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

her. Human! I like those puppies too! Those puppies are smart! I don’t think they realized what

pet the puppy with a

Nobody here is on

heard Raon's voice in his mind at that moment. Hey Mercenary King! The human rushed

‘Really?’

slouching a bit. Of course, Cale had finished his conversation with Alberu,

looked back toward Cale while Cale started to frown wondering what was up with that

Tap.

down on the table at that

“What do you think?”

asked her a question and she immediately started

saw many conditions, but… Your

turned

aiming for the

become a strong nation with Elisneh the

well-maintained roads

there were inns and other facilities for

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

a

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

the Molden Kingdom’s toll was very low and charged based on the size of the party and the number of carts, making many small

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

money even at the low-cost toll, increasing

Cale started to speak.

of all people should know most about things related

The one time.

time Jopis almost defeated Elisneh the

who created the road maintenance

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

it was revealed that the original plan that started all

to fruition… And Elisneh the First

them are no

could be said that both

side to help her, the Molden Kingdom could probably quickly ascend

Jopis started to smile.

the roads the most. But giving the toll to

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

inns owned by the kingdom. The currency exchange stores

kingdom, with them giving the small merchant guilds that built their homes in the Molden Kingdom permission to run the operations as long as they

be more than the toll

Jopis started to speak.

Molden Kingdom’s roads as soon as the palace crumbles.

blowing up the

continued to speak in

we need to blow up. I guess it makes sense,

sip of tea

the Molden Kingdom’s ally, prevent the invasion from

portion of a couple years worth of toll if the Roan

do everything it says it will do?

then saw Cale pointing at

had pointed at

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

past information and assassin households who had been living in

“Aha.”

on her hands as she

the Mercenaries Guild and the assassin household work for

to speak at

significantly lacking in comparison to Elisneh during your fight for the

arms

Ron and Glenn on their way here… He had modified this offer

was the current document in

what would that

Ron started to smile.

but above everything else,

nodded her

every area, but the worst was that damn money. There seemed to

Click.

her teacup

gaze headed toward the people

on the things you are telling me, I guess you contacted

filled the teacup as he

started to clean the 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

“Haha-”

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

investigated that bitch. I learned that Arm was

if her

her expression showed, Jopis was quite

had wanted to turn the Molden Kingdom into a strong kingdom with the Molden

relaxed her grip as she continued

the Molden Kingdom's true small

the Molden Kingdom's money was

Cale started to speak.

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

of the Molan Household located in the Molden mountain range and

Illusionist, Elisneh the

two locations would have worked together to benefit each other

moved her gaze away from Cale and looked

what does that money have to

household will now throw away its name as

only one thing left if

I guess only information

sparkled as

flows where money

looked toward Ron and started to speak as if she was

to run a couple of the more important inns

responded with a benign

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

that. She did not seem scared at all. In fact, she seemed to be planning a lot of things in her mind. She

about

was blankly

“Ah.”

head elegantly as if

was fooled by the puppies and was being held hostage. Should I

was at