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

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

the puppy with a satisfied smile on

stop talking. Nobody here is on

up. He heard Raon's voice in his mind at that moment. Hey Mercenary King! The human rushed here right away to save you! He even stopped talking to

‘Really?’

stopped slouching a bit. Of course, Cale had finished his conversation with Alberu, but Raon did not know

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

Tap.

down on the table at

“What do you think?”

her a question and she immediately started

many conditions,

turned

are aiming

the Molden Kingdom become a strong nation

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

and other

the Eastern continent used the Molden Kingdom’s roads when traveling to other nations, paying the Molden Kingdom a set

similar to a

fee people needed to pay to

size of

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

money even at the low-cost toll,

Cale started to speak.

you of all people should know most about

The one time.

Jopis almost

was the one who created the road maintenance

with the politics and administration… People had

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

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

them are no

both

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

Jopis started to smile.

the roads the most.

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

by the kingdom. The

small merchant guilds that built their homes in the Molden

amount was said to be more than

Jopis started to speak.

aim for the Molden Kingdom’s roads as soon as the palace crumbles. The entire

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

speak

blow up. I guess it makes sense, and I suspected

a sip of tea before continuing to

Kingdom would become the Molden Kingdom’s ally, prevent

fine to give a portion of a couple years worth of toll if the Roan

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

then saw Cale pointing at two

at Bud and

the Mercenaries Guild, a large faction on

the Molan patriarch whom the people of the past information and assassin households who had

“Aha.”

chin on her hands as she looked around at

assassin household

speak

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

crossed his arms and stepped

and Glenn on their way here… He had modified this offer to Jopis once using that

current document

what would

Ron started to smile.

above everything

nodded her

money. There seemed to be nothing someone could do when they lacked those

Click.

her teacup

sharp gaze headed toward

are telling me, I

teacup

to find a lot of evidence showing that the numerous small merchant guilds that the Molden Kingdom has

“Haha-”

following Jopis's laughter. She

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

looked as if her pride had

showed, Jopis was quite

the Molden Kingdom into a strong kingdom with

her grip as

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

say that the Molden Kingdom's money was

Cale started to speak.

quickly increase

Household located in the Molden

Elisneh the

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

her gaze away from Cale and looked

money have to do with the

now throw away its name

one thing

I guess

eyes sparkled as Cale started

flows where money

Ron and started to speak as if she was responding to

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

with a

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

was smiling as she said that. She did not seem scared at all. In fact, she seemed to be planning a lot of things in her mind. She then turned her head as

about the Mercenaries

blankly staring

“Ah.”

head elegantly as if

fooled by the puppies and was being held hostage.

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