The plan

Before Tom could argue, he was being pushed away. The little relief his mother gave him did not last as she refused to bring him back home. Now that he was gritting his teeth and was too stressed to go on a battlefield, he was forced to by Rose, the parent that was the most able.

He wouldn't ask why as he already knew the reasons. Rose was a clever snake and opposing her ideals meant he had no proper understanding of his own situation.

Oswald went to talk with Ward, he found the man on the training field. "That woman is trouble indeed. From what you've told, I can say she's a walking corpse. And you thought you were unlucky to have been touched by faith."

"Hah." Oswald snarled. "The thing is, she doesn't seem to value the body she has. The creature I touched inside her throat had no grudge nor panic after I laid my hand on it."