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.

Are you talking

“…Tribulators?”

It is a word I made up, but I call the souls that

Cale had never heard this

concepts. Hmm. I’m surprised

“…What is a tribulator?”

As the name implies, they are people who go through tribulations. Of course, nobody knows who will be born as a

Ah.

World Tree let

races that never get tribulators. The Dark Elves, Vampires, Wolf tribe,

are like single-lifers… There are races that never get

odd in its own way. The World Tree must have seen the confusion on Cale’s face

guess I can

it could say and what it couldn’t

ill-fated relationship with a tribulator. Not all

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

who lost his family and almost died because of that crazy Dark

overcame all levels of tribulations and

stuck out in Cale’s

overcomes all levels of

family had concluded that a single-lifer could go to the Divine World or become something even greater at the end of their lifespan. They believed that single-lifers could

of this tribulator is

quietly listened to the World

That tribulator decided that anybody who uses dead mana is

thought of someone as

“…The Sun God?”

war against Dark Elves, Necromancers, and any race that uses

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

who that tribulator was, nor

stopped for a moment before making up

one thing. That tribulator is currently regretting his past. Furthermore, he now knows that the existences that he had deemed as

help one of those

World Tree’s voice softened a bit as

That is all that I can tell

‘Meant to be.’

that phrase. This person who was ‘meant to be’ that the Sun God was helping… It was possible that the person was one of the Sun God twins, Jack

unfamiliar with the other concepts

what

guess it makes sense to

else now that they got this

need the power of

was at that

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trees surrounding it made a noise as their leaves smacked each other despite

…What do you mean by

allows the user to see the annual rings

Cale started to explain.

reincarnator’s largest ring of life needed to be

person needed the ability to see annual rings in order to do

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 the White Star, who is a reincarnator, and get rid of him for good

“Yes, ma’am.”

– …Ho!

scoffed

reincarnator? How surprising! I never even imagined such a method! There is

down as it

a weapon with

ma’am. Do you remember the

World Tree had given Elf healer Pendrick a chopstick-like branch to give to Cale as a sword when he was dealing with the fake World

Mm. That does have my power in

Tree seemed a

that is

“Excuse me?”

branch is not the

was at that

Boom-!

around him shaking. He flinched

that method

Tree was

give you the

to ask what it meant by that. But he could tell that something was already happening around

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leaves were making noises as they

feet was getting stronger as