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

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 made his current appreciation for his daughter all the more

though he would rather charge into a horde of demons without

his new Legion after the members had been recalled 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

crashed his fist down on the table as

door, his old comrade looked around the

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.

name in a breach of protocol.

she was prepared to face his wrath if the moment demanded it. After a long moment where he took hold

he admitted as he waved a hand towards the

daughter out working hard in the Dungeon?" she

Titus frowned.

but that doesn't mean I want to hear gossiping

was a young lass? Why

"Hmph," Titus snorted.

you Titus, a few of us are concerned about the pace she is setting. Overwork 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 every few days, covered in ichor and half dead on her feet. She spends so much time in the field they are rotating three squads to accompany her. She's

Titus didn't blink.

she

rest of us should leave

"There it is."

This is your daughter we're talking about, don't tell me that you aren't

but that didn't mean he got to overrule Morrelia's

officer’s training Aurillia," he told her, looking her straight in the eye, "you don't know what it takes to succeed at that

much is insane! She

understands the

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