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

"Romiel, that big mouth, he really had it coming this time," Hack said with a grin that couldn't be wider upon hearing why his nephew was so crestfallen.


However, his question had a profound impact on many people.


Yes, Durin was too strong, so strong that even after spending three years with him, Anta Aye, who was also legendary, was unaffected as if nothing had happened. To other girls, it was as if they didn't exist at all.


If Anta, the strongest of girls, wasn't good enough, then someone like Reed stood even less of a chance.


Even though she had recently become a Level Four Spiritual Energy Magician, compared to her sisters, she was just a helpless child.


Chapter 28: Octagonal Star