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 admitted

are people

never seen such an

loneliness. However, I did not want it to

a terrible person to want something like that for a

a family. However, this timid child seemed to

Loss.

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

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

no reason for you to

me, and

as soon as Cale asked a

you throw me away if

“What-”

like that

Lock throw Cale away?

eyes opened wide in shock as Cale smiled back at

“Lock, you wouldn’t, right?”

picked his fork

something obvious.

Something obvious.

was suddenly at a loss for

that you are healthy

Raon pushing a fork toward him. Cale continued

to protect you

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

good for the first time in

not enjoyed even the most luxurious food

“…Delicious.”

lot if it is

plate full of food toward him and continued

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

blue eyes then peeked

out once he was full

I can sleep for about three

busy starting early in

Of

“Raon.”

“What is it, Human?”

the video

and decided

enough to protect myself. It will be hard

was planning on using his network. He watched as Raon prepared to take the video

“By the way, human.”

"What is it?”

who stopped connecting the device and looked toward him.

go through my first growth phase.

cried about how he was not great and mighty because he could not

situation, but regardless, he chose to answer back after seeing the Dragon's

that last time? Don't ask me something so

it okay if I

the heck is he

was in disbelief at what the scary Dragon that

were weak when I met you

the

The cave.

recalled the moment he

power was restricted as he was kept under mana

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.

even though he was

his head. He also heard Cale's quiet

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

quickly changed it up before

not a

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

started to speak

you save

on the chair as he responded

did I save

keep me by

back to Raon who seemed to have

you need

not need

saved me and why you

really not need

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

must be a reason

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

is our house. Is that

is our

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

right! Human, that is

on but sternly

“The call.”