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 dirty

those puppies too! Those

pet the puppy with

just stop talking. Nobody here is on

Hey Mercenary King! The human rushed here

‘Really?’

finished his conversation

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

Tap.

on the table

“What do you think?”

question and

many conditions, but… Your

turned toward

aiming for the

the Molden Kingdom become a strong nation with Elisneh

Kingdom had created wide and well-maintained roads going North, South, East,

other facilities

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

to a toll

people needed to pay to use the safe zone roads once the

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

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

in the Molden Kingdom raking in a lot of money even at the low-cost toll, increasing the commercial supremacy of

Cale started to speak.

know most about things related to the

The one time.

one time Jopis almost defeated Elisneh the

was when it was revealed that she was the one who created

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

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

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

them are

that both of the sisters were

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

Jopis started to smile.

I know about the roads the most. But giving the

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

inns owned by the kingdom. The

when they fixed up the roads all belonged to the kingdom, with them giving the small merchant guilds that built their homes in the Molden

be more

Jopis started to speak.

the Molden Kingdom’s roads as soon as the palace crumbles. The entire kingdom might

Roan Kingdom’s proposal did not end after blowing up the

speak in a graceful

f*cking heads we need to blow up. I

sip of tea before

Kingdom would become the Molden Kingdom’s ally, prevent

years worth of

it says it will do? Especially when it is on

Cale pointing

had pointed at Bud

of the Mercenaries Guild,

other was the Molan patriarch whom the people of the past information and assassin households who had been living in hiding were

“Aha.”

chin on her hands as

and the assassin household

speak

there was an aspect where you were significantly lacking in comparison to Elisneh during your fight for the

his arms and

way here… He had modified this offer to Jopis once using that information as background

current document in

what would that

Ron started to smile.

but above everything

nodded her

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

Click.

put her

toward the people

me, I guess you contacted me after knowing

the teacup

to find a lot of evidence showing that the numerous small

“Haha-”

following

I investigated that bitch. I learned that Arm

her pride

showed,

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

relaxed her grip as she continued to

supposed to go to the Molden Kingdom's true small merchant guilds and their

not be wrong to say that the Molden Kingdom's money

Cale started to speak.

and quickly increase their forces. I guess it was only possible because they had

the Molden

Illusionist, Elisneh the

worked together to benefit

moved her gaze away from Cale

that money have to do with

throw away its name as

was only one thing left if they

I guess only information

sparkled as Cale started to

where

started to speak as if

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

with a

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

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

about

blankly

“Ah.”

nodded her head elegantly as

he was fooled by the puppies and was being held hostage.

was at