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

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

puppy with

just stop talking. Nobody here

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

‘Really?’

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

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

Tap.

the document down on the

“What do you think?”

question and she immediately started

many conditions, but… Your

turned

aiming

had the Molden Kingdom become a strong

Molden Kingdom had created wide and well-maintained roads going North, South, East,

were inns and other facilities for travelers along those

the Eastern continent used the Molden Kingdom’s roads when traveling to other

a toll gate on

fee people needed to pay

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

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

Kingdom raking in a lot of money even at the low-cost

Cale started to speak.

Jopis, you of all people should know most about things related to

The one time.

one time Jopis almost defeated

created the

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

it was revealed that the original plan that started all

other words, the idea started from Jopis but the two sisters worked together to bring it to fruition…

them are

said that both of the sisters were

side to help her, the Molden Kingdom could probably quickly ascend to the Eastern continent’s

Jopis started to smile.

know about the roads the most. But giving the

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

inns owned by the kingdom. The

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

amount was said to be more than the

Jopis started to speak.

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

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

continued to speak in

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

of tea

Kingdom’s ally, prevent

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

everything it says it will do? Especially when it is on a completely different

then saw Cale pointing

pointed at Bud and

the leader of the Mercenaries Guild,

was the Molan patriarch whom the people of the past information and assassin households who had been living in hiding were slowly

“Aha.”

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

Guild and the assassin household

to speak at

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

arms and stepped

information he had heard from Ron and Glenn on their way here… He had modified this offer to Jopis once using that information

the current document

would

Ron started to smile.

above everything

elegantly nodded her

but the worst was that damn money. There seemed to be nothing someone could

Click.

put her teacup

headed toward

I guess you contacted me

the teacup as

showing that the numerous small merchant guilds that the

“Haha-”

cup rippled following Jopis's laughter. She

was as I investigated that bitch. I

looked as if her pride

showed, Jopis was

to turn the Molden Kingdom into a strong kingdom with the Molden

grip as she

Molden Kingdom's true small merchant guilds and their

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

Cale started to speak.

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

the Molden mountain

Elisneh

benefit each other according to the White

away from Cale and looked

what does that money have to do

will now throw away its name

was only one thing left if

I guess only information

sparkled as Cale started

flows where money

speak as if she

couple of the

with a benign

oh my. I preferred having you being an assassin

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

about

was blankly

“Ah.”

her head elegantly as

the puppies and was

was at