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.

as stone faced and duty bound as ever. Ever since Morrelia had been selected

had been lost. It had grown easier to bear over the years, but only a little.

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 and defeat the enemy that rested on the flat surface before him. Once more focused on his task, Titus took hold of his pen, dipped it in the waiting ink and

and thousands 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

down on the table as

burst through the door, his old comrade looked around the room as if expecting to see a lurking

lose his temper. He just didn't! For him to yell like that, something must be seriously wrong! As she glanced back to the face of her old friend and superior, she froze when she saw the hard lines of his expression. Though he always

using his name in

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 tension once more,

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

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

Titus frowned.

course I'm proud, but that doesn't mean

she was a young lass? Why would we?" the old tribune innocently

"Hmph," Titus snorted.

is a real issue 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

Titus didn't blink.

did she say?"

decision and the rest of us

"There it is."

serious, Titus! This is your daughter we're talking about, don't tell me that

was concerned, but that didn't mean he got to

the eye, "you don't know what it takes to succeed at

insane! She could

steel. "I will support her choices. She understands the risks and is willing to shoulder them. I will hear no more of

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