Durin's Diary

Chapter 2 It should have been a happy time like a dream
Anta beside her was laughing happily. Human movies were indeed a rare entertainment for the grassland elves. The actors' exaggerated performances on the big screen were also very interesting. However, she didn't know that Du Lin, who was holding her arm, had a blank expression on his face, but he could use his toes to pick out a piece of dead skin on the soles of his feet that had zero common area in a three-bedroom, two-living-room apartment...if there were so many non-existent dead skin cells.

Exaggerated acting, frozen expressions, the male protagonist takes the female protagonist all the way through the war zone for love (I heard that the story is adapted from reality), and it is Du Lin's turn to be low-key. But the two of them are so good, it's okay for them to bite once every three minutes, and they just do it when they stay in the ruins on the first night.

There was not even a code fired, real guns and live ammunition, the plot was really a whirlwind at night.

The prairie elves were not as open-minded as humans. Many prairie elves with families had already taken their children outside to seek justice angrily. Only a few spectators of other races and prairie elves in couples were watching.

And a kid like Du Lin was watching the show with a little girl of the same age. He was the only unlucky guy in the whole audience.

As the hero and heroine screamed and struggled in the middle of the battlefield, and soldiers on both sides mistook them for enemy spies and shot at them, in the dark movie theater, Anta's small hand tightly grasped Dulin's hand: "They will be okay."

Without mentioning the poor acting or exaggerated expressions, Anta just looked at Du Lin a little nervously.

"It's okay, they are the protagonists." Du Lin comforted Anta, but he himself had no idea - why was the human movie route in this world so wild? He couldn't guarantee that these two would survive. After all, he didn't know the final ending of the real story.

Fortunately, the gentleman who made the movie gave a very happy ending. Both parties escaped from the war zone and finally got together. The love story between the poor boy and the noble daughter was quite interesting... No way.

As for the two people in the movie, the man is a descendant of refugees who joined the army to earn a living, and the woman is the daughter of the Grand Duke who took the risk to see her fiancé. Class is no longer an obstacle for them, but an endless wall between the two sides.

History tells everyone that a family composed of two people from different backgrounds and with different identities will inevitably have a sad time. At that moment, it seems as if the whole world exists to separate him and her.

If we use Du Lin's experience from his previous life as an example - getting together? Please, something unrealistic is not a dream, it's a delusion.

And is the director too straightforward, thinking that "Night Rush" represents love? This world of film made Du Lin deeply feel what it means to be able to do it.

A copy of The Bridges of Madison County should be enough to win over the so-called big directors of this world. The only problem is that Du Lin doesn't know how to explain the origin of this story to this old-fashioned world. After all, Du Lin is only a twelve-year-old child.

But as a lonely old man who has actually lived for 117 years in two lifetimes, Du Lin has a clear mind and deeply understands that a person's life is actually a life of struggle with himself.

Responsibility, obligation, temptation, desire, people living in the world are bound to have this or that thought, this is not shameful, what is shameful is knowing that this is wrong, but finding a plausible reason for one's betrayal.

Freedom, if you want freedom, go back to the Stone Age, when men and women were naked and could do whatever they wanted, with whomever they wanted. But if you wear clothes and live like a civilized person, you have to bear the responsibilities and obligations that come with civilization. You can't wear the coat of civilization while being naked and unleashing your nature.

No one owes anyone anything in this world, regardless of gender or age. Those who do this are not worthy of being called chasing freedom and happiness. They can only be called bitches and dogs, emphasizing the importance of eternity.

But in front of Anta, Du Lin could not show his self-confidence. He could only tell Anta that he must make a better movie than this.

"Really?" Anta was still confused and didn't seem to believe Du Lin's big words.

"Really, I will definitely invite you to watch the best movie in the world then." Du Lin swore.

"Then I remember. Don't go back on your word." Anta smiled and nodded, acknowledging Du Lin's oath and began her full expectations.

The two children walked out of the cinema and squeezed out from the crowd. Anta wanted to watch the next movie and had already paid for it, but was stopped by the police officer on duty. It was said that the next movie was definitely not suitable for children. Du Lin took a look at the title of the movie - 180 Days of Naples.

It looks quite artistic and sounds quite artistic, but as someone who has watched many movies, Du Lin knows very well that art films are really exciting, sometimes even more exciting than romantic action films - because the latter are sometimes censored for the sake of approval, while the former can allow all life to be honest with this earth for the sake of art.

They even dare not censor it because the art film director shamelessly points to the third-person love action film he shot and says that it is art.

So Du Lin decided to take Anta to drink honey water, so that the old guys of the Ayer family would not come to skin the eldest grandson of the Elsh family overnight after hearing their granddaughter's adventure story today, but because they could not beat old Ish of the Elsh family, they were humiliated.

After buying a drink from the honey water stall, Dulin took Anta to sit under the shade of a tree. The girl was still discussing the previous movie. The grassland elves were conservative, but they were also very willing to accept new things. This was why the people who showed the movies had not been kicked out of the town even though they had been complained about.

Anta also quickly shifted from discussing the plot to discussing how the film was made.

To be honest, Du Lin also wanted to know this question. The whole movie gave people a very ridiculous feeling after watching it, because many shots were not handled well and the distant views were often severely blurred.

