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.

are people around

an expression on Cale's

However, I did not want it to

such a terrible person to want something like that for

would not feel too lonely as he knew that he had a family.

Loss.

healer Pendrick's death leads to

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

reason for you to

me, and you

as soon as Cale

away if I

“What-”

that

Lock throw Cale away?

in shock as Cale

“Lock, you wouldn’t, right?”

picked his fork

something obvious.

Something obvious.

suddenly at a loss for

me that you are healthy first. And just watch. You friends, your family,

a fork toward him. Cale

strong enough to protect

on Cale's

first time

most luxurious food while he had been

“…Delicious.”

lot if it

plate full of food toward him and continued to stuff

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

Dragon’s dark blue eyes then peeked to the side. The six-years-old Dragon continued

once he was full and looked around the quiet

I can sleep for about three

busy starting

least a short nap in so that he could do that. Of course, there were still people standing guard, but one of

“Raon.”

“What is it, Human?”

the video

about Lock and decided he needed

enough to protect myself. It will be hard to protect that tall

strength. That was why he was planning on using his network. He watched as Raon prepared

“By the way, human.”

"What is it?”

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

cannot go through my first

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

be because of Lock's berserk transformation situation, but regardless, he chose to answer back after

answer that last time?

it okay if

the heck is he

was in disbelief at what the scary Dragon that was far

were weak when I met you in

paw touching the round video communication

The cave.

recalled the moment he

as he was kept

then. He was so weak 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

head. He also heard Cale's quiet sigh and mumble

am weaker than you, I've lived at least thirty, no, fifteen years more than you. But I am still

and quickly changed

a problem

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

started

save me? I

see Cale leaning on the chair as

did I save you?

you keep me by

to Raon who seemed to have more questions than

need

not

you saved me and why you travel with

not need

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

there must be a reason Cale and he were traveling

to what that reason might be. The human who claimed

house. Is

house is our

sounded catchy. Raon thought about

He suddenly felt full.

slowly

Human, that

was going on but sternly spoke to the

“The call.”