Why Is My Husband the Villainous Schemer! - Chapter 64

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Episode 64
“Just because.”
Matt’s face twisted into an aggrieved expression that screamed, “But why?”
Carcel issued his command shortly after.
“From that position, take both hands off the ground.”
“Does that mean I should just plant my face in the dirt and die, sir?”
“Plant your face. You can manage that much, can’t you? Is it difficult?”
“……Could you at least tell me why?”
A faint crack appeared in Carcel’s otherwise expressionless face.
But with Isaar sitting across from him, he couldn’t show it—so he pressed his lips shut.
“Just because.”
Matt muttered a string of curses under his breath and planted his face on the ground.
Isaar, watching Carcel order his own aide to do this since morning, was equally speechless.
“Surely that’s unnecessary, even for a subordinate?”
“Then tell me why you’ve come.”
“My business isn’t with you—it’s with your wife.”
The last time he’d seen her, she wasn’t a wife yet. Now she was mistress of the household.
Isaar continued his words to Carcel.
“I need to discuss the business venture with your wife privately.”
“Have you taken a fancy to Asha?”
“Not particularly.”
At Isaar’s indifferent response, Carcel finally set down the documents he’d been reading.
“You won’t say anything strange to Asha, will you?”
“Strange? Like what?”
Isaar, who’d been silent for a moment, asked with a sardonic tone.
“For instance, how repulsive and revolting you are in front of my wife?”
“Asha already knows that.”
“Well, you certainly deserve each other. Enough—go discuss it with your wife and get out.”
Carcel decided to handle his own business first before that.
“Before you do, I need you to analyze a sample.”
“……How tedious.”
“It’s lavender that grew near Asha’s Magic Stone mining site. The report mentioned it had a blue tint, and that’s what I found.”
Carcel produced a sample he’d collected from his inner pocket and handed it to Isaar.
Isaar accepted it leisurely while sipping his drink.
“I’ll give it a look.”
“When Asha arrives, don’t say anything unnecessary.”
In the end, Carcel and Asha switched positions.
While Carcel awkwardly ate alongside Linea for the first time, Asha faced Isaar across the table.
Isaar dove straight to the point.
“When does mining begin?”
“Once we select a contractor, we’ll begin construction immediately.”
“When is that?”
“Carcel provided candidate companies last night, so I plan to conduct interviews and decide. Each has different strengths and weaknesses.”
Isaar extended his hand toward Asha.
Understanding the gesture, Asha readily handed over the documents.
He flipped through them casually, then tossed one back to her.
“Use this one.”
“Why?”
“Because I know Magic Stone mining better than anyone. This company is the most professional and does excellent work.”
Though it sounded arrogant on the surface, Asha actually agreed with him.
Isaar was the expert on mining, not her.
She read through the documents several more times before nodding her head.
“And I have a few questions about the mine itself.”
“Yes?”
“What region has the highest concentration of Magic Stones?”
Asha answered without hesitation.
“The Northern Region.”
Isaar’s expression grew subtle as he posed the next question.
“Why is it dangerous to use Magic Stones without refining them?”
“They explode.”
Asha answered so readily that Isaar posed his final question.
“Then how do you distinguish Special Quality Magic Stones?”
“By color.”
Isaar studied her with an odd, scrutinizing gaze as she wore a rather self-satisfied expression.
Then he applauded.
For someone so bored, he put genuine effort into his clapping.
“So? Have you confirmed something now?”
Isaar shook his head at her triumphant tone.
“Don’t wear that confident face. You got everything wrong. Where does all this confidence of yours come from?”
“Tch.”
Asha’s expression soured.
From Isaar’s perspective, it was absolutely bewildering.
“You don’t actually know any of this, so how do you know Special Quality Magic Stones are there?”
“That’s a trade secret, so I won’t tell you.”
“You’re certainly an odd woman.”
“Since you’re suspicious anyway, I figured I’d just go all out.”
Asha said this and brazenly pushed a plate toward Isaar.
“Try these cookies. They’re really delicious.”
Isaar’s expression said he was dumbfounded—but he didn’t refuse the cookies.
“Still, there’s one thing I’m certain about.”
“What’s that?”
Isaar asked curtly, his skepticism still evident.
Asha spoke to Isaar, who by now had claimed the cookie plate for himself and was munching away contentedly.
“When you first met Carcel, you successfully killed a dragon, and in Lere, you took only one spoil from the entire affair.”
Isaar’s brow furrowed for the first time.
Asha continued calmly.
“An egg.”
“Keep talking.”
“What was born from that egg was never an ordinary creature—it was probably one of the Magical Creatures forbidden in the Empire.”
Isaar’s expression twisted at those words.
“A Magical Creature!”
“Can you afford to show your feelings so easily? Salgu’s father?”
“……You really are an odd woman. How do you know all this?”
“Only I know, so don’t think about interrogating Carcel or anyone else.”
She was fully aware that Isaar would use whatever coercive means at his disposal if he wanted to.
“Since, as far as I know, you’ll never break Salgu’s picky eating habits, it’s either me or Salgu goes hungry.”
“You’re using your own child as leverage to threaten me! And you call yourself a mother?”
Isaar was shocked at Asha’s words.
“Given your temperament, you’d obviously try to touch my people to protect Salgu. How could I not warn you?”
Unable to counter, Isaar let out a cold, bitter laugh.
“So you do have something about you, after all.”
“It’s not some remarkable ability, but I have my own way of gathering information.”
“……So. Are you going to tell people about this?”
Asha shook her head.
“Honestly, one not-particularly-scary Magical Creature isn’t worth worrying about.”
“Hey!”
“I wouldn’t risk everything for one Salgu. However, as Salgu’s father, I expect you to do your best to cooperate with me.”
Isaar let out a low, disgruntled noise.
Asha emphasized once more to him.
“As you know, Salgu is incredibly picky about anything except Special Quality Magic Stones, right?”
At those words, Isaar stuffed more cookies into his mouth.
As if stress-eating were a real phenomenon, he chewed the cookies aggressively while probing Asha.
“……There is some there, right? You know something.”
“There is. I’d say your mine probably contains more Special Quality Magic Stones than any you’ve surveyed before.”
Such stones were only meaningful to Isaar, after all.
They had almost no commercial value.
So disposing of them was the usual procedure.
‘Isaar will learn this later and deal with Atilini Marquis, even helping him. I know this well enough.’
In the original story, through Lucian, Linea befriended Isaar. Afterward, she learned of Salgu’s existence by chance.
Given Linea’s nature, she adored Salgu. Because of this, Salgu loved Linea in return.
‘Salgu was such a good child that it even rescued Linea from danger.’
As Asha was thinking various thoughts, Isaar, who’d been watching carefully, cautiously opened his mouth.
“Our Salgu is good and cute. What I mean is……, come visit sometime and see for yourself.”
“Such sudden kindness?”
“How else would I know how pretty the child is and speed up the mining!”
Salgu’s father seemed impatient somehow.
Of course, even knowing the Magical Creature wouldn’t starve, he wore an expression thick with worry.
This Isaar looked completely different from the bored expression he always wore.
“Salgu won’t starve from that, you know?”
“How could you say such a thing when, as a parent, you see your child going hungry?”
Looking only at Isaar’s expression, Asha seemed like a terrible person that all heaven and earth would condemn.
She answered reluctantly, as if she had no choice.
“Understood. Calm down. Either way, I need to show results within the month.”
Though a full year hadn’t passed yet, Asha still needed to turn a profit.
Once Magic Stone products came out, sales channels were limitless, so there was no need to worry.
Asha watched Isaar, who was carefully cradling the last remaining cookie, and spoke.

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