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

those puppies too! Those puppies are smart! I don’t think they realized

the puppy with a satisfied smile on his

should just stop talking. Nobody here is

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

‘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

Tap.

the document down on the table at

“What do you think?”

question and she

conditions,

turned

are aiming for the

Kingdom become a strong nation with Elisneh

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

other facilities

that the numerous merchant guilds of the Eastern continent used the Molden Kingdom’s roads when traveling to other nations, paying the Molden Kingdom a

to a

recalled the toll gate fee people needed to pay to use

low and charged based on the size of the party and the number of carts,

because they were the fastest, safest, and

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

Cale started to speak.

Jopis, you of all people should know most about things related to

The one time.

time Jopis almost defeated Elisneh

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

gathering of fees and workers, dealing with the politics and administration… People had thought

plan that started all of this was Jopis's

words, the idea started from Jopis but the two sisters worked together to bring it to fruition… And Elisneh the First who had the

them are

said that both of the

her, the Molden Kingdom could probably

Jopis started to smile.

about the roads the most.

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

kingdom. The

roads all belonged to the kingdom, with them giving the small merchant guilds that built their

be more than the

Jopis started to speak.

nearby strong kingdoms would aim for the Molden Kingdom’s roads as soon as the palace

blowing up the palace and giving Jopis her

to speak in a

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

took a sip of

the Molden Kingdom’s ally, prevent the

worth of toll if the Roan Kingdom would

the Roan Kingdom able to do everything it says it

saw Cale pointing at two

at Bud

leader of the Mercenaries Guild, a large faction

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

“Aha.”

put her chin on her hands as she looked around at the people in

Mercenaries Guild and the assassin household work for the Roan

to speak at

an aspect where you were significantly lacking in comparison to

crossed his arms and stepped

Ron and Glenn on their way here… He had modified this offer to Jopis once using that information as

document in

would

Ron started to smile.

above everything else,

nodded

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

Click.

put her teacup

headed toward

are telling me, I guess you contacted me after knowing

filled the teacup

to find a lot of evidence showing that the numerous small merchant guilds that the Molden Kingdom has given permission to operate the

“Haha-”

rippled following Jopis's laughter. She tightly

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

her

expression showed, Jopis

to turn the Molden Kingdom into a strong kingdom with the

grip as she continued to

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

the

Cale started to speak.

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

in the Molden mountain range and

Illusionist, Elisneh the

would have worked together to benefit each

gaze away from Cale and looked

have

Molan household will now throw away its name as

one thing left if they

guess only information

eyes sparkled as

where money

to speak as

run a couple of the more important inns for that information and

responded with

being an assassin in the darkness. You're trying to become an

was smiling as she said that. She did not seem scared at all. In fact, she seemed to be planning a lot of things in her mind. She then turned her head as she continued to

what about the Mercenaries

was blankly

“Ah.”

her head elegantly as if

by the puppies and was being held hostage. Should I ask your close

at that