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.”

telling Lock to look at him. The young boy slowly raised his head. Cale admitted

people around

such an

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

such a terrible person to want something like that for

thought Lock would not feel too lonely as he knew that he had a family. However, this

Loss.

novel, healer Pendrick's death leads to Lock's first berserk transformation

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

is no reason for you to

me,

mumblings stopped as soon as Cale

throw me away if

“What-”

that was

Lock throw Cale away?

shock as Cale smiled back at

“Lock, you wouldn’t, right?”

his fork back

don't ask something obvious.

Something obvious.

at a loss for

me for my trust, show me that you are

pushing a fork toward him. Cale continued

strong enough to protect you during a

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

first time in a long

enjoyed even the most luxurious food

“…Delicious.”

a lot if it is

a plate full of food toward him and continued to stuff food in

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

watched as Lock did that. The Black Dragon’s dark blue eyes then peeked to the side. The six-years-old Dragon continued to chew as

once he was

like I can sleep for about

would be busy starting early in

nap in so that he could do that. Of course, there were still people standing guard, but

“Raon.”

“What is it, Human?”

video communication

and decided he needed to call

is difficult enough to protect myself.

why he was planning on using his network. He watched as Raon prepared to take

“By the way, human.”

"What is it?”

the device and looked toward him. Raon looked

my first growth

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

he chose to answer back after seeing the Dragon's gaze

that last time? Don't

okay if I am

heck is

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

when I met you in the

small paw touching the round

The cave.

recalled the moment he

restricted as he

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

Then he was saved.

was saved even though he

head. He also heard Cale's quiet sigh and mumble about how ‘a six-year-old

weaker than you, I've lived at least thirty, no, fifteen years more than you. But I am still weaker than you. I am not even as

changed

a problem at

response made Cale nod his head as if he was saying, ’isn’t that all that matters?’ Raon went back

started

save me?

on the chair as

did I save you?

keep me by

back to Raon who seemed to have more questions than

you need

not need a

saved me and why you travel with

need a

had not asked until now, but he had been curious. Everything in the world had a reason. All things were connected, and

knew that there must be a reason Cale and

human who claimed to have lived at

is our house.

house is our

didn’t know why but it sounded catchy. Raon thought about that for a while

He suddenly felt full.

slowly started

right! Human, that is

know what was going on but

“The call.”