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

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

continued to pet the puppy with

talking. Nobody here is

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, but Raon did not

as he looked back toward Cale while Cale started

Tap.

put the document down on the table at

“What do you think?”

question and she immediately

many conditions, but…

turned toward

are aiming for the

Molden Kingdom become a strong nation

Kingdom had created wide and well-maintained roads going North, South, East, and West… They connected

other facilities for travelers along those

merchant guilds of the Eastern continent used the Molden Kingdom’s roads when traveling to other nations, paying the Molden Kingdom a set fee every time they entered the Molden Kingdom to use

similar to a toll gate

the toll gate fee people needed to pay to

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 merchants use

they were the fastest, safest, and had the least complicated

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

Cale started to speak.

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

The one time.

time Jopis almost defeated

created the road maintenance

politics and administration… People had thought that Elisneh

that the original plan that

it to fruition… And

them are

said that both of the sisters were

by Elisneh the First's side to help her, the Molden Kingdom could probably quickly

Jopis started to smile.

the roads the most.

not asking for all of it nor is it a long-term contract. Furthermore, there are other venues that

by the kingdom. The currency

the small merchant guilds that built their

amount was said to be

Jopis started to speak.

Molden Kingdom’s roads as soon as the palace crumbles. The entire kingdom might be ripped to pieces if

did not end after blowing up the palace

to speak in

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

a sip of tea before continuing

become the Molden Kingdom’s ally, prevent the invasion from nearby

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

says it will do? Especially when it is

Cale pointing

at Bud and

Mercenaries Guild,

the Molan patriarch whom the people of the past information and

“Aha.”

her chin on her hands as

Mercenaries Guild and the assassin household work

speak

there was an aspect where you were significantly lacking in comparison to Elisneh during

arms and

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

document in

would

Ron started to smile.

above

elegantly nodded her

but the worst was that damn money. There seemed to be nothing someone could

Click.

put her teacup

gaze headed toward the people in the

I guess

filled the teacup as he

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

“Haha-”

in the cup rippled following

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

her pride had been

expression showed,

had wanted to turn the Molden Kingdom into a strong

as she continued

Molden Kingdom's true small merchant guilds and their

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 forces. I guess it was only possible

the Molan Household located in the Molden mountain range and

Illusionist, Elisneh the

benefit

moved her gaze away from Cale and looked

money have to do

household will now throw away

was only one thing left

I guess only information

sparkled as Cale started to

where

speak as if she was responding

couple of the more important inns for that

with a

I preferred having you being an assassin in the

not seem scared at all. In fact, she seemed to be planning a lot

about the Mercenaries

blankly staring

“Ah.”

elegantly as if she

was fooled by the puppies

at that