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

puppies too! Those puppies are smart! I don’t think they realized what I am, but they realized that I was

puppy with a satisfied smile on his

Nobody here is

up. He heard Raon's voice in his 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?’

finished his conversation with Alberu, but

Bud smiled as he looked back toward Cale while Cale started to frown wondering

Tap.

on the table at

“What do you think?”

asked her a question and she

conditions, but…

gaze turned toward

are aiming

a strong nation with Elisneh the First

roads going North, South, East, and West…

and other facilities

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

to a toll

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

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

large merchant guilds used the Molden Kingdom's roads because they were the fastest, safest, and had the least

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

Cale started to speak.

people should know most about things

The one time.

one time Jopis almost

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

the politics and administration… People had thought that

original plan that started all of this was Jopis's

to

of them are no

both of the sisters

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

Jopis started to smile.

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

a long-term contract. Furthermore, there are other venues that fund

the kingdom. The currency

built their homes in the

was said to be more than the toll

Jopis started to speak.

nearby strong kingdoms would aim for the Molden Kingdom’s roads as soon as the palace crumbles. The entire kingdom might be ripped

did not end after blowing up the palace and giving

speak

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

sip of tea before continuing

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

was fine to give a portion of a couple years worth of toll if the Roan Kingdom would do as

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

Cale pointing at two

at Bud

Mercenaries Guild, a large

whom the people of the past information and assassin households who had been living in

“Aha.”

gasped put her chin on her hands as

Mercenaries Guild and the assassin household work for the

started to speak

significantly lacking in comparison to Elisneh during your fight

arms and

Glenn on their way here… He had modified

document

what would that

Ron started to smile.

above everything else,

nodded

was that damn money. There seemed to

Click.

put her

headed toward the

you are telling me, I guess you contacted me after

the teacup as he

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 belong to Arm and have

“Haha-”

rippled following Jopis's laughter. She

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

her pride had been

her expression showed, Jopis was quite

Kingdom into a strong kingdom with the Molden

her grip as

money that is supposed to go to the Molden Kingdom's true small merchant guilds and their employees is

be wrong to say that the Molden Kingdom's

Cale started to speak.

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

the Molan Household located in the Molden

Illusionist, Elisneh

two locations would have worked together to benefit each other according

gaze away from

have to

now throw

was only one thing left if

I guess only

sparkled as Cale started to

flows where money

looked toward Ron and started to speak as

of

with

being an assassin in

scared at all. In fact, she seemed to be planning a lot of things in her mind.

about the

was blankly

“Ah.”

nodded her head elegantly as

by the puppies and was being held hostage. Should I

at that