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

“…Tribulators?”

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

never heard this

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

“…What is a tribulator?”

are people who go through tribulations.

Ah.

Tree let out a

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

single-lifers… There

World Tree must have seen

I guess I can tell you

as usual, had to think 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

or corpses, that Dark Elf killed living

his family and almost died because of

all levels of tribulations and did something once he became

out

of tribulation and becomes a

a single-lifer could go to the Divine World or become something even greater at the end of their lifespan. They

this tribulator is the story

mind as he quietly listened to the

tribulator decided that anybody who uses

as

“…The Sun God?”

Sun God had started a war against Dark

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

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

for a moment

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

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

World Tree’s voice softened a bit as

is all. That is all that I can

‘Meant to be.’

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,

the other concepts as well. Am

what

sense to

now that they got this

is a reincarnator and I need the

at

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

you

allows the user to see the annual rings

Cale started to explain.

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

to see

immortal 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

“Yes, ma’am.”

– …Ho!

Tree scoffed in

I never even imagined such a method! There is still

then calmed down as

a weapon with my

you remember the sword

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 Tree incident at the Molden

Mm. That does have

Tree seemed a

that is

“Excuse me?”

power in that branch is not the

at

Boom-!

around him shaking. He flinched but

If that

Tree was

I should give you

by that. But he could tell that something was

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leaves were making noises

feet was