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 the

“…Tribulators?”

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

Cale had never heard this word

concepts. Hmm. I’m surprised that

“…What is a tribulator?”

they are people who go through tribulations.

Ah.

World Tree let out a

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

are like single-lifers… There are races

way. The World Tree must have seen the confusion on Cale’s face as it continued

I can tell

what it could say and what it

There was a Dark Elf in the past who had an ill-fated relationship with a tribulator.

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

was a tribulator who lost his family and almost

overcame all levels of tribulations and did

out in Cale’s

all levels of tribulation and becomes a great

Divine World or become something even greater at the end of their lifespan.

the story of this tribulator is the story of

had that question on his mind as he quietly listened to the World

tribulator decided that anybody who uses dead mana is

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 until Mary became a necromancer in the Dark Elf City located underground

who that tribulator was,

Tree stopped for a moment

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

one of those people

Tree’s voice softened a bit as

all. That is all that I

‘Meant to be.’

was ‘meant to be’ that the Sun God was helping… It was possible that the person was one of the Sun God twins,

other

what I

it makes sense to

something else now

a reincarnator and I need the power

was at that

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noise as their leaves smacked each other despite

do you mean by

that allows the user

Cale started to explain.

needed to be destroyed in order to completely kill a

a person needed the ability to see annual rings in order

was required to destroy that

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 using a weapon that has the power of an

“Yes, ma’am.”

– …Ho!

World Tree scoffed in

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

down as

you need a weapon with

Do you remember the sword you gave me last

a sword when he was dealing with the fake World Tree incident at the Molden Palace’s

have my power

seemed

that is

“Excuse me?”

The power in that branch is not the

at

Boom-!

him shaking. He flinched but

If that method really

Tree was still speaking

I should give you

ask what it meant by that. But

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were making noises as they fluttered even

shaking underneath his feet was getting