Durin's Diary

Chapter 4, Chapter 3.5: Ish Elsh I

A guard opened the door for his master. When the owner of the manor heard about the evil deeds, he put aside all his official duties and came here just to see his grandson.

On the way, he heard a lot of bad news, such as his eldest grandson encountered a deformed person, and that his eldest grandson was seriously injured and still unconscious, but the facts seemed to make him more worried.

This won't be the last time we meet.

"My grandson still hasn't woken up."

Taking off his coat and handing it to the Highhoof’s butler, Ish Elsh looked at the medical team going up and down the stairs and asked in a serious tone.

This is a silver-haired grassland elf. Time has left no trace on his face. He looks young, but his left hand is holding his right wrist. The old wound seems to be reminding its owner at this moment.

"The bishop of the church is currently treating the young master. When he was brought back, he had several fractures, but he's said to be fine." The old butler, Gaoti, hung his master's coat on a nearby rack and pointed to the girl on the sofa. "Master, Miss Antaniah of the Ayer family has been sitting there since the beginning. I've already blocked a wave of Ayer servants who came to pick her up, but..."

"Leave it to me." Ish said, turning to look at the door.

His old housekeeper couldn't stop that crazy woman after all.

Outside the gate, an elven woman stood, hesitant. Apparently, the presence of the head of the Yishi family contradicted her understanding. She was puzzled as to why Duke Yishi, so far away in the capital of the Central Province, would suddenly return to his ancestral home.

Did she forget that the old man in front of her was a legendary sorcerer?

"Mrs. Ralph of the Ayer family, it's snowing outside, please come in." Thinking of this, Ish smiled and did his best to be polite as a host.

In the adult world, face is given to each other, so the lady walked into the hall from the wind and snow, lowered her head, and looked at the master of the house: "Sir Yi Xu, I am here to pick up my daughter."

"I won't leave until Dulin wakes up." The girl sitting on the sofa showed her stubbornness.

Yi Xu smiled and shook his head: "Madam, did you listen?"

"I heard that, but an unmarried girl from the grassland elves cannot spend the night outside after all."

"When did my old house become considered out of the way in this town of Lublin?" Having said this, Ish sighed and waved his hand. "Madam, for my sake, please let this child stay for one night. Tomorrow, I'll let you bring her back safely."

The mother gritted her teeth and finally said okay.

Yi Xu smiled and extended his hand as a gesture of invitation: "Madam, please go back."

The half-elf left without looking back.

After watching her walk out of the yard, Yi Xu turned around and walked up to the girl: "Can you tell me what's going on?"

When Yi Xu received the news, he was in the lounge area of ​​the council meeting room. The news brought by the messenger made the old man heartbroken.

The girl in front of him told him in detail the whole process from their discovery of the monster to their defeat. Hearing that his grandson was not timid, but attracted the attention of the deformed one like a warrior, allowing more children to escape, Yi Xu felt heartbroken but relieved.

Du Lin always said that when the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up, and today he did just that. He's a man of his word, a great grandson of the Elsh family.

Then he looked at the girl in front of him again. What a beautiful feeling. Yi Xu reached out and gently stroked the child's head. This was the love of an elder.

"I understand. You did nothing wrong in this matter. Du Lin will be fine." There was another sentence that Ixu didn't say.

There will always be a room for you in the Elsh family. This is something that should be said by one's own grandson.

No matter what the future holds, it would be great if the two children can really be together.

After comforting the girl in front of him, Yi Xu heard a call from behind. He turned around and looked at his old friend who was walking down from upstairs. As usual, he was wearing the temple robes.

"I'm glad to see you're looking well, old friend."

"Me too, Ishi. Long time no see."

The greetings between old friends reached this point, and Yi Xu's eyes moved upwards.

Without needing to say anything, the old friend raised an eyebrow. "Du Lin's luck is better than I expected. The limb fractures aren't serious. The most dangerous are three broken ribs, one of which had pierced his lung. But on the way back, the fracture was actually reset. We treated the internal bleeding and completed the repair. When he wakes up depends on him."

