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!”

petted

puppy with a gaze that said he liked her. Human! I like those puppies too! Those puppies are smart! I don’t think they realized what

continued to pet the puppy with a satisfied

talking. Nobody here is

The human rushed here right away to save you! He even stopped talking

‘Really?’

Cale had finished his conversation with Alberu, but Raon did

to that, Bud smiled as he looked back toward Cale while Cale

Tap.

document down on the table at that

“What do you think?”

a question and

saw many conditions, but…

turned

aiming for

the Molden Kingdom become a strong nation with Elisneh the First at the

had created wide and well-maintained roads going North, South, East, and

and other facilities for

traveling to other nations, paying the Molden Kingdom a set fee

to a toll

to pay

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

Kingdom's roads because they were the fastest, safest, and had the least complicated

resulted in the Molden Kingdom raking in a lot of money even at the low-cost toll, increasing the commercial supremacy of the Molden

Cale started to speak.

should know most about things related

The one time.

one time Jopis almost defeated Elisneh the

when it was revealed that she was the one who created

and workers, dealing with the politics and administration…

revealed that the original plan that started all of this was Jopis's

the two sisters worked together to bring it to fruition… And Elisneh the First

of them are

both of the sisters

by Elisneh the First's side to help her, the Molden Kingdom could probably quickly ascend to the Eastern continent’s first

Jopis started to smile.

I know about the roads the most. But giving the toll to the

is it a long-term contract. Furthermore,

inns owned by the kingdom. The currency exchange stores

giving the small merchant guilds that built their

be more than the toll these

Jopis started to speak.

soon as the palace crumbles. The entire kingdom might be ripped to pieces if things

blowing up

continued to speak in a

we need to blow up. I guess it makes sense, and I

took a sip of tea

Kingdom would become the Molden Kingdom’s ally, prevent the

years worth of toll

to do everything it says it

Cale pointing

at Bud

Mercenary King, the leader of the Mercenaries Guild, a large faction

patriarch whom the people of the past information and assassin households who had been living in hiding were slowly gathering

“Aha.”

her chin on her hands as she looked around at the people in the

the Mercenaries Guild and the assassin household work for

to speak at

significantly lacking in comparison

crossed his arms and

Ron and Glenn on their way here… He had modified this offer to Jopis once using that information as background

document in Jopis’s hand right

would that

Ron started to smile.

but above everything else,

nodded her

was that damn money. There seemed to be nothing someone could do when they lacked those gold

Click.

put her

toward the people

the things you are telling me, I guess you contacted me

the teacup

the numerous small merchant guilds that the Molden Kingdom has given permission to operate the kingdom’s facilities belong to Arm and have frequent contacts with

“Haha-”

rippled following Jopis's laughter.

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

her pride

showed,

turn the Molden Kingdom into a strong kingdom

her grip as she continued to

to the Molden Kingdom's true small merchant guilds and their employees is being funneled

to say that the Molden Kingdom's money was

Cale started to speak.

money to build bases and quickly increase

located in the Molden mountain range and Arm’s second secret

Elisneh

together to benefit each other according

away from Cale and looked

money have to do with the Molan

Molan household will now throw away its name

one thing

guess only

as Cale started to

where

to speak as

rights to run a couple of

responded with a benign

an assassin in the darkness.

seem scared at all. In fact, she seemed to be planning a lot of things in her mind.

about the Mercenaries

blankly staring at

“Ah.”

elegantly

Mercenary King probably doesn’t know because he was fooled by the puppies and was being

at