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

Human! I like those puppies too! Those

pet the puppy with a satisfied smile on

Nobody here is

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

‘Really?’

slouching a bit. Of course, Cale had finished his conversation with Alberu, but Raon did not know

toward Cale while Cale started to frown wondering what was up with

Tap.

on the table at

“What do you think?”

her a question and

many conditions,

turned

aiming for the

had 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 West… They

other facilities for travelers

the Molden Kingdom’s roads when traveling to other nations, paying the Molden Kingdom a

a

to pay to use the safe zone roads once

low and charged based on the size of the party and the number of carts, making many small merchants

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

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

Cale started to speak.

of all people should know most

The one time.

almost

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

workers, dealing with the politics and administration… People had

that the original plan that started all of this was

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

of them are no

said that both of

by Elisneh the First's side to help her, the Molden Kingdom could probably quickly

Jopis started to smile.

about the roads the most.

contract. Furthermore, there are other venues that

by the kingdom. The currency exchange stores owned

giving the small merchant guilds that built their homes in the Molden Kingdom permission to run the operations as long as they gave the kingdom a

be more

Jopis started to speak.

roads as soon as the palace crumbles.

Roan Kingdom’s proposal did not end after blowing up the palace

to speak

need to blow up. I guess it makes

a sip of

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

to give a portion of a couple years worth of toll if the Roan

to do everything it says it will do?

saw Cale pointing

had pointed at Bud

the leader of the Mercenaries Guild, a

the Molan patriarch whom the people of the past information and assassin households

“Aha.”

put her chin on her hands as she looked around

the assassin household work for the Roan

started to speak at

there was an aspect where you were significantly lacking in comparison to

crossed his arms

he had heard from Ron and Glenn on their way here… He had modified this offer to Jopis

result was the current document

would

Ron started to smile.

above everything

elegantly nodded

but the worst was that damn money. There seemed to be nothing someone could do when they lacked

Click.

her teacup

toward

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

filled the teacup as he

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

“Haha-”

in the cup rippled following Jopis's laughter. She tightly

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

looked as if her pride had

her expression showed,

wanted to turn the Molden Kingdom into a

her grip as

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

say that the Molden Kingdom's money

Cale started to speak.

money to build bases and quickly

the Molan Household located in the Molden

Illusionist, Elisneh

together to benefit each other according to the

away from Cale and looked at

that money have to do

throw away

There was only one thing left

guess only information

sparkled as Cale started

where money

speak as if she was responding

a couple of the more important inns for that information

responded with a

my, oh my. I preferred having you being an assassin in the darkness. You're trying to become

did not seem scared at all. In fact, she seemed to be planning a lot of things in her mind.

about

blankly staring

“Ah.”

her head elegantly

Mercenary King probably doesn’t know because he was fooled by the puppies and was being held hostage. Should I ask your close

was at that