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.”

at him. The young boy slowly raised his head. Cale

people around

an expression

left you here alone hoping that you could learn about a wolf’s loneliness. However, I

to

a family. However, this timid child seemed to have

Loss.

healer Pendrick's death leads to Lock's

only 15 years old. You had to be a lunatic

no reason

me,

mumblings stopped as soon as

throw me away

“What-”

like that was

Lock throw Cale away?

shock as

“Lock, you wouldn’t, right?”

his fork

don't ask something

Something obvious.

at a loss

are healthy first. And just watch. You friends, your

a fork toward him. Cale

to protect you during a

on Cale's face today.

tasted good for the first time in a long

the most luxurious food while he had been at the Gorge of

“…Delicious.”

a lot if

full of food toward him

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

dark blue eyes then peeked to the side. The

was full and looked around the quiet

I can sleep

starting early in the

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

“Raon.”

“What is it, Human?”

the video communication

about Lock and decided he needed

is difficult enough to protect myself. It

not trust his own level of strength. That was why he was planning on using his network.

“By the way, human.”

"What is it?”

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

go through my first

had buried himself underneath the blanket and cried about how he was not great and mighty because he could not activate his first growth phase. Cale wondered why Raon was suddenly

because of Lock's berserk transformation situation, but regardless, he chose to answer back after seeing the

last time? Don't ask me something so

it okay if I

heck is

what the scary Dragon that was far from weak was saying before

you were weak when I met you in the

paw touching the

The cave.

the moment he first

he was kept under mana restricting

then. He was so weak to the point that he could not even run away and could only live in the dark cave, pretending that

Then he was saved.

was saved even though

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

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

his mistake and quickly changed it up before looking

is not a problem at

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

started

why did you save me? I am

Cale leaning on the chair as he

I save you?

do you keep me

responded back to Raon who seemed to have

you need

we not need a

you saved me and

not need a

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

knew that there must be a reason Cale and he were

curious as to what that reason might be. The human who

house. Is that not

house is our

it sounded

He suddenly felt full.

six-years-old Dragon slowly

right! Human, that is

going on but sternly spoke to the once

“The call.”