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.”

as if Cale was telling Lock to look at him. The young boy slowly raised his head. Cale admitted his mistake and started to

are people around

seen such an expression on

a wolf’s loneliness. However, I did

terrible person to want something like

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

Loss.

Pendrick's death leads to Lock's first berserk transformation

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

is no reason for you

saved me, and you trusted

mumblings stopped as soon as Cale

you throw me away if I was

“What-”

that was

Lock throw Cale away?

eyes opened wide in shock as Cale

“Lock, you wouldn’t, right?”

picked his fork

something obvious.

Something obvious.

a

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

Raon pushing a fork toward

am strong enough to protect you during a

many new expressions on Cale's face

the first time in

even the most luxurious food while he had

“…Delicious.”

if

plate full of food toward him and continued to

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

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

Lock out once he was full and looked

sleep for about three

starting early in the

needed to 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

“Raon.”

“What is it, Human?”

the video communication

about Lock and decided

to protect myself.

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 and

my first growth

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

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

I answer that last time? Don't ask me something so

Is it okay if

heck is he talking

the scary Dragon that was far from weak was saying

weak when I met you in the

the round video communication

The cave.

recalled the moment he first met

was restricted as he was

that he could not even run away and

Then he was saved.

was saved even though he was

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

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

his mistake and quickly changed it

a

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

started

why did you save me? I

on the chair as he

did I save

keep me

back to Raon who seemed to have

need

we not need a

and why

we really not need

not asked until now, but he had been curious. Everything in the world had a reason. All things were connected, and those

be a reason Cale and

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

house. Is that not

house is our

know why but it sounded catchy. Raon thought

He suddenly felt full.

slowly started to

Human,

on but

“The call.”