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

liked her. Human! I like those puppies too! Those puppies are smart! I don’t think they realized what I am, but they realized that I was

with a

should just stop talking. Nobody

mind at that moment. Hey Mercenary King! The human rushed here right away to save you! He even stopped talking to the crown prince

‘Really?’

had finished his conversation with Alberu, but Raon did not

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

Tap.

on the

“What do you think?”

a question and

many conditions, but… Your

gaze turned toward

are aiming

strong nation

and well-maintained roads going

other

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

similar to a toll

pay to use the safe zone roads

on the size of the party and the number of carts, making

the large merchant guilds used the Molden Kingdom's roads because they

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

Cale started to speak.

Jopis, you of all people should know most

The one time.

one time Jopis almost defeated

was revealed that she was the one who created the

road maintenance, gathering of fees and workers, dealing with the politics and administration… People had thought that Elisneh the First had done

revealed that the original plan that started all of this was

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

of them are

said that both of the sisters

her, the Molden Kingdom could probably quickly ascend to the Eastern

Jopis started to smile.

about the roads the most. But

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

kingdom. The

kingdom, with them giving the small merchant guilds that built their homes in the Molden Kingdom permission

to be more than the toll these

Jopis started to speak.

as soon as the palace crumbles. The entire kingdom might be ripped

end after blowing up the palace and giving Jopis

continued to speak in

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

a sip of tea before continuing to

prevent the invasion from nearby kingdoms,

worth of toll if the Roan

Roan Kingdom able to do everything it says it will do? Especially when it is on a completely different

Cale pointing

had pointed at Bud and

the leader of the Mercenaries Guild, a large faction on the Eastern

past information and assassin households who had been living

“Aha.”

gasped put her chin on her hands as she looked

the Mercenaries Guild and the assassin household

speak

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

arms

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

was the current document in Jopis’s hand right

what would that

Ron started to smile.

above everything else,

elegantly nodded

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

Click.

her

headed toward the

you are telling me, I guess you

filled the teacup as

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 Molden Kingdom has given permission

“Haha-”

rippled following Jopis's laughter. She tightly clenched her

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

her pride had

expression showed,

Molden Kingdom into a strong kingdom with

relaxed her grip as she continued

is supposed to go to the Molden Kingdom's true small

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

Cale started to speak.

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

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

Illusionist, Elisneh the

to benefit each other

moved her gaze away from

have to do with the

Molan household will now throw away

one thing left if they

I guess only information

eyes sparkled as Cale started to

flows where

toward Ron and started to speak as if she

need the rights to run a couple of

responded with a benign

an assassin

at all. In fact, she seemed to be planning a lot of things in her mind. She then turned her head as she continued to

about the Mercenaries

was blankly

“Ah.”

head elegantly as if

fooled by the puppies and was being held hostage. Should I ask your

was at