Trash of the Count's Family

Shaaaaaaa— Shaaaaa–

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?”

but I call the souls that only live one lifespan

had never heard this

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

“…What is a tribulator?”

implies, they are people who go through tribulations. Of course, nobody knows

Ah.

Tree let

The Dark

are like single-lifers… There are races that never

must have

I can tell you

about what it could say and what it couldn’t say before it

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

who gathered dead mana from tombs or corpses, that Dark Elf killed living beings

who lost his family and almost died because of that crazy

and did something

part stuck out in Cale’s

levels of tribulation

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

story of this tribulator is the story of

mind as he quietly listened to

That tribulator decided that anybody who uses dead

someone as soon as

“…The Sun God?”

Church of the Sun God had started a war against Dark Elves, Necromancers, and any race that uses dead

final Necromancer had died at the Desert of Death, and no necromancers had existed

tribulator was, nor do I plan

Tree stopped for a moment before making up its mind and

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

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

voice softened

is all

‘Meant to be.’

This person who was ‘meant to be’ that the Sun God was helping… It was possible that the person was

the other concepts

is what

guess it makes sense

something else now that they

need the power of the immortal to get rid

at

Shaaaaaaa– Shaaaaaa–

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

do you mean by

the user to see

Cale started to explain.

needed to

see annual

immortal was

see a person’s annual rings of life, would be able to stop

“Yes, ma’am.”

– …Ho!

scoffed in disbelief

even imagined such a method! There is still so

calmed down as it

a weapon with my power

the sword you gave me

World Tree had given Elf healer Pendrick a chopstick-like branch to give to Cale as a

Mm. That does have my power

World Tree seemed

…But that

“Excuse me?”

The power in that branch

at

Boom-!

around him shaking.

If that

World Tree was

give you the real

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

Shaaaaaaaaaa-

making noises as

underneath his feet was getting stronger