Durin's Diary

Chapter 700: Poor picture
The Church of the Goddess of Fortune, Archdiocese of Paris.

Una accompanied her husband into the hall and saw everyone with sad faces.

Although she didn't understand economics, she didn't understand why people were always in a panic in the newspapers and salons recently.

However, her husband Kakanif gave her a simple analogy - there are tens of thousands of poor people who owe gambling debts and want to borrow money from his grandfather every day.

Now Una understood, and she quickly learned it on her own. It would be better not to go to the salon recently.

But today, Kakanif decided to bring her to church - because the whole family believed in the goddess of wealth, and even Una had chosen to convert.

"Mr. Kakaniff, hasn't the Minister of Finance received His Majesty's approval yet?" An earl came over and asked humbly.

In the past, such down-to-earth nobles would never look at the grandson of the Minister of Finance like Kakanif in the eye, but now, this child with the obvious features of a grassland elf has become the life-saving straw for every noble who is desperate.

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency. My grandfather hasn't seen His Majesty in the past few days. I heard that His Majesty is trying to connect with Lord Durin through the connections of the Twin Mothers. If possible, it would be best to reach an installment repayment agreement." Kakanif said this with an apologetic look on his face. "I'm sorry, Your Excellency. I can't help you at all."

"Don't be like that, young man. You are the only child who can bring us good news in recent days. In Sydney today, you may be the only one who can speak in front of Lord Durin."

Of course, Una understood what he meant when he said this - in the past, the one who could speak in front of Durin was Romil van Clighen. The prince could even sit with Durin and smoke and drink together. But ever since the Jungu incident, the relationship between the two sides took a sharp turn for the worse. Romil lost his power in the family, and Lord Durin was unwilling to communicate with Clighen.

Now, everyone hopes that Yuuna's husband Kakanif can take on the responsibility of communicating with Lord Durin.

But how is this possible? Karkanif does not have the same ambition as Romil, and he has no record of negotiating with the Ring of Truth. Moreover, he is not a member of the Clegane family, so how can he be trusted easily?

At this moment, another church member appeared in the front hall and invited Kakanif into the inner hall.

Una did not follow in - she understood nothing, and everything she heard was like a nightmare to her.

She watched Kakaniff follow the priest into the inner hall and felt it was ridiculous - you see, this world is so crazy that wealth can kill people more than an axe.

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Of course, Durin had met the Sidney United envoy brought by the Church of the Twin Mothers. As a messenger from the Clegane family, he wanted to ask for an installment repayment agreement for the nobles of the Sidney United.

This is not to say that it cannot be given. Given the previous relationship between Du Lin and Clegane, Du Lin should actually meet this request.

It's just like what Du Lin said to his brother

He has forgiven these nobles today. Will these nobles forgive the common people? Will the Sidney Grain Group, to which they belong, pity them?

impossible.

So Durin had to let them face the end.

Wanting to get out and mess around but not wanting to pay it back, this kind of thinking is really not good.

The bishops of the Twin Mothers understood why Dulin disagreed, and they didn't say anything. They did, however, plead for some families—those families had members who believed in the Twin Mothers and had prairie elf hybrids. Dulin still refused.

"I'm sorry, I can't forgive them. If possible, please ask them to cry about Durin's evil deeds to the heroic spirits in the Infinite Wilderness." Durin replied with a sigh as he sent the bishop away.

The bishop left feeling aggrieved - she didn't understand why Dulin was so cruel, and she couldn't understand why Dulin, who was so compassionate to children, would refuse her request when the children from those families were all grassland elves.

Du Lin knew what she was thinking. He also wanted to give these children a chance to live, but if he let these children go today, what would those families with children think in the future? What would these children whose families were broken up by Du Lin think?

Dulin would not expect them to understand and comprehend the choice Dulin made today.

What will these children think when their families are broken up for the sake of the future of the poor? How can they understand what a terrible future this land will face if their family and group win?

Do we hope that one of them will have a change of heart and raise the banner of rebellion to change everything one day in the future?
It was too unrealistic, Du Lin couldn't imagine such a future.

In his opinion, death is the only gift he can give to these families.

After seeing off the two guests, Du Lin sat in a chair in silence until a pair of small hands came from behind and wrapped around his neck: "You are hesitating, hesitating between your kindness and cruelty."

Reed was behind Du Lin, trying to understand his state of mind.

Du Lin did not completely block his heart.

"I just don't want to see this land weep, but I also understand that if this land isn't drained of blood, perhaps within a hundred years someone will be eager to overturn their verdict." He looked at Lid beside him and said, "I'm sorry, Lid. I'm destroying the very soil on which the nobility depend for survival. I'm excavating the very foundation of their existence. If no one stops me, I will destroy everything about the nobility. People like you and me will probably have a very hard time in the future. No more fine clothes, no more servants, and nothing that we, as nobility, possess."

At this point, Du Lin was silent for a moment, then spoke again: "Lid, are you afraid? Afraid that this kind of life will no longer exist? Afraid that there will no longer be Salon and all the beauty you know in this world, and that only the days left will be for you to go out and earn money... Lid, are you willing?"

The girl was silent for a moment, then finally nodded. "If I said I forgive you... that would be a lie, because I'm the Duke's granddaughter. But as long as I can still follow you, I don't think life can get any worse. As long as I can follow you and my sisters, that's enough. My sisters and I are both capable of making money. We're not useless cowards. There's nothing wrong with us going out and making money on our own."

Du Lin smiled and nodded. "Don't worry, it won't be too bad. Although we will need to be self-reliant by then, I can still maintain our current life by selling some materials from hunting elsewhere."

"Then why did you say that just now, Lord Durin?" Reed asked curiously.

"I wanted to see your performance. Very good, you didn't disappoint me."

After Du Lin finished speaking, he reached out and stroked the girl's head.

"Mr. Dulin, please don't treat me like a fool." Lid snorted unhappily, "Do you think I'm some useless noble lady?"

"From the perspective of my strength, it is true." Du Lin nodded.

Reed was silent for a while, and finally nodded helplessly: "You are right. From your point of view, everyone who comes here is like a child."

(End of this chapter)