Durin's Diary

Chapter 7 Thoughts
The guests came at the wrong time, because normally, grassland elves would not appear in other people's homes at mealtime, especially close to dinner.

But this guest came at the wrong time and left quickly. Du Lin looked at the round cabin in the yard for three minutes and was still standing on the small ladder looking at the string of numbers when the guest had already left.

"I heard that you discovered this, kid. You are so lucky." Du Lin didn't notice the guest when he came. When he left, he took off his hat, revealing the features of a mixed-race person - about 1.45 meters tall, red hair, and should be very old, because Du Lin saw the melanin deposits on the guest's ears.

This characteristic is only found in elderly male grassland elves, and is also an important basis for many outsiders to distinguish the gender and age of the grassland elves in front of them.

And red hair is not part of the dominant bloodline of the grassland elves.

Maybe others would look down on him for this, but Du Lin would not. The era that Du Lin came from told everyone with reality that it was foolish to identify a person by his bloodline. A person is a person, a carbon-based life with two legs, two arms and a head.

It is extremely foolish to judge a person by his race, skin color or appearance.

The only difference between people in this world is between good and bad. Although people are indeed complex beings, whether a person is good or bad can be determined by how they act.

After all, there is a saying that goes, judge a good person by his deeds, not his heart, because there is no saint if you judge by his heart; judge a bad person by his heart, not his deeds, because he deserves to be shot if you judge by his deeds.

"Sir, have you finished talking with my grandfather?" Du Lin bowed his head and saluted, behaving as a junior should.

"Yes, it's not a big deal. Now that we've finished talking, I should leave." Du Lin's respectful attitude made the old man smile. "You are worthy of being the great grandson of the Elsh family. I'll be leaving first, son."

He went out and called out, and someone came in to move the body. Because he was standing high up, Du Lin saw the bodies being moved onto the Cardinal Court's trailer - the trailer even had the badges of the Inquisition and the Military Intelligence Agency on it.

The College of Cardinals is a subordinate unit of the Council of Elders of the Eastern Elf Territory, under which are the Court of Inquisition, the Department of Intelligence and the Military Intelligence Bureau.

The Intelligence Department is responsible for studying all the collected intelligence and reports directly to the Senate. The reason why it is under the name of the Senate is because the eleven old men in the Senate do not want this department to be too famous.

The Intelligence Department is also where Old Ish most wants Du Lin to join - in his words, my child is so smart, he can shine the most here.

Du Lin almost suffocated himself to death - it would be better to go to the Military Intelligence Bureau to kill people. Your eldest grandson understood this in his previous life and could make more contributions.

The Military Intelligence Bureau is an outposted department with a large number of people from all races - some are grassland elves, and the rest are descendants of escaped slaves of various races. They are accustomed to life in the Elf Territory. Most of them are extremely puzzled by the human world and the slave trade, so they are willing to help the Elf Territory fight against the evil nobles and slave traders.

As for the Inquisition's response to various supernatural crimes, this time they should be here for that guy named Clan. However, it is indeed difficult to find out the true identity of a person like this who has no evidence. This time they moved the body away, probably because they wanted to conduct a detailed investigation.

Just as Du Lin was thinking, he saw another trailer coming - this time there was the Explorers Guild's monocular telescope badge on the trailer.

Well, I guess I'm here to move this thing.

Du Lin went down the stairs and watched the head of the Explorers Guild enter the yard. He said hello to Du Lin, "Du Lin, long time no see. We'll move this thing. A postman from the capital will come with a checkbook in three days. Don't forget to sign for it then."

"I understand." Dulin knew the young person in charge. He was Anta's biological brother. He did not have the mage talent of the Ayer family, but inherited his mother's fighting talent. Anta was seven years older than Dulin.

A group of tall-hoofed orcs who were responsible for moving things came in. The big guys secured the cabin with ropes, and then four of them carried it on their shoulders and carried it away.

After Du Lin saw them off and was walking back, he saw Xia Li waving at him from the window.

This means dinner is ready.

At this time, the wind whistled past, blowing up the dead leaves in the yard. Du Lin trotted through the dead leaves, pushed the door open, and saw old Yi Xu standing in front of a large map pendant.

He stood at the top of the little ladder, and before him lay the land of the Northern Kingdom.

