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

people around

such an

alone hoping that you could learn about a wolf’s loneliness. However, I did not want it to be painful. I also did not

not such a terrible person to want something like that

had a family. However, this timid child seemed to have

Loss.

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

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

reason for you

me, and you

mumblings stopped as soon

away if

“What-”

like that

Lock throw Cale away?

opened wide in shock as

“Lock, you wouldn’t, right?”

his fork

ask something obvious.

Something obvious.

was suddenly at a loss

to repay me for my trust, show me that you are healthy first.

a fork toward him. Cale continued to

to protect you during

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

first time in

most luxurious food while he had been at the Gorge of

“…Delicious.”

if it is

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

did not do that. He suppressed his

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

sent Lock out once he was full and looked around the quiet

like I can sleep

starting early in the

at least a short nap in so that he could do that. Of

“Raon.”

“What is it, Human?”

the video communication

Lock and decided he needed to call that

speaking, it is difficult enough to protect myself. It will

he was planning on using his network. He watched as Raon prepared to take the video

“By the way, human.”

"What is it?”

connecting the device and looked toward him. Raon looked

through my first growth phase. Is that

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

to answer back after seeing

answer that last time? Don't ask me

it okay if I am

heck is he

scary Dragon that was far from

think you were weak when I met you

the round video

The cave.

moment he first met

as he was kept under

run away and could only live in the dark cave, pretending that he

Then he was saved.

was saved even though he was

hands caressing his head. He also heard Cale's quiet sigh and mumble about how

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

changed

a

as if he was saying, ’isn’t that

started to

why did you save me? I am just

could see Cale leaning on

I save you?

do you keep me by your

who

you need

we not

and why you travel

need a reason

not asked until now, but he had been curious. Everything in the world

be a reason Cale and

be. The human who claimed to have lived at least fifteen years more than he had,

house is our house. Is that

house is

that statement in his head. He didn’t know why but it sounded catchy. Raon thought about that for a

He suddenly felt full.

slowly started to

Human, that

was going on but

“The call.”