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.

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

the

about we discuss a subject we can both

you mean

and only focused on Cale even as the tea was cooling

started to speak at

for the Illusionist’s illusions

disappeared from Jopis’s

“Which Illusionist?”

ignorance even though you know everything. I

“Aha.”

it could have belonged in a

secrets, but you already knew everything about that crazy bitch before coming

‘…Hmm?’

flinched before asking a

heard the two of you were close to

it because I called my older sister

Click.

the teacup down and continuing

no family of mine. That is why she is

Click, click.

the cold tea and replaced it

tea

to say anything about myself if possible, but it

She recalled the past.

I realized that I

“Ruff, ruff!”

dirty puppy that

I became this child's mother and friend. The moment I acknowledged that I was a shaman, I also realized that I

mind had dispersed, revealing the truth to

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

those questions but decided to focus

that my family, the royal court, and even the entire Molden kingdom was being tricked by that

you saying Elisneh the First is showing an illusion to the entire

Han interjected into

no need to do that. She acted as a benevolent monarch and covered her horrible

the dead mana inside the

after hearing

sir, you really know pretty much

nodded her head and sat

away. I saw that river that flows in a zigzag pattern. I attempted

you tell other people the truth

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

servants, and maids are under the illusion. Furthermore, Elisneh the First has pretended to be a benevolent monarch to the

had continued to develop the

would realize her inner

not get rid of

a bitter smile on

follow me was not because they realized Elisneh's true nature, but because they trusted me more and

“Ruff, ruff!”

puppy that was rubbing

these children

Cale could not understand as he heard Jopis's

Elisneh keep you

only person in the palace who had realized the illusion. Why did Elisneh

younger sister? Because of affection for her

Smile.

smile appear

could also see the corners of her

she wanted to see

people were in Elisneh’s hands, pretty much

tried to

said that death was too easy of a price to pay for hindering her. She told me to live in sorrow without being able to do anything

a sad smile

I decided

woman

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

“Am I that person?”

leaned forward and whispered to

to give me my

for someone who just wants her freedom. Am

silent for a moment

good at reading

raised his hand. He started to speak once Choi

of

“Of course.”

Jopis remained quietly.

so

gag was removed. He could finally explain the reason he

Molden palace when I got some information that there might be a maze in the basement. That maze is something only the royal family knows how to

he had come

royal family other than Princess Jopis was known for being close and loving. That was why Princess Jopis

‘A maze.’

from Elf priestess Adite. He had only heard about the dead mana on the way to the fake World

have held the detailed explanation off until they met

Sniff sniff.

Cale lowered his head.

Sniff sniff.

sniffing him. It then wagged its tail and barked toward

“Ruff, ruff ruff!”

eyes opened wide for a moment before she smiled and started

you are not the devil. In fact,

complete nonsense. I am a bad

Cale, but Cale did not notice as the three of them had already

Tap. Tap.

for a bit before starting to

“First.”

their faces became

you to be the ‘guide’ for the maze. And you just want your freedom as compensation. You'll take care of

“That is correct.”

“You total scammer.”

“…What did you say?”

graceful tone. However, Cale was calm as he

seems extremely beneficial only

was aiming for

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