Durin's Diary

Chapter 222 People's gathering and separation
When the guests dispersed, Durin prepared to return to the Everforged Fortress.

But Tanya got the imaging device and blank crystal from somewhere. She took Du Lin's hand and came to the big curtain in the backyard.

"I learned of your alternate identity from my grandfather. As the heir to the Alkin family, I acknowledge your uniqueness, but times have changed. The Alkin family left the Great Wasteland many years ago. This land feels more like my homeland than the distant Eagle's Nest. So... Mr. Dulin, please show me the image you haven't revealed."

Having said that, she sat down on the chair.

Du Lin looked at the imaging device in his hand and said, "Let me be clear, the image isn't as bright and beautiful as before."

"I believe what the sage said: the image a person presents to the world through the imaging device is the best monologue of their heart." Tanya said, making a gesture of invitation. "I also believe that you, who can write about doctors and detectives, must have a deep understanding of this land."

Du Lin nodded: "Okay."

Du Lin put on the angiography device.

Without any warning, young Du Lin appeared on the screen.

The little goblin danced in his hands.

In the flickering light, the long table, fine wine, and delicious food appeared on the huge screen again.

Those unnamed fruits, golden candlesticks, and napkins folded into the shape of flowers were repeated again and again.

Until the well-dressed guests entered again.

This time, Tanya saw many familiar faces, including the owner of this land. His tall and straight body told Tanya from one side that this must not be the moment.

With his grandfather, Duke Robbie walking beside His Majesty, he looked younger with his long hair, which further strengthened Tanya's point of view.

There was Fischer, the head of the secret police, walking alone, with his two most capable assistants smoking in the corridor beyond.

There was Du Lin's grandfather, Old Ish, with one hand in his pocket and the other holding Mrs. Salin's hand.

There are many other people who look different, are beautiful and extremely valuable.

The guests took their seats one after another, some were chatting and laughing, some were shaking out their napkins, and some were choosing wine.

In the corridor beyond, servants were ready with meals held out.

Then a hand lifted the silver lid from the dinner plate.

The scene changed.

In the cage, the tears on the children's faces were still wet.

The camera turns and the traffickers in the hall dance to the music of the orchestra;
On the street, young children sit helplessly on the roadside hoping that kind people will give them change.

The camera turns to show the drunken young man laughing wildly in the land of pleasure, while the special Maines catwoman beside him pours wine for him to cheer him up;

The young Ganai people, who had lost their families and everything they had, took a risk to grab bread, only to be beaten to death by the police on the street corner.

The camera turns and the noble child on the other side of the street watches the bloody scene with an expressionless face.
A pair of blood-stained, withered hands bloomed in the darkness, just like the monument of a wise king faded by time.

During the street protests, the black-clad people who dispersed the crowd collided with the young people and beat each other with sticks, fists and feet.

The old man of the deer species, with a bloody head and bruised face, watched all this helplessly and numbly.

A young child in patched old clothes was led by his grandmother, who was also wearing the same clothes, and watched all this from a distance.

On the balcony, a well-dressed middle-aged man pointed and talked about what was happening below.

The two Mothers stood at the foot of the bullet-riddled church wall of the Copenhagen Archdiocese, holding hands and watching all this in silence.

Du Lin appears in the picture again.

When he grew up, he got on a train. As the train sped along, the fields turned into towns, and buildings replaced nature. At the train station, yellow-skinned people were driving away beggars. A poor lame woman was dragged on the stone ground, and her child was knocked to the ground.

Lübeck in the sunset, Copenhagen in the sunrise, these human cities that Durin saw were so beautiful in the sunshine. Behind Durin, the streets were so well organized.

But in front of Du Lin, outside the block, young homeless people were homeless, their flesh and bones shivering in the cold wind, and they suffered from hunger and cold day after day.

Du Lin stood in front of the tombstone named Fabien. Behind the tombstone, six young ghosts of different identities were standing or squatting, smiling, as if they were taking a photo.

Turning around, Tommy Irwin's wife and children lay at his feet, their head clutched against the wall, their face expressionless. Behind Du Lin, the newsboy lay bloodied in the alley, his blood mingling with that of the secret police to form a river.

The camera switched, and in front of Du Lin, Zaliang was slowly falling down with a frozen expression of surprise on his face.

Professor Jason tilted his head and looked at the park in front of him. Until the last moment, he still wanted to grab the broken jar.

Big Toe leaned against the bullet-riddled wooden wall with a smile on his face, the blood of his people pooling around him.

Du Lin took a step forward, and one after another, figures that Tan Ya did not recognize passed by him. They either stood there smiling or waved goodbye. They were all very young without exception.

Du Lin, who had been walking against the flow, stopped at the end of the corridor. A small figure looked at Du Lin, and Du Lin took off his uniform and put it on him.

Then, the angry being gritted his teeth and pushed open the huge double doors of the corridor.

And then nothing happened, because Du Lin took off the imaging device, pulled out the crystal, and smashed it to the ground.

"Is that enough?" He looked at her.

Those young men in the corridor were Du Lin’s good brothers and comrades in his previous life. Their youth was lived in an eternal pool of blood.

They are great, but they are also just ordinary people who value their dreams more than their lives.

Tanya was silent.

Du Lin took a deep breath. "I never expected a high-minded child like you to understand this. There are always some lunatics in this land who enjoy the suffering of being misunderstood by others and are happy to do so. Simply because these fools believe that this land should not be a hotbed of evil and a carrier of fear."

After throwing the imaging device on the table beside him, Du Lin turned around and prepared to leave.

At the same time, he was a little angry, angry at himself, because Du Lin felt that he was already a grown man, why was he still angry with a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl like this.

What does she know? She lost her parents when she was young and was raised by her grandfather just like herself in this life. It is already very good that she can sympathize with the servants.

Environment shapes people, and Du Lin himself understood that he could not criticize a person without considering his environment.

But a pair of hands appeared from behind him, they put their arms around Dulin's neck and held him in the arms of his master named Tanya Alkin.

"I recognize Professor Jason, I recognize Jack Leonard..." The girl behind him sighed, "In the name of the Original Creator, please allow me to reintroduce myself."

Turning Durin around, she looked at him. "I'm Tanya Alkin, Duke Robbie's granddaughter and his sole heir. I'm also Signal. Yelena and I joined Northernism together, and Professor Jason introduced me."

"Aren't you afraid that I'm a member of the secret police?" Du Lin sneered.

"If you betray me, I believe Grandpa Yixu will beat your butt." After saying that, the girl laughed and reached out to rub Du Lin's face.

If Du Lin hadn't been afraid of hurting her, he would have swung his dragon tail and hit her hard.

Thinking of this, Du Lin felt a little regretful. He was PUA-ed by his brother in this life and accepted him as a good person without thinking. Now, he even had to be rubbed on the face by a big girl. Du Lin was really unhappy.

How did I fall into their trap and play house with them?

Just pretend, Mr. Du Lin, you just don’t want to see the children get hurt. I can see your intentions through two galaxies.

Medical AI used its cold words to expose Du Lin's little tricks.

·But you are really a kind elder. Although we don’t get along well sometimes, I know that you are a good person.

Unexpectedly, it was a medical AI that understood me best.

Du Lin sighed.

Then he was held in the arms of this big girl.

"No matter what's behind the door, don't be afraid, I'm here."

She whispered in his ear.

Du Lin wiped his face and found it was a tear.

I'm an old dog who has cried all his tears, and now this is the day I'll end up like this?

(End of this chapter)