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 one who emerged was a Walpe Fox Species girl, dressed in a short cloak over a linen short-sleeved shirt and a pair of long pants. Walking barefoot on the grass with her nine long tails, she curiously sized up Durin, "Another being just like you."


This time, Durin clearly saw her lips move several more times after she finished speaking.


There must have been something she said that he couldn't hear.


Durin turned his head to find Duke Alessandro looking fearfully at the young girl — and with good reason; a nine-tailed Walpe Fox being seemed to only exist in stories, and it was said that such a being was a natural Legendary Mage, with a miraculous talent that required only a touch of inspiration.


Chapter 213: Eternal