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.

talking about

“…Tribulators?”

word I made up, but I call the souls that

never

seems that tribulators and single-lifers are pretty similar concepts. Hmm. I’m surprised that there was someone in this world that realized

“…What is a tribulator?”

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

Ah.

Tree let out a

some races that never get tribulators. The Dark Elves, Vampires,

There are races that never get

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

I guess I

could say and what it couldn’t say before

with a tribulator. Not all Dark Elves are good; there

corpses, that Dark Elf killed living beings

a tribulator who lost his family and almost died because of

tribulations and did something once he became

stuck out in

overcomes all levels of tribulation

the Divine World or become something even greater at the end of their lifespan. They believed that single-lifers could become

that mean that the story of this tribulator is the story

on his mind as he quietly listened to

That tribulator decided that anybody who

as soon as

“…The Sun God?”

Dark Elves, Necromancers, and any race that uses dead mana in the

final Necromancer had died at the Desert of Death, and no necromancers had existed until Mary became a necromancer in

I did not say who that tribulator was, nor do I plan

Tree stopped for a moment before

past. Furthermore, he now knows that the existences that he had deemed as ‘evil’ are

is why he wishes to help one of those people who are meant

World Tree’s voice softened a

is

‘Meant to be.’

person who was ‘meant to be’ that the Sun God was

the other concepts as

what I

I guess it makes sense to

something else now

is a reincarnator and I need the power of the immortal

was at

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the trees surrounding it made a noise as their leaves smacked each other despite there being no

you

ancient power that allows the user to see the annual rings of

Cale started to explain.

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

ability to see

an immortal was

annual rings of life, would be able to stop the White Star, who is a reincarnator, and get rid of him for good using a

“Yes, ma’am.”

– …Ho!

World Tree scoffed in

to get rid of a reincarnator? How surprising! I never even imagined such a method! There

calmed down

So, you need a weapon with my power in

the sword you gave me last

branch to give to Cale as a sword when he was

have

seemed

that

“Excuse me?”

branch is

at

Boom-!

the area around him shaking. He

that

World Tree was still speaking to

give you the real

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

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noises as they fluttered

feet was