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 dirty

said he liked her. Human! I like those puppies too! Those puppies are smart! I don’t think they

continued to pet the puppy with

Nobody

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

‘Really?’

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

Cale while Cale started

Tap.

down on the table at

“What do you think?”

asked her a question and she immediately started

saw many conditions, but… Your

turned toward

aiming

Molden Kingdom become a strong nation with Elisneh the First at the

well-maintained roads going North,

inns and other facilities for

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

a toll gate

needed to pay to use the safe zone

very low and charged based on the size of the party and the number of carts, making many small merchants

merchant guilds used the Molden Kingdom's roads because they were the fastest, safest, and had the least complicated verification

money even at the low-cost toll, increasing the

Cale started to speak.

all people should know most about

The one time.

almost defeated

who created the road maintenance plan that helped the Molden

politics and administration… People had thought that Elisneh

it was revealed that the original plan that started all of this was Jopis's

from Jopis but the two sisters worked together to bring it to fruition… And Elisneh the First who had the authority to make it

them

be said that both of

help her, the Molden Kingdom could probably quickly

Jopis started to smile.

roads the most. But giving the toll to the Roan

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

The currency exchange stores

giving the small merchant guilds that built their homes in the Molden Kingdom permission to run the operations

amount was said to be

Jopis started to speak.

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

proposal did not end after blowing up the palace and giving Jopis

to speak

also know about those Arm bastards whose f*cking heads we need to blow up. I

took a sip of

the Molden Kingdom’s ally, prevent

was fine to give a portion of a couple years worth of toll if the

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 Bud

of the Mercenaries Guild, a large faction on the

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

“Aha.”

who gasped put her chin on her hands as

and the assassin household work for the Roan

to speak at

aspect where you were significantly lacking in comparison to Elisneh during

crossed his arms

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

document in Jopis’s

what would that

Ron started to smile.

but above

elegantly nodded

area, but the worst was that damn money. There seemed to be nothing someone could do when they lacked those

Click.

her

sharp gaze headed toward the people

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

the teacup

a lot of evidence showing that the numerous small merchant guilds that the Molden Kingdom has given permission to operate the kingdom’s

“Haha-”

the cup rippled following

that bitch. I

as if her pride

expression showed, Jopis was

had wanted to turn the Molden Kingdom into a strong kingdom

grip as she continued

to go to the Molden Kingdom's true small merchant guilds

be wrong to say that the Molden Kingdom's money was

Cale started to speak.

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

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

Elisneh

would have worked together to benefit each

from Cale and looked

that money have to do with

Molan household will now throw away its

was only one thing left if they took

guess only information

sparkled as Cale

where money

and started to speak as if she

need the rights to run a couple of the

responded with

I preferred having you being an assassin in

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

about the Mercenaries

blankly

“Ah.”

head elegantly as if

King probably doesn’t know because he was fooled by the puppies and

was at