Gathering Wives with a System

Chapter 675: Three Demands, I Want You, NTR (?)

”Lord Isaac, we want to invite Lady Emily to join our party on our journey to search for the materials we need. At the least, we hope she would explore the Great Dungeon with us,” Reiner said.

Isaac listened without interrupting. Reiner explained that the deeper they went into the Great Dungeon, the higher the concentration of mana became, and with it came rare herbs, minerals, monster materials, and other resources that could not be found in the lower Areas, or wilderness.

Their problem was their own strength, because even if they knew where valuable materials could be found, they might not be strong enough to reach those Areas quickly, while Emily would make the difference between struggling through the dungeon and reaching those places with confidence.

Isaac nodded slowly. Inwardly, however, he was frowning. He understood their situation and could verify everything they had told him with little effort, so there was almost no reason to believe they were lying.

Their request was also being made for a good cause, and if the materials they gathered could help the Ascender of their kingdom, it would save hundreds of thousands of people, so Isaac had no intention of allowing his personal feelings to interfere with that. Unfortunately, there was one problem.

They were asking for his wife.

Isaac knew exactly where the dark feeling in his chest came from. It was one of the instincts he had inherited as a dragon, and although he had already accepted that possessive side of himself, knowing the reason did not make the feeling disappear.

If he had to compare it to something more familiar, it would be like someone from another business company walking into his office and politely asking him to let Selene join their company for a while. Even if they had a perfectly reasonable explanation, Isaac knew it would irritate him terribly, and depending on the circumstances, he might even punch the person who asked.

The same was true now. They were not trying to take Emily away from him, and their request had nothing improper behind it, but the part of him that considered Emily his own did not care about such distinctions.

Still, he was not going to let that unreasonable instinct cause trouble for innocent people. There was no logical reason for him to be unreasonable, except for the simple fact that they had asked for his wife.

”I understand what you need. Emily will not be able to help you. That said, I will do it,” Isaac said at last.

”Huh?”

Reiner stared at him in surprise, and the others looked equally confused. Even the Saintess seemed unable to understand what Isaac meant.

Isaac smiled faintly. ”Are you doubting my strength?”

”No, never, Lord Isaac. That was not what I meant,” Reiner replied with a strained smile.

Isaac could tell they were, in fact, doubting him. It was understandable because he had rarely displayed his true strength in front of other people, while Emily’s power was much easier to guess from what she had already accomplished and the speed at which she continued to grow.

So Isaac decided to remove their doubts.

He raised one hand.

The space around him suddenly distorted, and a Mirror Dimension began to unfold. The change immediately put the adventurers on alert as weapons were drawn, while the Saintess gripped her staff and began gathering mana around her body.

”Relax. I pledge it on my name as Isaac Hargraves that I have no intention of harming any of you,” Isaac said.

The adventurers hesitated before lowering their weapons slightly. There was no supernatural power attached to making such a vow, and Isaac’s words did not force them to trust him, but his position did matter.

Isaac was becoming a major businessman, and his agricultural projects were already known to Reiner’s group. His companies were expanding rapidly, and his reputation was becoming increasingly valuable.

If an adventuring party suddenly disappeared after meeting Isaac Hargraves, the consequences for his image would be considerable. That was enough for them to stop resisting.

Isaac smiled. The Mirror Dimension fully unfolded.

With a simple movement of his hand, Isaac used Telekinesis strengthened by evolved Aura and tore open the ceiling of the building. Stone and wood were lifted away as though they weighed nothing, exposing the night sky above them.

Then enormous black dragon wings emerged from Isaac’s back. Before anyone could properly react, Telekinesis wrapped around the entire group, lifting their feet from the ground.