Alex was approached by even more people before the ceremony had started. The high-profile individuals who either remembered him or were reminded of him came to speak to him all the time.
It had reached to a point where Alex just wanted to go invisible and not have to meet anyone else.
However, he wasn't the only one suffering from these sorts of problems. Everyone from the Alchemy Association was.
They were all getting recognized left and right as well, albeit not as much as Alex himself.
Harry was surprisingly quite popular as well now. He seemed to have been doing quite well for himself.
"Sounds like life has been good for you for the past few years," Alex said to Harry.
"Haha, yeah," Harry said while softly scratching his head. "Because of what you taught me, my skills have improved by not a small amount. The pills I make have become so much better and they sell like no one else can do what I can."