Chapter 1447 – An Unusual Medical

Well, this is awkward.

I knew it would be. I mean, obviously, it was going to be awkward, anyone could have foreseen that. But now that I’m here, in the moment, I really wish I hadn’t been so ready to acquiesce to this particular demand.

Anthony of the past, why are you always such a pain in my business zone?

To say the tension is high would be a bit of an understatement. The Legion weren’t permitted to send many soldiers to see me. Four, to be precise. However, Solant, or more likely the council, have seen fit to surround me with several thousand guards in case they try something nefarious.

Bit wasteful, if you ask me.

[Hey there,] I wave an antenna at them. Looks like the commander came, along with her two highest ranking officers and a mage. [How are we all this fine day?]

The commander, decked out in her full Legion armour and looking like she’s ready to take on the unending hordes of the Dungeon, glares at me before she replies.

[Is it necessary that I talk back?] she says.

[Of course it is! I stipulated conversation. CON-VER-SA-TION. That means you have to talk back, otherwise it’s just me jabbering at you!]

[I’m not accustomed to speaking with monsters.]

I bet that’s the understatement of the century. I’d be shocked if she’d ever spoken to one at all. This is the Legionem Abyssi we’re talking about. They don’t exactly get along with creatures spawned from the Dungeon.

[It’s not like a little chat is going to hurt you, is it?]

She doesn’t waver in her steady glare.

[There are creatures in the Dungeon who can invade your thoughts and plant eggs in your brain using a mind bridge and just a few thoughts. It’s one of the most dreadful ways to meet your end in the entire Dungeon.]

[Holy moly! Why would you even say something like that? I feel like my brains are getting itchy just thinking about it!]

Ugh, that sounds awful.

[What stratum do those monsters live on? I don’t want them anywhere near me.]

For once, the Commander smirks, breaking her stiff expression for the briefest of moments.

[This one.]

Well… nards. Why is it that I suddenly want to leave this place and never come back? Perhaps a vacation in the third is just what the doctor ordered.

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[Is that even true, or are you just trying to creep me out as a punishment for forcing you to talk to me?]

[Who knows?] she shrugs. [Surely, a little more time in the fifth will give you the answer.]

[Is she always like this, or just with monsters?] I say, turning toward the two tribunes, giving me an excuse to bring Morrelia into the conversation.

[I’ve instructed them not to reply to you. I’ll be the only one you can engage with your prattling,] the Commander tells me.