Trash of the Count's Family

“…Suddenly.”

It really had been all of a sudden.

“I suddenly couldn't go berserk. I can’t remember how I did it. I need to quickly overcome it and take care of the issue, but I don't remember the method. It really was all of a sudden. I don't know why-”

“Lock, since when did it not work?”

Pat, pat. Lock stopped talking as Raon patted him on the shoulder. However, his eyes were still showing signs of uncertainty.

Cannot enter his berserk transformation.

This sudden regression of strength.

Lock knew when it had started. That was why he could not say it. It would make him seem too stupid and useless.

“That, you see, the moment it started was…”

The tips of Lock’s lips started to turn blue.

Cale started to speak at that moment.

“No need.”

Lock flinched and looked to the other side.

“I'm sure it'll return some day.”

“···Excuse me?”

Lock could see that Cale was speaking with a calm expression on his face. Lock could feel the emotion coming from Cale through his expression and his voice.

“First, we need to fatten you up. Relax and roll around doing nothing.”

“He's right! Lock, you are too skinny!”

They were extremely calm, as if they had come here to vacation. That made Lock open and close his mouth a few times before finally managing to get a word out.

“…But the battle is coming up.”

Battle.

It was such a scary and fearful word.

“And?”

However, the response he got back was extremely calm.

Lock suddenly felt upset. He started to speak.

“I couldn’t go berserk since I heard about the war!”

‘Oops.’

Lock’s expression crumbled after revealing that fact. He lowered his head and buried his face in his hands.

He recalled the moment he realized he could not go berserk.

It was when Rosalyn told him about the upcoming battle.

It was when she had told him that the Indomitable Alliance was headed to the Breck Kingdom for a final battle.

His heart had started to beat wildly at that moment. It was then that he realized he could not go berserk anymore.

“Since that moment, since I learned that we are going to fight, I can’t go berserk anymore. I should be fighting alongside everyone else. But why is it that I cannot go berserk right before the battle?”

Lock was full of despair at that fact.

In fact, he was despising himself.

Anybody could see why he would be like this with this timing.

“…It’s like I'm trying to avoid the battle. It’s as if I am afraid. I need to grow quickly to help.”

Lock recalled Rosalyn's look of confusion about how to console him, as well as the shocked expressions on the faces of the others whom he had not seen for a while.

Their concerns for him made him hate himself even more.

“Choi Han hyung and Rosalyn noona saved my siblings and I.”

Lock did not think he came all this way on his own. There were too many people who helped guide his cowardly and timid self.

“Young master-nim also saved us and gave us a home. I need to pay you back for that! But why am I like this!”

That was why Lock hated himself right now.

He was embarrassed.

Forget the Wolf King, he was just a weakling.

Lock sighed after seeing that his two hands were still shaking.

He heard Cale's voice again at that moment.

“It’s okay.”

Cale put down his fork and looked toward Lock.

“Lock.”

look at him. The young boy slowly raised his head. Cale admitted his mistake and

people

such an expression on Cale's

I did not want it to be painful. I

a terrible person to

a family. However, this timid child seemed to have felt pressure and burden

Loss.

Pendrick's death leads to Lock's first berserk transformation and helps

crazy like that. Lock was only 15 years old. You had to be a lunatic

no reason for

saved me, and

soon as

throw me away if I was

“What-”

like that

Lock throw Cale away?

shock as Cale smiled

“Lock, you wouldn’t, right?”

his

don't ask something obvious.

Something obvious.

at a loss for

my trust, show me that you are healthy first. And just watch. You friends,

could see Raon pushing a fork

strong enough to protect you

speaking in a joking tone. Lock had seen many new expressions on Cale's face today. Lock slowly picked his

tasted good for the first time

most luxurious food while

“…Delicious.”

if

full of food toward him and continued to stuff food in his

felt as if something else would pop out if he did not do that. He suppressed his emotions by stuffing his

blue eyes then peeked to the

sent Lock out once he was full and

like I can sleep for

busy starting early

that he could do that. Of course, there were still people standing guard, but one of his roles was to

“Raon.”

“What is it, Human?”

video

thought about Lock and decided

enough to protect myself. It will be hard to

not trust his own level of strength. That was why he was planning on using his network. He watched as Raon prepared to take the video

“By the way, human.”

"What is it?”

eye contact with the six-years-old Dragon who stopped connecting the device and

first growth phase. Is

and cried about how he was not great and mighty because he could not activate his first growth phase. Cale wondered why Raon was suddenly bringing

but regardless, he chose to answer back

time? Don't ask

okay if I

heck is

at what the scary Dragon that was

when I

the

The cave.

moment he first

restricted as he was kept under mana

run away and could only live in the dark cave, pretending that he didn’t hear anything

Then he was saved.

saved even though he

rough hands caressing his head. He also heard Cale's quiet sigh and mumble about how

you. But I am still weaker than you. I am not even as strong as

his mistake and quickly changed

not a problem

as if he was saying, ’isn’t that all that matters?’ Raon went back to connecting the video communication device while peeking

started to speak

why did you save me? I

on

save you?

you keep me by your

to Raon who seemed to have more questions than usual

you need

we not

saved me and

need a reason

asked until now, but he had been curious. Everything in the world had a reason. All

knew that there must be a reason Cale and he were traveling

Dragon was curious as to what that reason might be. The human who claimed to have

is our house. Is that not

is our

his head. He didn’t know why but it sounded catchy. Raon

He suddenly felt full.

six-years-old Dragon slowly

right! Human, that

know what was going on but sternly spoke to the once again energetic

“The call.”