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

gaze that said he liked her. Human! I like those puppies too! Those puppies are smart! I don’t think they realized what I am, but

puppy with a satisfied smile on

Nobody

up. He heard Raon's voice in his mind at that moment. Hey Mercenary King! The human rushed here right away to save you! He even stopped talking to the crown prince and immediately

‘Really?’

had finished his conversation with Alberu, but Raon

back toward Cale while Cale started to frown wondering what was

Tap.

document down on the table at

“What do you think?”

asked her a question and

conditions, but…

turned

are aiming for the

become a strong nation with Elisneh the First

well-maintained roads going North,

inns and other facilities for

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

similar to a toll

gate fee people needed to pay

low and charged based on the size of

they were the fastest, safest, and had the least complicated verification

Kingdom raking in a lot of money even at

Cale started to speak.

of all people should know most

The one time.

time Jopis almost

that she was the one who created the road

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

plan that started all of this was Jopis's

worked together to bring it to fruition… And Elisneh the First

of them are

said that both

her, the Molden Kingdom

Jopis started to smile.

I know about the roads the most. But

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

by the kingdom. The currency exchange stores owned by the

up the roads all belonged to the kingdom, 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

said to be more

Jopis started to speak.

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

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

to speak

Kingdom seems to also know about those Arm bastards whose f*cking heads we need to blow up.

a sip of tea before continuing

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

a portion of a couple years worth of toll if the

says it will do? Especially when it is on a

then saw Cale pointing

had pointed at Bud and

leader of the Mercenaries Guild, a large faction on

past information

“Aha.”

gasped put her chin on her hands as she

Guild and the assassin household work for the Roan

started to speak

an aspect where you were significantly lacking

his arms

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

the current document in Jopis’s

what would

Ron started to smile.

but above

elegantly nodded

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

Click.

put her

gaze headed toward the people in

you are telling me, I guess you contacted me

filled the teacup

of evidence showing that the numerous small merchant guilds that the Molden Kingdom has given permission to operate the kingdom’s facilities belong to Arm and have frequent

“Haha-”

cup rippled following Jopis's laughter. She

was as I investigated that bitch. I learned that

her pride

her expression showed, Jopis was quite

into a strong kingdom with the

grip as she continued to

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

to say that the Molden Kingdom's money was all going

Cale started to speak.

money to build bases and quickly increase their forces. I guess it

in the Molden mountain range

Elisneh

benefit each other according to the

from Cale and

money have to do with the

now throw away its name

was only one thing

I guess only information

as

where

speak as if she

couple of

with a benign

I preferred having you being an assassin in the

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 to

about the

was blankly staring at

“Ah.”

nodded her head elegantly as

Mercenary King probably doesn’t know because he was fooled by the puppies

was at