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!

puppy with

stop talking. Nobody here is on

mind at that moment. Hey Mercenary King! The human rushed here right away to save you! He even stopped talking to the crown prince

‘Really?’

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

while Cale started to frown wondering

Tap.

document down on

“What do you think?”

asked her a question and she immediately

saw many conditions, but… Your

gaze turned toward

are aiming

a strong nation with Elisneh the First at the

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

and other facilities for travelers

when traveling to other nations, paying

similar to a

toll gate fee people needed to pay to use

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

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

a lot of money even at

Cale started to speak.

of all people should know most about

The one time.

Jopis almost defeated Elisneh the

who created the road maintenance plan that helped the Molden Kingdom grow

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

the original plan that started all of this

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

them are no

could be said that both of the sisters were

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

Jopis started to smile.

the most. But giving the toll to

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

The currency exchange stores owned

small merchant guilds that built

to be more than the toll

Jopis started to speak.

roads as soon as the palace crumbles. The entire

Kingdom’s proposal did not end after blowing up

continued to speak in a graceful

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

took a sip of tea

the Molden Kingdom’s ally, prevent the invasion from nearby kingdoms, handle

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

to do everything it says it will do? Especially when it is on a completely different

then saw Cale

had pointed at Bud

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

past information and assassin households who had been living

“Aha.”

her hands as she

Guild and the assassin household work

speak at

an aspect where you were significantly lacking in comparison to Elisneh

arms and

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

current document in Jopis’s hand right

would

Ron started to smile.

but above

nodded her

that damn money. There

Click.

put her

toward the people in the

I guess you contacted me after knowing about

teacup as

of evidence showing that the numerous small merchant guilds that the Molden Kingdom has

“Haha-”

the cup rippled following Jopis's laughter. She tightly

as I investigated that bitch. I learned that Arm was her source

if her pride had

as her expression showed, Jopis was

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

her grip as she

the Molden Kingdom's true small

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

Cale started to speak.

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

Molan Household located in the Molden mountain range and Arm’s

Illusionist, Elisneh

benefit each other

moved her gaze away from

what does that money have to do

now throw away

only one thing

I guess only

as Cale started to

flows where money

started to speak as if

the rights to run a couple of the more important inns

responded with a

you being an assassin

she said that. She did not seem scared at all. In fact, she seemed to be

about the

was blankly

“Ah.”

head elegantly as if she

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

at that