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 the

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

to pet the puppy with a satisfied smile on

just stop talking. Nobody here

at that moment. Hey Mercenary King! The human rushed here right away to save you! He

‘Really?’

stopped slouching a bit. Of course, Cale had finished his conversation

Bud smiled as he looked back toward Cale while Cale started to frown wondering what

Tap.

put the document down on the table at that

“What do you think?”

and she immediately

many conditions, but…

gaze turned

aiming

strong nation with

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

other facilities for travelers along

reasons that the numerous merchant guilds of the Eastern continent used the Molden Kingdom’s roads when traveling to other nations,

a

people needed to pay to use the safe zone

was very low and charged based on the size of the party and the number of carts, making many small

they

in the Molden Kingdom raking in a lot of money even at the low-cost toll, increasing the commercial supremacy of the

Cale started to speak.

Jopis, you of all people should know most about things related to

The one time.

almost defeated

that she was the one who created the road maintenance plan that helped the Molden Kingdom

of fees and workers, dealing with the politics and

revealed that the original plan that started all of

to bring it to fruition… And Elisneh the First who had

them are no

that both of the sisters were

to help her, the Molden Kingdom could probably

Jopis started to smile.

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

all of it nor is it a long-term contract. Furthermore, there are

kingdom. The

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

said to be more than the toll these

Jopis started to speak.

Molden Kingdom’s roads as soon as the

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

to speak in a graceful

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

a sip of tea before continuing to

ally, prevent the invasion

couple years worth of toll if the Roan Kingdom would do

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

Cale pointing

at Bud

of the Mercenaries Guild, a large faction on the Eastern

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

“Aha.”

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

the Mercenaries Guild and the assassin household

speak at

an aspect where you were significantly lacking in comparison to Elisneh during

his arms and

from Ron and Glenn on their way here… He had modified this offer to

current document in Jopis’s

would that

Ron started to smile.

above everything

elegantly nodded her

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

Click.

her teacup

gaze headed toward the people

I guess you contacted me after knowing

teacup

showing that the numerous small merchant guilds that the Molden Kingdom has given permission

“Haha-”

the cup rippled following

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

her pride had

her expression showed, Jopis was

Kingdom into

as she continued to

Kingdom's true small merchant guilds and their employees

that the Molden Kingdom's money was all

Cale started to speak.

bases and quickly

located in the Molden mountain

Elisneh the

together to benefit each other according to

moved her gaze away from Cale and

does that money have

household will now throw away its name

one thing left if they took

I guess

eyes sparkled as Cale

flows where money

to speak as if

run a couple of the more important inns for that information and

with a benign

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

at all. In fact, she seemed to be planning a lot of things in her mind.

about

blankly staring at

“Ah.”

elegantly as if

Mercenary King probably doesn’t know because he was fooled by the puppies and was being held hostage. Should

was at