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

"By the time it ends, it will still need at least half a month... at least another half a month, after the epidemic ends, the Church and I can take the lead. All the poor in Lille City who have no work and food can come to work at my manor and factory. There, the work hours and salaries will be better, and I can also provide a month of free food in advance."


Durin's response did not exceed Old John's expectation. This young man was very compassionate towards the poor, and his willingness to take the lead was more than welcome by all churches—no one dared to say that Durin Alsh lacked sufficient job positions, after all, he was the Duke of Lublin, the Grand Duke of Foresty Land, and even the Protector of the Nation of the Austria-Swiss Union.


In his territory, there were countless positions available; not just ten or twenty thousand poor people, even if all the workers of Lille City were included, for him, it was not a matter of where to place a new city.


Chapter 301: Settling Accounts