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.

Titus had 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.

had grown easier to bear over the years, but

the numerous papers scattered across his desk. 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

of it demanded the careful attention of the commander in charge and Titus

on the table as his thoughts strayed

his old comrade looked around the room as if expecting to

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. Though he always looked carved from granite, right

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

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

admitted as he waved a hand towards the

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

Titus frowned.

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

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

"Hmph," Titus snorted.

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

Titus didn't blink.

did she

it was her decision and the rest

"There it is."

we're talking about,

he got to overrule Morrelia's choices. Or the

Aurillia," he told her, looking her straight in the eye, "you don't know what it takes to succeed at that level. If she worked

insane!

choices. She understands the risks and is willing to shoulder

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