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. Cale

are people around

never seen such an expression on Cale's face

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

was not such a terrible person to want something

knew that he had a

Loss.

death leads to Lock's first berserk

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

no reason for you to

me,

soon as Cale asked a

you throw me away if

“What-”

that was

Lock throw Cale away?

eyes opened wide in shock

“Lock, you wouldn’t, right?”

his

something

Something obvious.

a loss

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

a fork toward

I am strong enough to protect

a joking tone. Lock had seen many new expressions on Cale's face today. Lock slowly picked his fork back up and

first

food while he had been at

“…Delicious.”

a lot if

food toward him and continued to stuff food in his

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

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

sent Lock out once he was full

like I can sleep for about three

busy starting early in

that he could do that. Of course, there were still people standing guard, but one

“Raon.”

“What is it, Human?”

the video communication device

and decided he

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

not trust 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?”

stopped connecting the device and looked toward

go through my first growth

himself underneath the blanket and cried about how he was not great and mighty because he could not activate his first growth phase. Cale wondered

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

last time? Don't ask

it okay if I

heck is

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

think you were weak when I met you

paw touching the round video

The cave.

recalled the moment he

he was kept under mana

was weak back then. He was so weak to the point that he could not even run away and could only live in the

Then he was saved.

though he was

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

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

changed

a problem at

was saying, ’isn’t that all that matters?’ Raon went back to

then started to

did you save

on the

did I save you? Just

you keep me by your

Raon who seemed

you need

we not need a

saved me and

really not need a reason

asked until now, but he had been curious. Everything in the world had a reason. All things were

there must be a reason Cale and he were traveling

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

is our house. Is that

house is our

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

Human,

going on but sternly spoke

“The call.”