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 slowly raised his head. Cale admitted his mistake and

people

had never seen such an expression

learn about a wolf’s loneliness. However, I did not want it to be painful. I also did not want

to want something like that for a

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

Loss.

death leads to Lock's first

only 15 years old. You had to be a lunatic to

reason

me, and you

mumblings stopped as soon

away

“What-”

like that was

Lock throw Cale away?

opened wide in shock as Cale

“Lock, you wouldn’t, right?”

picked his fork back

don't ask something obvious. Just

Something obvious.

a

are healthy first. And just watch. You friends, your family, are stronger

Lock could see Raon pushing a fork toward him. Cale

to protect you during a

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

the first time in

luxurious food while he had been at the Gorge

“…Delicious.”

lot if it

a plate full of food toward him and

out if he did not do

that. The Black Dragon’s dark blue eyes then peeked to the side. The

Lock out once he was

like I can sleep for

starting early in the

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

“Raon.”

“What is it, Human?”

video

thought about Lock and decided he needed

protect myself.

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

“By the way, human.”

"What is it?”

made eye contact with the six-years-old Dragon who stopped connecting the device

cannot go through my first

great and mighty because he could not activate his

situation, but regardless, he chose to

that last time? Don't ask me something

it okay if I

the heck is

what the scary Dragon that was far from weak was saying before

were weak when

paw touching the

The cave.

recalled the moment he first met

he was kept under mana restricting

point that he could not even run away and could only live in the dark cave,

Then he was saved.

even though he was

also heard Cale's quiet sigh and mumble about how

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

his mistake and quickly changed it up before looking

is not a problem at

that all that matters?’ Raon went back to connecting the video

then started to

you save me? I am

Cale leaning on the

did I save you?

you keep me

back to Raon who seemed to have more questions than

you need a

not

and why you

not need

been curious. Everything in the world

knew that there must be a reason

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

our house. Is

is

why but it sounded

He suddenly felt full.

six-years-old Dragon slowly started

Human,

but sternly

“The call.”