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

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

to pet the puppy with a satisfied smile

stop talking. Nobody here is on my

Mercenary King! The human rushed here right away

‘Really?’

had finished his

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

Tap.

put the document down on the table at

“What do you think?”

question and she immediately

many conditions, but…

turned

are aiming

become a strong nation with Elisneh the First at the

and well-maintained roads going

other

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

a

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

Kingdom’s toll was very low and charged based on the size of the party

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

in a lot of money even at the low-cost

Cale started to speak.

you of all people should know most about things related

The one time.

time Jopis almost defeated Elisneh

the one who created the road maintenance plan that

with the politics and administration… People had thought that

it was revealed that the original plan that started all

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

of them

could be said that both of

Jopis remained by Elisneh the First's side to help her, the

Jopis started to smile.

the roads the most. But giving the toll

a long-term contract. Furthermore, there are other

inns owned by the kingdom. The currency exchange stores owned

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 Kingdom permission to run the operations

to be more

Jopis started to speak.

roads as soon as the palace crumbles. The

not end after blowing up the palace and

speak

we need to blow up. I guess it makes

took a sip of

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

was fine to give a portion of a couple years worth of toll if the Roan Kingdom would do as it

do everything it says it will do? Especially when it is on a completely

saw Cale

at Bud

of the Mercenaries Guild, a large faction

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

“Aha.”

on her hands as she

Guild and the assassin household work for the

speak

where you were significantly lacking in comparison

arms and stepped

here… He had modified this offer to Jopis once using that

result was the current document in Jopis’s hand

what would that

Ron started to smile.

above everything

elegantly nodded

the worst was that damn money. There seemed to be

Click.

her teacup

sharp gaze headed toward the people in

are telling me, I guess you contacted me after knowing about

the teacup as he

our residence and 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

“Haha-”

water in the cup rippled following

Elisneh… It was as I investigated that bitch. I learned that Arm was her source of money and

her

expression showed, Jopis

the Molden Kingdom into a strong kingdom

relaxed her grip as she continued

the Molden Kingdom's true small merchant guilds

say that the Molden Kingdom's money was all going to

Cale started to speak.

getting the money to build bases and quickly

fall of the Molan Household located in the Molden mountain range

Elisneh

locations would have worked together to benefit each other according to the White

away from Cale

have to do with the Molan

household will now throw away its

was only one thing left if they took out

I guess only information

as Cale

where money

speak as if she was responding to

need the rights to run a couple of the more important inns for that

responded with a benign

being an assassin in the darkness. You're trying

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

what about the Mercenaries

was blankly

“Ah.”

nodded her head elegantly as

puppies and was being held hostage. Should I ask your

at that