The next day, Leyvi, Anda, and Layla went to the city center to register Anda for the Alchemy Conference that would take place in less than a month.
The rest of the group were free to do anything they wanted. Tal and Tasya accompanied by Bana decided to visit popular places in the Holy Cat City. Meanwhile, Lilian and the maids went shopping together. It was best if they could forget the horrors they saw previously.
"Is this the headquarters of the South Region Alchemy Association? It's really high. This basically a tower." Leyvi was looking up at the tall building with his eyes squinted.
"Yes, it's the largest building in the city. No other organizations here could compete with the Alchemy Association's wealth." Layla added.
"Hehe...I can't wait to see Anda impress the world with her alchemy skill." Leyvi could already picture the scene in his mind.
"Pfftt....Hahahaha Hahahaha!"
Suddenly, someone interrupted Leyvi's conversation with a loud and condescending laugh.
Leyvi turned around and saw a blue-haired girl wearing a well-designed purple dress with golden embroidery patterns laughing out loud while covering her mouth using her right hand. There were also 5 pretty-looking men behind her with arrogant expressions.
Is this what they call a reverse harem? This girl is not that pretty, so she must have great talent or is the daughter of some big shot.
"Who are you? Why are you laughing? I haven't made a joke yet." Leyvi said calmly.
"Oh? You don't know me? You must be a country bumpkin." The blue-haired girl said.
"Hmph, she is the 13th Young Lady of the Homun Family, Lady Dorin Homun! An alchemy genius! Remember that you bumpkins!" One of the pretty guys said.
"Wow! You must be a genius. I'm amazed you could tell that I'm a country bumpkin with a look. I'm Leyvi, an orphan from a town near the Mountain Dew Sect." Leyvi said with a smile, acting excited.
"Uhh.....Ehem..Yes, I am indeed a genius." Dorin Homun was somewhat speechless.
She didn't know how to react to Leyvi's response. Usually, when she acted like that, the other party would be offended and act according to the script, escalating the conflict, or become afraid of her family name and beg for forgiveness.
However, Leyvi was actually fine getting called a country bumpkin, so she lost the plot.
" Lady Dorin right? We are just country bumkins, so you don't have to take our words seriously. When we arrived yesterday, we knew that we were just frogs under the well. So many people here are stronger than us,"
"Although my wife is an Alchemist Master, I knew she wouldn't be able to compete with a genius like Lady Dorin. I was just trying to cheer my wife and lift her spirit!" Leyvi said politely while acting very humble.
When Dorin and her five followers heard that Anda was an Alchemist Master, they immediately felt embarrassed. She was just an Alchemist Teacher, but she tried to pick a fight with an Alchemist Master.
"Uhh...Ehem! Yes! It's good that you know your place! I'm...going ahead first. Guys, let's go!" Dorin and the five followers walked away quickly.
After they left, Anda and Layla giggled together.
"I didn't know acting humble could make people embarrassed and left," Anda said while still looking at Dorin's leaving figure.
"Haha. It will only work in the city, if it was outside, people like this would probably kill us because of that." Leyvi kept the Homun Family in mind. Although he said that, he wasn't sure if that Dorin girl was that vicious or not.
It seemed that she would be one of the participants. Leyvi wondered if anyone participating was at Anda's level. He didn't dare to underestimate anyone here. Who knows what kind of talent they were born with, and if they were nurtured since young, they might be better than Anda.
Leyvi, Anda, and Layla entered the Alchemy Association's headquarters office floor and headed to one of their reception counters.
When they reached the counter, the female receptionist immediately stood up and said, "Alchemist Master Anda Leyan, we have been expecting your arrival, please wait while I prepare your participation token."
"Huh? How did you know her?" Leyvi was surprised. They haven't introduced themselves yet.
"Ah, pardon me. Alchemy Association is a huge organization, any news about alchemy in the entire continent, we would know about it. Naturally, Alchemy Master Anda's achievement in Bara City was documented in our database." The receptionist explained.
Leyvi was impressed at the association's capability to keep up with news in every corner of the continent.
