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

was looking at the puppy with a gaze that said he liked her. Human! I like those puppies too! Those

pet the puppy with a satisfied

talking. Nobody here is on my

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

‘Really?’

shoulders stopped slouching a bit. Of course, Cale had finished his conversation with

looked back toward Cale while

Tap.

document down on the

“What do you think?”

a question and she immediately

conditions, but… Your

turned toward

are aiming

Kingdom become a strong nation with Elisneh the First at the

and well-maintained roads

inns and other facilities

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

similar to a toll gate

recalled the toll gate fee people needed to pay to use

charged based on the size of the

guilds used the Molden Kingdom's roads because they were

money even at the low-cost toll, increasing the commercial

Cale started to speak.

you of all people should know most about things

The one time.

Jopis almost

when it was revealed that she was the one who created the road

maintenance, gathering of fees and workers, dealing with the politics

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

to bring it to fruition… And Elisneh the First who had the authority to

of them

both of the sisters

the Molden Kingdom could

Jopis started to smile.

I know about the roads the most. But giving

of it nor is it a long-term contract. Furthermore, there are other venues that fund the Molden Kingdom even more

owned by the kingdom. The currency exchange stores owned

fixed up the roads all belonged to the kingdom, with them giving the small merchant guilds that built their homes

was said to be more than the toll these

Jopis started to speak.

Kingdom’s roads as soon as the palace crumbles. The entire kingdom might be

not end after blowing up the palace and giving Jopis her

to speak in a graceful

Kingdom seems to also 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

sip of tea

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

a portion of a couple years worth of toll if the Roan Kingdom

it will do? Especially when it

then saw Cale

at Bud and

Mercenaries Guild,

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

“Aha.”

on her hands as she looked around

Guild and the assassin household work for the Roan Kingdom for

speak

was an aspect where you were significantly lacking in comparison

crossed his arms and

from Ron and Glenn on their way here… He

document in Jopis’s hand

would

Ron started to smile.

but above everything else,

nodded her

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

Click.

put her teacup

headed toward the

are telling me, I guess you contacted me after

the teacup as

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 to operate the kingdom’s facilities

“Haha-”

in the cup rippled following Jopis's laughter. She tightly clenched

It was as I investigated that bitch.

if her

expression showed, Jopis was

Kingdom into

grip as she continued to

Kingdom's true small merchant

wrong to say that the Molden

Cale started to speak.

had been wondering where Arm had been getting the money to build bases and quickly increase their forces. I guess it was only possible because

fall of the Molan Household located in the Molden

Illusionist, Elisneh the

worked together to benefit each other according to

her gaze away from Cale

have

household will now throw away its name

thing left if they

guess only information

as

flows where

looked toward Ron and started to speak as if she was responding to

you'll need the rights to run a couple of the more important inns

with

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

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

what about the Mercenaries

was blankly

“Ah.”

her head elegantly as

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

at