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

with

Nobody

rushed here right away to save you! He even stopped talking to

‘Really?’

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

as he looked back toward Cale while Cale started

Tap.

document down on the table at that

“What do you think?”

question and she

many conditions, but…

turned toward

aiming

strong nation with Elisneh the

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

other facilities for travelers along

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 toll gate

fee people needed to pay to use the

size of the party and the number of carts, making many small merchants use

used the Molden Kingdom's roads because they were the fastest, safest,

money even at

Cale started to speak.

people should know most about things related to the

The one time.

almost

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

workers, dealing with the politics and administration… People had thought that

the original plan that started all of

to bring it to fruition… And Elisneh the First who had the authority to make it happen had given

of them are no

said that both of the sisters were

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 Roan

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

kingdom. The currency exchange stores owned by the

guilds that built their homes in the Molden Kingdom permission to run

amount was said to be

Jopis started to speak.

as the palace crumbles. The entire kingdom

blowing up the palace and

speak

whose f*cking heads we need to blow up. I guess it makes sense, and I suspected it

of

become the Molden Kingdom’s ally, prevent the invasion from nearby kingdoms, handle arbitrations, and help

to give a portion of a couple years worth of toll if the Roan Kingdom

Kingdom able to do everything it says it will

then saw Cale pointing at two

at Bud

the leader of the Mercenaries Guild,

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

“Aha.”

put her chin on her hands as she looked around at

the Mercenaries Guild and the assassin household

speak at

where you were significantly lacking in

crossed his arms and stepped

their way here… He had

was the current document in Jopis’s

would that

Ron started to smile.

above everything else,

nodded

that damn money. There seemed to be nothing someone could do when they lacked those gold

Click.

her

toward the

the things you are telling me, I guess you contacted

filled the teacup as he

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

“Haha-”

cup rippled following Jopis's laughter. She tightly clenched

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

as if her pride

expression showed,

the Molden Kingdom into a

relaxed her grip as she

money that is supposed to go to the Molden Kingdom's true small

to say that the Molden Kingdom's money was all

Cale started to speak.

where Arm had been getting the money to build bases and quickly increase their forces. I

in the Molden

Illusionist, Elisneh

have worked together to benefit each other according to

from Cale and

what does that money have

will now throw away its name

There was only one thing left if they took out

guess only information

eyes sparkled as Cale started to

flows where money

to speak as if she

you'll need the rights to run a couple of

responded with a

my, oh my. I preferred having you being an assassin in the

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

what about the

blankly

“Ah.”

nodded her head elegantly as

fooled by the puppies and

was at that