We Do Business In Full Auto [EN]: Chapter 162

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Mysterious Hunter Exploration Project (2)

Throughout the entire journey home, I was consumed by a single thought.

Could it be that Lisa, with her brilliant mind, hadn’t noticed anything about my secret?

I occasionally used sleep magic on her and trained with Sujeong, but not every day.

Eventually, Lisa must have realized that Sujeong and I were sneaking out in the dead of night a few times.

It’s been quite a while since I married Lisa.

It would be odd if she hadn’t noticed anything during all that time.

So, should I tell Lisa?

Could it be that I’m also falling into a common male delusion?

Many husbands in this world create secret stashes of money or do various silly things behind their wives’ backs. But what’s amazing is that most of these things get discovered. It’s almost impossible to deceive a woman’s intuition unless you’re a highly skilled con artist.

Even if she doesn’t know exactly what I’m up to, she probably suspects something is going on.

But why hasn’t Lisa said anything until now?

‘I trust you.’

That’s what Lisa says almost habitually.

If that’s the case, I thought it was time for me to reveal the truth to her.

If I keep deceiving her, that trust will be broken someday, and that’s not what I want.

“I have no choice.”

“What do you mean?”

“I have to tell Lisa. I’m about to even move between dimensions, so it doesn’t make sense to keep it a secret.”

“She’ll be very shocked.”

“Can I hide it just because she’ll be shocked?”

I made up my mind.

Now that it’s come to this, I had no choice but to tell Lisa everything.

“Today is the day of reckoning.”

“I hope you survive.”

“Maybe Lisa already knows. Though she might not be thinking about black magic.”

I arrived in front of the house.

Soon, I have to settle things with Lisa.

Perhaps in the distant future, I may have to move my residence to another world. So, it was better to talk about it now, while I had time to minimize the shock.

Ding-dong!

The door opened, and a delicious smell wafted out.

As expected, Lisa was preparing dinner.

“Dad!”

Sua and Sujeong ran over.

My daughters hugged and rubbed against me, and Sujeong whispered in my ear.

“Half of the translation is done.”

“Already?”

“Hehe. Who is Sujeong? That’s nothing to me.”

I was speechless.

Black mages who had been studying black magic for a long time were having trouble with the translation.

It was more than just translation; it was deciphering the runes and adding context to them. Unfortunately, the history of black magic was so old, and the original texts were completely tattered. Many of the original spells had disappeared while being rewritten and annotated several times.

However, since black mages had been steadily researching black magic, a considerable portion of the lost parts had been restored.

“Let’s talk about that tomorrow on the way to school.”

“Okay!”

“You’re here?”

I had just finished talking to Sujeong when Lisa approached.

I gently kissed Lisa on the forehead.

“How have you been?”

“I’m always the same.”

I could see Lisa smiling contentedly.

Of course, I thought she was smiling contentedly, but if someone else saw it, they would just think she was smiling faintly.

When I sat down at the table, it was a feast again today.

Lisa prepared a meal like this every day without fail.

As she had promised me at first, she was keeping her promise to be a woman worthy of me, as I wanted a wise and good wife.

I then made all sorts of promises to take responsibility for her and make her happy.

Lisa always fulfilled her responsibilities in that position, and I failed in business and made my family suffer.

‘Yes. I have to tell Lisa. If there are secrets between husband and wife, that trust won’t last long.’

Although I hadn’t been married for a long time, I knew how to maintain trust between husband and wife.

Having no secrets from each other.

Besides, I had acquired the rights to Seun Line, and a huge amount of wealth would be laundered and brought in.

It was even harder to lie.

After dinner, I waited for the children to fall asleep.

Sujeong and Sua slept almost from early evening.

Sujeong was trying to get some sleep because she had to train in the early morning, and Sua slept for at least 12 hours, just like Sujeong did in her infancy.

At 8 o’clock, I called Lisa.

“Shall we take a walk for a while? I have something to tell you.”

“Okay. I’ve been worried about gaining weight these days anyway.”

Lisa gaining weight?

That’s impossible.

Except for unavoidable circumstances, Lisa exercised for an hour every day without fail. That habit continued even after marriage.

Of course, it was unavoidable when the family was struggling, but in a stable life like these days, exercise was essential for Lisa.

She was just saying that because I said I had something to tell her.

“Then let’s go out.”

The park was dark.

The park in my childhood was a gathering place for so-called thugs. Back then, delinquent teenagers often drank or fought there.

But I don’t see that anymore.

The neatly organized park had only a few people walking around.

The weather was mild, so we sat on a park bench.

“You’re really going through a lot.”