The old friend didn't say some things because there were so many people around and Yi Xu knew this very well, so he gestured to his old friend to follow him into the study.

After entering the safe zone of the study, when the silent barrier opened, the smile on Yi Xu's old friend's face disappeared. He took a cigarette from the box Yi Xu handed him, lit it, and took a long drag. In between puffs of smoke, he stared at Yi Xu intently: "This is a bit weird, old friend. If I hadn't witnessed the ceremony in person, based on Du Lin's performance along the way, in the human world, he would have been burned at the stake."

"You know, Du Lin's mother and grandmother are very special." Yi Xu smiled calmly. "It is precisely because you witnessed the ceremony that I felt comfortable letting you come."

"I know that your seventh child was conceived by the Eastern Land Dragon. I've seen it all. The extraordinary abilities that Lily has displayed since childhood are different from the Western Land Dragon bloodline of your family. She and her sisters are even more different. Among her three children, only Du Lin inherited her bloodline. But the problem is that I saw with my own eyes the broken bones wriggling back into place under Du Lin's skin. Does this little brat of yours have any secrets that I don't know?" The old friend, the bishop, took another big puff and looked puzzled.

"From what I know, the gift of the Original Creator should be his greatest and only secret." Ish said this, reaching out and drawing the holy symbol of the Original Creator on his chest. "I don't know how much power his grandmother passed on to him."

This is a believer taking an oath.

"...Okay, may God bless Dulin and save this poor child." The old friend also drew the holy emblem of the original creator on his chest, and then the old smoker took another puff: "Don't worry about Dulin's injury. The Eastern Dragon species does have the extraordinary ability to repair its own injuries. This child's injury may have activated this ability. At least that's what I will write in the report. As for whether they believe it or not..." "That's my problem. I will be responsible for communicating with them. Dulin has had a rough life. This time it is also thanks to you."

Picking up the conversation, Yi Xu also took out a cigarette from the cigarette box, put it to his lips, then snapped his fingers and lit it with the flickering flame at his fingertips.

"For so many years, the Chang Tang people's fleet has been coming and going from the Eternal Fortress, and their caravans have been coming and going from Lublin. Have you ever thought about asking about her life story?"

"Everyone is gone. What's the point of asking again? Should I find a relative far away for myself so that they can take Du Lin away from me?" Having said that, Yi Xu took a puff of his cigarette and stopped talking.

"That's right. I heard that the Changtang dragons of the East are very concerned about boys with their bloodline. It wouldn't be good if they knew some things." At this point, Yi Xu's peer hesitated again: "By the way, what about that deformed body? We haven't been able to find the source of power. It's not a good thing. I searched for it for Du Lin, and it didn't get into his body, which is a good thing. But you'd better be careful. Don't let some unlucky child absorb the source of power of the living corpse."

"I have arranged for police officers to trace the source of the power that animates the zombies. It is indeed not a good thing, but the problem is that no one has found it at the scene." Hearing his old friend say this, Yi Xu frowned again.

His old friend patted his shoulder and said, "Don't worry about it. As long as it doesn't attach itself to the child, it's fine. Perhaps after becoming a mutant, the source power was polluted and eroded, becoming ineffective. Now that Durin is out of danger, I have to go first. Tonight happens to be a sermon day. Sorry, Ishi."

"I'm very grateful that you can come, old friend. Be careful on your journey."

Yi Xu saw his old friend off to the gate and watched him get on the church carriage. He didn't return to the small building until the carriage had gone far away.

Antaniah from the Ayer family was still sitting there, and the medical team was still organizing their equipment. Ish gave the butler Gaoti a look, and the latter understood and signaled the maids to prepare a room exclusively for the former.

Ish took two more puffs of his cigarette, looked up at the portrait at the corner of the stairs, and finally put it out in the ashtray by the door.

　Section XX uses the current chapter name character as the main perspective

　　
　
(End of this chapter)