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

Grassland Elves are rare, but not uncommon; yet a hybrid Grassland Elf with horns on their head and a tail behind, who could produce Silver Dragon fang jewelry, was indeed a scarce find, and the jewelry had two completely dissimilar-sized Dragon Teeth, making it even more unusual.


And for someone to be able to activate the jewelry, that was one in ten thousand.


This signified that a Dragonkind whelp was calling for the protection of its elders, and any older generation of Dragonkind sensing this fluctuation would come without hesitation—whether or not they were overprotective would be a discussion for after the matter was settled.


As for how many unspeakable stories might occur in the process of settling matters, that was not something Dragonkind would consider—after all, one took their chances with a set of dragon-drawn chariots, life and death at the whim of fate.


In the end, the young man embarrassingly apologized before scrambling away into the crowd.


Chapter 56: Marketplace (Part 2)