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.”

if Cale was telling Lock to look at him. The young boy slowly raised his head.

are people around

never seen such an

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

was not such a terrible person to

had a family. However, this timid

Loss.

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

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

is no reason for

me,

soon

me away if

“What-”

like that was

Lock throw Cale away?

shock as Cale

“Lock, you wouldn’t, right?”

his

don't ask something

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

could see Raon pushing a fork

I am strong enough to

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

good for the first

food while

“…Delicious.”

if

plate full of food toward

if something else would pop out if he did not do that. He

Lock did that. The Black Dragon’s dark blue eyes then peeked to the side. The six-years-old Dragon

Lock out once he was full and looked around the quiet

like I can sleep for about three

would be busy starting early

at 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

“Raon.”

“What is it, Human?”

video communication device

Lock and decided

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

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

“By the way, human.”

"What is it?”

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

first

blanket and cried about how he was not great and mighty because he could not activate his first growth

to answer back after seeing

that last time? Don't ask

Is it okay if I

is

disbelief at what the scary Dragon that was far from weak was saying before casually

think you were weak when

small paw touching the

The cave.

recalled the moment he first met

power was restricted as he was kept under

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.

though he

heard Cale's quiet sigh and mumble about how ‘a six-year-old is still

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

mistake and quickly changed it up

is not a problem at

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

then started

save me? I am just

could see Cale leaning on the chair

I save you? Just

you keep me by your

casually but honestly responded back to Raon who

need

not need a

and why you travel with

we really not need a

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

a reason Cale and

human who claimed to have lived at least fifteen

house.

house is our

that statement in his head. He didn’t know why but it sounded catchy. Raon thought about that for a while before storing it in

He suddenly felt full.

six-years-old Dragon slowly started to

right! Human, that

was going on but sternly

“The call.”