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

at the puppy with a gaze that said he liked her. Human! I like those puppies too! Those

pet the puppy with a satisfied smile on

should just stop talking. Nobody here is

that moment. Hey Mercenary King! The human rushed here right away to save you! He even stopped talking to the crown

‘Really?’

course, Cale had finished

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

Tap.

on the

“What do you think?”

her a question and she immediately started to

saw many conditions, but…

gaze turned

are aiming for the

had the Molden Kingdom become a strong nation with Elisneh the First at

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

there were inns and other facilities for travelers

the reasons that the 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 the

similar to a toll gate

needed to pay to use the safe zone roads once

and charged based on the size of the party and

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

a lot of money even at the low-cost toll, increasing

Cale started to speak.

all people should know most about things related to

The one time.

one time Jopis almost

she was the one who created the

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

plan that started all of this was

from Jopis but the two sisters worked together to bring it to fruition… And Elisneh the First who had the authority to make it happen had given the

them are

said that both of the

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

Jopis started to smile.

suppose I know about the roads the most. But

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

The currency

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

to be

Jopis started to speak.

as the palace crumbles. The entire kingdom might be

after blowing up the palace

continued to speak in

about those Arm bastards whose f*cking heads we need to blow up. I guess it makes sense, and I suspected it since learning about

took a sip of tea before continuing

would become the Molden Kingdom’s ally, prevent the

fine to give a portion of a couple years worth of toll

says it

then saw Cale

at Bud

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

the past information and

“Aha.”

chin on her hands as she looked around at the people

and the assassin household work for the

started to speak

was an aspect where you were significantly lacking in comparison

crossed his arms and

Glenn on their way here… He had modified this offer

document in Jopis’s hand

what would that

Ron started to smile.

but above everything else,

elegantly nodded

right. I was defeated in every area, but the worst was that damn money. There seemed to be nothing someone could do when

Click.

her teacup

toward

telling me, I guess you contacted me after

teacup as he

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

“Haha-”

rippled following

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

if her pride

showed, Jopis

into a strong kingdom with the Molden

grip as she continued to

the Molden Kingdom's true small merchant guilds and their employees is

that the Molden Kingdom's

Cale started to speak.

quickly increase their forces. I guess it

Household located in the

Elisneh

would have worked together to benefit each other according to the White Star's

gaze away from Cale and

what does that money have

Molan household will now throw

only one thing left if they took out

guess

as Cale started

flows where money

to speak as if she was responding

the rights to run a couple of

responded with a

having you being an assassin in the darkness.

said that. She did not seem scared at all. In fact, she seemed to

what about the

was blankly

“Ah.”

elegantly as

was fooled by the puppies and was

was at