Hideyoshi was sure that he had misheard.
A challenge directed at yours truly? In the great art of pill concocting?
It was unthinkable.
No one he had come across in all of his time alive had ever even attempted to challenge him to such a thing. His reputation was extremely well known among any true pill enthusiast.
...Hence the reason why all of this sounded so exciting!
But still, he had to remain dignified. He was the senior here.
*Ahem* "Well... I'm sure since this is a member of your family that you are most proud of her abilities, but please, let us not be blinded by familial bonds and overinflate the abilities of those close to us. At only seventy years old, I'm sure that your sister here is still-"
"Aren't you somewhere around the area of a Pill Venerable?" Lucia suddenly asked Vermeil.
The jaws of several men dropped open from incredulity. Including Grandmaster Hideyoshi.
