You're Sick

"Hey! Wait! Don't you think you have an obligation to explain what exactly happened?"

Tony Stark came to a sudden stop after slowing down, trying to stop the Sorcerer Supreme, The Ancient One, and Balthazar from leaving through the portal to Kamar-Taj.

Unfortunately, The Ancient One did not spare him so much as a glance. She walked straight through the portal and casually closed it behind her, clearly not taking this billionaire genius scientist seriously at all.

Balthazar's attitude was at least somewhat better. Before activating his teleportation spell, he left behind one sentence: "If you want to know the truth, come to my house. I don't want to explain the same thing twice."

Without a doubt, this was the first time in Iron Man's life that he had been treated this way. No matter where he went, he was always the center of attention. He hovered in the air, stunned, for several minutes before finally coming back to his senses and asking uncertainly, "JARVIS, was I just ignored?"

"Yes, sir. Especially by the Sorcerer Supreme. The moment she saw you, she clearly showed contempt and disdain."

As always, the AI butler was brutally "honest" and gave him a direct affirmative answer.

Tony Stark immediately found that hard to swallow and could not help retorting, "That's impossible! You must have seen it wrong."

"Then how do you explain her turning around and leaving without saying a word? According to the results I found online, that behavior itself carries a strong implication of contempt."

JARVIS delivered the final blow in an emotionless tone.

In an instant!

Tony Stark, who had been so imposing a second ago, immediately cracked and complained, "Damn it! They're far too arrogant! Does not knowing magic mean I'm not qualified to join this conversation? This is blatant