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

like those puppies too!

puppy with a satisfied smile

Nobody

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

‘Really?’

slouching a bit. Of course, Cale had finished his conversation with Alberu, but Raon did not

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

Tap.

document down on the table at

“What do you think?”

question and she immediately

saw many conditions,

gaze turned toward

are aiming

Molden Kingdom become a strong nation with

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

inns and other facilities for

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

a toll

toll gate fee people needed to pay to use the safe zone roads once the monsters

toll was very low and charged based on the size of the party and the number of carts, making many

roads because they were the fastest,

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

Cale started to speak.

people should know most about things related

The one time.

Jopis almost

one who created the road

workers, dealing with the politics and administration… People had thought that Elisneh the First had done it

was revealed that the original plan that

sisters worked together to bring it to fruition… And Elisneh the First who had the authority to make it happen had given the

them are

could be said that both of the sisters were

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

Jopis started to smile.

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

asking for all of it nor is it a long-term contract. Furthermore, there are other venues that

the kingdom. The currency exchange stores

small merchant guilds that built their homes in the

was said to be

Jopis started to speak.

as the palace

proposal did not end after blowing up the palace and giving Jopis

speak in a

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

of tea before continuing to

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

to give a portion of a couple years worth of

Roan Kingdom able to do everything it says it

saw Cale pointing at

at Bud

of the Mercenaries

other was the Molan patriarch whom the people of the past information and assassin households who had been living in hiding were

“Aha.”

put her chin on her hands as

Guild and the assassin household

speak

significantly lacking in

arms and stepped

he had heard from Ron and Glenn on their way here… He had modified this offer

was the current document in Jopis’s

would that

Ron started to smile.

but above everything

nodded her

worst was that damn money. There seemed to be nothing someone could do when

Click.

put her

sharp gaze headed toward the

I guess you

teacup as

we reclaimed our residence and started to clean the remnants of Arm… We were able to find a lot of evidence showing that the numerous

“Haha-”

following Jopis's

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

if her

as her expression showed, Jopis was quite

turn the Molden Kingdom into a

grip as

to the Molden Kingdom's true small

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

Cale started to speak.

to build bases and quickly increase their

the

Elisneh

have worked together to benefit

gaze away from Cale and looked at

that money have to do with the Molan

Molan household will now throw

thing left if

guess only information

eyes sparkled as Cale started to

flows where money

Ron and started to speak

to run a couple of the more important

with a

having you being an assassin in the

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

what about the Mercenaries

blankly staring at

“Ah.”

head elegantly

probably doesn’t know because he was fooled by the puppies and was being held hostage. Should I ask your close friend

was at that