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

When the guests dispersed, Durin also prepared to return to the Eternal Forge Fortress.


But Tanya somehow found an imaging device and a blank crystal. She took Durin by the hand to the large canvas in the backyard.


"I learned of your other identity from my grandfather. As the heir of the Algin family, I do not deny your uniqueness, but times have changed. The Algin family left the Great Wilderness many years ago. This land feels more like my homeland than the distant Eagle's Nest, so... Mr. Durin, could you please show me the images that you have not revealed?"


As she said this, she sat down on a chair.


Durin looked at the imaging device in his hand and spoke, "I must explain first that the images are not as glamorous as the ones before."


Chapter 183: The Gatherings and Farewells of People