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

a gaze that said he liked her. Human! I like those puppies too! Those

pet the puppy with a satisfied smile on his

talking. Nobody

Hey Mercenary King! The human rushed here

‘Really?’

Of course, Cale had finished his conversation with Alberu, but Raon did

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

Tap.

document down on the table at

“What do you think?”

and she

conditions, but…

gaze turned toward

are aiming

the Molden Kingdom become a strong nation with Elisneh the

and well-maintained roads

other facilities for travelers along those

when traveling to other nations, paying the Molden Kingdom a set fee every time they entered

to a toll gate

the toll gate fee people needed to pay to use the

toll was very low and charged based on the size of the party and the number of

Kingdom's roads because they were the fastest, safest, and had the

even at the low-cost toll, increasing the commercial supremacy

Cale started to speak.

all people should know most about things related to

The one time.

Jopis almost defeated

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

the politics and administration… People had thought that Elisneh the First had done it

plan that started all of this

together to bring it to fruition…

of them are no

both of the sisters

her, the Molden Kingdom could probably quickly ascend to the Eastern continent’s

Jopis started to smile.

suppose I know about the roads the most.

for all of it nor is it a long-term contract. Furthermore, there are other venues that fund the Molden Kingdom even more than the

The currency

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

be more than

Jopis started to speak.

aim for the Molden Kingdom’s roads as soon as the

end after blowing up the palace

speak

need to blow up. I guess it makes sense, and I suspected it

took a sip of tea before continuing

prevent

of a couple years worth of toll if the Roan Kingdom would do as

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

then saw Cale

pointed at Bud

the Mercenaries Guild, a large faction

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

“Aha.”

her chin on her hands as she looked around at the

assassin household work for

started to speak at that

were significantly lacking in comparison to Elisneh during your

arms and

Glenn on their way here… He had

current document in Jopis’s

would that

Ron started to smile.

but above

elegantly nodded her

was defeated in every area, but the worst was that damn money.

Click.

put her

headed toward the

the things you are telling me, I guess you contacted me after knowing

teacup as

remnants of Arm… We were able to 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

“Haha-”

the cup rippled following Jopis's laughter. She tightly clenched her

about Arm… Elisneh… It was as I investigated that bitch. I learned that Arm was her source of money

her

expression showed, Jopis was

turn the Molden Kingdom into a strong kingdom with the

as she

the Molden Kingdom's true small merchant guilds and their employees is being

wrong to say that the Molden Kingdom's money was all going to

Cale started to speak.

been getting the money to build bases and quickly increase their forces.

fall of the Molan Household located in the

Elisneh the

to benefit each other according

her gaze away from

have to

throw away its

only one thing left if they took out

guess only information

eyes sparkled as Cale started

where money

started to speak as if she was

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

with a benign

I preferred having you being an assassin

at all. In fact, she seemed to be planning

about the Mercenaries

blankly staring at

“Ah.”

elegantly as if she

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

at that