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.”

The young boy slowly raised his head. Cale admitted his mistake and started

are people

seen such an

loneliness. However, I did not want it to be

not such a terrible person to want something like that for a

feel too lonely as he knew that he had a family. However, this timid child seemed to have felt pressure and burden

Loss.

death leads to Lock's first berserk

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

reason for you

me, and you trusted

soon as

you throw me away if I

“What-”

like that was

Lock throw Cale away?

opened wide in shock as Cale smiled back at

“Lock, you wouldn’t, right?”

picked his fork

something obvious.

Something obvious.

suddenly at a loss

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

Lock could see Raon pushing a fork toward him. Cale continued to

I am strong enough to

new expressions on Cale's

first time in

most luxurious food while he had been at the Gorge of

“…Delicious.”

if it

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

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

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

out once he was full and

sleep for about

starting

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?”

the video communication device

about Lock and decided

enough to protect myself. It will be

his own level of strength. That was why he was planning on using his network. He watched as Raon

“By the way, human.”

"What is it?”

Dragon who stopped connecting the device

first growth

underneath the blanket and cried about how he was not great and mighty because he could not activate his first growth

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

answer that last time? Don't ask me

Is it okay

heck is he

what the scary Dragon that

weak when I met

paw touching the round

The cave.

moment he first

restricted as he

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

Then he was saved.

was saved even though he was not

also heard Cale's quiet sigh and mumble about how

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

realized his mistake and quickly changed it up

a

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

started

save me? I

Cale leaning on the chair as

save you?

keep me by your

to Raon who seemed to have more questions

need a

we not need a

me and why you travel with

really not need a reason

Everything in the world

must be a reason

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

is our house. Is that not

is

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

He suddenly felt full.

slowly started to

Human, that

but sternly

“The call.”