Durin's Diary

Chapter 23: Those who reap the rewards

Ish followed Elder Philo, and feeling like he had something to say, he looked at his peers and said, "My child has a strong murderous nature."

"I don't blame your kid. He has a murderous nature, but he's from the younger generation, and he's the town's little master. It's not wrong for him to take care of his peers. If he and Anta hadn't spoken up for those kids, they'd probably be suffering in the traffickers' jail now. It was him and Anta who saved them." Filo said this, turning to look at his old partner. "You, Ish, I know your little tricks. You wanted him to inherit the Elsh family, and you didn't want him to be in trouble, and you didn't want him to suffer any losses. But what he did today was like a great master. When we were young, the elders weren't as decisive as him."

"Wearing this bracelet requires selflessness. This kid doesn't have that kind of realm. I know he has the outside world in his mind, and he usually asks about the merchants who travel all over the country... I'm just worried that this land is too small, you know? His ideals are too big, and this land can't bear them." At this point, Yi Xu frowned, because he noticed that his old friend in front of him narrowed his eyes. "What are you thinking? I warn you, even a bracelet won't work. If you dare let this kid wear the crown, I will find a pit for you to bury right now."

"I came to Lublin Town with a mission. What if I disappear in the town and the elders ask about it?" Philo asked with a smile.

"I'm in the same boat with you." Yi Xu's eyes widened.

"You're not joking at all. You dare to think about wearing a crown unless you're one hundred and thirty years old. I'm twenty-one years away, and you're still twenty-three years away. For this child, it's more than a hundred years in the future. What are you thinking about? You'll be three hundred years younger when he wears the crown. Although the Dragon Vein Warlock can live to that time if he grits his teeth, do you really want to take care of this child for that long?" Philo said with a smile, and as he took a step, he motioned Ish to follow him.

"So what are you thinking about?" Ishi followed him down to the second floor and asked when they were on the stairs.

"I was thinking, since you are so young and you want to measure this land with your own feet, then at the beginning of next year, let you go to the northern kingdom of humans to find out what the people are saying... What do you think?" He was asking Ish.

"Didn't someone say before that he would be in charge of intelligence? I've made all the preparations. Next year, I'll send him to the Northern Kingdom to study at the Academy of Arts. He likes movies, so I'll let him go. It's safer to have an official identity as an international student." Old Yi Xu frowned, looking a little unhappy.

"What are you and your grandson really going to do about what they said? My Yishi, just think about it, how can a thirteen-year-old be involved in intelligence work? Only those lunatics can think of it. In order to move this child, Du Lin, away from Anta, they have exhausted all possible means."

At this point, Filo smiled and waved his hand. "We have no shortage of people in the Eastern Territory, and we wouldn't let a child do something like this. This time, we sent your Durin because your daughter is a human wife, and he is your future husband, your heir. Therefore, he has a different perspective than his mother, and with a different status, he naturally sees things differently."

"Yes, I know, but... you asked Du Lin to see what the human world is like. I think the goal of this mission is too broad."

Ish frowned at his old friend, who smiled. "I asked Fabien to see the world before, but he ended up joining the Northernists, naively believing their tenets were similar to those of the original Creator. But humans are humans, and gods are gods. What's true cannot be false, and what's false cannot be true. And everyone says that the human world is in turmoil, filled with all kinds of injustice and madness. And the Riddlers of the Prophecy School keep saying that the end of the world is approaching, that the end is nigh. So the eleven of us want to know whether the ideologies and deeds of humanity are good or bad. If there really is an end in the future, can we... form an alliance with humanity again and overcome its suffering together?"

Philo said this, looking out the door. "Humans have short lifespans and have long forgotten the very nature of the earth beneath our feet. However, we, the immortal race, the children enlightened by the original Creator, have always remembered. Civilization has passed on knowledge and memories. We still remember that we were once the darlings of our ancestors, but now we are the masters of this land, and all that remains of our ancestors are the remains in the lifeboat."

After saying that, Filo sighed and turned to look at his old friend who was still on the stairs. "Ish, there are more and more monsters in the Black Zone recently, and they are becoming more and more rare. Those monsters and aberrations that once only appeared in books have recently walked out of the books. We must prepare for the future."

"...I understand. When winter is over, I'll let this child go out. With the scientific advancement of the human world, the beginning of the first industrialization, and the changing trends in human society, Philo, just as the book says, our civilization has once again reached a crossroads, and the lost children are eager to find their way." At this point, Ixu also nodded. "In that case, it would be good for my grandson to see the world. He has too strong a murderous intent. When working as an intelligence officer, small impatience always ruins big plans. Seeing more scenery may make him more easygoing."

