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 the

that said he liked her. Human! I like those puppies too! Those puppies are smart! I don’t think they

continued to pet the puppy with a satisfied smile on his

Nobody

up. He heard Raon's voice in his mind at that moment. Hey Mercenary King! The human rushed here right away to save you! He even stopped talking to the crown prince and

‘Really?’

Cale had finished his

as he looked back toward Cale while

Tap.

on the table at that

“What do you think?”

her a question and she immediately started

saw many conditions, but… Your

turned toward

are aiming for

a strong

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

there were inns and other facilities

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 fee people needed to pay to use the safe zone roads

of the party and

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

Molden Kingdom raking in a lot of money even at the

Cale started to speak.

of all people should know most about things related to the

The one time.

Jopis almost defeated Elisneh

created the road maintenance plan that helped the Molden Kingdom grow

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

that the original plan that

bring it to fruition… And Elisneh

of them are

could be said that both of the sisters were

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

Jopis started to smile.

I know about the roads the most. But giving the toll to

it a long-term contract. Furthermore, there are other

The currency exchange stores

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

said to be more than the toll these

Jopis started to speak.

strong kingdoms would aim for the Molden Kingdom’s roads as soon as the palace crumbles. The entire kingdom might be ripped to

Roan Kingdom’s proposal did not end after blowing up

to speak in a graceful

blow up. I guess it makes sense, and I suspected it since learning

a sip of tea before continuing

prevent the invasion from nearby kingdoms, handle arbitrations, and help

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

says it will do? Especially when

then saw Cale

had pointed at Bud and

Mercenary King, the leader of the Mercenaries Guild, a

other was the Molan patriarch whom the people of the past information and assassin

“Aha.”

on her hands as she looked around at the people in

Mercenaries Guild and the assassin household

started to speak at that

lacking in comparison to Elisneh during your fight for

his arms and stepped

on their way here… He

the current document in Jopis’s hand right

would

Ron started to smile.

above everything else,

elegantly nodded her

I was defeated in every area, but the worst was that damn money. There seemed to

Click.

her teacup

gaze headed toward the

are telling me, I guess

teacup as he

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

“Haha-”

following Jopis's laughter. She tightly clenched

bitch. I learned that Arm was her

as if her pride had been

as her expression showed,

to turn the Molden Kingdom into a strong kingdom

her grip as she continued

Kingdom's true small merchant guilds and their employees is being funneled

that the

Cale started to speak.

quickly

in the Molden mountain range and Arm’s second secret

Illusionist, Elisneh

worked together to benefit each other according to

away from Cale

what does that money have to do with the

now throw away its name

thing left

guess only

sparkled as Cale started

flows where money

started to speak as if she was responding to

of the more important inns for that information

with a

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

at all. In fact, she seemed to be planning a lot of things in

about the Mercenaries

blankly staring

“Ah.”

her head elegantly as

by the puppies and was being held hostage. Should

at