Chapter 157: Returning to One's Ancestors
After the tournament, Sora returned to her girlhood boudoir.
My cousin and her family, who originally lived in that yard, were very tactful and moved out overnight.
Madam Case personally stayed up late to oversee the decoration work.
She was determined to decorate this courtyard to look like it did when her "darling daughter" lived there before.
Alan accompanied his teacher back to the old house, and Angie was also forced to move in by her grandmother.
This is so that she can be close to her mother and senior brother and enhance family ties.
Overnight, the Case family's attitude towards Sora, their "poor relative", took a 180-degree turn.
Except for the still somewhat naive Angie, the other family members seemed to be at ease with this change.
It was as if Sora deserved a grand reception.
Not a "treat," exactly.
Sora has been chosen by the mistress as the successor.
She was not some poor relative who came to live with her mother, and she could not even be considered a distinguished guest.
She is the master.
She is the next patriarch of the Case family, the honorable young lady!
The next day, Sora's door was almost trampled flat.
Brothers and sisters who used to disappear after a single encounter, cousins who had never shown up, seemed to suddenly emerge from the ground.
Everyone came to visit with expensive gifts, and couldn't help shedding a few tears when talking about past family ties.
Ms. Sora handled these receptions and farewells appropriately and displayed an elegant demeanor.
An Qi saw this and admired her mother's demeanor, but also felt a little indignant.
"Why bother with these snobs?"
"Little Junior Sister, what you said is childish."
Alan smiled and touched Angie's cat ears.
"If we don't deal with these snobs, who will do things for us?"
He didn't forget why he came here.
Sora needs to borrow the connections of the Case family to apply for immigration residency and pioneering license from the Silver Moon Monastery.
In the past, she was just a poor relative of the Case family, and it was difficult for her to get help from others.
Now she is the successor of the Case family, and her affairs are the family affairs.
There is no need to ask anyone for help, just assign the task directly.
As for the people who are in charge of these trivial matters, who are the "snobs" in Anqi's eyes, they still need to be won over a little to avoid them causing trouble.
This group of people can never achieve anything great.
But, the ability to mess things up is huge!
After all, An Qi is young and a bit self-righteous.
In fact, she really has no right to despise others for changing their attitudes according to the wind. She herself came here today specifically to flatter others.
Although the Case family has declined from prosperity, its outward appearance remains as grand as ever.
Every year on the third day of March, the whole clan gathers its strength to organize a grand trade fair.
The trade fair is an annual event in the town.
At that time, adventurers from all over Silvermoon Island gathered in Kais Town to buy rare treasures or set up stalls to sell goods.
Today is the first day of the trade fair and the whole town is bustling.
Following her grandmother's orders, Angie reluctantly took her mother and Alan to the trade fair.
Anqi knew her grandmother's intention: to use the shopping opportunity to let her get closer to Sora and enhance the mother-daughter relationship.
However, there was an inexplicable barrier between her and Sora, making it very awkward for them to get along with each other.
At least for now, she is unable to open her heart and accept this somewhat strange mother.
On the contrary, Alan had no relation to her and had recently beaten her up severely, humiliating her in public.
Angel should have had a thousand reasons to hate Allen, but inexplicably she did not hold a grudge and they got along quite well.
Angel couldn't explain whether it was because she was completely defeated by Alan and was afraid of him from the bottom of her heart, and she turned from fear to respect, or because Alan was a very easy to get along with person outside the arena and took good care of her.
It seems like a good idea to have such a tall, handsome and capable senior brother.
The family of three wandered around the bustling venue, and Sora tried to find various topics to talk to his daughter.
An Qi dealt with her job nonchalantly.
Only Alan was shopping seriously, stopping at stalls from time to time to look at all kinds of strange and weird things.
If the stall owner comes to entertain, the most common phrase he hears from him is:
“Is this edible?”
An Qi accompanied Allen to walk half a street, and gradually realized a serious problem...
"My eldest brother...isn't he a foodie?"
Sora couldn't help but laugh when she heard her daughter talking to herself.
"You guessed it right, Alan does have a big appetite."
"That's not surprising. Just look at how tall and strong he is!" An Qi complained angrily.
She inherited her mother's genes and is only 1.5 meters tall and petite.
