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

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

pet the puppy with a

Nobody here is on

Mercenary King! The human rushed here

‘Really?’

finished his conversation with Alberu, but Raon did not

back toward Cale while Cale started to frown wondering what was up with

Tap.

the document down on the table

“What do you think?”

question and

many conditions, but… Your

gaze turned

are aiming for the

the Molden Kingdom become a strong nation with Elisneh the

roads going North, South, East, and West…

other facilities

guilds of the Eastern continent used the Molden Kingdom’s roads when traveling to other nations, paying the

similar to a

needed to pay to use the safe

based on the size of the party

merchant guilds used the Molden Kingdom's roads because they

even at the

Cale started to speak.

should know most

The one time.

almost defeated Elisneh

was when it was revealed that she was the one who created the road maintenance plan that helped the Molden Kingdom grow so

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

revealed that the original plan that started all of this was

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

them

both

to help her, the Molden Kingdom could probably quickly ascend to the Eastern continent’s

Jopis started to smile.

the most. But

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

owned by the kingdom. The currency exchange stores owned

to the kingdom, with them giving the small merchant guilds that built their homes in the Molden

be more than the toll these

Jopis started to speak.

as the

did not end after blowing up

continued to speak

those Arm bastards whose f*cking heads we need to blow up. I guess it makes sense, and

a sip of tea before

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

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

the Roan Kingdom able to do everything it says it will do? Especially when it is on

saw Cale pointing at two

pointed at Bud

King, the leader of the Mercenaries Guild,

the Molan patriarch whom the people of the past information

“Aha.”

hands as she looked around at the people in the

the Mercenaries Guild and the assassin household work

started to speak at

significantly lacking in comparison to Elisneh during your fight for the

his arms

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

current document in

what would

Ron started to smile.

but above everything

nodded her

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

Click.

her

toward the

you are telling me, I guess you contacted me after

teacup as

a lot of evidence showing that the

“Haha-”

the cup rippled following Jopis's laughter. She

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

looked as if her pride

her expression showed,

turn the Molden Kingdom into a strong kingdom with

as she continued

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

the Molden Kingdom's money was all going to

Cale started to speak.

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

of the Molan Household located in the

Illusionist, Elisneh

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

her gaze away from Cale and looked

that money have to do

throw away its

There was only one thing left if they took out

guess

as Cale

where

Ron and started to speak as if she was

couple of the more important inns for that information

with

having you being an assassin in the darkness. You're trying to

said that. She did not seem scared at all. In fact, she seemed to be planning a lot of

about the Mercenaries

was blankly staring at

“Ah.”

nodded her head elegantly as if

fooled by the puppies and was being held hostage.

was at that