“What do you mean? You’re the one who’s going through more.”

“I’ve been lying until now. And I’m going to talk about it today.”

“Please, speak comfortably.”

Lisa was still smiling.

Even though I started by saying that I had lied, there was no change in her expression.

This is Lisa’s strength and her scary point. She had never been angry with me even once.

When I think about it, it’s really amazing emotional control. Lisa is human, so she must get angry sometimes.

“First of all, the reason why I lied is because I have a skill that modern people can’t accept.”

“…….”

Lisa was listening quietly.

Starting with this, I told Lisa the story so far.

I learned black magic from Sujeong in my desperately poor days and used it in my business to get to where I am now.

I told her that I had reached the highest level that a human could reach and that I would be able to move dimensions soon.

Androids were the core of my business, and I explained to Lisa that they were also made with black magic.

But strangely, Lisa’s expression didn’t change at all.

Did she accept all of this?

I was sweating inwardly.

If it were ordinary women, they would have checked from head to toe to see if I was sick. And if I showed them the evidence, they would freak out.

“Congratulations on reaching the highest level.”

“Huh?”

This isn’t it?

Lisa’s reaction was completely different from what I had expected.

No one would just accept this?

“Shall we take a walk?”

“Sh, shall we?”

What is she trying to say?

Even at this moment, Lisa was not losing her smile.

Lisa’s expression wasn’t completely unchanged either. There was a reaction of her smile becoming thicker or thinner.

There were a few times when Lisa’s smile disappeared, and they were all due to things from the Cotton family.

A secluded place in the park.

Lisa very skillfully used black magic to raise a single undead.

“……!”

Roughly, Lisa’s level seems to be around 3rd Circle [a measure of magical proficiency].

I was staring at Lisa in shock.

How did this happen?

Did Sujeong teach black magic to her mother?

No. That can’t be.

Sujeong was also worried about Lisa finding out our identities. She had been putting it off until now because she didn’t know how to persuade Lisa, even though she said she had to tell her someday.

But Lisa is casting magic?

Lisa said.

“I’m the one who lied.”

“Wh, what do you mean?”

“My family itself has been learning black magic. We started a business using necromancy [magic involving raising the dead], and it became the foundation of the Lion Group.”

“Heo.”

I was so surprised that I almost fell over.

I was able to hear the detailed story from Lisa.

The Cotton family was a historic family of black mages, and the family members worked hard to inherit and develop black magic.

However, due to the witch hunts that were popular in the Middle Ages, they hesitated at the time, but when commercialization began, they developed their family business by using necromancy to use a large number of unpaid workers. That’s how the Lion Group was born.

Of course, this was a secret, and it was strictly forbidden to pass it on to anyone other than family members.

“When I was dismissed, I signed a confidentiality agreement. I was warned that I could die if I leaked black magic.”

“Re, really?”

“I’m sorry to say this to you, but Mikerin was my confidant and a collateral member of the family. She came to Korea with me to assist me, and she especially liked Sujeong, so she seems to have taught her black magic.”

“That old man in the shantytown?”

“Yes.”

After that, Lisa said it was unpredictable.

Sujeong was a genius and delved into black magic and passed it on to me.

Of course, I, who was in a family crisis, tried to use it in my business in any way possible.

Lisa was not a woman who lied.

Even if my business failed, Lisa believed that I would recover.

She didn’t think I would recover like this, but still.

In the end, necromancy came from Lisa. Of course, she says it wasn’t on purpose.

My business was booming, and the Cotton family suspected it several times. However, since James was the person dispatched from the family, there was nothing special to say until now.

And when I exceeded the 5th Circle and a large number of dummies called Androids were about to be produced, the Cotton family gave a stern warning.

After a while, when I exceeded the 6th Circle, the Cotton family became quiet.

“You have power, so you’ve been freed from the family.”

“You must have had a hard time.”

“I couldn’t help it because of the confidentiality agreement, but now you can protect me.”

“Of course. Sujeong has also reached the 5th Circle.”

“The best person in the Cotton family is probably around the 5th Circle level.”

“Do they know there that I’ve reached the 7th Circle?”

“Even if they find out, there’s nothing they can do.”

Lisa’s smile deepened.

Lisa looked relieved now.

It was a very subtle difference, but I felt that way.

Lisa hugged me.

“Thank you. And I’m sorry. I feel an infinite sense of responsibility for confessing to you now. I tried to bury the secret, but it was true that I felt uneasy on one hand. And I was worried that you would find out my secret.”

I stroked Lisa’s hair.

“Don’t worry now. I’ll smash anyone who tries to harm our family, Cotton family or whatever.”