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

that said he liked her. Human! I like those puppies too! Those puppies are smart! I

with a satisfied smile on his

talking. Nobody

heard Raon's voice in his mind at that moment. Hey Mercenary King! The human rushed here right away to

‘Really?’

course, Cale had finished his conversation with

smiled as he looked back toward Cale while

Tap.

document down on the table at that

“What do you think?”

question and

saw many conditions,

gaze turned

aiming

the Molden Kingdom become a strong nation with Elisneh

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

and other

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

similar to a

to pay to use the safe

size of the

the Molden Kingdom's roads because they were the fastest,

a lot of money even at the low-cost

Cale started to speak.

Jopis, you of all people should know most

The one time.

Jopis almost

revealed that she was the one who created the road maintenance plan that helped

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

it was revealed that the original plan that started

two sisters worked together to bring it to fruition… And Elisneh the First who had the authority to make

of them are

said that both

remained by Elisneh the First's side to help her, the Molden Kingdom could probably quickly ascend to

Jopis started to smile.

the roads the most. But giving the toll to the Roan

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

inns owned by the kingdom. The currency exchange stores owned by

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

said to be

Jopis started to speak.

nearby strong kingdoms would aim for the Molden Kingdom’s roads as soon as the palace crumbles.

did not end after blowing up

speak in

to blow up. I guess it makes sense,

a sip of tea

Molden Kingdom’s ally, prevent the

give a portion of a couple years worth

to do everything it says it will

then saw Cale pointing at two

at Bud and

Mercenaries Guild, a

whom the people of the past information and assassin households who had been living in

“Aha.”

who gasped put her chin on her hands as

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

speak

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

his arms

he had heard from Ron and Glenn on their way here… He

current document in Jopis’s hand right

would

Ron started to smile.

but above everything else,

elegantly nodded her

was defeated in every area, but the worst was that damn money.

Click.

her

toward the people in the

are telling me, I

filled the teacup as he

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 and have frequent

“Haha-”

the cup rippled following Jopis's laughter. She

investigated that bitch. I learned that Arm was her source of money and

as if her pride had

expression showed, Jopis

had wanted to turn the Molden Kingdom into a strong kingdom

as she continued to

true small merchant

that the Molden Kingdom's money was all going

Cale started to speak.

bases and quickly increase their forces.

in the Molden mountain

Illusionist, Elisneh

to benefit each other according to the

moved her gaze away from Cale and looked at

that money have to do with the Molan

throw away its name as

was only one thing left if they

I guess only

sparkled as Cale

flows where

toward Ron and started to speak as if she was responding

rights to run a couple of the

responded with a benign

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

as 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

what about the Mercenaries

blankly staring at

“Ah.”

her head elegantly

was fooled by the puppies and was being held hostage. Should I ask your close

was at that