes, yes. It’s me.”

 

The Vice-Captain looked around at the tent and surrounding facilities, then laughed as if amazed.

 

“I’m sure I told you not to collect materials in the forest, didn’t I?”

 

He examined the wooden containers for purification installed by one side of the pond, then kicked one of them hard with his foot.

 

“Who gave you permission to damage nature? Huh? Is this forest yours?”

 

The muddy suspension inside the container spilled out, covering the ground and mixing into the pond. He had kicked it so hard that the small circular wooden piece supporting the container bounced away from the impact.

 

“Kyah! What the hell are you doing?”

 

At the same time, Cosette screamed and stood in front of the container.

 

She tried to set the fallen wooden container upright while glaring at the Vice-Captain.

 

“This isn’t The Lord’s forest, it’s state-owned land! And why are you doing this to my husband!”

 

“Huh? Husband?”

 

The Vice-Captain burst into hearty laughter.

 

“Why? Because I hate the sight of that bastard. Who told him to catch my eye?”

 

He approached the collapsed Potter and kicked him lightly while speaking.

 

“Hey, idiot! When I beat the hell out of you, didn’t I tell you what would happen if I saw you in the forest again?”

 

Potter had no answer. With dilated pupils, he just gasped for breath and trembled. He looked like he had fallen into panic as past trauma resurfaced.

 

“Well, seeing you lower your tail like a scared mutt, you don’t seem to have forgotten my warning.”

 

The Vice-Captain looked around and made eye contact with each of us in turn.

 

“Should I tell the story with so many spectators? Aren’t you curious? How much of an idiot this bastard is.”

 

He began mocking Potter while walking back and forth leisurely with his nose in the air.

 

About ten years ago, the Vice-Captain encountered Potter who was collecting pottery materials in the forest. He thoroughly beat up Potter and despised him, charging him with the crime of trespassing on private property.

 

“When I caught him and beat him like a dog, he completely lost his mind and knelt before me like this! Huh? Crying his eyes out.”

 

The Vice-Captain slightly bent his knees and pretended to cry while clasping his hands together.

 

“Boo hoo! Waaah! V-V-Vice-Captain! Pwease pwease spare me! Waaah!”

 

Several knights tried to hold back their laughter at his deliberately lisping voice.

 

“He begged so pitifully, swearing that he would never, ever enter the forest again for the rest of his wife!”

 

The Vice-Captain deliberately made his actions even more exaggerated for show. Finally, laughter erupted among the knights.

 

“Regardless of that, when I beat him some more.”

 

Excited by his subordinates’ good reaction, the Vice-Captain pointed to the ground at his feet, then moved his finger as if drawing a long line.

 

“Finally, moisture soaked his pants and he made a river all the way to there! Kahahaha! And there’s more?”

 

The knights’ laughter grew louder at his blatant mockery, and Potter’s head dropped to the ground. He looked like he didn’t know what to do from shame.

 

I had to stop the Vice-Captain from tormenting Potter. But there wasn’t a good way to do it.

 

Looking at that man’s disposition, if someone without verified identity stepped forward, things would likely get more complicated, and he didn’t seem like the type to go easy on a child.

 

‘Then it would be best if Raven and Kimarise came.’

 

But both of them were in a situation where we didn’t know when they’d return.

 

‘…What to do.’

 

While I was briefly contemplating, angry Cosette screamed and rushed at the Vice-Captain.

 

“What are you saying! You bastard! We pay taxes according to the domain law!”

 

Everyone’s attention focused on Cosette. The knights quickly grabbed Cosette while watching the Vice-Captain’s reaction.

 

“Let go of this! You bastards!”

 

“Ah! What are you doing to sister-in-law! Brother! Snap out of it!”

 

Carter also dropped the iron rake he was holding and tried to remove the hands of the knights who had grabbed Cosette.

 

“Ah! Let go! What strength does a woman have that you’re doing this?”

 

At his protest, the Vice-Captain shouted angrily and gave an order.

 

“What are you doing! Subdue that bastard too!”

 

Even more commotion ensued.

 

“Nuna, what should we do?”

 

Kyle asked in a lowered voice. Baron was staring intently at them with furrowed brows, thinking about something.

 

“Well… Hmm.”

 

That’s when it happened. As I pondered for a moment, my eyes caught sight of the wooden barrel the Vice-Captain had kicked over, the humus-rich organic matter scattered around it, the wood fragments, and the iron rake Carter had just discarded.

 

‘Wait, the Vice-Captain definitely only paced back and forth within a certain distance, right?’

 

I assessed the terrain of the area where the Vice-Captain had been pacing. This Open Clearing happened to form a gentle curve.

 

‘In that case. Should I leave it to luck?’

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