Durin's Diary

Chapter 217: New Buds on the Old Tree Called History
Du Lin did not extend his hand.

The romantic spirit of young people can make them forget suffering and regard sacrifice as the best reward, so much so that they forget that the filth of this world is not worth their blood or lives.

Du Lin had seen too much injustice. Most of the wars in history were just some old creatures fighting for resources, power and land.

It's like the First World War, millions of young people fought for each other's countries, their youth wasted in each other's blood, and countless people died for the rhetoric of those old immortals.

They were all from good families, but they died because of the greed and desire of others.

Durin was not afraid of sacrifice, but he was afraid of his brother and the young people around him - the greatest rebirth from the ashes did exist, but they were too rare, so rare that in Durin's view, Northernism did not deserve to be called great.

"I understand your concerns. Let me reintroduce myself to my friends. First of all, I'm a doctor."

After introducing himself, Poole walked over to the Cooney girl holding a file bag and said, "Stenographer."

"The doctor bought me from the slave market. I was only six years old at that time. I don't have many memories of my family. I only remember that everyone was very hungry every day. It was the doctor who gave me a way to survive." The girl had the same deformed appearance as Melinda. Her legs were even dislocated.

An unblessed aberration, but she still stood, simply because someone gave her the dignity of being a human being.

Poole walked over to the second girl, the mage who had cast the spell earlier: "Spellcaster."

"I was adopted by the Mage Tower because of my magical talent when I was young. The Mage Tower gave my family a large sum of money. I thought this would change their fate, but I didn't expect that because of this money, my family was hanged by the local lord not long after I left, on charges of colluding with Northernism..." The petite half-elf girl smiled and said, "Two years ago, when the Doctor helped me complete my revenge and hanged the lord and his family, I was truly very happy. However, I am only loyal to the Doctor. As long as he believes in Northernism, I will believe in it too."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Poole smiled and rubbed her head, then pointed at Links cub who was standing guard not far away. "Sentry, he's busy. Let me tell you, his father is a veteran. After the war, he was injured and retired. He had no money, so he listened to the nobles' advice to recruit farmers. As a result, he was turned into serfs within two years due to various taxes. His father tried to complain to the military, but was hanged by the lord. His mother was sold, so he fled with his sister, and I took them in."

"Without the doctor, we brothers and sisters wouldn't be where we are today. Anyone who wants to hurt him will have to jump over my dead body first." The sentry added without turning his head.

"Narrator." Poole came to the side of another Linsk girl. She was small, and looked like she had been malnourished in her early years, but now she looked much better. She looked at Durin and said, "The Sentinel is my brother. My brother and I have seen the evil of the nobles, and we have also seen the good of the nobles. The doctor told me that this is not a noble issue. There are many ways to categorize people in this world, but in the end, there are only good people and bad people. He said that we must unite the good people who are willing to work with us to accomplish great things."

Du Lin finally laughed, because this sentence was correct.

"There are three more. Would you like to introduce them to me?" Du Lin asked.

The half-elf who had been on the rooftop pointed at himself and said, "Stargazer, my ancestors were all northernists. The traitorous king killed them all and forced us to flee south. Now that we have returned, we hope he lives a long life and enjoys a hundred years."

Du Lin nodded and looked at the little cat girl from the Chat tribe. The latter had big round ears and a big tail, and was actually a Pansao species.

"Shaman, I'm the healer in the team. My tribe is in the north. That year, there was a heavy snowfall, and the tribe could no longer survive, so we split up. My father sold me to a slave caravan because being a slave was better than starving to death in the ice and snow. Later, the doctor bought me along with the stenographer. The Northernists have taught me that there are people in this world who are willing to die for others. Like everyone else, I am willing to serve a cause greater than my tribe and my country." At this point, the kitten looked at Du Lin and said, "You are the doctor's brother. Can you help him?"

·This little kitten is begging you with her red lips slightly opened, and you don’t even say a word. She is so cute, my heart is melting. If I had hands, I could pull her big tail bald.

You really are a natural born cat lover.

Durin smiled inwardly, then looked at a young man. The purple-eyed dwarf pointed at himself and said, "Salamander, I grew up in an orphanage for veterans. When I was eight, the orphanage was demolished by the Second Prince. The nanny went to seek justice but never returned. My brothers and sisters scattered, and I wandered the streets with my younger siblings. It was the Northernists who adopted us. I'm not as powerful as them, nor do I have their talents, but I'm a good shot." The dwarf next to him nodded and said, "Just call me Gold Ingot, young sir. The dwarves have seen everything you've done for the Silver Peak Family. Thank you."

Du Lin nodded and looked at his brother.

Poole extended his hand again. "You may not understand Northernism, but I know you have a kind heart. You won't stand by and watch this tragedy continue, generation after generation. You won't watch this suffering continue day after day without an end. As mortals, we are powerless, but we want to create a better future, a future better suited for children to grow up in, a future where they can have enough food to eat, not suffer from the cold, and not go hungry."

"Northernism does have many shortcomings, but only when generations of people join in and let new blood wash away old wounds, will the ideology make progress," the practitioner added.

Du Lin was silent.

Let the children have enough to eat and keep them from being cold or hungry.

This is the simplest oath of the tower, and it is the oath that countless swordsmen are willing to sacrifice their lives for.

So many young people fought for this sentence until their last breath.

There are so many evil people and so many scums. Can we kill them all?

I still remember when I was a younger kid, I asked myself this question when I was in higher grades.

I also remember standing in front of his tombstone when I was old, looking at his ageless youth.

We will definitely be able to kill them all, because we are united, we are never afraid, and we never compromise. The bad guys that you cannot kill, we, the seniors and juniors, will help you kill them. The scum that we, the seniors and juniors cannot kill, there will always be children who come after us to take over.

It is true that new blood washes away old wounds.

Finally, Du Lin felt relieved and stretched out his hand.

The brothers held hands tightly.

"Remember the oath you swore today. You and your companions are to create a future where children will never go hungry. I will help you and supervise you and your successors. If one day you or they betray this oath..." "Then another group of us will stand up and defeat the bad guys, just like we did today." Poole smiled and shook hands with Durin. "Welcome to join us. Come up with a call sign for yourself."

Du Lin thought for a moment and said, "A lonely soul."

I am a lonely soul from another world, a wild ghost who doesn’t know where his hometown is.

But I have a new home now.

　One more day to adjust, and reply to three updates tomorrow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)