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

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

puppy with a satisfied smile on his

stop talking. Nobody here is

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

‘Really?’

Cale had finished his

that, Bud smiled as he looked back toward Cale while Cale

Tap.

the document down on

“What do you think?”

and she immediately started

conditions, but…

gaze turned toward

are aiming

become a strong nation with Elisneh the

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

inns and other

Molden Kingdom’s roads when traveling to other nations, paying the Molden Kingdom

similar to a toll

toll gate fee people needed to pay

based on the size of the party and the number of carts, making many

roads because they were the

money even at the low-cost toll,

Cale started to speak.

people should know

The one time.

one time Jopis almost

who created

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

revealed that the original plan that started all of this was Jopis's

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

of them are

that both of

Elisneh the First's side to help her, the Molden Kingdom could probably quickly ascend to the Eastern continent’s

Jopis started to smile.

the most. But giving the

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

The currency

they created when 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 the

was said to be more than the toll these

Jopis started to speak.

the Molden Kingdom’s roads as soon as the palace crumbles. The

after blowing up the palace and giving Jopis her

speak in

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

took a sip of tea before continuing to

prevent the invasion

couple years worth of toll if the Roan Kingdom would do as

is the Roan Kingdom able to do everything it says it will do?

Cale pointing at

pointed at

leader of the Mercenaries Guild, a

people of the past information and assassin households who had been

“Aha.”

put her chin on her hands as she

Mercenaries Guild and the assassin household work for the Roan Kingdom

speak

an aspect where you were significantly lacking

crossed his arms

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

was the current document in Jopis’s hand right

would that

Ron started to smile.

but above everything else,

nodded her

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

Click.

her

toward the people in

things you are telling me, I guess you contacted

filled the teacup as

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

“Haha-”

the cup rippled following Jopis's laughter. She tightly

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

looked as if her pride had been

expression showed, Jopis was quite

into

grip as she continued

go to the Molden Kingdom's true small merchant guilds

not be wrong to say that the Molden Kingdom's money was all

Cale started to speak.

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

Molan Household located in the

Illusionist, Elisneh

together to benefit each other according

gaze away from Cale

that money have

throw away its

one thing left

I guess

eyes sparkled as Cale started

where money

toward Ron and started to speak as if she was responding

to run a couple of

with a benign

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

at all. In fact, she seemed to be planning a lot of things in her mind. She then turned her head as she continued to

what about the

blankly staring at

“Ah.”

elegantly as

he was fooled by the puppies

was at that