"Okay, since I need a favor from you, then let Antaniah stay in the Mage Tower for a year. I will personally help her advance to the seventh ring. After the promotion, I will let her go to find Dulin. I swear in the name of the family. How about that?" Since he needed a favor from others, Philo naturally understood that transactions required chips and equivalents.

Enrique walked over at this time. He looked at Yi Xu and Filo and said, "The confessions have been obtained. Who will be the leader of the operation against the Klein Saric family?"

"Let Dulin come up with the idea," Philo said.

"Is he too young to win the support of the people?" Yi Xu hesitated.

"In times of crisis, responsibility is the only responsibility. The child said that this cruel land will not show mercy to a child just because he is young. I think Filo is right. Let Dulin come." Enrique said this and looked at Filo. "Your grandson is a good child, so I will be his guarantor. I will go with him once and let him receive the reward. We old bones are not as conscious as him. As for your oath, Filo, I will bear witness. If Anta's future changes because of going to the capital or because of her mother, I will punish her. In the name of the Judge of the Twin Mother Goddesses, I will kill everyone. How about it?"

"If you remain the same as before, I will obey you." Filo smiled, raised his left hand, and drew the holy emblem of the original creator on his chest. He looked at Ish and said, "I swear that those who ask for something must receive something in return."

"...Okay, I'll let Durin go to the Northern Kingdom in the spring. Lublin is too small to accommodate a free heart." After saying this, Ish and Filo looked at each other, and at the same time, his left hand began to draw the holy emblem of the original Creator on his chest: "I promise, what goes around comes around."

He drew his sword and thrust it into the ground in front of him. Holding the handle with both hands, Enrique lowered his head and said: "I bear witness that those who reap will be rewarded." Then, there was no more objection.

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When Du Lin walked out of the police station, he looked back at his grandfather and old Philo on the second floor. The two must know each other, because many times, eyes can't lie. He and he must have a great relationship. Perhaps their friendship has lasted for a hundred years.

The grassland elves value family blood ties and are more careful to maintain friendships, but whether it is the head of a town or the duke who rules over a province, it is not actually a permanent inheritance. For example, the Elsh family took over the management of Lublin Province from the Elders' Council five generations ago. Now that the Elsh family bloodline is dying, if it were not for Durin, the position of Duke of Lublin would be obtained by another family.

This made Durin very confused. This kind of power alternation was a strange pattern that Durin had never seen before - you said it was the Middle Ages, but the eleven elders and the grand elder of the Presbyterian Church managed everything; you said it was a parliamentary system, but the new elders were recommended by the old elders when they retired; you said it was based on nepotism, but when the old elders retired, they recommended only the virtuous people of the time, and he had never seen an elder from his own family recommended.

Considering that there are true gods in this world, Durin can only understand it as a strange operation from another world. Moreover, merchants traveling back and forth from the Grassland Elf Territory all say that the Grassland Elf Territory, the Great Forest and the Church of Justice have always been at the forefront of the black zone. If it were not for these three, the human world would not be where it is today.

Half of them are grateful to the three parties, and half of them blame themselves.

Du Lin had read a newspaper in the human world, which said that some people in the human world were dissatisfied with the rule of the nobles and the king, and were seeking ways to change all this.

Now, serfs are still serfs, and masters are still masters. This is what purgatory on earth is.

The God of Nobility truly deserves to die.

The reason why the grassland elves have a bad impression of humans is because the monsters in the three eastern kingdoms and the black zone are fighting to the death. The patrols of the green-skinned orcs are fighting with the legions of the three eastern parties every moment, while humans are in a safe zone and cannot fight outside, so they are good at fighting inside, right?

WTF.

As for the fact that Du Lin was a human in his previous life, how can he, as a human, look down on other humans... Haha, I am an Earthling, and I am really ashamed to stand shoulder to shoulder with these rubbish from another world.

Besides, that so-called No. 1 team in the North is even more despicable than France and the core of it is actually aristocratic autonomy.

Just like the saying goes.

The noble have epitaphs, the despicable have passes. Open the history book, it's all about this kind of bullshit.

As for justice.

Justice comes and goes, but it cannot suppress the evil spirits in this land.

As for mortals?

There is a very concise sentence.

There are endless enemies to be killed and endless blood of heroes to be shed.

(End of this chapter)