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

Human! I like those puppies too! Those puppies are smart! I don’t think they

continued to pet the puppy with a

Nobody

that moment. Hey Mercenary King! The human rushed here

‘Really?’

slouching a bit. Of course, Cale had finished his conversation with Alberu, but Raon

while Cale started to frown wondering what was up with

Tap.

put the document down on the table at

“What do you think?”

question and she immediately

conditions, but… Your

gaze turned

are aiming for the

strong nation

and well-maintained roads

other

Eastern continent used the Molden Kingdom’s roads when traveling to other nations, paying the Molden Kingdom a set fee every time

similar to a toll

needed to pay to use the

on the size of the party and the number of carts, making many

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

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

Cale started to speak.

know most about things related

The one time.

almost defeated Elisneh the

she was the one who created the road maintenance

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

was revealed that the original plan that

it to fruition… And Elisneh the

of them

said that both

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

Jopis started to smile.

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

for all of it nor is it a long-term contract. Furthermore, there are other

inns owned by the kingdom. The currency exchange stores owned by the

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 the kingdom a

was said to be

Jopis started to speak.

kingdoms would aim for the Molden Kingdom’s roads as soon as the palace

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

speak

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

sip of tea before

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

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

it will

then saw Cale

at Bud

Mercenary King, the leader of the Mercenaries

of the past information and assassin households who had been living in hiding were

“Aha.”

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

household

to speak at that

where you were significantly lacking in

crossed his arms and stepped

heard from Ron and Glenn on their way here… He had

current document

what would that

Ron started to smile.

but above everything

elegantly nodded her

in every area, but the worst was that damn money. There seemed to be nothing someone could do when they lacked those gold

Click.

her

toward

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

teacup as he

lot of evidence showing that the numerous small merchant guilds that the Molden Kingdom has given

“Haha-”

following Jopis's

that bitch. I

as if her pride had

her expression showed, Jopis was

into a

as she

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

the Molden Kingdom's money

Cale started to speak.

where Arm had been getting the money to build bases and quickly increase their forces.

the Molan Household located in the Molden mountain range and Arm’s second

Elisneh the

would have worked together to benefit each other according to the White Star's

away from Cale and

what does that money have

now throw

thing left

guess

sparkled as Cale started

flows where money

speak as if

rights to run a couple of

with

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

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

about

blankly staring at

“Ah.”

nodded her head elegantly

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

was at