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.

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 had been selected

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

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.

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 sort of discipline that the Legion drummed into their officers! It was

on

the door, his old comrade looked around

froze when she saw the hard lines of

his name in a breach of protocol. "Is something bothering

After a long moment where he took hold of his temper, Titus breathed out his tension once more, his expression softening imperceptibly

it difficult to concentrate," he admitted as he waved a hand towards the piles of forms and applications in

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

Titus frowned.

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

a young lass? Why would

"Hmph," Titus snorted.

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 doing three times the work of a normal legionary! You can't be

Titus didn't blink.

did she say?" he

the rest of us

"There it is."

your daughter we're

he got to

looking her straight in the eye, "you don't know what it

much is insane! She could

decision," Titus stated, his tone hard as steel. "I will support her choices. She understands the risks and is willing to shoulder them. I

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