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

The king of the Zhongnan Union ultimately died by Durin's sword.


He was captured, disgracefully kneeling before Durin, begging for his life.


How could this be? So many had died for his crown, overwhelmed by Durin's forces, never surrendering until death.


Therefore, Durin stepped down from the soft couch, reached out, and the longsword from the hands of the deceased warriors from Zhongnan responded to his call.


With a flourish of the blade, he then threw it, and nailed the despicable king to the ground.


Facing the bishops' confusion, Durin provided an explanation and conclusion with a phrase vulgar yet refined.


"Every king's blood must end by the sword. These loyal individuals drained their last drop of blood for this land, and he failed them so egregiously. Such an unjust man deserves to be killed with the sword of those who died for him, finding satisfaction afterwards."


The bishops of the Dual Mothers and the Prime Creator nodded, acknowledging Durin's explanation.


Chapter 141: Raising a Brother for a Thousand Days