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.”

Cale was telling Lock to look at him. The young boy

are people

such an expression on Cale's

However, I did not want it to be painful. I also

to

Lock would not feel too lonely as he knew that he had a

Loss.

to Lock's

plans on doing something crazy like that. Lock was only 15 years old.

is no reason for you

You saved me,

soon

away

“What-”

like that was

Lock throw Cale away?

in shock as

“Lock, you wouldn’t, right?”

picked his fork

ask something obvious. Just

Something obvious.

suddenly at a loss

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

Raon pushing a

strong enough to protect you during a

tone. Lock had seen many new expressions on Cale's

tasted good for the first time in

luxurious food while he had been at the

“…Delicious.”

a lot if it is

a plate full of food toward

he did not do that. He suppressed his emotions by stuffing

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

sent Lock out once he was full and looked around

I can sleep for about three

busy starting

get at least a short nap in so that he could do that. Of course, there were still people standing guard, but one of his roles was to sleep right

“Raon.”

“What is it, Human?”

video

and decided

difficult enough to protect myself. It will be

could 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 communication

“By the way, human.”

"What is it?”

made eye contact with the six-years-old Dragon who stopped connecting the device and looked toward him. Raon looked at Cale and

go through my first growth phase. Is that

about how he was not great and mighty because he could not activate his first growth phase. Cale

because of Lock's berserk transformation situation, but regardless, he chose to answer back after seeing the Dragon's gaze that seemed to be begging for

that last time? Don't ask me something

it okay if I am

the heck is he

that was far from weak was saying before

when I met you in

the round video

The cave.

recalled the moment

power was restricted as he was kept under mana restricting

so weak to the point that he could not even run away and could only live in the dark cave, pretending that

Then he was saved.

though he was

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

no, fifteen years more than you. But I am still weaker than you.

quickly changed it up

a

his head as if he was saying, ’isn’t that all that matters?’ Raon went

started to speak

why did you save me?

on the chair

I save

keep me by

back to Raon who seemed to

you need

we not need a

saved me and why you

we really not need a reason for

in the world had a reason. All things were connected, and those connections led to

be a reason Cale and he were traveling

who claimed to

is our house.

is our

repeated that statement in his head. He didn’t know why but it sounded catchy. Raon thought about that for a while before storing it in

He suddenly felt full.

Dragon slowly started

Human, that is

on but sternly spoke to the once

“The call.”