it's not that he smart, he's just asking for stuff and she isn't resisting, I don't think he really threatened to smash the amulet if he/she said no, all he said was there would be "consequences". It's more like a middle ages story of a pimp training his hoe.
@mac77 in chapter 1 he threatened to throw it into the firepit and in this one he asked if he should just go ahead and smash it after he/she said he was blackmailing him/her.