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

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

pet the puppy with a satisfied

stop talking. Nobody here is on

Hey Mercenary King! The human rushed here right away to save you! He even stopped

‘Really?’

bit. Of course, Cale had finished

smiled as he looked back toward Cale while

Tap.

on the table at

“What do you think?”

question and she immediately started to

many conditions,

gaze turned toward

are aiming for the

had the Molden Kingdom become a strong nation

well-maintained roads going North, South, East, and West… They connected

were inns and other facilities for

to other nations,

a

recalled the toll gate fee people needed to pay

on the size of the party and the

the large merchant guilds used the Molden Kingdom's roads because they were the fastest, safest, and had the

in a lot of money even at the low-cost toll, increasing the commercial

Cale started to speak.

all people should know most about things related to the

The one time.

time Jopis almost

who created the road maintenance plan that

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

that the original plan

words, the idea started from Jopis but the two sisters worked together to bring it to fruition… And Elisneh the

of them are

said that both of the sisters were

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

Jopis started to smile.

about the roads the most. But giving the

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

inns owned by the kingdom. The currency exchange stores

kingdom, with them giving the small merchant guilds that built their homes in

said to be more than the

Jopis started to speak.

strong kingdoms would aim for the Molden Kingdom’s roads as soon as the palace crumbles. The entire kingdom

end after blowing up

continued to speak in

about those Arm bastards whose f*cking heads we need to blow up. I guess it makes

of

become the Molden Kingdom’s ally, prevent the invasion from nearby kingdoms, handle arbitrations, and help

a couple years worth

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

then saw Cale

had pointed at

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

whom the people of the past information and assassin households who had been living in

“Aha.”

hands as she looked

and the assassin household work for the Roan

speak at

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

crossed his arms and

He had modified this offer to Jopis

current document in Jopis’s

would that

Ron started to smile.

above everything

nodded her

in every area, but the worst was that damn money. There seemed to be

Click.

her

gaze headed toward the

me, I guess you contacted me after knowing

the teacup

remnants of Arm… We were able to find a lot of evidence showing that the numerous small merchant

“Haha-”

the cup rippled following Jopis's laughter.

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

her pride

her expression showed,

turn the Molden Kingdom into a strong

relaxed her grip as she

is supposed to go to the Molden Kingdom's true small merchant guilds and their employees is

that the Molden Kingdom's money

Cale started to speak.

and quickly increase their forces. I guess it was only possible because they had a

of the Molan Household located in the Molden mountain range

Illusionist, Elisneh the

have worked together to benefit each other according to

moved her gaze away from Cale and looked

that money have to do with

Molan household will now throw away its name

There was only one thing left if they took out

I guess only information

sparkled as Cale

flows where

speak as if she was responding to

a couple of the more important

responded with a benign

my, oh my. I preferred having you being an assassin in

at all. In fact, she seemed to be

what about the Mercenaries

was blankly staring

“Ah.”

elegantly as if she

the puppies and was being

was at that