Bab 508: Delegated Burden

Kieran had become accustomed to being the person everyone else relied on, which kept him with the narrow mindset that he must be the reason things happened. 

But that wasn't true. 

He needn't be the only one to shoulder the load. A score of competent people surrounded him, and in this Trial, the Cardinal of War and Flame was his superior.

Though the Cardinal was not someone Kieran would confide in or openly trust because of the Flame's influence, he had proven himself a model comrade and… passable mentor. A tad too heavy-handed and barbaric for Kieran's fastidious liking, but that, too, accomplished phenomenal results.

He had once been called the Berserk King, but somewhere along the way, he lost touch with his savage roots.