Durin's Diary

Chapter 608 A New Night

Old Royce led Alexi out of the tent. The old man smiled and said, "You did a good job."

"The mayor has received a lot of money from unknown sources. I suspect that some of them are from the Three Saints Society and Northernism." Alexei's expression was solemn in the face of the old man's praise.

"It seems you were right to keep him. Since the two directors don't want to sacrifice you and the Nice branch this time, they must come up with a scapegoat of sufficient weight. The mayor of Nice clearly has many problems, big enough to kill him many times over." Old Royce shook his head. "See, this is the kind of person you used to look down upon."

"People change, and this matter has nothing to do with me. There's no need for me to lose my life over something like this." Alexi fell silent. "But I'm still very sorry. It seems the mayor's little daughter was just born."

"This is a land of cannibalism. If you don't want to be eaten, either you don't look tasty or you look like a cannibal. I don't blame you, Alexei. Lord Dulin said it well in a movie line: 'You want to get involved in a mess, but you don't want to pay it back.' This kind of thinking is unacceptable. Your mayor deserves it. Whether he's blamed or not, he'll die." After saying that, Old Royce reached out and patted Alexei. "Go back and think about how to write the report. If you can't figure it out, find someone to pay for it. You're rich, so you shouldn't need the labor fees."

"That's right." Alexei nodded and went back.

Old Royce walked him outside, watched the young man he had seen turn around, and looked at the scar on the back of his hand.

You see, old Royce, Lord Turin's films always portray the future as very bad, but in fact the present is also very bad, incredibly bad, hopelessly bad, bad enough to turn good people into ghosts and bad enough to cover pearls in dust.

Lord Durin, will you be different from them...?

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Du Lin knew everything that happened in Nice, so on the day of the incident, Du Lin specially accompanied his girls to run around, donated money to the church orphanage, showed up at his own farm, held up signs at the charity sale in the lower town, and finally went to the military shooting range in the Great Wilderness to pick up people.

During the evening dinner, Reed heard what had happened and she burst into tears - the Crown Prince was very good to her brothers and sisters. Although he was not born by Lady Gala, no one had ever questioned his right of inheritance. Even after the incident, there were discordant voices within the Clegane family, but they were suppressed by Lady Gala.

So, she was very curious about who would kill the crown prince.

"It definitely wasn't a member of the Three Saints Society who killed him." What Du Lin said was also true.

The one who pulled the trigger was Melinda's student, the one who was in charge of all the actions was Jun Gu, it was true that a certain vampire brat was a member of the Trinity, but he just came up with an idea, and it was not him who took action after all.

"To be honest, Sidney's problems are deeply ingrained," Tanya pointed out. "The royal family, the common people, and the nobility. This is what everyone sees as a three-way confrontation in Sidney, but in reality, it's just the royal family, the military, and the nobility. The common people have never had a role. All they can do is die for this land. As for why they die and how they die, they have no choice."

Of course, considering that she might be speaking without worrying about back pain, the girl sighed again: "Honestly, our Northern Kingdom is even worse than Sidney. At least Sidney still has the three powers, while the Northern Kingdom is only about the endless struggle between the royal family and the nobles."

"I think the Eastern Elf Territory is pretty good. What do you think, Anta?" Elaine said.

"It's not going to work. The Circle of Truth is like a giant orphanage, with eleven elders divided into factions. The last time Dulin was there, some elders even had the audacity to try to rescue him." Anta looked unhappy. She looked at Dulin, feeling a pity for not being able to make the best of a situation. "Just let those elders get what they want. If you keep giving in to them, one day they'll take advantage of you. If you take action again, they'll accuse you of being disrespectful to the elderly and the young."

"Don't say so much. Sidney's affairs involve many aspects. I'm afraid Sidney will be in chaos next." Although he could lie to Reid with nice words, Du Lin didn't want to lie.

Reed was also sad when she heard this: "Father also mentioned some of this in his diary. He said that Sidney would eventually have troubles."

"Isn't chaos quite normal? The people of Chang Tang said it well, the general trend of the world is that after a long period of division, there will be unification. Didn't the Sidney people also merge into several large principalities back then?" Lina, the little female dragon, spoke seriously for once. "We can't live together anymore. I think war is not good. It's better to separate. It's like Longshan. If we stay together and compete with each other, it's better to live separately. When we meet, we can still treat each other as the same kind, instead of enemies who are ready to fight to the death."

"You can't use a dragon's perspective on humans, Lina. In the eyes of humans, right and wrong are flowers that must be watered with blood." Melinda said this and glanced at Durin. "Lord Durin, what do you think of the next development?"

Well, my own spicy rabbit spirit is testing me. Du Lin blurted out without a second thought, "It happened in the South. As you know, I happened to have a business investment there. It was also through this business that I learned about a certain group. But before I say all this, I want all of you to speak to your faith. You must not spread anything I say today, or your souls will be imprisoned by me for eternity."

“Oh no, now that you mention it, I’d like to try being imprisoned.” Alyssa, like a little deer, suddenly jumped out.

Du Lin used the magic hand to pull off all the antlers of the deer.

All the girls at the table were stunned.

Only Alyssa was laughing: “It’s okay, we will change roles in the spring.”

Normal deer don't shed their antlers in spring.

Daju complained.

No normal deer would sit on a table and speak human language.

Eleven anti-complaint.

Du Lin threw the antlers aside and waited until the girls swore an oath before he spoke.

"Sidney has a huge problem. It's difficult for anyone to solve it, and no one can help. Most importantly, this problem is right in front of you."

Anta was the first to react. The girl's eyes widened: "What do you mean, please explain it clearly."

"Well, it all started when a young man named Joseph came to see me."

It explains how Du Lin's systematic system of general orphans came about, and the reasons why military orphans came about due to conflicts between the military and the nobility.

After listening, there was no sound at the table. After a long while, Reid raised her hand timidly.

"Tell me what you want to say." Du Lin loved the little girl in front of him.

"Can you help Una?"

This question made Du Lin stunned: "Why help her?"

"Lord Durin, since you're determined to become Sidney's problem, it means you won't change your mind no matter what. I'm your wife, and I shouldn't help outsiders. But... Oona is so pitiful. If all this is ruined, all the happiness she worked so hard to obtain will be destroyed with it."

"...I will try my best to seek pardon for the half-bloods." Du Lin finally gave such a reluctant answer.

Silly girl, do you think I'm playing house?

(End of this chapter)