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?”

a word I made up, but I call the souls

Cale had never heard this word

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

“…What is a tribulator?”

who go through tribulations. Of course,

Ah.

Tree let

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

like single-lifers… There

in its own way. The World Tree must have seen

guess I can tell you

what it could say and what

in the past who had an ill-fated relationship with a tribulator. Not all Dark Elves are good; there are bound to be evil

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

family and almost died because of that

levels of tribulations and did something once he became a great

out in Cale’s

all levels of tribulation and becomes a

to the Divine World or become something even greater at the end of their lifespan. They believed that

that mean that the story of this tribulator is the

on his mind as he quietly listened to the World Tree’s words echo

tribulator decided that anybody who uses dead mana is

someone as soon as he

“…The Sun God?”

started a war against Dark Elves,

necromancers had existed until Mary became a necromancer in

who that tribulator was,

moment before making

But I do know one thing. That tribulator is currently regretting his past. Furthermore, he now

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

World Tree’s voice softened a

That is all. That is

‘Meant to be.’

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

am unfamiliar with the other concepts as well.

is what

I guess it makes sense to

now that they got

a reincarnator and I need the power of the immortal to get

at that

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

you mean by

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

Cale started to explain.

needed to be destroyed in

the ability to see annual rings in

was required to

stop the White Star, who is a reincarnator, and get rid of

“Yes, ma’am.”

– …Ho!

World Tree scoffed in disbelief multiple

of a reincarnator? How surprising! I never even imagined

calmed down as

So, you need a weapon with

you remember the sword you

Cale as a

does have my power in

World Tree seemed a

that is

“Excuse me?”

in that branch is

at

Boom-!

could feel the area around him shaking. He flinched

that

was

I should give

But he could tell that something was

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were making noises as they fluttered

underneath his feet