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.”

young boy slowly raised his head. Cale admitted

are people

an expression

loneliness. However, I did

was not such a terrible person to want

not feel too lonely as he knew that he had a family. However, this timid

Loss.

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

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

no reason for you to

You saved me,

as soon as Cale asked a

away

“What-”

that

Lock throw Cale away?

shock as Cale smiled

“Lock, you wouldn’t, right?”

picked his fork

something obvious. Just

Something obvious.

at a

are healthy first.

pushing a fork

strong enough to

joking tone. Lock had seen many new expressions on Cale's face today. Lock slowly

tasted good for the first

food while he had been at

“…Delicious.”

if it

watched Cale pushing a plate full of food toward him

did not

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

once he was

like I can sleep for about three

starting early in

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

“Raon.”

“What is it, Human?”

the video communication

thought about Lock and decided he needed to call

to protect myself. It will be hard to

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

“By the way, human.”

"What is it?”

connecting the device and

cannot go through my first growth

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

situation, but regardless, he chose to answer back after seeing

I answer that last time?

okay

the heck is he talking

what the scary Dragon that was far from

you were weak when I met you

the round

The cave.

moment he first

he was

weak back 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 think for

Then he was saved.

saved even though he was

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

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

his mistake and quickly changed

is not a problem

head as if he was saying, ’isn’t that

started to speak

save me? I am just

Cale leaning on

I save

do you keep

responded back to Raon who seemed to have more questions

you need

not need

me and why you travel

not need

been curious. Everything in the world had a reason.

a reason Cale

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

is our house. Is that

house is

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

He suddenly felt full.

Dragon slowly started

right! Human, that is

on but sternly spoke to the once again

“The call.”