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

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

to pet the puppy with a satisfied smile on his

stop talking. Nobody here is on my

moment. Hey Mercenary King! The human rushed here right away to

‘Really?’

Cale had finished his

smiled as he looked back toward Cale while Cale started to

Tap.

the document down on the table at that

“What do you think?”

and she

saw many conditions, but… Your

gaze turned toward

aiming for

Molden Kingdom become a strong nation with Elisneh the

had created wide and well-maintained roads going North,

other

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

a toll gate on

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

size of the

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

the Molden Kingdom raking in a lot of money even at the

Cale started to speak.

all people should know most about

The one time.

one time Jopis almost

created the

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

the original plan that started all of

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

them

said that both

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

Jopis started to smile.

most. But giving the toll to the

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

inns owned by the kingdom. The

giving the small merchant guilds that built their homes in the Molden Kingdom permission to run the operations as long as they gave the kingdom a cut of

was said to be

Jopis started to speak.

kingdoms would aim for the Molden Kingdom’s roads as soon as the palace

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

continued to speak

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

took a sip of

ally, prevent the

to give a portion of a couple years worth of toll if the Roan Kingdom

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

then saw Cale pointing at

pointed at Bud and

Mercenary King, the leader of the Mercenaries Guild, a large faction

of the past information and assassin households who had been

“Aha.”

on her hands as she looked around at the

household

speak

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

his arms and stepped

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

was the current document in Jopis’s hand right

would that

Ron started to smile.

above

nodded her

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

Click.

her

sharp gaze headed toward

you are telling me, I guess you contacted me after

filled the teacup

that the numerous small merchant guilds that the Molden Kingdom has given permission to operate

“Haha-”

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

Arm… Elisneh… It was as I investigated that bitch.

her

as her expression showed, Jopis was quite

to turn the Molden Kingdom into

relaxed her grip as she continued

true small

wrong to say that the Molden Kingdom's money was

Cale started to speak.

and quickly increase their forces. I guess it was only possible because

the Molan Household located in the Molden mountain range and Arm’s

Elisneh

together to benefit each other according to the

her gaze away from Cale and

does that money have to do with the

will now throw away its name as

There was only one thing

guess only

as Cale

where

Ron and started to speak as if she

the rights to run a couple of the more important inns for that

with

my, oh my. I preferred having you being an assassin in the darkness. You're trying to become an even scarier

she said that. She 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

what about the Mercenaries

was blankly staring at

“Ah.”

her head elegantly as if

the puppies and

at that