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

those puppies too! Those puppies are smart! I don’t think they realized

with

Nobody here is

Mercenary King! The human rushed here

‘Really?’

bit. Of course, Cale had finished his conversation with

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

Tap.

on the

“What do you think?”

asked her a question and she

saw many conditions, but… Your

gaze turned toward

are aiming

strong nation with

Molden Kingdom had created wide and well-maintained roads

and other facilities for travelers along those

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

a toll

to pay to use the safe zone roads

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 least

the Molden Kingdom raking in a lot of money even

Cale started to speak.

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

The one time.

time Jopis almost defeated Elisneh

created the

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

was revealed that the original plan that started all of

sisters worked together to bring it to fruition… And

of them

be said that both of the sisters were

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

Jopis started to smile.

the most. But

contract. Furthermore, there are other venues that fund the Molden Kingdom even more than the

the kingdom. The currency

with them giving the small merchant guilds that built their homes in the Molden Kingdom permission to run the operations as

be more than the

Jopis started to speak.

roads as soon as the palace crumbles. The entire kingdom might be ripped to pieces if things go

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

continued to speak

we need to blow up. I guess it makes sense,

took a sip of tea

ally, prevent

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

to do everything it says it will do? Especially when it

Cale pointing at

had pointed at Bud and

of the Mercenaries Guild, a large faction on the Eastern

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

the Mercenaries Guild and the assassin household work for the Roan Kingdom

started to speak at that

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

crossed his arms and

here… He had modified this offer to Jopis

result was the current document in Jopis’s hand

what would that

Ron started to smile.

above everything

elegantly nodded her

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

Click.

put her

toward the

me, I guess you contacted

the teacup as he

able to find a lot of evidence showing that the numerous small merchant guilds that the Molden Kingdom has given permission to operate

“Haha-”

the cup rippled following

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

as if her pride

her expression showed, Jopis was quite

wanted to turn the Molden Kingdom into a strong

relaxed her grip as she

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

say that the Molden Kingdom's money was all

Cale started to speak.

Arm had been getting the money to build bases and quickly increase their forces. I

Molan Household located in the Molden mountain range and

Illusionist, Elisneh the

to benefit each other according to the

from Cale

what does that money have to do

throw away its name as

thing left if they took out

I guess only

as

flows where money

to speak as if she

rights to run a couple of

responded with

assassin in the darkness. You're trying

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

about

was blankly staring

“Ah.”

head elegantly

know because he was fooled by the puppies and was being held hostage. Should I

was at that