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

I like those puppies too! Those puppies are smart! I

with a satisfied smile on his

talking. Nobody

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

‘Really?’

had finished his conversation with Alberu, but Raon

Cale while Cale started

Tap.

the document down on the table

“What do you think?”

question and she immediately

many conditions,

gaze turned

aiming

strong

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

there were inns and other facilities for travelers

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

similar to a toll

fee people needed to pay to use the safe zone

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

the 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

Cale started to speak.

you of all people should know most

The one time.

time Jopis almost defeated Elisneh the

that she was the one who created the road maintenance plan

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

plan that

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

of them

said that both of the sisters

her, the Molden Kingdom could probably quickly ascend to

Jopis started to smile.

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

are not asking for all of it nor is it a long-term contract. Furthermore, there are

by the kingdom. The currency exchange

merchant guilds that built their homes in the Molden Kingdom permission to

amount was said to be more than the

Jopis started to speak.

roads as soon as the palace crumbles. The entire kingdom might be

blowing

continued to speak in

to also know about those Arm bastards whose f*cking heads we need to blow up. I guess it makes sense, and I suspected it since learning

of tea before continuing

Molden Kingdom’s ally, prevent the

a portion of a couple years worth of toll if the Roan Kingdom would do

everything it says it will do? Especially when it

Cale pointing at

at Bud

of the Mercenaries Guild, a large faction on the Eastern

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

“Aha.”

her chin on her hands as

and the assassin household work for the Roan Kingdom for

started to speak at that

was an aspect where you were significantly lacking in comparison

his arms and

their way here… He had modified this offer to Jopis once using that information

was the current document in Jopis’s hand right

would

Ron started to smile.

but above everything

nodded

money. There seemed to be nothing someone could do when they lacked

Click.

put her

sharp gaze headed toward the people in

I guess you contacted me after

the teacup as he

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

“Haha-”

in the cup rippled following

bitch. I learned that Arm was her source of money and her

if her pride had

showed, Jopis

Kingdom into a strong kingdom with the Molden

grip as she continued to

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

wrong to say that the Molden Kingdom's money

Cale started to speak.

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

in the Molden mountain range and Arm’s second

Elisneh the

have worked together to benefit each other

moved her gaze away from

that money have to do with

will now throw away its name as

was only one thing left if they took out

I guess

as

where money

toward Ron and started to speak

rights to run a couple of the more

responded with a

an assassin in the darkness. You're trying

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

what about the Mercenaries

blankly

“Ah.”

her head elegantly

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

was at that