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

After finishing matters in Lille City, Durin was not idle. Before the New Year, he had to return to the Lublin Military Academy to distribute cigarette cases to graduates, and the newly recruited students also needed to recognize a familiar face.


The New Year was here, and it was time to distribute New Year gift packages from the Grassland Elves to the young children.


Vili, this boy, was not yet of age this year, yet he shamelessly came to get one; as Durin's proudest student, this boy received two—the other was for his little sweetheart, Mira.


Speaking of Mira, this girl is quite remarkable, being a half-blood herself, her father investigated by Durin; after a day of investigation, the Circle of Truth sent someone—damn it, water backflowing into the Dragon King Temple, infuriating Durin to the extent he regretted not having a daughter.


While the military academy's matters were still uncompleted, Lille City, as expected, encountered trouble.


Chapter 304: The Bay of Pigs Past