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.”

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

people around

seen such an

loneliness. However, I did not want it to be painful. I also

person to want something like that for a

lonely as he knew that he had a

Loss.

Pendrick's death leads to

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

is no reason for

me, and you trusted

as soon

away if I

“What-”

that was

Lock throw Cale away?

in shock as Cale smiled back

“Lock, you wouldn’t, right?”

his

ask something

Something obvious.

suddenly at a loss for words

for my trust, show me that you are healthy first. And just

Lock could see Raon pushing a fork toward him. Cale continued

enough to protect

had seen many new expressions on Cale's face today. Lock slowly picked his fork back up and

for the first time in a long

even the most luxurious food while he had

“…Delicious.”

a lot if it

toward him and continued to stuff food in

if he did not

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

he was full and

I can sleep for about three

would be busy starting

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

“Raon.”

“What is it, Human?”

video

about Lock and decided he needed to call that

enough to protect myself. It

trust his own level of strength. That was why he was planning on using his network. He watched as Raon prepared to

“By the way, human.”

"What is it?”

who stopped connecting the device and looked toward

first growth phase.

cried about how he was not great and mighty because he could not activate his first growth phase. Cale wondered why Raon was

to answer

I answer that last time? Don't ask me

it okay

heck is he talking

the scary Dragon that

when I met you in the

touching the round video communication

The cave.

the moment he

as he was

he could not even run away and could only live in the dark cave, pretending that

Then he was saved.

was saved even though he

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

But I am still weaker than you. I am not even as strong as you front paw.

quickly changed it up

is not a problem at

was saying, ’isn’t that all that matters?’ Raon went back to connecting the

then started to

save me? I am just

Cale leaning on the chair as he

I save you?

do you keep me by your

who seemed to have more questions than usual

you need

not

you saved me and why you travel with

really not need

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

a reason Cale and he were

reason might be. The human who claimed to

our house. Is that

is

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

He suddenly felt full.

six-years-old Dragon slowly started to

Human, that is

what was going on but sternly spoke to the

“The call.”