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.”

telling Lock to look at him. The young boy slowly raised his head. Cale admitted his mistake and

are people around

never seen such an expression

could learn about a wolf’s loneliness. However, I did not want it to be painful.

such a terrible person to want something like that for a

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.

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

only 15 years old. You had to be a lunatic to do something

no reason for

You saved me, and you

mumblings stopped as soon

you throw me away if

“What-”

that was

Lock throw Cale away?

wide in shock as Cale smiled

“Lock, you wouldn’t, right?”

his fork back

ask something obvious. Just

Something obvious.

a loss for words

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

could see Raon pushing a fork toward

to protect

new expressions on Cale's face today. Lock slowly picked his fork

good for the first time in a long

luxurious food while he had

“…Delicious.”

if

toward him and

did not

blue eyes then peeked to the side. The six-years-old Dragon continued to chew as he

he was full and looked around the

like I can sleep for about three

be busy starting early in the

needed to get at least a short nap in so that he could do that. Of course, there were still people standing guard, but one of

“Raon.”

“What is it, Human?”

video communication device

and decided

it is difficult enough to protect myself. It

not trust his own level of strength. That was why he was planning on using his network. He watched as Raon prepared to take the video communication

“By the way, human.”

"What is it?”

the six-years-old Dragon who stopped connecting the device and looked

cannot go 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 phase. Cale wondered why Raon was suddenly

thought it might be because of Lock's berserk transformation situation, but regardless, he chose to answer

last time? Don't ask me something

okay if I

is he

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

weak when I met you in

the

The cave.

moment he first met

power was restricted as he

point that he could not even run away and could only live

Then he was saved.

even though

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

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

and quickly changed it up before looking

not a

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

started to speak

did you save

on the chair

did I save you?

keep

who seemed to have more questions

you need

not need

and

not need a reason for

not asked until now, but he had been curious. Everything in the world had a reason. All things were

a reason Cale and he were traveling

what that reason might be. The human who claimed to have lived at least fifteen years more than he

is our house. Is that not

house is

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

He suddenly felt full.

Dragon slowly

right! Human,

but sternly spoke

“The call.”