Trash of the Count's Family

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They then reached a spot where they could see the World Tree that was at the center of an area surrounded by large trees.

“Is it possible for me to have a quiet conversation with the World Tree?”

“I understand. I will make sure no existences who can hear you will be around here.”

That meant that she would make sure that the Elves, including her, and even the Elementals would leave the area.

Cale walked toward the World Tree alone after hearing the satisfactory response.

Adite bowed toward the World Tree and stepped back.

Cale walked at a not too fast, not too slow pace and arrived in front of the World Tree.

The World Tree gave off this feeling of stability as it looked the same every time, despite the new branches growing in spots from it losing branches every time they chatted.

“It’s been a while, ma’am. I kept saying that I needed to come back, but it ended up taking a while.”

Cale gave a light-hearted greeting before putting his hand on the tree and closing his eyes.

– Yes. It’s been a while.

The World Tree responded with a similarly light-hearted but welcoming greeting.

– The world is extremely chaotic right now. There must be a reason you came to see me despite all the chaos. For what reason have you come to see me in such a busy time and why do you wish to have a quiet conversation with just the two of us?

The questions that followed the greeting were not light-hearted at all.

The words that came out of Cale’s mouth next were not light-hearted either.

“…Do you know about immortals?”

– Hmm?

The reason Cale didn’t bring the others with him…

“Immortals. There are also Reincarnators, Single-lifers, and Transmigrators. Do you know anything about these existences?”

Shhh.

Cale could feel the will of Drew Thames moving inside the diary in his pocket.

He then waited for the World Tree’s response.

– …I do not. Am I supposed to try to understand those words? I don’t think you are asking for the meaning of those words.

That was right.

Cale was not asking about something like that.

He was asking if there was anything the World Tree knew about the laws that the Thames household had been researching.

“Please let me give a simple explanation.”

Cale did not say everything.

He just explained what he read in the diary, especially the information about immortals and single-lifers. There was a need to do that. He felt that they were things the World Tree should know.

– Ho. They use such concepts to divide those people?

The World Tree could not hide its shock.

– Mm. It is my first time hearing about some of those things. Exceptions and variables? How surprising. Very surprising indeed. How did you find all this out?

“I’m sorry, but I cannot tell you that.”

He did not tell the World Tree about the Thames household, the hunters hunting the single-lifers, nor about the regressors.

Finally, he did not mention the ways to kill the different variables and exceptions.

– I guess it is dangerous information for you to reveal the source of it. Hmm……

The World Tree was quiet for a moment, as if it was organizing its thoughts.

Cale patiently waited.

– Single-lifers…

And once the World Tree started speaking again… The first thing it mentioned was neither the reincarnators nor the immortals.

you talking about

“…Tribulators?”

I made up, but I call the souls

had never heard this word

seems that tribulators and single-lifers are pretty similar concepts. Hmm. I’m surprised that there was

“…What is a tribulator?”

As the name implies, they are people who go through tribulations. Of course, nobody

Ah.

let out a

some races that never get tribulators. The Dark Elves, Vampires, Wolf tribe, and others like them

are like single-lifers… There are

Tree must have seen the confusion

guess I can

about what it could say

There was a Dark Elf in the past who had an ill-fated relationship with a tribulator. Not all Dark Elves are good; there are bound

from tombs or corpses, that Dark Elf killed living beings and gained dead mana from their

tribulator who lost his family and almost

all levels of tribulations and did something once

part stuck out in

levels of tribulation and becomes a

that a single-lifer could go to the Divine World or become something even

story of this tribulator is the

question on his mind as he quietly listened to the World Tree’s words

decided that anybody who

as soon

“…The Sun God?”

started a war against Dark Elves, Necromancers, and any race that uses dead

Death, and no necromancers had existed until Mary became a necromancer in the Dark Elf City located underground in

who that tribulator was, nor do I plan

moment before making up its mind and

regretting his past. Furthermore, he now knows that the existences that he had deemed

he wishes to help one of

softened

That is all. That is

‘Meant to be.’

be’ that the Sun God was helping… It was possible that the

with the other concepts as well. Am I an

is what

it makes sense to

something else now that they got

reincarnator and I need the power of the immortal to

at that

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a noise as their leaves smacked each other

you mean

ancient power that allows the user

Cale started to explain.

reincarnator’s largest ring of life needed to be destroyed in order to completely kill

needed the ability to see

immortal was required to destroy that annual

you are saying is that you, as someone who can see a person’s annual rings of life, would be able to stop

“Yes, ma’am.”

– …Ho!

Tree scoffed

get rid of a reincarnator? How surprising! I never even imagined such a method! There is still so much

calmed down as it

you need a weapon with my power in

the sword you gave me last

healer Pendrick a chopstick-like branch to give to Cale as a sword when he was dealing with the fake World Tree incident at the Molden Palace’s underground

That does have

Tree seemed a

…But that

“Excuse me?”

that branch is not

was at

Boom-!

the area around him shaking. He flinched but did not

If that method really

was

I should give you

by that. But

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making noises as they fluttered even

shaking underneath his feet