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

"Cavendish Montes, I remember now, he is a baron from the Southern Province of the Northern Kingdom, haven't seen him for many years, he's grown a beard, if it weren't for the scar at the corner of his eye that you depicted, I almost didn't recognize him."


Finally, the mother pointed to the scar above the brow on the left side of the forehead in the portrait, and she recognized the man's identity.


"Cavendish Montes, Southern Province, no problem, I can go ask Tanya, she's more familiar with that area than I am." Durin promptly took down that portrait and began to sketch the third person.


"Child, you carry on with your work, mother is going to help on the third floor, we have received many distinguished guests today."


"Mmm, mother, you go and attend to your things." Durin said, while looking up to receive a kiss on his forehead from his mother.


Once the mother had left, Melinda, while passing the pen to Durin, sighed, "Your mother is really nice."


Chapter 280: Joyful Reunion