"Here it is, the participant token for Alchemist Master Anda. Please input your spiritual imprint to activate it and officially register." The receptionist handed over a small token with Alchemy Association's logo carved on it. It was a logo of a person holding a cauldron.
"How many Alchemists had registered for the event?" Leyvi asked.
"So far there have been a few dozen registered participants. Not many people yet since there's a month left before the event starts. Usually, most of them will register a week before the conference starts." She replied.
After asking a few more things, they left the counter and walked around the area. They took the elevator and went to another floor where all the alchemy products were being sold.
Leyvi saw many Tier-1 to Tier-4 alchemy products, which were mostly of low-grade and middle-grade quality. Tier-4 alchemy products? These must have been concocted by a Nascent Soul cultivator! Or a genius alchemist in the Core Formation realm.
"Anda, I don't recognize most of the products here. You don't have the alchemy formulas right?" Leyvi asked.
Anda frowned. "Yes. The Alchemy Association monopolized most of the alchemy formulas in the continent, especially the higher-tiered ones. If an alchemist wanted to progress further, they had to join the Alchemy Association and work for them. If not, they wouldn't get higher-tiered alchemy formulas. Since I don't want to join them, it will be a bit troublesome to get my hands on higher-tiered alchemy formulas." Anda sighed after saying the last sentence.
Leyvi realized the problem. They wanted to expand their family, so there was no way Anda would work for the Alchemy Association. How to get more Alchemy Formulas? Stole them? Should he use Stripey's ability? No no no. He couldn't take a risk like that. Alchemy Association is a huge organisation, if they were caught the consequences would be terrible.
"Husband, you don't have to worry, if there's no other way to get the alchemy formulas later, I will just create my own alchemy formula." Anda showed a smug smile.
"Hahaha, of course! My panda alchemist is the best after all." Although Leyvi acted cheerful, he decided to help Anda find more alchemy formulas. Layla's ability would be very useful to find information about this.
It wasn't just Leyvi, Layla who was silent the whole time and had been listening to the conversations was determined to help Anda. As the manager of the Leyan Family, this would be her ultimate task!
While Leyvi, Anda, and Layla were strolling around observing the different kinds of alchemy products and discussing their effects, they suddenly heard a familiar laugh.
"Pfttt.....Hahahaha hahahaha!"
"Who are you? Why are you laughing? Do you have problems with me?"
"Oh, you don't know me? You must be a country bumpkin."
"Hmph! She is the 13th Young Lady of the Homun Family, Lady Dorin Homun! An alchemy genius. Remember that you bumpkins."
"..." Leyvi was speechless. Wasn't this the same girl who disturbed them before? This girl was disturbing other people again. What kind of weird hobby do these people have? Wasn't those the same scripts that they had earlier? Looks like he was mistaken. This girl was not vicious, she was just retarded. Including the five pretty guys.
"What? The Homun Family? The famous Alchemy Family? This young lady, forgive me for offending you. I didn't know that it was the esteemed beautiful and genius 13th Young Lady. My eyes were blind and didn't see properly."
"Hmm.. Good, since you are sincere, I will forgive you. Men, let's go!" Dorin and the five pretty guys left the scene with arrogant expressions.
She was in a good mood this time because her script worked as usual. Using her family's name, she would attempt this situation at least once every time she went out with her admirers. However, an anomaly appeared today and made her usual script railed off. She didn't know how to deal with that situation so she left embarrassed.
Dorin decided to revise her script next time so that when she met an anomaly like Leyvi again, she would still succeed in showing off and acting arrogantly. She loved the feeling when people became timid and had to apologize to her.
Anda chuckled. "I wonder if all the young masters and ladies of big families are like this?"
"That can't be right? That girl must be a special case." Leyvi replied.
"Then how do you think they usually are?" Anda was curious.
"Well-spoken, majestic demeanor, well-mannered, humble. This was how I imagined them." Leyvi said.
Suddenly, on another side near them,
"Do you know who I am? I'm the young master of the Peacock Family. Get down and apologize for bumping into me!"
"....." Leyvi decided to educate his future descendants on proper manners and hoped they grew up to be the young masters and young ladies he imagined.