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

puppy with a gaze that said he liked her. Human! I like those puppies too! Those puppies are smart! I don’t think they realized what I am, but they realized

continued to pet the puppy with

should just stop talking. Nobody here is on my

rushed here

‘Really?’

Of course, Cale had finished his conversation with Alberu, but Raon did

to that, Bud smiled as he looked back toward Cale while Cale started

Tap.

on the table at

“What do you think?”

a question and she

many conditions, but…

turned

are aiming for

Kingdom become a strong nation with Elisneh the First at

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

there were inns and other

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

similar to a toll gate on

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

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

guilds used the Molden Kingdom's roads because they

money even at the low-cost

Cale started to speak.

all people should know most about things

The one time.

almost defeated

created the road maintenance plan that helped the

dealing with the politics and administration… People had thought that Elisneh

original plan

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

them are no

be said that both of the

remained 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

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

inns owned by the kingdom. The currency

with them giving the small merchant guilds that built their homes in

was said to be more than the toll

Jopis started to speak.

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

Roan Kingdom’s proposal did not end after blowing up the palace and giving Jopis her

continued to speak in a graceful

whose f*cking heads we need to blow up. I guess it makes sense, and I suspected it since learning about your connection to the

a sip of tea

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

a portion of a couple years worth of toll if

says it will

Cale pointing

at

the leader of the Mercenaries Guild,

people of the past information and assassin households who

“Aha.”

her chin on her hands as she looked around at

the assassin household

speak

were significantly lacking

crossed his arms and

their way here… He

result was the current document in Jopis’s hand

what would

Ron started to smile.

above everything else,

elegantly nodded

was defeated in every area, but the worst was that damn money. There seemed to be nothing someone could

Click.

put her

headed toward the

you are telling me, I guess you contacted

teacup

to clean the remnants of Arm… We were able to find a lot of evidence showing that the numerous small merchant guilds that the Molden

“Haha-”

water in the cup rippled following Jopis's laughter. She

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

her pride had been

expression showed, Jopis was

turn the Molden Kingdom into

as she continued to

to go to the Molden Kingdom's true small merchant

that the Molden Kingdom's money was

Cale started to speak.

build bases and quickly increase their forces. I guess it

the Molan Household located in the Molden mountain range

Elisneh the

worked together to benefit each

gaze away from Cale and

have to do with the

throw away its name as

was only one thing left if they took

guess

eyes sparkled as Cale started

where

and started to speak as if she was responding

rights to run a couple of the

with

having you being an assassin in the darkness. You're trying to become an

that. She did not seem scared at all. In fact, she seemed to be planning a lot of things in her mind.

about the

blankly

“Ah.”

head elegantly as if

Mercenary King probably doesn’t know because he was fooled by the puppies and was being held hostage. Should I

was at that