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 dirty

he liked her. Human! I like those puppies too! Those puppies are smart! I don’t think they realized what I am,

continued to pet the puppy with a satisfied

just stop talking. Nobody here is on my

in his mind at that moment. Hey Mercenary King! The human rushed here

‘Really?’

course, Cale had finished his conversation with Alberu,

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

Tap.

document down on the table

“What do you think?”

and

many conditions, but… Your

gaze turned toward

are aiming for

become a strong nation with Elisneh the

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

inns and other facilities for travelers

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 on

gate fee people needed to pay to use the

Molden Kingdom’s toll was very low and charged based on the size of the party and the number of carts, making many small

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

resulted in the Molden Kingdom raking in a lot of money even at the low-cost toll, increasing the commercial supremacy of the Molden

Cale started to speak.

you of all people should know most about things related to the

The one time.

Jopis almost defeated Elisneh the

that she was the one who created the

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

original plan that started all

the two sisters worked together to bring it to fruition… And Elisneh the

them are no

said that both of the sisters were

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

Jopis started to smile.

know about the roads the most. But

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

The currency exchange stores owned by the

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 operations as

to be

Jopis started to speak.

for the Molden Kingdom’s roads as soon as the palace crumbles. The entire kingdom might

Roan Kingdom’s proposal did not end after blowing up the palace and

to speak in

seems to also know about those Arm bastards whose f*cking heads we need to blow up.

took a sip of tea before

Kingdom’s ally, prevent the invasion

worth of toll if the

everything it says it will do? Especially when

saw Cale

had pointed at

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

information and assassin households who had been

“Aha.”

gasped put her chin on her hands as she looked around

and the assassin household work for the Roan Kingdom for

started to speak

you were significantly lacking in comparison to Elisneh during

crossed his arms and

He had modified this offer to Jopis once using that information as

the current document

would

Ron started to smile.

but above

elegantly nodded

defeated in every area, but the worst was that damn money. There seemed to be nothing

Click.

put her teacup

sharp gaze headed toward the people in the

things you are telling me, I guess you

the teacup as

evidence showing that the numerous small merchant guilds that the Molden Kingdom has given permission to operate

“Haha-”

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

bitch. I learned that Arm was her source

as if her pride had been

as her expression showed, Jopis

wanted to turn the Molden Kingdom into a

her grip as she continued to

Kingdom's true

be wrong to say that the Molden Kingdom's

Cale started to speak.

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

the Molden mountain range and Arm’s second

Illusionist, Elisneh the

benefit each other

gaze away from

money have

Molan household will now throw away its name as

There was only one thing left

I guess only

sparkled as Cale started

flows where

toward Ron and started to speak as if she was responding

rights to run a couple of the more

with

you being an assassin in the

to be planning a lot of things

what about the

blankly

“Ah.”

nodded her head elegantly as if she

the puppies and was being

at