Chrysalis

Chapter 850

The shadow falls like clouds, like rain;

Creeping dread begins to stain;

Shudder the heart, freeze the brain;

Ring out the laughter, again and again;

Call of you lover, daughter, son;

Sinks into your ears, your will undone;

Forward you step, your soul is wrung;

Cannot resist, Gon has come;

Who can defy that fateful call?

Who can escape the shadows pall?

Forward you go, heedless to stall;

Into the depths to meet the fall;

Lament the brave and pity the meek;

None can flee the song of the freak;

  • Rinnidan children's rhyme.

at large he appeared as stone faced and duty bound as ever. Ever since Morrelia had been selected for accelerated development his pride had almost been ready to burst out of his chest. It

of breath he pushed out the grief that rose within him as his thoughts dwelt on what had been lost. It had grown easier to

the numerous papers scattered across his desk. Administrative work was the backbone of the Legion, and though he would rather charge into a horde of demons without armour on, the commander would do his duty

more auxiliaries needed to be accounted for, equipped, fed, billeted and kept happy. Promotions, training, Skill development, Class upgrades, managing morale, all of it demanded the careful attention of the commander in charge and

down on the table as his thoughts strayed once

wrong, commander?" Aurillia burst through the door, his old comrade looked around the room as if expecting to see a

saw the hard lines of his expression. Though

name in a breach of protocol.

was prepared to face his wrath if the moment demanded it. After a long moment where he took hold of his temper, Titus breathed out his

and finding it difficult to concentrate," he admitted as he waved a hand towards

daughter out working hard in the Dungeon?" she grinned. "I know how

Titus frowned.

mean I want to hear

young lass? Why would we?" the

"Hmph," Titus snorted.

and she is clearly pushing up against the boundary," Aurillia grew serious as she laid out her concerns. "We've seen her stumbling into camp once every few days, covered in ichor and half dead on her feet.

Titus didn't blink.

did she say?" he

her decision and the rest of

"There it is."

your daughter we're talking about,

he got to overrule Morrelia's choices.

through the advanced officer’s training Aurillia," he told her, looking her straight in the eye, "you don't know what it takes to succeed at that level. If she worked any less,

insane! She

will support her choices. She understands the risks and is willing to shoulder them. I will hear

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