However, considering that this world has electricity, magic, and even various monsters in the gray, red and black areas, as well as all kinds of messy things, perhaps movies are just a brand new thing here, and the directors are still in a state of just being able to shoot.

Thinking of this, Du Lin felt that his dream of becoming a great director was really within his reach.

Du Lin and Anta couldn't agree on how to shoot the movie, so Du Lin followed Anta's arrangements.

"Why don't we go to the salon? I took a job yesterday." Anta put his arm around Dulin's arm. Although he was the one who proposed it, he was looking forward to Dulin's answer like a cub.

Du Lin raised his eyebrows: "Is it the same as last time, saying we were going to collect herbs, and then..."

To be honest, Du Lin felt that if the money was small, he would help Anta.

It is not a big deal to let Anta, a humanoid weapon, set fires everywhere for a dozen gold coins. Three months ago, there was an unknown fire on the grassland that burned for three days. Du Lin still dared not tell anyone about it and its connection with Anta. The little girl said she was going to collect herbs, and took Du Lin, a porter, to an area near the cornfield where they encountered a group of wild boars.

The latter attacked without knowing its own limitations, so Anta used an instant and extremely effective fire blast to kill the wild boar family and also set the dry grass on fire.

And then nothing happened. The fire was so intense that it made Durin's scalp tingle. Thanks to the intervention of the masters in the Mage Tower, the fire eventually spread to the surrounding wasteland.

"No, someone asked me for help." At this point, seeing Dulin's gaze, Anta became anxious. The little girl grabbed Dulin's sleeve and began to shake it, while letting out Anta's wail. "It's really nothing else. I'm not going out to fight monsters or set fires. Dulin, trust me."

This softened Durin's heart - not because he had no resistance to the childish tone of his voice, but as long as he didn't kill the monster's entire family, or let the grassland burn for another week, it would be fine.

Really, old Durin has a heart of stone and he won't lose his principles just because a little girl acts coquettishly.

So Dulin followed Anta, helping her carry the basket with one hand and holding her hand with the other.

"Du Lin, how long have we known each other?" The person in front of him half turned around and looked at Du Lin and asked.

"We met for the first time in the manor when we were three years old." Du Lin remembered this incident very clearly. At that time, Anta was just a little girl. She was chased by the Griffith family's Lublin Hound, which was not yet old at the time. It was Du Lin who picked up the firewood rod by the stove and saved her.

As for the dog, it was beaten badly by Du Lin at that time. From then on, the dog would bark wildly whenever it saw Du Lin, but when Du Lin's hand came into contact with the fire iron rod, it became incontinent and tried to escape from the scene - even if the scene was its home.

"Well, we have known each other for nine years. Grandpa said that grassland elves are long-lived, but at least they live for twenty nine years." Having said that, the girl smiled and slowed down her pace. She moved closer to Du Lin.

The reason why this little girl has been so close to Du Lin is because Du Lin 'sacrificed himself' to save her. Over the years, Du Lin has never seen her have a good face towards other boys.

The next second, Du Lin held her in his arms.

"We..." The little girl in his arms blushed.

"Shh..." Du Lin whispered softly, guiding Anta with his eyes, asking her to turn her attention to the alley ahead that she was about to enter.

In the alley, I saw a huge creature chewing something.

It has three pairs of limbs, two in front and one in the back, like a human, but not like a human. A long bony tail is displayed in front of Dulin and Anta - its whole body seems to be wrapped in a lead-gray bone plate exoskeleton.

Du Lin carefully led Anta back.

Do you know what the hell this is?

Dulin asked Anta in a magical way.

A bit like a distorted passerby.

Du Lin has always heard that in addition to the old professions in the human world, there are also various ways of inheritance and development through deduction. They say that these ways are very dangerous, and if they are distorted, there is only one way to go, and that is death.

Although he saw it with his own eyes today, Du Lin was still surprised. This twisted monster was too big.

Just as she was thinking this, Anta twisted her ankle while backing away and groaned.

Then, Dulin and Anta saw the monster raise its head.

The monster, which had a pair of golden vertical pupils and good hearing, stood up, and the debris in his mouth fell out.

This huge monster seemed too big for the alley. The protrusions and bricks on the wall were squeezed and fell as it rose. A half-eaten halfling head rolled all the way from the alley to Durin's feet.

Du Lin could only reach out and protect Anta behind him. At the same time, he threw away the basket in his hand and put his free left hand on the holster in his jacket at his waist.

"Are you going to be a hero again?" Anta asked from behind.

"Yes." Du Lin's answer was concise and powerful. He let go of Anta's right hand and stretched forward, and the spell took shape at his fingertips.

My mentor once said that if the sky falls, there will always be tall people to hold it up.

He was taller than her, so he had to stand in front of her.

But just as Dulin was about to perform his technique, Anta's hand reached out from behind Dulin.

The same arcane power blossomed at his and her fingertips.

"I recognized you were using Grease Magic, so I laid down another layer of spider web." Anta's voice reached Durin's ears: "Let us face this danger together."

"Okay." The answer was just as concise, but it added a touch of warmth to Du Lin's lonely heart.

(End of this chapter)