Trash of the Count's Family

Shhhh, shhhh.

Jopis was elegantly drinking tea as she looked through the document Cale handed her.

Sniff sniff!

Cale was frowning at the puppy that kept circling around him and sniffing him.

‘Why is she acting like this?’

The shabby puppy whose eyes could not be seen because of her long hair continued to remain by Cale’s side while wagging her tail.

“…She’s cute.”

Choi Han who was sitting on the bed mumbled with a dazed expression.

It was at that moment.

Tap.

The puppy placed her front paw on Cale's shoe. She then looked up at Cale.

Choi Han found it to be extremely cute.

“…So cute.”

“Cute? She's very shrewd.”

‘What?’

Choi Han’s gaze moved in a different direction. He saw Bud who was still tied down even though he no longer had the gag.

Bud continued in a sobbing tone after seeing Cale and Choi Han’s gaze focused on him.

“Those five dogs were the reason I ended up like this. My goodness, for the Mercenary King to look like this…”

“…Five dogs?”

Cale mumbled and lowered his head.

Huff huff.

The puppy tilted her head as her tail continued to wag. Cale didn’t like animals very much, but this puppy was indeed cute.

Bud continued in his sad tone.

“The ones outside the window.”

Cale's gaze headed out the window.

This window located in the old room…

Normally, he should be able to see the green trees and grass outside the window that was locked because it was autumn and cold as they were under the mountain.

However, he saw something else right now.

“…A dog?”

He saw a dog outside this window that was decently high.

‘They look similar.’

The puppy that was looking at Cale with puppy dog eyes and her paw on Cale’s shoe looked similar to the dog outside the window.

However, the puppy outside the window looked a bit cleaner than this one.

‘Is it tall enough?’

Cale thought about the high window and looked out the window as he wondered how he could see a puppy.

“Mm.”

He saw two other puppies holding up the puppy at the window sill. There was another puppy next to them roaming around as if it was the lookout.

‘…They don’t look like regular dogs?’

The puppy feigning ignorance to everything by Cale’s foot didn't seem normal either. These five fluffy puppies seemed a bit special.

"I never said that I only had the mother dog.”

Cale turned his head after hearing Jopis's elegant voice.

“I was tricked by those cute children. I let down my guard down and……!”

Bud looked extremely upset. No, he seemed depressed.

“Ruff!”

The puppy by Cale’s foot barked once with an, ‘I have no idea what he’s talking about,’ type of expression before looking toward Bud and tilting her head to the side multiple times.

“Aigoo!”

Bud looked as if he didn't know what to do as he found the puppy to be cute but also could not hide his depressed state.

“Hmm.”

Cale crossed his arms and quietly watched them.

‘I was wondering how Bud was captured when Jopis isn’t that strong of a shaman.’

That had been a question on his mind ever since he met Jopis. How did she manage to capture Bud, a sword master and someone with an ancient power, as hostage?

Bud’s ancient power was something that allowed him to get a general idea of other people's powers.

Furthermore, Jopis was not a strong shaman. In fact, she was on the weaker side.

The fact that Bud ended up as a hostage to such a person made Cale think that Bud had been captured on purpose.

However, he could now tell that the ones to capture Bud were these long-haired dirty dogs and not Jopis.

Cale's hand started to move as he started to speak.

“That’s totally my style.”

“Ruff, ruff!”

hand petted the dirty

too! Those puppies are smart! I don’t think they realized what I am, but they realized that I was

puppy with a satisfied smile on

Nobody here

mind at that moment. Hey Mercenary King! The human rushed here right away to save you! He even stopped talking to the

‘Really?’

finished

to that, Bud smiled as he looked back toward Cale while Cale started to frown wondering what

Tap.

put the document down on the table at

“What do you think?”

a question and

many conditions, but…

gaze turned toward

aiming

a strong nation with Elisneh the First

created wide and well-maintained roads

there were inns and other facilities for travelers

roads when traveling to other nations, paying the

similar to a toll

toll gate fee people needed to pay to

was very low and charged based on the size of the party and

because they were the fastest,

resulted in the Molden Kingdom raking in a lot of money even at

Cale started to speak.

all people should know

The one time.

time Jopis almost

revealed that she was the one who created the road maintenance plan

of fees and workers, dealing with the politics and administration… People had thought that Elisneh the First had

plan that started all of

started from Jopis but the two sisters worked together to bring it to fruition… And Elisneh the First who had the authority to make it happen had

them are

both of the sisters

Jopis remained by Elisneh the First's side to help her, the Molden

Jopis started to smile.

suppose I know about the roads the most. But giving

are not asking for all of it nor is it a long-term contract. Furthermore, there are other venues that fund the

kingdom. The currency exchange

they created when they fixed up the roads all belonged to the kingdom, with them giving the small merchant guilds that built their homes in the Molden Kingdom permission to run the operations as long as they gave

be more than the

Jopis started to speak.

for the Molden Kingdom’s roads as soon as the palace crumbles. The entire kingdom might be ripped to pieces if

Roan Kingdom’s proposal did not end after blowing up

speak in

up. I guess it makes sense, and I suspected it since learning about your connection to the

sip of tea before continuing

the Molden Kingdom’s ally, prevent

worth of toll if the Roan Kingdom

everything it says it will do? Especially when it is on a completely

then saw Cale pointing at

at

of the Mercenaries Guild, a large faction

was the Molan patriarch whom the people of the past information and assassin households who had been living in hiding

“Aha.”

who gasped put her chin on her hands as she looked around at the

the Mercenaries Guild and the assassin household

to speak

an aspect where you were significantly lacking in comparison to Elisneh during your fight for the

his arms and stepped

Glenn on their way here… He had modified this offer

result was the current document in Jopis’s hand right

would

Ron started to smile.

above

elegantly nodded her

was defeated in every area, but the worst was that damn money. There seemed to be nothing

Click.

her teacup

toward the people in

I guess

teacup as

lot of evidence showing that the numerous small merchant guilds that the Molden Kingdom has given permission to operate the kingdom’s facilities belong to Arm and have

“Haha-”

the cup rippled following Jopis's laughter. She tightly clenched her

Elisneh… It was as I investigated that bitch. I learned that Arm was her source of

if her

her expression showed, Jopis was

to turn the Molden Kingdom into a strong kingdom

grip as

money that is supposed to go to the Molden Kingdom's true small merchant

wrong to say that the Molden Kingdom's money was all going

Cale started to speak.

the money to build bases and quickly increase their forces. I guess it was only possible because they had a

Household located in the Molden mountain range and Arm’s

Illusionist, Elisneh

together to benefit each

from Cale and

does that money have to do with the Molan

Molan household will now throw away its name

only one thing left

guess

eyes sparkled as

flows where

Ron and started to speak as

of the more

with a benign

being an assassin in the darkness. You're trying to

to be planning a lot of things in her mind. She then turned her head

about the Mercenaries

blankly staring

“Ah.”

her head elegantly as if she

doesn’t know because he was fooled by the puppies and was being held hostage.

at that