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.”

Lock to look at him. The young boy slowly raised his head. Cale admitted his

people

an

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

was not such a terrible person to want

lonely as he knew that he had a family. However,

Loss.

leads to Lock's first berserk transformation and helps

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

is no reason for you

You saved me, and

stopped as soon as

away if

“What-”

that

Lock throw Cale away?

eyes opened wide in shock as Cale

“Lock, you wouldn’t, right?”

picked his

ask something

Something obvious.

suddenly at a loss for words

want to repay me for my trust, show me that you 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

tone. Lock had seen many new expressions on Cale's face

tasted good for the first time in a

had not enjoyed even the most luxurious food while he had been at

“…Delicious.”

lot if it

a plate full of food toward him and

felt as if something else would pop out if he did not do

blue eyes then peeked to the

he was full

sleep for about three

be busy starting early in the

nap in so that he could do that. Of course, there were

“Raon.”

“What is it, Human?”

video communication device

thought about Lock and decided he needed

it is difficult enough to protect myself. It will be hard

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

“By the way, human.”

"What is it?”

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

first growth phase.

underneath the blanket and cried about how he was not great and mighty because he

regardless, he chose to answer back after seeing the Dragon's gaze that seemed to be begging for

answer that last time? Don't ask

okay if

heck is he

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

when

the round

The cave.

the moment

power was restricted as he was kept under mana

could not even run away and could

Then he was saved.

saved even though he

Cale's quiet

thirty, no, fifteen years more than you. But I am still weaker than you. I am not even

mistake and quickly changed it up before looking at

a problem at

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

started to speak

you save

leaning on the chair as he responded

did I save you?

you keep me by

Raon who seemed to have more questions than

need

we not

you saved me and why you

need a reason

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

be a reason Cale

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

house is our house. Is

is our

sounded catchy. Raon thought about that for a while

He suddenly felt full.

slowly started to

Human, that

but sternly spoke to the once

“The call.”