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

people

such an expression on Cale's face

you could learn about a wolf’s loneliness. However, I did not want it

a terrible person to want something like that

Lock would not feel too lonely as he knew that he had a family. However, this timid child seemed to have felt pressure and

Loss.

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

like that. Lock was only 15 years old. You had to

no reason for you to

You saved me, and you

mumblings stopped as soon as

away if I was

“What-”

that

Lock throw Cale away?

eyes opened wide in shock

“Lock, you wouldn’t, right?”

picked his fork

something obvious. Just

Something obvious.

at a loss for

want to repay me for my trust, show me that you are healthy first. And just watch. You friends, your family, are

Raon pushing a fork toward him. Cale continued

to protect you during

many new expressions on Cale's face

first time

the most luxurious food while

“…Delicious.”

if

toward

not

Dragon’s dark blue eyes then peeked to the side. The six-years-old Dragon continued to chew as he

sent Lock out once he was full and looked

I can sleep for

busy starting

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

“Raon.”

“What is it, Human?”

video communication device

about Lock and decided he needed to call

protect myself. It will be hard to protect

why he was planning on

“By the way, human.”

"What is it?”

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

cannot go through my first growth phase.

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

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

time? Don't ask

it okay if I am

heck is he talking

scary Dragon that

think you were weak when I

touching the round

The cave.

the moment he

as he was

run away and could only live in the dark cave, pretending that he didn’t hear anything

Then he was saved.

even though he

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

weaker than you, I've lived 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

and quickly changed

is not a problem at

Cale nod his head as if he was saying, ’isn’t that all that matters?’ Raon went back to

started

you save me? I am just

leaning on the chair as he

did I save you?

keep me by your

but honestly responded back to Raon who seemed to have more questions than

need a

we not

me and why you travel with

not need a reason for

now, but he had been curious. Everything in the world had a reason. All things were connected, and those connections led to different

must be a

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

is our house. Is

house is our

that statement in his head. He didn’t know why but it sounded catchy.

He suddenly felt full.

six-years-old Dragon slowly started to

right! Human,

going on but sternly

“The call.”