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.

people around

had never seen such an expression on

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

a terrible person to

a family.

Loss.

Pendrick's death leads to Lock's first berserk

15 years old.

reason for

me, and

soon as Cale asked a

away if I was

“What-”

that

Lock throw Cale away?

shock

“Lock, you wouldn’t, right?”

picked his

don't ask something obvious.

Something obvious.

a loss

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

pushing a fork toward

am strong enough to protect

speaking in a joking tone. Lock had seen many new expressions on Cale's face today. Lock slowly picked his fork back

good for the first time in a

food while he had been at

“…Delicious.”

if it

watched Cale pushing a plate full of food toward

he did not do that.

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

sent Lock out once he was full and

I can sleep for about three

be busy starting

needed to get at least a short nap in so that he could do that. Of course, there were still people standing guard, but one of

“Raon.”

“What is it, Human?”

the video communication

Lock and decided he needed to call that

protect myself. It will be hard to protect that

trust his own level of strength. That was why he was planning on using his network. He watched as Raon prepared to take the video communication device

“By the way, human.”

"What is it?”

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

my first growth

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

situation, but regardless, he chose to answer back

last time? Don't

okay if I

heck is he talking

scary Dragon that was

think you were weak when I met you in the

touching the

The cave.

the moment he

restricted as he was kept

He was so weak to the point that he could not even run away and could only live in the dark cave, pretending that he didn’t hear anything or

Then he was saved.

even though

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

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

his mistake and quickly changed it up before looking

is not a problem

response made Cale nod his head as if he was saying, ’isn’t that all

started

save

leaning on

I save you? Just

do you keep

responded back to Raon who seemed to have more

you need a

we not need a

and why

we really not need a reason

had not asked until now, but he had been curious. Everything in the world had a reason. All things were connected, and those

that there must be a reason Cale and he

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

house is our house.

is

it sounded

He suddenly felt full.

slowly

Human, that

know what was going on but sternly spoke to the once again

“The call.”