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.

thought his daughter would never return to the Legion, that the untimely death of his son had robbed him of both his children. Now that he'd been reunited with Morrelia and she had integrated into the Legionem Abyssi a part of him that had long been dead was once again 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 ever. Ever since Morrelia

a slow release 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 bear over the years, but only a little. His acute awareness of how fleeting joy could be only

without armour on, the commander would do his duty and defeat the enemy

Class upgrades, managing morale, all of it demanded the careful attention of the commander in charge

fist down on the table as his thoughts

old comrade looked around the room as if expecting to

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

she demanded, using his name in a breach

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

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

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

Titus frowned.

doesn't mean I

a young lass? Why would we?" the old tribune

"Hmph," Titus snorted.

her concerns. "We've seen her stumbling into camp once every

Titus didn't blink.

she

it was her decision and the rest

"There it is."

we're talking about, don't tell me that

he

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

insane! She could

steel. "I will support her choices. She understands

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