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

like those puppies too! Those puppies are smart! I don’t think they realized what I am, but they realized that I was

the puppy with a satisfied

Nobody here is on my

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

‘Really?’

course, Cale had finished his conversation with Alberu, but Raon did not know

while Cale started

Tap.

the document down on the table

“What do you think?”

a question and she immediately started to

conditions, but…

gaze turned

are aiming

Kingdom become a strong nation with Elisneh

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

other facilities for

when traveling to other nations,

a toll gate on

recalled the toll gate fee people needed to pay to use the safe

Kingdom’s 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 fastest, safest, and had the

of money even at the

Cale started to speak.

all people should know most about things related to the

The one time.

Jopis almost defeated Elisneh the

the one who created the road maintenance plan that

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

plan that started all of

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

them are

said that both of

help her, the Molden Kingdom could probably

Jopis started to smile.

most. But giving the toll to the Roan

a long-term contract. Furthermore, there are other venues that fund the Molden Kingdom even

The currency exchange stores owned by

they fixed up the roads all belonged to the kingdom, with them giving the small merchant guilds that built their homes in the Molden Kingdom permission

said to be more than the

Jopis started to speak.

roads as soon as the

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

to speak

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

a sip of tea before continuing to

become the Molden Kingdom’s ally, prevent the invasion from nearby kingdoms, handle

was fine to give a portion of a couple years worth of toll if the Roan Kingdom would do as it

everything it says it will do? Especially when it is

saw Cale pointing at

pointed at Bud and

the leader of the Mercenaries Guild, a large

information and assassin households who had been living in

“Aha.”

who gasped put her chin on her hands as she looked

household work for the Roan

to speak at

was an aspect where you were significantly lacking in comparison

his arms

their way here… He had modified this offer

current document in Jopis’s hand

would that

Ron started to smile.

but above

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

Click.

her teacup

toward the people in the

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

teacup

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

“Haha-”

cup rippled following Jopis's laughter. She

I learned about Arm… Elisneh… It was as I investigated that bitch. I learned that Arm was her source

her pride

as her expression showed,

had wanted to turn the Molden Kingdom into a strong kingdom

as she

money that is supposed to go to the Molden Kingdom's true small

not be wrong to say that the Molden

Cale started to speak.

bases and quickly

located in the Molden

Illusionist, Elisneh the

benefit each other according to the

gaze away from Cale and looked

money have to

throw away its name

was only one thing left if they took out

I guess only

sparkled as

flows where money

to speak as if she was responding to

a couple of the

responded with

I preferred having you being an assassin in

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

what about the

blankly

“Ah.”

elegantly as if she

he was fooled by the puppies and was being held hostage. Should I ask your close

at that