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

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

with a satisfied smile on his

talking. Nobody here is on

human rushed here right away

‘Really?’

bit. Of course, Cale had finished his conversation

he looked back toward Cale while Cale started to frown wondering

Tap.

on the

“What do you think?”

and she immediately

conditions, but…

turned toward

aiming

become a strong nation with Elisneh

had created wide and well-maintained roads going North,

and other facilities for

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

to a toll

people needed to pay to use

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

Kingdom's roads because they were the

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

Cale started to speak.

of all people should know most about things related to the

The one time.

time Jopis almost defeated Elisneh

one who created the road maintenance plan that helped

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

the original plan that started all

worked together to bring it to fruition… And Elisneh the First who had the authority to make it happen

of them

could be said that both of the sisters were

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

Jopis started to smile.

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

all of it nor is it a long-term contract. Furthermore, there are other venues that fund the Molden Kingdom even

by the kingdom. The

that built their homes in the Molden Kingdom permission to run the operations as long as they gave the

said to be more than the toll these

Jopis started to speak.

roads as soon as the palace crumbles. The entire

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

continued to speak

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

of tea

Molden Kingdom’s ally, prevent the invasion from

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

Kingdom able to do everything it says it will do? Especially

then saw Cale pointing

at

King, the leader of the Mercenaries Guild, a large faction on the Eastern

of the past information

“Aha.”

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

the assassin household work for the

speak

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

his arms and

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

was the current document in Jopis’s

would that

Ron started to smile.

but above everything else,

elegantly nodded

right. I was defeated in every area, but the worst was that damn money. There seemed to be nothing

Click.

put her

sharp gaze headed toward

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

teacup as he

our residence and started to clean the remnants of Arm… We were able to find a lot of evidence showing that the numerous small merchant guilds that the Molden Kingdom has given permission to operate the kingdom’s facilities

“Haha-”

in the cup rippled following

investigated that bitch. I learned that Arm was her source

as if her pride had

as her expression showed,

Molden Kingdom into

her grip as she continued to

true

would not be wrong to say that the Molden Kingdom's money was all going

Cale started to speak.

had been getting the money to build bases and quickly increase their forces. I guess it was only possible because they had a

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

Elisneh

to benefit each other according to the

from Cale

money have to do with the

throw away its name as

was only one thing left if

I guess

sparkled as Cale started to

where money

started to speak as if she was responding to

to run a couple of the more important

with

assassin in the darkness. You're trying to

that. She did not seem scared at all. In fact, she seemed to be planning a lot of things in her mind. She then turned her head as she continued

what about

blankly

“Ah.”

her head elegantly as

the puppies and was being held hostage. Should I ask your

was at