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 the

her. Human! I like those puppies too! Those puppies

with a satisfied smile on

should just stop talking. Nobody here is on my

Mercenary King! The human rushed here right away to

‘Really?’

Of course, Cale had finished his conversation with Alberu, but Raon did not know

toward Cale while Cale started to frown wondering

Tap.

document down on

“What do you think?”

question and she

saw many conditions, but…

gaze turned

are aiming

Kingdom become a strong

had created wide and well-maintained roads going North,

other

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

similar to a toll

to pay to

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

Kingdom's roads because they were the fastest, safest, and had

resulted in the Molden Kingdom raking in a lot of money even at the

Cale started to speak.

know most

The one time.

one time Jopis almost

one who created the road maintenance plan that helped the Molden

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

revealed that the original plan

it to fruition… And Elisneh the First

of them are

could be said that both of the sisters were very

help her, the Molden Kingdom could probably quickly ascend

Jopis started to smile.

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

a long-term contract. Furthermore, there are other venues that fund the

kingdom. The currency

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

amount 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 ripped to pieces if things

proposal did not end after blowing up the

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

a sip of tea before continuing

ally, prevent the invasion from nearby kingdoms, handle arbitrations,

portion of a couple years worth

it says it will do?

then saw Cale

had pointed at Bud and

the leader of the Mercenaries Guild, a large faction on

the past information and assassin households who

“Aha.”

hands as she looked around at

Guild and the assassin household work for

to speak at

there was an aspect where you were significantly lacking in comparison to

crossed his arms and stepped

on their way here… He had modified this offer to

the current document

would that

Ron started to smile.

but above everything

elegantly nodded her

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

Click.

her

gaze headed toward the

I guess you

the teacup

reclaimed 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

“Haha-”

following Jopis's laughter. She tightly clenched

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

her pride had

showed, Jopis

wanted to turn the Molden Kingdom into a

as she

that is supposed to go to the Molden Kingdom's true small merchant guilds and their employees is being funneled

say that the Molden

Cale started to speak.

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

the Molden

Elisneh the

benefit each other according to

gaze away from Cale and looked at

money have to do with the Molan

now throw

There was only one thing

I guess only information

sparkled as Cale started

flows where

started to speak as

to run a couple of the more important inns for

with

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

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

about the Mercenaries

blankly

“Ah.”

nodded her head elegantly as if

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

was at that