With her hair combed short to her ears and a cat ear hairpin on her head, she looks like an innocent little sister.
When I walk with Alan, I have to look up when I talk. I feel so humiliated...
"Damn it! Why did you grow so tall for no reason?!"
Angie muttered angrily.
Alan heard the mother and daughter's whispers and laughed to himself.
It is true that he has a big appetite, but he is not so hungry that he will eat anything.
The main purpose of visiting the trade fair is to enrich the food illustrations that come with the system.
By the way, try your luck, maybe you can find...
Um?!
Alan suddenly stopped and turned to look at an inconspicuous stall.
The system prompt was echoing in his mind.
"Special ingredients detected!"
Good luck!
Isn't this shipped?
Alan rubbed his hands together and licked his lips.
An Qi saw his hungry look and his big eyes full of confusion.
“That guy…”
She still didn't feel comfortable calling her mom in public, so she pulled Sora's sleeve.
"Big Brother, your expression looks so strange, like a bad guy with ulterior motives..."
"Don't talk nonsense, Alan just found something that interested him." Sora smiled and took his daughter's hand, "Come on, let's go and take a look."
Alan had his eye on a bottle of wine.
"Top-quality crab blood wine! Genuine product from the Underdark!"
“The masterpiece of the dwarf brewmaster!”
“Ten years of cellaring, guaranteed to be genuine!”
"20 magic stones for a bottle! Bro, you'll make a profit if you buy it!"
The stall owner was talking with foam flying at the mouth.
"Crab Blood Wine" is really a strong liquor brewed from crab blood. The raw material is a monster called "Hole Fishing Crab".
This giant crab that lives in the Underdark has habits similar to those of a spider.
It lives high up in an underground cave, dropping a transparent silk thread that serves as a hunting bait.
Any creature passing by that touches the silk thread will be stuck tightly.
Hole fishing for crabs is like fishing, you reel in the line, capture the prey, and have a delicious meal.
The dwarf miners in the underground world love to hunt for crabs in holes.
Once you catch one, use a pickaxe to crack open the hard shell and drink the crab's blood.
The blood of hole-fishing crabs is rich in alcohol.
For the dwarves who love alcohol, it is a high-end drink with a unique flavor.
For those who are more particular, the plasma of hole-fishing crabs is used as the raw material, supplemented with various spices, and then it is brewed into liquor through a series of processes such as fermentation and distillation.
The "crab blood wine" brewed in this way usually has an alcohol content of no less than 80 degrees!
It is spicy when it enters the throat, just like swallowing fire!
Alan has no great interest in strong liquor.
I took a fancy to this bottle of wine because the blood of hole-fishing crabs is a special ingredient!
After some bargaining, the deal was finally settled at 14 magic stones!
Alan unscrewed the bottle, used the bottle cap as a cup, and took a sip.
puff!!
“Cough, cough, cough…”
It’s so spicy that my tongue cramps and my throat burns!
An Qi saw this from the side and clapped her hands and laughed in glee.
Alan glanced at the unfortunate girl and took the juice handed to him by Teacher Sora to moisten his throat.
Alan was sure that crab blood wine was not suitable for him. Perhaps Senior Sister Tanya would like such a strong wine...
Thinking of my senior sister whom I haven’t contacted for a long time, I felt inexplicably melancholy.
With a sigh, Alan screwed the cap on the bottle and stuffed the whole bottle of wine into the storage bag.
At the same time, the expected system prompt was received.
"Special edible ingredients: blood products from hole-fishing crabs!"
"Potential +1!"
"Physique +1!"
After taking a sip of the spicy liquor, his physical attribute increased to 27 points.
The potential currently exists at 4 points, which is a long way from accumulating 10 points and deducing the fifth-level meditation method.
Unfortunately, no other exotic ingredients were found at the trade fair.
Ms. Sora took a fancy to an incomplete potion formula and took it back to study it, maybe there would be a chance to complete it.
The total price of the prescription and wine is 30 attributeless magic stones.
"Junior sister, please settle the bill."
"You guys buy things, why should I pay the bill?" An Qi looked reluctant.
"Little Junior Sister, this is why you are so ignorant. Just because you are a daughter and a junior sister, shouldn't you show some respect to your elders and show some appreciation?" Allen smiled slightly. "If you are not convinced, I will have to talk to your grandmother."
