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 the

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

puppy with

Nobody here

Raon's voice in his mind at that moment. Hey Mercenary King! The human rushed here right away to save you! He even stopped

‘Really?’

Cale had finished his conversation with Alberu, but

while Cale started to frown wondering what

Tap.

put the document down on the table at

“What do you think?”

her a question and she

many conditions,

turned

are aiming for the

a strong

roads going North, South,

and other

traveling to other nations, paying the

a toll

needed to pay to use the safe zone roads once the monsters

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

Molden Kingdom's roads because they were the

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

Cale started to speak.

should know most

The one time.

time Jopis almost defeated Elisneh the

was the one who created the

workers, dealing with the politics

revealed that the original plan that started all of

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

them are no

both of

help her, the

Jopis started to smile.

most.

nor is it a long-term contract. Furthermore, there are

by the kingdom. The currency

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

be more than

Jopis started to speak.

soon as the palace crumbles. The entire kingdom might be ripped to pieces if

not end after blowing up the palace and

continued to speak

to blow up.

sip of tea before continuing to

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

a couple years worth of toll

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

then saw Cale pointing at

at Bud

leader of the Mercenaries Guild, a

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

“Aha.”

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

and the assassin household work for

to speak at that

aspect where you were significantly lacking

arms and stepped

Glenn on their way here… He had modified this offer to Jopis

the current document in Jopis’s

what would

Ron started to smile.

above everything

elegantly nodded

that damn money. There seemed to

Click.

put her

gaze headed toward

telling me, I guess you

filled the teacup

to find a lot of evidence showing that the numerous small merchant

“Haha-”

cup rippled following Jopis's

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

if her pride had

expression showed,

the Molden Kingdom into a strong

as she continued

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

not be wrong to say that the Molden Kingdom's

Cale started to speak.

had been wondering where Arm had been getting the money to build bases and quickly increase their

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

Elisneh

worked together to benefit each other according to

away from Cale and looked at

that money have to do with the Molan

will now throw away its

There was only one thing left

I guess

sparkled as Cale started to

flows where money

started to speak

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

responded with

my, oh my. I preferred having you being an assassin in the darkness. You're trying to become an even

all. In fact, she seemed to be planning

about the

blankly

“Ah.”

her head elegantly

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

was at that