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

"By the way, I heard you've been quite close with Irene from the House of Sario, is that true?" Lord Alex's new question took Durin aback.


What's going on, why is this ancestor curious about that matter too?


But Durin naturally nodded: "Yes, Lady Rolyn asked me to help look after her, and I think that although the girl may be a bit clumsy, she has a good heart."


Alex smiled and nodded in agreement, affirming Durin's view: "Irene, that child, has awakened the Wu Qieluo bloodline. It is a trace left in the Sario family by a companion of mine a long time ago. I originally thought that, after so many generations, the proof of his existence would have been washed away by time, that no one but me would remember him... But unexpectedly, that little girl has awakened his bloodline and inherited his existence."


At this point, the old dragon pointed at Durin: "Would you look after her for me? She is the proof that he once existed in this world."


Chapter 44: The Businessman