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 only live one lifespan

never heard this

similar concepts. Hmm. I’m surprised that there was someone in this

“…What is a tribulator?”

As the name implies, they are people who go through tribulations. Of course,

Ah.

let out

The Dark Elves, Vampires, Wolf tribe, and others

are like single-lifers… There are races that

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

I can tell

as usual, had to think about what it could say and what it couldn’t say

a tribulator. Not all Dark Elves are good;

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

tribulator who lost his family and almost died because of

tribulator eventually overcame all levels of tribulations and did

stuck out in Cale’s

overcomes all levels of tribulation and becomes a great

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

that mean that the story of this tribulator is the story of a god’s

quietly

decided that anybody who uses dead mana

someone as soon as he heard

“…The Sun God?”

of the Sun God had started a war against Dark Elves,

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

was, nor do I plan to say who

World Tree stopped for a moment before making up

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

to help one of those

softened a

is all. That is all that

‘Meant to be.’

that the Sun God

the other concepts as well. Am I

is what

guess it makes sense to see me

said something else now that they got this

White Star is a reincarnator and I need the power of the immortal to get rid

at that

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surrounding it made a noise as their leaves smacked each

…What do you mean by

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

Cale started to explain.

largest ring of life needed to be destroyed in

the ability to see annual rings in order to

of an immortal was required

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

“Yes, ma’am.”

– …Ho!

scoffed in

I am able to get rid of a reincarnator? How surprising! I never even imagined such a method! There is still so much I do not know

calmed down as it

weapon with my

remember the sword you gave me

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

have my

Tree seemed a

…But that is

“Excuse me?”

The power in that branch is not

was at

Boom-!

shaking. He flinched but

that method really

was still

I should give you

wanted to ask what it meant by that. But he

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leaves were making noises as

underneath his feet was getting stronger as