Durin's Diary

Chapter 1035 The Journey of Ten Thousand Miles

Unlike old Alkin, Ish and Enrique saw through Dulin's problem as soon as they arrived.

In Enrique's words, he was too divine.

Dulin simply smiled and then recounted everything that had happened during his time in Changtang.

Upon hearing that all four evil gods had died at the hands of Dulin, Enrique glanced at Ish, who rubbed his temples and said, "Why haven't you completed your ascension yet?"

"And then become a pathetic wretch bound by clergy?" Dulin asked with a laugh.

“Since you don’t want to become a god, you must want to walk the path of becoming an anonymous person. Have you ever thought about what it means to walk this path?” Ixu asked his grandson in a deep voice.

Du Lin nodded.

Sometimes, a thousand words can be conveyed in silence.

"Why?" That was all I asked.

“Someone has to walk this difficult path, and I want to help the children who have nowhere else to go, and I want to help the helpless people who stumble in the darkness,” Dulin replied.

“You could do what I did, donate money to them, equip them, even soften your heart and sacrifice your most beloved daughter… Why send yourself to that terrifying altar, child? Without you, the Elsh family has nothing left.” At this moment, Ish could no longer control his expression. He stared wide-eyed at Dulin, perhaps trying to find a clue in Dulin’s expression as to why his grandson would do such a thing.

But he ultimately saw no change.

“Grandpa, Reed already has my child, and there should be many more before I truly become nameless,” Dulin replied, then showed the two old men his two souls and told them about his past.

After hearing this, Enrique drew the emblem of the primordial creator on his chest: "May all beings understand you, child."

“This is the first time you’ve told me this… child, I never knew you had such an experience…” Yi Xu hesitated, but Du Lin smiled and shook his head: “There’s no need to comfort me. I’ve witnessed too much suffering in my past life. When such a path is laid out before me, it’s hard for me not to choose it.”

Old Yi still harbored some resentment, but he also understood that even if Dulin stopped, the matter could not be undone.

Therefore, the only option is to choose the lesser of two evils—rather than becoming a god, trapped by divine duties, or even ultimately having one's self worn down and transformed into a part of those duties, remaining anonymous and retaining one's true self is a better choice for the grassland spirits.

Being forgotten by mortals sounds terrible, but the problem is that none of the girls in Dulin can be considered mortals.

Even the weakest are approaching the level of a half-legend.

As we all know, becoming a legend means that the individual is no longer associated with 'ordinary people'.

After hearing Dulin's story, old Altyn patted Dulin on the shoulder with a sad expression.

Dulin offered the old man a cigarette.

………………

The dinner was good, with all the hearty dishes that Dulin liked, such as roast meat, and there was even a honey buffet, so Dulin ate and drank to his heart's content.

However, none of the old men enjoyed their meal; they must have been listening to Dulin's story.

But there's not much to say, is there? When you're out in the game, you have to keep your word. You can't expect to get away with something and not have to pay it back.

Dulin wasn't in a hurry, but someone else was—and sure enough, halfway through the banquet, someone came knocking on the door.

The people were residents of a nearby town who had recently lost their child. The police were already helping to search for them, but then someone with a big mouth mentioned that Dulin was in Aljin Prefecture, so the parents rushed over. The old butler initially didn't want to let them in, but upon hearing that it was a child who had gone missing, and remembering that this was one of Dulin's most notorious meddlesome cases, he personally led them in.

Upon hearing that a child had gone missing, Du Lin frowned: "No, how can anyone go missing a child these days? When did the child go missing? Does the child have purple eyes?"

"Three days ago, it wasn't purple eyes."

If it's not a purple-eyed child, that's fine. The evil gods have just died, but if it's a purple-eyed child who's been lost, it's possible that the Chaos followers are trying to stir up trouble to help their gods resurrect.

Although it's pointless for them to do this, there's a saying that goes, "He who has not climbed the Great Wall is no true hero, and he who has not reached the Yellow River will not give up." There's no point in talking to this kind of stubborn guy.

“Alright, then I’ll go with this family.” After saying that, Dulin stopped eating the roasted meat and pulled Lina over to finish the rest of the meat. But this little female dragon was unusually obedient and said she wouldn’t eat the meat and wanted to go with Dulin to watch the fun.

What are you up to, you little dragon?

Dulin didn't think much of it and took Lina and Eleven with the adults into the carriage—Dulin could fly there at Mach 9, but the couple would obviously be in big trouble, so there was no other way.

Another advantage is that Dulin can ask detailed questions while in the carriage.

They soon learned that in addition to their child being missing, two other families' children had also gone missing.

The three children are from the same town and attend the same school.

As for why it's the same school, it's obvious that there's only one school in a town, teaching a little bit of language and math, and nothing more.

It's not a matter of insufficient funding; it's just that the teachers are only at this level.

However, the presence of a school proves that the town is quite large, and it is not easy for a town within the Altyn Territory to have a school—after all, it is a border territory, and it is not easy for it to have its current prosperity and wealth.

When they arrived in town, it was already late at night. Dulin took Lina and Eleven to the small park where the child had last appeared.

The mage threw the two dwarfs hidden in the grass out of the garden, and Dulin began to rewind the spell.

“The scene hasn’t been disturbed, which doesn’t seem like something the Chaos Cultists would do.” Lina sniffed the air to make sure no one had tampered with the scene, then she walked over to Dulin and watched as the lines began to outline the scene, quickly rewinding to three days ago.

“There was indeed no damage. That’s strange. If the scene wasn’t damaged, how did this child get lost and why can’t we find him?” Du Lin frowned as he watched the lines begin to outline the scene, puzzled.

Soon, he saw a child drawn with lines.

Dulin looked at it, and soon the lines transformed into a human shape, and a girl appeared in front of Dulin and Lina.

She seemed to be waiting for something.

Then she looked in another direction, immediately smiled and waved in that direction, and then started running towards it.

Dulin immediately began to expand the backtracking interval.

But here's the problem: until the girl stopped, there was nothing in front of her.

The lines fell to the ground, but failed to depict anything.

(End of this chapter)