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

was looking at the 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

to pet the puppy with a satisfied

talking. Nobody here

rushed here right away to

‘Really?’

Cale had finished his conversation with Alberu,

as he looked back toward Cale while Cale started to frown wondering what

Tap.

document down on the table

“What do you think?”

question and

many conditions, but…

gaze turned toward

aiming

become a strong

wide and well-maintained roads

other facilities for travelers along those

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 a toll

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

was very low and charged based on the size of the party and the number of

the Molden Kingdom's roads because they were the

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

Cale started to speak.

Jopis, you of all people should know

The one time.

one time Jopis almost defeated Elisneh the

was the one who created

workers, dealing with the politics and administration… People had thought that Elisneh the First had done it

the original plan that started

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

of them are

that both of the

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

Jopis started to smile.

suppose I know about the roads the most. But giving the

is it a long-term contract. Furthermore, there are other venues that fund the Molden Kingdom even

the kingdom. The currency exchange stores owned by 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 as long as they gave the kingdom

amount was said to be more than the toll these

Jopis started to speak.

nearby 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 things

not end after blowing up the palace

continued to speak in

need to blow up.

a sip of

Molden Kingdom’s ally, prevent the

couple years worth of toll if

everything it says it

Cale

pointed at Bud

Mercenary King, the leader of the Mercenaries

the past information and

“Aha.”

put her chin on her hands as she looked around at

household work for the Roan Kingdom

to speak

you were significantly lacking

his arms and

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

the current document in

would that

Ron started to smile.

but above

elegantly nodded

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

Click.

her

sharp gaze headed toward the people in

you are telling me, I guess you contacted me after

the teacup

lot of evidence showing that the numerous small merchant guilds that the Molden Kingdom

“Haha-”

in the cup rippled following

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

if her pride had

her expression showed, Jopis

into a

grip as she

the Molden Kingdom's true small merchant guilds and their employees is being funneled

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

Cale started to speak.

where Arm had been getting the money to build bases and quickly

located in the Molden mountain range and

Elisneh

would have worked together to benefit each other

moved her gaze away from Cale and looked

that money have to do with the

will now throw

There was only one thing

I guess only

as Cale

where

toward Ron and started to speak as if she was

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

responded with

my. I preferred having you being an assassin in

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

about

was blankly staring at

“Ah.”

her head elegantly as if

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

was at that