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

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

the puppy with a satisfied smile on his

stop talking. Nobody

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

‘Really?’

stopped slouching a bit. Of 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

Tap.

put the document down on the table

“What do you think?”

asked her a question and she immediately started

saw many conditions,

gaze turned

aiming for the

the Molden Kingdom become a strong nation with Elisneh

and well-maintained roads going North,

inns and other facilities

the Molden Kingdom’s roads when traveling to other nations, paying the Molden Kingdom a set fee every time they entered

to a toll

toll gate fee people needed to pay to use the

based on the size of the party

guilds used the Molden Kingdom's roads because they were

in a lot of money even

Cale started to speak.

Jopis, you of all people should know most

The one time.

one time Jopis almost defeated Elisneh the

she was the one who created the road maintenance plan that helped the Molden Kingdom

with the politics and administration… People had

that the original plan

to bring it to fruition…

of them are

that both of the sisters were

help her, the

Jopis started to smile.

the most. But giving the toll to

it a long-term contract. Furthermore, there are other venues that fund the Molden Kingdom even more than the

owned by the kingdom. The currency

merchant guilds that built their homes in the Molden Kingdom permission to run the operations as

said to be more than the

Jopis started to speak.

roads as soon as the palace crumbles. The entire kingdom might be

after blowing up

to speak

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

a sip of tea before

Roan Kingdom would become the Molden Kingdom’s ally, prevent the invasion

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

Roan Kingdom able to do everything it says it will do? Especially when it is on a completely

then saw Cale pointing

pointed at

leader of the Mercenaries Guild,

Molan patriarch whom the people of the past information and assassin households who had been

“Aha.”

put her chin on her hands as she looked

the assassin household work for

speak at

an aspect where you were significantly lacking in

his arms

here… He had

document in

would that

Ron started to smile.

but above

elegantly nodded

but the worst was that damn money. There seemed to be nothing someone could do when they lacked those

Click.

put her

toward the people in

me, I guess you contacted me

teacup as

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 the kingdom’s facilities

“Haha-”

cup rippled following Jopis's laughter. She

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

if her

her expression showed,

turn the Molden Kingdom into a strong kingdom with the Molden Kingdom’s

as she

is supposed to go to the Molden Kingdom's true small merchant

say that the Molden Kingdom's money was all

Cale started to speak.

where Arm had been getting the money to build bases and quickly increase their forces. I guess

Household located in the Molden mountain range and Arm’s second secret

Elisneh

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

away from Cale and looked at

money have to do with the

household will now throw away its name as

There was only one thing left if they

guess

sparkled as Cale started to

where

toward Ron and started to speak

you'll need the rights to run a couple of the

responded with a

an assassin in the darkness. You're trying

to be planning a lot of things in her mind.

what about the Mercenaries

blankly staring

“Ah.”

head elegantly as if she

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

at