"Grandpa." Du Lin stood at the bottom of the stairs.

"Leon just came here. He is an old friend of grandpa and praised you." The old man stood on the ladder. He didn't look at Du Lin, but looked at everything in front of him with an admiring tone.

"That's the elders' favor," Du Lin replied in a low voice. He knew that his grandfather was in a bad mood... no, very bad.

Because old Ish would never mention an old friend of his in this way. Usually he would tell Dulin that the one who had just come was old Leon, a half-blood kid. We used to get along very well, and now he works for the Cardinal Court. Next time you see him, remember to call Leon Grandpa, but don't call him "Junior". I'm afraid the old guy will be so happy that he will die.

Not like just now.

Lyon is indeed an old friend of old Ish, but at this moment Du Lin's grandfather seems to be in no mood to recognize this old friend.

Old Ish sat on the sofa and looked at Du Lin. At this moment, Du Lin saw an old man who was over a hundred years old.

He sighed: "Something happened to Fabien Iyer. The people in Lyon didn't find him at his home. Asking the neighbors, they said the last time they saw him was half a month ago."

Du Lin was silent for a moment.

Fabien Ayer, Anta's cousin, was once the little teacher in Lublin and the leader in the eyes of the children. Dulin took over the title of little teacher from him.

He is the only one of his age who can keep up with Du Lin's thinking, and Du Lin and Fabien are also best friends.

Three years ago, he left Lublin to begin his coming-of-age pilgrimage, and three years later, he disappeared.

"Have you asked the police?" Thinking of this, Du Lin asked.

"Lyon isn't suitable, but our ambassador in Copenhagen has inquired, and the police have investigated their systems, but found nothing. Furthermore, there's someone behind the scenes trying to stop them. If I'm not mistaken, it's the Northern Kingdom's secret police." Old Ish looked at Durin. "I told Fabien before not to believe the high-sounding words humans say. Their ideals are too empty and ridiculous, with no possibility of realization. It seems he didn't listen."

His grandfather hadn't finished speaking, so Du Lin naturally took over the conversation: "So, Mr. Leon came to our house just to tell you this."

"Not only that, but Fabien is missing, and we need a new intelligence officer in Copenhagen. Someone has suggested to the Council of Elders that you be in charge."

Du Lin smiled and said, "I'm only twelve years old."

"Yes, he is only twelve years old, but everyone says that he is the eldest grandson of the Elsh family and the little master of Lublin is worthy of this heavy responsibility." After saying this, Old Ish patted the armrest of the sofa with his right hand. The dark blue pupils in his eyes flickered under the light, which showed that the old silver dragon warlock was very anxious.

Du Lin stood still and finally made up his mind: "Please believe me, Grandpa."

"How can I believe you? Fabien is older than you. He disappeared in the human city. This is a situation of certain death. And you, my grandson, you are only twelve years old." The old man sat up straight and stared at Du Lin, as if he wanted to see clearly whether his grandson had gone crazy.

Du Lin lowered his head slightly. "Grandpa, the evil in this world won't show mercy to a child just because he's young. I know running away is useless. If I don't go next year, those people will try every means to make me leave the year after. Just because Antaqi is valuable, just because I am a thief who stole the artifact in their eyes."

The old man's expression of composure finally relaxed a little: "You know everything."

"Grandpa, my old Ish, if I couldn't hear the malice in your words, if I didn't strike back at those little ones who dared to make fun of the Elsh family, how could I be the Little Master of Lublin?" Dulin smiled and sighed. "Traveling with Anta, I understand I will have many rivals and enemies in my life, but no child of the Elsh family has ever feared enemies or suffering. So don't worry, if I really have to go, I will go. If one day, a member of my own family becomes my enemy, I will kill him without hesitation."

Yi Xu came down the ladder and came to Du Lin. The elder reached out and hugged his grandson.

"Remember, if that day comes, this little manor, that big house in Lublin, and I will all be waiting for you to come back."

Du Lin smiled and nodded.

Sometimes, a thousand words cannot compare to this one sound.

　Thanks to the Imperial Cat for the 100,000 reward, and thanks to the Silent Road Washing Cat and the Dreaming Pig Cat for the 10,000 reward, and thanks to every master for the collection and support.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)