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

are people around

such an expression

However, I did not want it to

person to want something like that

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

Loss.

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

that. Lock was only 15 years

reason for you

me, and you trusted

stopped as soon as Cale asked a

away if I

“What-”

that

Lock throw Cale away?

eyes opened wide in shock

“Lock, you wouldn’t, right?”

picked his fork

don't ask something obvious.

Something obvious.

a loss

you are healthy first. And just watch. You friends,

pushing a fork toward him.

strong enough to protect you during a

seen many new expressions on Cale's face today.

for the first

luxurious food while he had

“…Delicious.”

a lot if it is

full of food toward him and continued to stuff food in

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

eyes then peeked to the side. The six-years-old Dragon continued to chew as he looked

out once he was full and looked

I can sleep for about three

would be busy starting early

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?”

video

Lock and decided

myself. It will be hard to protect that tall

could not trust his own level of strength. That was why he was planning on using his network. He watched as Raon prepared to take the video

“By the way, human.”

"What is it?”

eye contact with the six-years-old Dragon who stopped connecting the device and looked toward him. Raon looked

first growth phase. Is that

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

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

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

okay if I

the heck is

disbelief at what the scary Dragon that was far from weak was saying

weak when

touching the round video

The cave.

recalled the moment he first met

restricted as he was kept under mana

could not even run away and could

Then he was saved.

saved even though he was

felt the rough hands caressing his head. He also heard Cale's quiet sigh and mumble about how ‘a

at least thirty, no, fifteen years more than you. But I am still weaker than you. I am not even as strong as you front paw. Is that

realized his mistake and quickly changed it up before looking at

a

’isn’t that all that matters?’ Raon went back to connecting

then started

save me? I am

could see Cale leaning on the

save

keep

who seemed to have

you need a

not

saved me and why you travel

need

world had

knew that there must be a

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

our house.

house is

He didn’t know why but it sounded catchy. Raon

He suddenly felt full.

Dragon slowly started to

right! Human, that

know what was going on but sternly spoke to the once

“The call.”