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.

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

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

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

and kept happy. Promotions, training, Skill development, Class upgrades, managing morale, all of it demanded

it!" Titus crashed his fist down on

through the door, his old comrade looked around the room as

seriously wrong! As she glanced back to the face of her old friend and superior, she froze when she saw the hard lines

wrong, Titus?" she demanded, using his name in a

prepared to face his wrath if the moment demanded it. After a long moment where

difficult to concentrate," he admitted as

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

Titus frowned.

doesn't mean I

little Morrelia who we trained when she was a young lass? Why would we?" the old

"Hmph," Titus snorted.

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 doing three times the

Titus didn't blink.

did she say?" he

and the rest of us should

"There it is."

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

didn't mean he got to overrule Morrelia's

eye, "you don't know what it takes to succeed at that level. If she worked any less, she

is insane!

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

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