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.”

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

people around

had never seen such an expression

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

a terrible person to want something like that for

thought Lock would not feel too lonely as he knew that he had a family. However, this timid child seemed

Loss.

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

plans on doing something crazy like that. Lock was only 15 years old. You had to be a

no reason for you to

saved me, and

soon as Cale

me away if I

“What-”

that

Lock throw Cale away?

eyes opened wide in shock as Cale smiled

“Lock, you wouldn’t, right?”

his fork back

something

Something obvious.

was suddenly at a

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

pushing a

am strong enough to protect you

on Cale's face today.

the first time in a

not enjoyed even the most luxurious food while he had been at the Gorge of

“…Delicious.”

if it

full of food toward him and continued to stuff food in his

would pop out if he did not do that.

then peeked to the

once he was full and looked around the

like I can sleep for

starting early in the

nap in so that he could do that. Of course, there were still people standing guard, but one of his

“Raon.”

“What is it, Human?”

the video communication device

decided

protect myself. It will be

on

“By the way, human.”

"What is it?”

the device and looked toward him. Raon looked at Cale

through my first growth phase. Is that

himself underneath the blanket and cried about how he was not great and mighty because he could

he chose to answer back after seeing the Dragon's gaze that seemed to be begging for a

time?

it okay

heck is he

scary Dragon that

were weak when I

the round

The cave.

the moment

power was restricted as he was kept

He was so weak to the point that he could not even run away and could only

Then he was saved.

was saved even though

also heard Cale's quiet

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

quickly changed it up before

is not a problem at

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

then started to

why did you save me? I am just

leaning on the

save you?

keep

Raon who seemed to have more questions than usual

need a

we not need

me and why

really not need a

Everything in the world had a reason.

knew that there must be a reason Cale and he were

Dragon was curious as to what that reason might be. The human who claimed to have lived at least fifteen years more than he had, answered

house. Is that not

is

in his head. He didn’t know why but it sounded catchy. Raon thought about that for

He suddenly felt full.

slowly started to

right! Human, that

on but sternly spoke

“The call.”