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

Old Kariou and Lady Marilyn were the first to enter through the door, followed by the rest, and just as Negan was about to enter, Bishop Charley called out to him.


"I wonder if the old man still can't let go of his obsession, intending to butcher this old practitioner of Undead Magic in a duel."


However, Charley soon explained through his actions why he had stopped Negan.


He reached out his hand: "I have been reassigned to Lusanne City, in charge of looking after you all."


"I know." Logan nodded and reached out his hand to shake Charley's.


The so-called "everything is said without words"; what he wanted to say and what he intended to do were all conveyed through this handshake.


Once Negan had entered, Charley approached Durin: "Sir Durin."


"Your Excellency Charley, is there something wrong?" Durin was about to leave, but he had to stop in his tracks when the old man called out to him.


Chapter 272: Desperate Struggle for Survival