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

at the puppy with a gaze that said he liked her. Human! I like those puppies too! Those puppies are smart! I don’t think they realized what I am, but they realized that

the puppy with a satisfied

stop talking. Nobody here

human rushed here right away to save you! He even stopped talking to the crown prince and

‘Really?’

had finished his conversation with Alberu,

that, Bud smiled as he looked back toward Cale while Cale started to frown wondering what was up with that

Tap.

on the table at

“What do you think?”

and she

many conditions,

turned toward

are aiming for the

a strong

Molden Kingdom had created wide and well-maintained roads

and other facilities

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

to a toll gate on

pay to use the safe zone roads

of the party and the number of carts, making many small merchants

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

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

Cale started to speak.

should know most about things related

The one time.

almost

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

politics and administration… People had thought that

was revealed that the original plan that started all of this was

the idea started from Jopis but the two sisters worked together to bring it to fruition… And Elisneh the First who had the authority

them are

be said that both of the

the Molden Kingdom could probably quickly ascend to the

Jopis started to smile.

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

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

kingdom. The currency exchange stores owned by the

that built their homes in the Molden Kingdom permission to run the

to be

Jopis started to speak.

the Molden Kingdom’s roads as soon as the palace

not end after blowing up the palace and giving

speak

we need to blow up. I guess it makes

sip of tea before

become the Molden Kingdom’s ally, prevent

portion of a couple years worth of toll if the Roan

it

then saw Cale pointing at two

had pointed at Bud and

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

information and assassin households who had been living

“Aha.”

chin on her hands as she looked around at the people in the

and the assassin household work for the Roan Kingdom for

speak

you were significantly lacking in comparison

crossed his arms

He had modified this offer to

current document in Jopis’s hand right

what would

Ron started to smile.

but above everything else,

nodded

money. There seemed to be nothing

Click.

her teacup

sharp gaze headed toward the people in the

me, I guess you contacted me

filled the teacup

the numerous small merchant guilds that the Molden Kingdom has

“Haha-”

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

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

as if her pride had

expression showed, Jopis was

into a strong kingdom with

her grip as she continued

Molden Kingdom's true small merchant guilds

that the Molden Kingdom's money

Cale started to speak.

been getting the money to build bases and quickly increase their forces. I guess it was only possible because they had a source

the Molan Household located in the Molden mountain range

Illusionist, Elisneh the

would have worked together to benefit each other according to

moved her gaze away from Cale and

does that money have to do

now throw away

thing left if they took

I guess only

sparkled as Cale started

where

looked toward Ron and started to speak

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

with a benign

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

In fact, she seemed to be planning a lot of things

about the

was blankly staring at

“Ah.”

elegantly as

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

at that