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 dirty

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

stop talking. Nobody here is on

Hey Mercenary King! The human rushed here right away to save you!

‘Really?’

a bit. Of course, Cale had finished his

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

Tap.

put the document down on the

“What do you think?”

asked her a question and

conditions,

turned

are aiming for

a strong

Kingdom had created wide and well-maintained roads going North,

were inns and other facilities for travelers

numerous merchant guilds of the Eastern continent used the Molden Kingdom’s roads when traveling to other nations, paying the Molden Kingdom a set fee every time they entered

similar to a

gate fee people needed to pay to use the safe

low and charged based on the size of the party and the number of carts, making many small merchants use

the large merchant guilds used the Molden Kingdom's roads because they were the fastest, safest, and had

Kingdom raking in a lot of money even

Cale started to speak.

you of all people should know most about things related

The one time.

almost defeated Elisneh the

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

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

was revealed that the original plan that started all of this

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

them

that both of the sisters were

remained by Elisneh the First's side to help her, the Molden Kingdom

Jopis started to smile.

the roads the most.

asking for all of it nor is it a long-term contract. Furthermore, there are other venues that fund the

the kingdom. The currency exchange stores owned by the

facilities they created when 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 to run the operations as

amount was said to be

Jopis started to speak.

roads as soon as the palace

end after blowing

continued to speak in a graceful

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

took a sip of tea before continuing to

Roan Kingdom would become the Molden Kingdom’s ally, prevent

couple years worth of toll if

do everything it says it will do? Especially when it is on

Cale pointing

at Bud

of the Mercenaries

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

“Aha.”

as

and the assassin household work for the Roan Kingdom for

to speak at

significantly lacking

his arms

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

the current document in Jopis’s hand right

what would

Ron started to smile.

but above everything

elegantly nodded her

money. There seemed to be nothing someone could do when they lacked those gold

Click.

her

gaze headed toward the people in

telling me, I guess you contacted me after knowing

the teacup

our residence and started to clean the remnants of Arm… We were able to find a lot 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

“Haha-”

water in the cup rippled following Jopis's laughter. She tightly

I investigated that bitch. I learned that Arm was

looked as if her pride

showed, Jopis

had wanted to turn the Molden Kingdom into

as she

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

wrong to say that the Molden Kingdom's

Cale started to speak.

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

in the

Elisneh

to benefit

her gaze away from

what does that money have to do with the Molan

now throw away its name as

There was only one thing left if

guess

eyes sparkled as

where

toward Ron and started to speak

a couple of the more important

responded with a benign

you being an assassin in the darkness. You're trying to become an even scarier

did not seem 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

what about

was blankly staring

“Ah.”

nodded her head elegantly as if she

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

at that