"Don't do that! Can't I...I pay for it?" An Qi gritted her teeth and forced a smile, "Brother! If there's anything else you like, just buy it, it'll all be on my account!"
Alan really wanted to take the opportunity to make some money from her.
But Teacher Sora felt sorry for her daughter and gave him a look, suggesting that he should stop.
He even found a secluded place, took Angie away, and secretly gave her a large bag of magic stones.
An Qi firmly declined.
However, seeing tears in the mother's eyes, I felt inexplicably sad, and finally accepted the money.
More than ten years of prejudice cannot be reversed overnight, but she had to admit that her mother was not the bad woman she originally thought.
Spending time together may help to eliminate the gap between mother and daughter.
After shopping, the three of them went to the most upscale restaurant in town for lunch.
Angel was still obsessed with Alan's "foodie" attribute, and told Alan to order whatever he liked and eat as much as he could.
She can afford it!
Alan took the menu, not bothering to look at it carefully, and said directly to the waiter: "I want the full set."
"Uh... sorry, this is a restaurant and we don't provide that kind of service."
"I mean, get everything on the menu!"
"Dear sir...are you kidding?" the waiter was stunned.
"What do you mean? Are you worried that my junior sister can't pay the bill?" Alan's face darkened.
"No, no! As long as you are happy!" The waiter ran away.
An Qi frowned.
I suspect Alan is just being pretentious and ordering a bunch of food he can't finish. Anyway, it doesn't cost him money, right?
Ms. Sora took a sip of the black tea gracefully, put down the cup, and patted her daughter's hand with a smile.
"These things on the menu may not be enough to fill your brother's stomach."
An Qi was speechless.
When Alan started eating, she was even more speechless.
This is... a living eating machine!
Anqi didn't even have time to eat. She just stood there watching Alan eat.
Finally, he couldn't help it anymore, so he moved closer, lifted up Allen's shirt, and stared at his belly.
She wanted to understand one thing.
This person's stomach doesn't seem to have a very large capacity, so how could he stuff in food that is several times larger than its volume?
Alan's belly remained smooth despite eating various meals.
An Qi couldn't figure out what was going on, so she started to touch it...
Sora watched from the side, trying not to laugh and coughing twice.
An Qi came to her senses and withdrew her hand with a red face.
I didn't understand the amazing structure of Allen's stomach, nor did I have the nerve to confess to my mother that I was a little obsessed with the wonderful feeling of caressing my senior brother's eight-pack abs...
At this time, there was a knock on the door.
A very pretty young woman walked into the box, bowed to Sora as soon as she entered, and addressed him respectfully as "Young Master's Madam".
"Cousin Lisa, you're welcome, sit down and have something to eat with us," Sora said kindly.
The young woman was from a branch of the Case family. She was of average ability and was just a senior apprentice.
Sola called her cousin out of politeness, but in fact she was a servant assigned by Madam Kes to her daughter.
Lisa still knew what she was doing and stood aside respectfully.
"Young Madam, there is something going on at home. Madam, please go back and deal with it. Master Allen and Miss Anqi, please go back with us."
"What happened at the Case family?" Alan's voice came from behind the pile of plates.
Lisa saw Master Allen's amazing appetite and was shocked for a moment before she came to her senses and quickly replied:
"About an hour ago, a young man and woman suddenly broke into our manor."
"The man calls himself 'Drone' Dorne, and the woman is called 'Dairy' Daisy."
"These two people claim to be from Red Moon Island and are disciples of Elder Grisha..."
When she said this, Sora's expression changed.
"Drone bee" and "female bee" are both self-designations of the bee people.
The two men were from Red Moon Island and were Grisha's students. She had already guessed about 80% of their purpose.
What Liza revealed next confirmed Sora's worst fears.
"Dorn and Daisy, claiming to be under Grisha's orders, are taking their teacher's daughter away and bringing her back to Red Moon Island to train her."
Lisa glanced at Angie carefully and said in a low voice:
"They also said that they couldn't let the Case family... waste Miss Angel's talent any more."
"Grisha's bloodline is not something the Keith family has the right to occupy."
"Ms. An Qi, you must go back to Red Moon Island with them...to recognize your ancestors!"
