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

puppies too! Those puppies are smart! I don’t

the puppy with

just stop talking. Nobody here is

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

‘Really?’

Of course, Cale had finished his conversation with

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

Tap.

down on the table at that

“What do you think?”

question and she immediately

conditions, but…

gaze turned toward

are aiming

become a strong nation with Elisneh the First at

roads going North, South, East, and West… They connected

were inns and other facilities for travelers

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

similar to a toll gate on

to pay to use

charged based on the size of the party and

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

of money even at the low-cost

Cale started to speak.

all people should know most about

The one time.

almost

it was revealed that she was the one who created the road maintenance plan

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

was revealed that the original plan that

idea started from Jopis but the two sisters worked together to bring it to fruition… And Elisneh

of them are

both of the

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

Jopis started to smile.

know about the roads the most. But giving the toll to the

it nor is it a long-term contract. Furthermore, there are other venues that fund the

the kingdom. The currency exchange stores owned

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

amount was said to be more than the toll

Jopis started to speak.

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

blowing up the palace and giving Jopis her

continued to speak in a

to blow up. I guess it makes sense, and I suspected it since learning about your connection to the Molan

a sip of tea

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

a couple years worth of toll if the Roan Kingdom

it will do? Especially when it is

then saw Cale pointing

had pointed at Bud and

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

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

“Aha.”

gasped put her chin on her hands as she looked around at the people in

and the assassin household

to speak at

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

his arms and

He had modified this

result was the current document in Jopis’s hand right

what would that

Ron started to smile.

above

nodded her

but the worst was that damn money. There seemed to

Click.

put her

gaze headed toward the

are telling me, I

filled the teacup as

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 to operate the

“Haha-”

cup rippled following Jopis's laughter.

It was as I investigated that bitch. I

as if her pride had

as her expression showed,

Molden Kingdom into a strong kingdom with

grip as she

Molden Kingdom's true

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

Cale started to speak.

build bases and quickly increase their forces. I guess it was only possible because they

fall of the Molan Household located in the Molden mountain range

Elisneh the

two locations would have worked together to benefit each other

her gaze away from Cale

what does that money have

household will now throw

one thing left if they took

guess only

as Cale started to

where money

and started to speak

a couple of the more important inns for that information

with a

assassin in

to be planning a lot of things in her mind. She then turned

what about the

was blankly staring

“Ah.”

nodded her head elegantly as

the puppies and was being held

at