Chrysalis

Chapter 1035

“Are you sure you want to retire now? There’s so much uncertainty around town right now,” Terrence asked.

“Wherever there are people, there’s uncertainty,” Enid groused as she brought her tea to her lips for a drink. “Ah, that’s lovely. Is this a new blend?”

“The Colony delivered a few bags yesterday. They said it was a test batch. I’ll need you to fill in a survey when you’re done.”

“Hah,” she laughed. “I’ll be happy to. Drinking their tea has been one of the great pleasures of recent months.”

She picked up a biscuit and gave it a hearty nibble.

“And they bake so well. Who would have thought?”

“Mayor,” her secretary said sternly. “You haven’t answered my question. Are you sure you should retire now?”

“Of course I’m sure. If I wasn’t sure, I wouldn’t have done it,” she waved the man’s concerns away. “I’ve done everything I can for this place, more than I ever thought I could, but I’m old and tired. I don’t have much time left and I believe it's important to turn these duties over to the younger folk while I’m still around to offer advice.”

She eyeballed Terrence over the edge of her cup.

“And by the way, aren’t you the mayor's secretary?”

“Yes.”

“Then why are you here? I’ve resigned.”

“I suppose I’ll have to take the tea with me then….”

have to

The two chuckled together.

you for all that you’ve done then, Mayor

“Pish! Call me Enid.”

hope to do in your retirement then, Enid? Now that you’re

a moment, a frown adding a few further

seeing new children brought into the world. Even if all I do is chat to the parents, I think I’d enjoy that. I wouldn’t mind one last trip into the Dungeon either. I

got one foot in the grave,” Terrence said. “Surely

old, Terrence. Far too old to be running this place. I’ve done the best I can to get Renewal off to a good start, but it's time for someone younger, with a little more vigour, to take on

She eyed him seriously.

a secretary, thank you very much,” Terrence replied dryly. “I don’t have a

put in a little effort, you’d

going about their days outside the window. She could never have imagined she would have the opportunity to make something good, this late in her life. The satisfaction in knowing that she had done the best job she could do, and the pride she felt seeing her fellow refugees rise to every

to go that deep into the Dungeon?” Terrence asked quietly. “To meet the

Enid looked pensive.

easy, but that doesn’t mean it's not worth doing,” she huffed. “I’m old, not decrepit. As long as I

go up and down in the Dungeon. They had begun to build

do you think is happening back in the council chamber?” Terrence mused,

Enid snorted.

be running around like chickens with their heads cut off. But

the

“She can’t just quit!”

“This is a disaster!”

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