Durin's Diary

Chapter 1067 Jingshan Work

My younger sister has really grown up.

Overjoyed, Dulinda watched as the little girl, led by Xiangshu, walked ahead of her—the little sister who used to crawl on the ceiling like a monster from a horror movie, had now become a beloved little thing.

Xiang Shu was already a familiar face in the capital, and she greeted the elders whenever she met them. The elders were also curious about whose child she was leading.

After all, in Changtang, a girl with such unusual hair color as Natalia is beyond rare.

Upon hearing Xiang Shu say that this was Du Lin's sister, the elders immediately put on their most kind smiles and took out all sorts of snacks from their pockets.

Natalia accepted every snack offered, then put them into her handbag-like spatial pouch.

After dealing with this for a while, Xiang Shu became very curious and asked the little girl in front of Du Lin why she wasn't eating. Natalia's answer made Du Lin even happier. She said, "They are all elders I don't know. My teacher at the academy told me that I should never eat random things outside."

"Is your Western Lands really that dangerous?" Xiang Shu remained silent for a while before finally asking Du Lin.

“The Chaos Cultists are crawling all over the place, lurking everywhere.” Dulin nodded.

Xiang Shu seemed to have heard a very strange joke: "Is it really that dangerous?"

“Indeed.” Dulin sighed as he told Xiangshu about the problems in the Western Continent. Xiangshu had heard about the political system of the Western Continent before, but this was the first time she had ever heard of the idea that “my lord’s lord is not my lord”. So she looked at Dulin in great shock: “Is the Eastern Territory of the Grassland Elves the same?”

“The Eastern Territory is much better because it has an elder council system. The elders control the dukes, and the dukes are responsible for managing their respective territories, appointing officials, and selecting private armies. But the council has its own army.” Dulin also explained many differences of the Eastern Territory to her—of course, these differences apply to both the human kingdoms of the Western Continent and Changtang.

Xiang Shu was still very puzzled when she heard that such strange tales only existed in the human kingdom: "Is this the price of freedom that the merchants talk about?"

"More or less, but I think this is because the centralized system hasn't reached the level of Changtang yet. After all, the Western Continent is not as good as Changtang in terms of long-distance communication. In Shangjing, you can communicate directly with the Three Passes and Four Seas, which is an unimaginable distance in the Western Continent."

Dulin's meaning is very simple—rule is limited by spatial distance. Changtang has enough technology to overcome this limitation, allowing the empire to maintain such a vast ruling space. However, in the Western Continent, neither the actual borders between countries nor the lack of mutual trust between races, nor the limitations in technology, can enable the Western Continent to establish a unified empire.

Even if it is established, once the powerful leader dies, it will likely collapse.

Changtang is different. There is only one human race in Changtang. Although there are different beastmen and elves, they have become united under the pressure of the Three Passes and Four Seas. Over a long period of time, they have created a strange but symbiotic relationship in which every living being is willing to give everything for this land.

The same goes for this name change. Everyone thinks it doesn't matter whether it's changed or not, but it's not a problem if it is. Try changing it to Westland. If someone in Dulin says that dwarves have short legs, he'll probably have to write a separate book of his Book of Hatred that very day.

After listening to what Dulin said, Xiangshu looked at Natalia with some doubt: "I think you should let your sister come to live in Changtang. If she stays in Xilu, her vision will be limited to the plains of Lublin. She should come to Changtang to witness the snow and wind of the north, the scorching sun of the south, the ocean in the east, and the mountains and seas beyond Xichuan."

“That’s what I was thinking too.” Dulin had already considered that if his mother was going to remarry, he would have Anta take Natalia to live on the four islands.

However, the problem now is that his mother still seems hesitant. But ultimately, she has to make the decision herself. Dulin doesn't care, but if his mother is still so indecisive, he will ask her to see what she really thinks.

If Natalia is her unresolved issue, then Dulin will also bring his sister to Changtang.

This was pure luck; his younger sister had come along, and he was planning to show her around. "Xiang Shu!"

A little girl's voice called from across the road. Dulin looked over and saw several pretty little girls, some of them Zhulong and some of them were human.

“My good friend.” Xiang Shu said to Du Lin, then took Natalia’s hand and walked over.

Watching the girls chattering away, Du Lin waited for a carriage, walked across the street, and then saw the carriage stop in front of the girls. A boy leaned out of the carriage window and said, "Hey, aren't these the girls from Class 5 when I was studying on Jingdong Road? What brings you here for a stroll today?"

"Ah, it's Brother Liu. Your face is really disgusting. What's wrong with taking a walk?" the girls said with a laugh.

Xiang Shu, however, put on a stern face: "Why did you come back? Didn't I hear you went to the Navy?"

"Hey, it's all thanks to Lord Dulin. I'm a bit colorblind, and I finally managed to get into the navy. But after the war, the navy said they didn't need a disabled person like me." At this point, the young man simply climbed out of the carriage. He gestured for the driver to go first, and then came to Xiang Shu: "I heard you got married. You married Dulin, right?"

“Yes.” Xiang Shu answered, glancing at Du Lin who was lighting a cigarette, and then asked knowingly, “What do you mean?”

"It doesn't mean anything. I'm not crazy, little girl. I was just curious about the little girl you were holding hands with."

This kid's pretty savvy. Dulin was all ready to unleash his full power, only to find there was no fight to be had.

“I am the sister of Dulin that you mentioned,” Natalia suddenly spoke in the Changtang dialect.

"Good girl, that's amazing! You've already learned the local dialect!" The boy's eyes widened.

"It's a Zhulong, you tailless monkey, making a fuss over nothing," the human girl in the group said with a laugh.

"You talk as if you're not a tailless monkey." The young man surnamed Liu, also human, glared and snorted before turning to Natalia: "What's your name?"

"Natalia."

"A foreign name, interesting. Can I have a kiss?" The kid grinned like a complete idiot.

Natalia snorted and turned to look at Dulin: "Brother, save me."

He read it with obvious admiration.

But there was nothing he could do; his own sister had already called him that. Dulin, who was smoking, threw down his cigarette and instantly appeared in front of the tailless monkey.

You're probably going to get a beating, poor thing, young man.

(End of this chapter)