Trash of the Count's Family

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“The concept of white magic here is different from what I know.”

Eruhaben crossed his legs as he spoke in a low voice.

After the issue with the Wall of Purification, they had followed the Pope into a study or office.

Cale’s group members were either sitting on couches and chairs around the room or standing and looking at the map on the table at the center of the room. Their gazes turned toward Eruhaben.

“Usually, white magic is a term given to magic using regular mana and not dead mana in order to differentiate it from black magic. The term is not used very often.”

The ancient Dragon then looked at the Pope who gulped.

‘Why did I not notice it?’

The Pope had not felt the ancient Dragon's presence earlier. However, the ancient Dragon gave off such a large presence once they came into the room and he took off his hood.

‘It is highly likely that he is a Dragon.’

There might be another Dragon in addition to that small and cute black Dragon. This one seemed like a proper adult Dragon as well. The moment the Pope had this hypothesis that was more of a certainty...

She couldn’t help but speak formally to the individual who was speaking informally to her.

“Yes sir, that is true. The basic magic that is used is also called white magic.”

Cale, who was seated next to Eruhaben, was thinking about how the youngest young lady Orsena had shouted, ‘white magic.’

‘Which white magic was she talking about?’

Was the seven year old talking about white magic using regular mana or was she talking about black magic that gave off a holy light?

The Pope continued to speak.

“Even now, that white magic, mm, I will just call white magic using regular mana just ‘magic’ in order to differentiate.”

Cale looked at the map.

The three continents of the Xiaolen World... Most of it was dyed black. The ocean was dyed black as well.

To be more specific, 81.29 percent of it was black as the world informed Cale earlier.

There was less than 20 percent that was maintaining its original color.

“Magic is still surviving through the named mage families. It is a symbol of a family's history and long-standing legitimacy.”

The Pope smiled awkwardly and continued to speak.

“Of course, magic is still used quite often as 20 percent of the lands maintain their functions.”

“How did the world end up like this?”

The Pope stopped talking for a moment at Eruhaben's question. She then let out a short sigh.

“...The land started to become dyed black about 300 years ago.”

“Mm.”

Choi Han groaned.

300 years.

That meant that the world was slowly taken over by dead mana since quite a long time ago.

“The cause?”

The ancient Dragon calmly asked while observing Cale who seemed to be deep in thought. He also looked at the Beast named Sui Khan, who seemed to be just as deep in thought.

However, the ancient Dragon couldn't help but look at the Pope after hearing her response.

"The start was the extinction of the Dragons.”

Boom!

The Pope turned her head after hearing a loud noise. The black Dragon, who was with the two Kittens, had slammed the ground with both front paws. Crack. The temple floor crumbled.

“Extinction?!”

Raon looked at Cale in shock and Cale shook his head.

“Please explain in detail, Pope-nim.”

“Of course, esteemed purifier.”

The Pope continued to speak in a more devoted voice.

“All of the Dragons on the three continents and the oceans died. The humans did not know about this at first. It was rare for humans to ever see Dragons.”

She was right.

Cale was a peculiar case but most humans would usually have no Dragon sightings throughout their lives.

"But one day, there was a sudden incident where a mountain in the center of the continent suddenly sank down.”

“A mountain crumbled?”

sir. It didn't crumble, it sank

“Mm.”

suddenly groaned and uncrossed

shaky voice as Cale’s

to find the humans at that time and informed the humans about the extinction of the

was written in the records

It described the incident.

had looked desperate and some of them were even crying when they came to find the

World Tree

out a deep

into the purifier’s firm gaze as

what the Elves said and the world started to become dyed

"Excuse me.”

to stop her for

World Tree an

back to life as itself

it continues its life

Based on the records that were left behind, the Elves said a mysterious existence

“Cale-nim.”

who had been quietly

is the same. It is the same as the White

nodded

Han is right. The pattern

only difference was that the White

and went to a village of the Elves to get the branch of the World Tree. This might have been just one step in eventually killing the World

Ah!’

a badge on

fake tree was in

a black World

‘Mm.’

his face and his long-time friends, who recognized it, looked at him wondering what was going on, but... Cale waved them off and motioned

nothing special

expression was quite dark for saying there was

and the number of creatures dying rose exponentially. A new power started to rise and the power relations were reorganized. I will organize details about that in a document and explain at a later

Cale nodded his head.

figure out the power relations without

approximately 20 percent of land that wasn’t dyed in dead

would be the center of

“But excuse me...”

spoke for the first time since coming

of creatures would die once a decent amount of the land was taken over by dead mana, but,

the children averaging nine-years-old and stopped talking. He looked at the

‘They already know.’

about to say or had quickly realized it at what he

Shawn was about

that Dark

his thoughts in

to first create enough dead mana to dye the land, they would have had to kill a lot of living creatures. It would have

plaza of the Mogoru Empire's Alchemists’ Bell Tower had been full of

“First.”

at Cale once he started to speak. Cale was

messed with

was almost certain about

young lady Orsena

top priority

to visit the

in confusion. Hong's ears twitched as he

visit

weird that you are not

flinched but

been someone who

Cale’s lips curled up and the children averaging nine-years-old nodded their heads as if

Choi Han smiled innocently like Cale while Mary slowly nodded her

to go

toward the Iska Empire

Pope must have noticed his gaze as she

Bloods are called the House of Huayans here and they

human's family is a

right, nya! It’s a

a moment as Raon commented and Hong chimed

purifier is a Duke of another

aside that question for

of the Imperial Crown Prince's instructor since about

400 years? Others

smiled bitterly

they have the image of trying to delay the

with the bitter smile made it seem as if there was

the Iska Empire's

he was uncertain about this

difficult to

been quiet this whole time looked at Cale and

It was Sui Khan.

okay with it, I can search it

to be odd, but he held back his questions after seeing Choi Han nod his head as

tired smile as if he wasn’t okay with it before asking the