Durin's Diary

Chapter 64 Showers
Elaine and Melinda, the master and servant, one is naive and the other is shrewd. Such an interesting combination makes Du Lin curious about the Sario family.

However, Durin was not a curious nine-life cat. After feeding Kal'tsit and Hummer and settling them down, he jumped onto the embassy carriage that came to pick him up at his doorstep.

When leaving, Du Lin noticed old man Ron. He was standing by the door, looking at Du Lin in the sunset, with an expression neither sad nor happy on his face.

Out of respect for an elder, Du Lin smiled and raised his hand to salute.

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After watching the young grandson of the Elsh family get on the special carriage of the Grassland Elf Embassy, ​​Ron watched in silence as the carriage carrying the child gradually drove away.

"Come in, the carriage with the children has gone far away." The lady's reminder came from behind. Ron turned his head and saw that she was making meat pies in front of the fire.

"What a good idea the old lady from the Sario family had." He looked at the photos on the wall, and a smile appeared on his stiff face for the first time.

"Isn't it?" the old lady smiled. As always, the meat pies being cooked in the pan exuded the unique aroma of spices from the Lublin region. "By the way, how can you still like meat pies when you have lost all your teeth?"

"Because he said that a man remains a boy until he dies." Ron said this in answer to his wife's question and stood in front of an old photo.

In the photo, the young self and his wife were smiling and standing in the back row with two handsome young men. In front of them, human girls and dwarfs, as well as grassland elves and beastmen, were sitting or standing.

These are memories of youth. Some of them later became tutors at the art academy, some became principals of the academy, some became dukes, and some were buried in the cemetery early.

"You were really beautiful back then." Old Ron reached out his hand, touching the photo on the wall and sighed sincerely.

"Oh, really?" The old lady who was serving the meat pie on a plate smiled. She brought the plate to the table and put it down. "The pie is ready, Ron."

The old man came and sat down at the table. He picked up the knife and wanted to cut the bread into small pieces - if you master the tools and use the knife and fork, humans will not starve to death even without teeth.

His wife came to the pool, washed her hands, wiped them clean, then came to the wall and stopped in front of another photo.

It's full of young people with smiling faces, who lived their youthful years in laughter. Unfortunately, time has never been fair. Some have left their youthful years in a pool of blood, some have stopped their lives in the past, and some have faces... covered with a cross drawn with a pen.

Of the young people who were once fellow travelers, only a few are left now, washed away by time.

The midday news came from the arcane loudspeaker, and the young announcer said that the great Majesty was one year older.

"Our Majesty is one year older from now on." She heard her husband sigh from behind.

Yes, he... no, our Majesty is one year older. The old lady looked at a page in the photo wall. On it, she saw a red-haired girl and a gray-haired young man, as well as the smiles on the faces of black-haired young men and silver-haired grassland elves. She also saw dwarfs, white-haired human girls, big-bodied Osuo bear men, and many, many people of her age.

They couldn't hide the smiles on their faces, and everyone was looking forward to what should have been a very bright future.

However, everyone was still young at that time and full of imagination about the future, but they didn’t know that all the gifts given by fate had already been marked with a price.

The price is too high, so high that no one can afford it, so high that some people go crazy, some betray their faith, and some... can only pay with their lives.

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"Why are you asking about the Sario family?" Ambassador Qinlun was a little confused when he heard Dulin's question, but he still told Dulin everything he knew and gave him a general idea about the family - the Sario family was a very contradictory family. During the First Commune era, their family had produced five regional secretaries. In the northern colonial region, their family almost had the final say.

However, after the First Commune was deserted by its members, their family chose to change their allegiance and, today, they remain in the colony, holding the title of Duke. "That girl named Elaine is quite interesting, but I suggest you avoid getting too close to her family. After all, her background is somewhat uncertain, and her family is a thorn in the side of the Second Northernists. They are the epitome of traitors." Ambassador Qin Lun said this, noticing his assistant pushing the door open.

"What's wrong."

"Sir, something happened in the north..." The assistant finally noticed Du Lin and noticed his hesitation. Ambassador Qin Lun waved his hand and said, "Speak, Mr. Du Lin is not an outsider."

"Higgins has just entered the safe house. Let him tell you the details." The assistant said after looking at Du Lin.

"That's perfect, Dulin, come with me. I'll introduce Higgins Utari to you."

Higgins Utari, really, needs no introduction.

Following the Ambassador, Du Lin recalled the part of his mind about Higgins Utari.

Higgins Utari's father was exiled by the Utari family when he was young. That year, a group of children were collectively exiled for some evil deeds that were inconvenient to speak out. After they came to the Northern Kingdom, more than a dozen children struggled from the bottom and walked through the blood and corpses of their companions and enemies. In the end, only two children were left. He and she got married and eventually gave birth to Higgins Utari.

Higgins' mother died early, so Higgins was the only heir to the entire Exile Brotherhood. Everyone in the Northern Kingdom knew about this. It was not that no one dared to touch the child, but the grass on the graves of the two families who had touched the child was three feet high.

The Utari family is now the most powerful criminal family in the entire Northern Kingdom. They sell the best liquor, the most expensive cigarettes, and even the most authentic ya-yo powder - ya-yo powder with smiley mushrooms. They are the only family in the entire North that sells this kind of powder.

So, when Ambassador Qinlun suggested that Dulin meet this young man, Dulin had already guessed the identity of the Utari family—the bottom fish. After all, not all exiled families were truly unforgivable. Some decent families took the initiative to jump into the abyss for a better future for their tribe.

As the ambassador walked around the embassy for half a circle, he walked down the hidden basement entrance, pushed open three doors, and verified his identity with two teams of guards. Finally, Du Lin followed Mr. Qin Lun through the fourth door. Du Lin saw a gray-haired young man sitting on the sofa. He crossed his legs, stroked the embassy's guard dog with one hand, and held a cigarette in the other.

When he saw Mr. Ambassador, he just grinned and said, "Mr. Ambassador."

Then he saw Du Lin.

"Wow, what a hot girl! Are ponytails popular among girls in Elf County these days?" The boy whistled, then flew into the air and was pinched against the wall.

If Du Lin were to fight this kind of trash, he would be killed by his grappling palm strike, so he could just use the mage's hand to deal with him.

The ambassador looked at the eldest son of the Utari family, who was pinned to the wall, struggling with his feet and invisible hands. He turned to look at Du Lin with some embarrassment: "Mr. Du Lin, can you put him down?"

Du Lin smiled but didn't answer. Instead, he walked over to the sofa, took the cigarette that had burned a hole in it, put it out in the ashtray, and then reached out to stroke the dog's head. Then he turned to Qin Lun and said, "For the sake of Mr. Ambassador, I'll let him go this time."

Higgins, who was almost out of strength to struggle, fell to the ground.

He screamed and stood up, but didn't rush over.

the reason is simple.

The wizard had already picked up the iron rod by the stove. If he dared to rush over, Du Lin would beat him until he was unable to take care of himself.

"Cynicism also depends on the occasion. Higgins from the Utari family, I hope you can respect my last name." After saying this, Du Lin placed the ring on his left little finger in front of Higgins.

(End of this chapter)