Trash of the Count's Family

Chapter 490: Do you hear a dog barking somewhere? (2)

“Mmph, mmph!”

Bud was shaking his body from side to side and flailing around.

However, Cale who was shaking hands with Jopis did not pay him even a glance.

“Tsk.”

Ron was also clicking his tongue and not looking toward Bud at all.

Bud looked toward Choi Han who was standing behind Ron with desperation after seeing even Ron ignoring him.

“Mmph, mmph!”

Smile.

Bud could see the innocent smile that appeared on Choi Han’s face. Choi Han slightly nodded with his head before walking past Bud as if it was nothing.

Hey Mercenary King, I'm here too! Your friend said he will wait outside the fence to see if any of the watchdogs show up!

Raon's bright voice stabbed into Bud’s mind.

Hey Mercenary King, I'm glad your f*cking head didn’t get blown up!

Bud did not flail anymore. He just bit down on the gag and lowered his head. He even missed his close friend Glenn's nagging.

Unfortunately, Raon was the only one paying any attention to the sulking Bud.

Human! The Mercenary King seems sullen for some reason.

‘Nobody cares.’

Cale didn’t even look toward Bud before sitting down on a chair Jopis offered.

It was the same old table and chair that he had seen inside the video recording device. Cale and Jopis sat down on the two chairs around the old table.

Ron and Choi Han headed behind Cale without saying anything.

“I can’t have my guests remain standing.”

Jopis pointed at something for the two of them. All three of them could see the bed.

“Lie on it, roll around on it, do a headstand, please use it however you wish.”

‘…She really won't be easy to handle.’

Cale realized this fact once more as Ron started to smile.

“I do not like the bed, may I do as I wish?”

Jopis looked at Ron for a moment before elegantly nodding her head.

“Of course. The returned owner of the Molden mountain range can naturally do as he pleases.”

Ron and Jopis made eye contact.

Ron naturally knew her identity, and, as mentioned earlier, Jopis was aware of Ron and the return of the Molan household thanks to her dogs.

Jopis met Ron’s gaze with a cold gaze as Ron smiled benignly and started to move.

“Hmm?”

Her eyebrows then twitched.

“I prepared the young master-nim's favorite tea in advance.”

The old man wearing an assassin's outfit leisurely took a teapot and teacups out of his spatial pocket bag. Jopis looked around after seeing him taking out the lemon tea.

Nobody had a change in expression except the red-haired man in front of her.

The red-haired man was looking toward Ron with an unhappy expression.

‘This man is the, ‘young master-nim?’ The fact that he can frown like that toward the Molan patriarch… Must mean he really is his master.’

Jopis had observed the Mercenary King's reaction as soon as this man had appeared earlier. The way he had looked at the red-haired man with desperate eyes had shown Bud’s firm belief that this man would save him.

‘Even if I lack information about the outside, the fact that someone at the Mercenary King’s level trusts him so much and follows him must mean-’

It must mean that the person in front of her was a highly-skilled individual.

Chhhhhhh-

Two cups of tea that the patriarch of the assassin household had boiled were placed in front of Cale and Jopis.

Jopis picked up the fancy teacup that looked like something that would be used by a noble household for the first time in a long while.

“This reminds me of the times I used to drink tea in the palace.”

She then took a sip of tea as she quietly looked at the man in front of her.

Cale made a joke after seeing her observing gaze.

“Can you figure anything out by looking at my face?”

Smile.

The corners of Jopis's lips went up.

“Sir, you are young.”

She pointed to Cale.

“And I've never seen your face before. Who are you?”

The meticulous woman who did not have a single stray hair focused her similarly meticulous gaze on Cale.

Cale barely managed to stop himself from flinching after tasting the lemon tea that was more bitter than he expected as he started to speak.

“I am unable to reveal everything because I am someone who has a lot of things. Princess-nim, I must first figure out whether the information you have is the information I need.”

Cale could not trust Jopis.

“Princess does not seem to be the proper title for a dethroned person like me. Please cut the crap.”

Cale nodded his head and slightly shrugged his shoulders. She looked at him before elegantly continuing to speak.

are people who can’t say things because they have a lot of things, there are also people who can’t

of the red-haired man's lips starting to go

we discuss a subject we can both talk

wonder what you mean by

focused on Cale even as the tea

started to speak at that

not fall for the Illusionist’s illusions because you are

smile disappeared from

“Which Illusionist?”

you know

“Aha.”

in a play before she turned toward the

the Molden Kingdom’s secrets, but you already knew everything about that

‘…Hmm?’

flinched before

you

Is it because I called my

Click.

put the teacup down and

family

Click, click.

cold tea and replaced it with a new

stared at the tea and started to

was trying not to say anything about myself if possible, but it

She recalled the past.

I realized that I had a

“Ruff, ruff!”

of the dirty puppy that had been by her side

and friend. The moment I acknowledged that I was a shaman, I also realized that

mind had dispersed,

an illusion right away just by acknowledging that you are a shaman? Are

questions but decided to focus on her story for

also realized that my family, the royal court, and even the entire Molden kingdom was being tricked by that motherf*cking

is showing an illusion to the entire

interjected into

There was no need to do that. She acted as a benevolent monarch

the dead mana inside

sighed after hearing

you really

nodded her head and sat

river that flows in a zigzag pattern. I attempted to

other people

started to laugh after hearing Choi Han interject again. She looked elegant

and maids are under the illusion. Furthermore, Elisneh

continued to develop the

realize her

followed me until the last moment could not get rid of the brainwashing if they had

was a bitter

me was not because they realized Elisneh's true nature, but because

“Ruff, ruff!”

puppy that was rubbing its head on

these

something Cale could not understand as he heard Jopis's

did Elisneh keep you

who had realized the illusion. Why

was her younger sister? Because of affection for

Smile.

saw a smile

corners of her eyes

to see me go

in the palace. The brainwashed people were in Elisneh’s hands,

even tried

to pay for hindering her. She told me to live in sorrow without being able to do anything until I go

sad smile

I decided

elegant woman looked toward Cale and continued to

I’ll gladly sell my soul to the devil if I can get what I want. I've

“Am I that person?”

and

to give me

greedy for someone who just wants her

was silent for a moment before

at

started to speak

of

“Of course.”

Jopis remained quietly.

so

was removed. He could finally explain the

got some information that there might be a maze in the basement. That maze is something only the royal family

was the reason he

and loving. That was why Princess Jopis was the only person they

‘A maze.’

about the maze from Elf priestess Adite. He had only heard about the dead

Adite might have held the

Sniff sniff.

Cale lowered his head.

Sniff sniff.

circling and sniffing him. It

“Ruff, ruff ruff!”

for a moment before she smiled and started

the devil. In

is complete nonsense. I am a bad

but Cale

Tap. Tap.

on the armrest for a bit before

“First.”

leaned forward and the two of their faces became close.

the ‘guide’ for the maze. And you

“That is correct.”

“You total scammer.”

“…What did you say?”

unlike her graceful tone. However, Cale was calm as

seems extremely beneficial only

aiming

she would get her freedom, watch the palace flip over, and earn an opportunity