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.

full of life. Not that anyone could tell looking at his face, of course, to the world at large he appeared as stone faced and duty bound as

thoughts dwelt on what had been lost. It had grown easier to bear over the years, but only a little. His acute awareness of how fleeting joy could be only made

demons without armour on, the

from their postings during the wave was a monumental task. Thousands of soldiers 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 the careful attention of the commander in charge and Titus knew just how important each of these were to the successful running of a military force. This was the

fist down on the table as his thoughts

wrong, commander?" Aurillia burst through the door, his old comrade looked around

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 looked carved from granite, right now the commander appeared as if he was forged from Abyssal Iron! Knowing him for as long as she had, Aurillia could tell he

Titus?" she demanded, using his name in a breach of

demanded it. After a long moment

admitted as he waved a hand towards the piles of forms and applications in

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

Titus frowned.

proud, but that doesn't mean

trained when she was a young lass? Why would we?" the

"Hmph," Titus snorted.

grew serious as she laid out her concerns. "We've seen her stumbling into

Titus didn't blink.

she

rest of us should leave

"There it is."

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

that didn't mean he got to overrule Morrelia's choices.

what it takes to succeed at that level. If she worked any less, she wouldn't

much is insane! She could

hard as steel. "I will support her choices. She understands

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