"This is Gotaition, and I am Yalennu," the female demigod said, her voice smooth and accommodating. As a woman, she possessed a natural advantage in thawing a frozen atmosphere. "May we ask how we should address you three esteemed lords?"
"Just call me Grand Marshal!" Leonidas declared. It was, frankly, a ridiculous answer.
Orion and Kraken both shot him a severe side-eye, their jaws nearly hitting the floor.
What kind of title is that, Bro? Orion thought, genuinely second-hand embarrassed by Leonidas's sheer shamelessness.
Kraken, however, was starry-eyed. The boss is incredible. Are we already spreading the legend of the Three Grand Marshals of Atlantis? "Just call me the Second Marshal!" Orion sighed, forcing himself to play along.
"And I'm the Third Marshal!" Kraken quickly added.
The atmosphere instantly nose-dived into an awkward, suffocating silence. Gotaition and Yalennu's expressions darkened. To them, these answers were blatantly flippant—a slap to the face.
