It was a Little difficult to do that when she saw how calm and at peace Maria seemed to be. Somehow, it made her feel guilty.

“Is there a problem?" Maria asked calmly.

Doris pushed a smile onto her face and said, “Not a problem, but there is an auction of pills that will be held by the Pill Alchemist Association today. Mrs. Jenkins has been kind enough to ask Mr. Acosta to lead the younger generation of the family to the auction to broaden their horizons. You of course, are to be among them."

The said association held several auctions like this every year, where the representatives of the various ancient clans would sit and bid for the valuable pills.

Actually, it was a heavy weight on the shoulders of the representatives because they not only had to buy a large number of basic pills that their families couldn't produce, but they also had to be on alert to get the rare high-grade pills that were presented by bidding the highest.