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.”

at him. The young boy slowly raised his head. Cale

are people around

an expression on

about a wolf’s loneliness. However, I did not want it to be painful. I also did not want

terrible person to want

a family. However, this timid

Loss.

leads to Lock's first berserk transformation and helps

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

reason for you to

You saved me,

mumblings stopped as soon as Cale

throw me away if

“What-”

like that was

Lock throw Cale away?

wide in shock as Cale smiled back at

“Lock, you wouldn’t, right?”

picked his

don't ask something obvious.

Something obvious.

at a loss for

to repay me for my trust, show me that you are healthy first. And just watch. You friends, your family, are stronger

Raon pushing a fork toward him.

am strong enough to protect you

Lock had seen many new expressions on Cale's face today. Lock slowly picked his fork back up and

the first time in

food while he had been at

“…Delicious.”

a lot if it is

food toward him

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

as Lock did that. The Black Dragon’s dark blue eyes then peeked

he was full and looked around the

sleep for about three

be busy starting early in

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

“Raon.”

“What is it, Human?”

video communication device

and decided he needed to

speaking, it is difficult enough to protect myself. It will be hard to protect that tall

planning on using his network.

“By the way, human.”

"What is it?”

who stopped connecting the device and looked toward

cannot go through my first growth phase.

recalled how Raon had buried himself underneath the blanket and cried about how he was not great and mighty because he

situation, but regardless, he chose to

time? Don't ask me

okay

the heck is

at what the scary Dragon that was far from weak was saying before

weak when

the round video

The cave.

recalled the moment

he was kept under mana restricting

to the point that he could not even run away and could only live in the dark cave, pretending that he didn’t hear anything or

Then he was saved.

though he was

his head. He also heard Cale's quiet sigh and mumble about how ‘a

least thirty, no, fifteen years more than you. But I am still weaker than you. I am not even as strong as you front paw. Is that a

changed it up before looking at

a

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

started to speak

you save

on

did I save you?

keep me

to Raon who seemed to have

need a

we not need

and why you travel

we really not need a reason

world had a reason. All things were connected, and

there must be a

to what that reason might be. The human who claimed to have lived at least fifteen years more

house is our house. Is

house is our

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

He suddenly felt full.

Dragon slowly started

right! Human, that is

but sternly

“The call.”