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?”

a word I made up, but I call the souls that only live one lifespan

had never heard this word

are pretty similar concepts. Hmm. I’m surprised that there was someone in this world that realized

“…What is a tribulator?”

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

Ah.

let

Dark

tribulators are like single-lifers… There are races that never

Tree must have seen the confusion on Cale’s face as it

I guess I

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

who had an ill-fated relationship with a tribulator. Not all Dark Elves

corpses, that Dark Elf killed living

was a tribulator who lost his family and almost died because of that crazy

levels of tribulations and did something once he became a

part stuck out

tribulator overcomes all levels of

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

that the story of this tribulator is the story of a

had that question on his mind as he quietly listened to

That tribulator decided that anybody who

someone as

“…The Sun God?”

against Dark Elves, Necromancers, and

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

did not say who that tribulator was, nor do

stopped for a moment before

Furthermore, he now knows that the existences that he had deemed as ‘evil’ are

one of

voice softened a

That is all. That is all

‘Meant to be.’

for some reason when he heard that phrase. This person who was ‘meant to be’ that the Sun God was helping… It was possible that the

with the other concepts as well. Am I an

is what

guess it makes sense to

said something else now that

the power of the immortal to

at

Shaaaaaaa– Shaaaaaa–

and the trees surrounding it made a noise as

…What do you

ancient power that allows the

Cale started to explain.

needed to be destroyed in order to completely kill

to see annual rings

immortal was required to destroy that annual

you 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!

scoffed in

surprising! I never even imagined such a method! There is still so much I do not know

then calmed down

need a weapon with my

you remember the sword you gave me

as a

does have

Tree seemed a

that

“Excuse me?”

branch is not the real

was at

Boom-!

feel the area around him shaking. He flinched but did not open his

that method

Tree was still speaking

should give

meant by that. But he could tell

Shaaaaaaaaaa-

making noises as they fluttered

his feet