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.”

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

people

had never seen such an expression on

However, I did

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

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

Loss.

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Cale had no plans on doing something crazy like that. Lock was only 15 years old. You had to be a

reason

You saved me, and you trusted

mumblings stopped as soon as Cale asked a

me away if I

“What-”

like that was

Lock throw Cale away?

opened wide in shock as Cale

“Lock, you wouldn’t, right?”

picked his fork

don't ask something obvious. Just

Something obvious.

was suddenly at a loss for

trust, show me that you are healthy first. And just watch. You friends, your family, are stronger than

a fork toward him. Cale continued to

to protect

seen many new expressions on Cale's face today. Lock slowly picked his

for the first time in

the most luxurious food while he

“…Delicious.”

lot if it is

Cale pushing a plate full of food toward him and continued to

not do that. He

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

sent Lock out once he was full and looked

I can sleep for about three

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 was to sleep right

“Raon.”

“What is it, Human?”

the video communication

thought about Lock and decided he needed to call that

myself. It will be

why he was planning on using his network. He watched as Raon prepared to

“By the way, human.”

"What is it?”

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

through my first

how Raon had buried 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 why

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

time? Don't ask me something

okay if

is

scary Dragon that was

were weak when I met you

touching the

The cave.

the moment he first

restricted as he was kept under

weak to the point that he could not even run away and could only live in the dark cave, pretending that he didn’t

Then he was saved.

saved even though he

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

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

his mistake and quickly changed it up

a problem

nod his head as if he was saying, ’isn’t that

started

why did you save me?

Cale leaning on

save you? Just

keep me by your

honestly responded back to Raon who seemed to have

need a

not

you saved me and

need a

been curious. Everything in the world had a reason. All things

there must be a reason Cale and

who claimed to have lived at least fifteen years more than he had,

is our house.

is our

didn’t know why but it sounded catchy. Raon thought about that for a while

He suddenly felt full.

six-years-old Dragon slowly started to

Human,

going on but sternly spoke to the once

“The call.”