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.”

The young boy slowly raised his head. Cale admitted his

people around

an expression on Cale's face

learn about a wolf’s loneliness. However, I did

terrible person to want

Lock would not feel too lonely as he knew that he had a family. However, this timid child seemed to have felt pressure and burden

Loss.

healer Pendrick's death leads to Lock's first berserk transformation and helps him

that. Lock was only 15 years old. You had to be a lunatic to do something like that to a

is no reason for

You saved me, and you

stopped as soon as Cale asked

you throw me away

“What-”

like that was

Lock throw Cale away?

opened wide in shock as Cale smiled back

“Lock, you wouldn’t, right?”

picked his fork

something

Something obvious.

a loss for words

you want to repay me for my trust, show me that you are healthy first. And just watch.

Raon pushing a fork toward

enough to protect you during

seen many new expressions on Cale's face today. Lock

tasted good for the first time in

the most luxurious food while he had been at

“…Delicious.”

a lot if

toward him and continued

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

then peeked

was full and looked around the quiet

sleep for

be busy starting early in the

least a short nap in so that he could do that. Of

“Raon.”

“What is it, Human?”

video communication device

Lock and decided he needed

protect myself. It

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?”

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

first

great and mighty because he could not

of Lock's berserk transformation situation, but regardless, he chose to answer back after seeing the Dragon's gaze that seemed to be begging for

last time? Don't ask me something

okay if

heck is he talking

Dragon that was far from weak was saying before casually

were weak when I met you in the

small paw touching the round video communication device

The cave.

moment he first

restricted as he was kept under mana restricting

run away and could only live in the dark cave, pretending that he didn’t hear anything

Then he was saved.

saved even though he was not

felt the rough hands caressing his head. He also heard Cale's quiet

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

quickly changed it up before looking at

not a problem at

Cale nod his head as if he was saying, ’isn’t that all that matters?’ Raon went back to connecting the video communication device

then started to speak

you save

could see Cale leaning on

save you?

do you keep me by

back to Raon who seemed to have more questions

you need

not need

saved me and why you travel

not need a reason

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

be a reason Cale and he were traveling

might be. The human who claimed to have lived at least fifteen years more

is our house. Is that not

is

sounded catchy. Raon thought about that for a while

He suddenly felt full.

six-years-old Dragon slowly started to

right! Human, that is

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

“The call.”