Half-step Purgatory

Durin stroked the black cat on the armrest of his chair, sitting on the black leather sofa. Through the glasses perched on his nose, his gaze passed over the long table in front of him and settled on the man kneeling on the carpet:
"I understand, you've made money in Naples, your business has been very successful, and you've led a happy life. You've had those secret police, friends in both the law and the underground, and even the Royal Family speaking on your behalf."
"You don't need a friend like me, I know that. You're afraid of owing me a favor, and you don't want to get involved in troubles."
"But now you come to me and say, 'I beg you, Mr. Durin of the Corleon family, please help me seek justice, so that my life and my family will not suffer and sink into despair.'
Yet, in your eyes, I was nothing more than a second-rate artist involved in movies and music. Even at the brink of death, you still show me such disrespect, not even willing to call me by my title... Keeper of Secrets."

Durin's Diary

Yutari, who had been hung up on the wall by Mage Hand after taking a beating, became much more honest after confirming Durin's identity, and he explained the so-called disaster in the North in full detail.


Early this morning, while Durin was still washing up, Tony and his brother Levan set sail towards their destination.


Levan's target was the Sunlight Banshee, and having heard about the village's evil doings from his former employer's mouth, members of various churches had already arrived at the destination. Of course, they had already agreed with Levan that if he could handle the Sunlight Banshee within a week, that would be good, but if he failed again, the churches wouldn't just let a Sunlight Banshee appear in the Wheat Field every day.


However, last night, a follower of the Church of the God of Machinery and Craftsmen also received the mission to hunt the Sunlight Banshee.


Chapter 31: All Must Die