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

Summer Night Palace, though not sounding like a magnificent building, was actually established by the former Royal Family of Sidney. At that time, it was the most resplendent palace in the Western Lands, and the former Royal Family was nearly on the path to unifying the Western Lands.


Unfortunately, the owner of such a grand and magnificent building first faced a civil war due to the mysterious death of the Emperor, followed by a baffling epidemic.


After being severely weakened, these lands faced an invasion from the Northern Kingdom, resulting in the loss of the Savoy region and the Lowland Netherland region.


The former became de facto independent, while the latter turned into an alliance between Druids and Treants.


This invasion sowed the seeds of enmity between the Northern Kingdom and the Sidney Union.


It was not until the assassination of the Saintess that the No-name Prime Creator voluntarily stepped forward to mediate the dispute.


Chapter 94: Childhood Tricks