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.”

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

are people

such an expression

here alone hoping 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

not such a terrible person to want

a family. However, this

Loss.

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

doing something crazy like that. Lock was only 15 years old. You

is no reason for

me, and you trusted

soon as

away if

“What-”

like that

Lock throw Cale away?

opened wide in shock

“Lock, you wouldn’t, right?”

picked his

something obvious. Just

Something obvious.

suddenly at a loss

show me that you are healthy

see Raon pushing a fork toward him. Cale

am strong enough to

on Cale's face today.

tasted good for the first time in a long

food while

“…Delicious.”

lot if it is

full of food toward him and continued to stuff food in

would pop out if he did not do that. He suppressed his emotions by stuffing his

blue eyes then peeked to the

once he was full and looked around the quiet

can sleep for

busy starting early in

could do that. Of course, there were still people standing guard, but one of his roles was

“Raon.”

“What is it, Human?”

the video

Lock and decided

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

why he was planning on using his network. He watched

“By the way, human.”

"What is it?”

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

through my first growth

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

it might be because of Lock's berserk transformation situation, but regardless, he chose to answer back after seeing the Dragon's gaze that

answer that last time? Don't ask

okay if I am

the heck is he talking

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

were weak when I met you in the

the round

The cave.

recalled the moment he first

as he was kept under mana restricting

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

Then he was saved.

saved even though he was

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

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

his mistake and quickly changed it up before

not a

if he was saying, ’isn’t that all that matters?’ Raon went back to connecting the video communication device while

then started

you save me? I am

on the

I save you?

keep me by

to Raon who seemed to have more questions than usual

you need

not need a

saved me and

really not need

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

be a reason Cale

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

our house. Is

house is our

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

He suddenly felt full.

six-years-old Dragon slowly

Human, that is

on but

“The call.”