Alchemists do not need self-cultivation

"Which woman would marry a bastard alchemist like you? How unlucky must she be to encounter such misfortune?"

"Anyway, there's no one unlucky enough to have to take care of a Du Ji who's like a cripple all day long, can't do anything but eat bread and drink black tea, has a terrible temper, and is still as willful as a little kid despite being quite old."

"You damned alchemist, I'll fight you to the death!!!"

Dalian was furious and jumped up from her chair to pounce on Isaac, but she was caught in mid-air by Hugh.

"Stop joking, Dalian. Isaac has finally come back."

After calming Dalian down, Hugh turned to Isaac and asked, "Where do you plan to hold the wedding? The Anglican church? If you want to have a family luncheon, you can use my estate."

In England during this period, weddings were typically held in a church followed by a family luncheon.

Of course, this only applies to the current period. The timing of this world is rather awkward, being in the first few years of World War II. After the war, things will follow a different process.

"No, it's just a casual banquet at a random place. I'll come pick you up then."

Isaac had considered the wedding process twice.

In Amestris, they used a Western-style wedding ceremony at the military headquarters, while in the world of IW headquarters, they used a Chinese-style banquet.

"Okay... Oh, by the way, Isaac, what are the wedding customs in your hometown? I'll keep an eye out for them here too."

Hugh suddenly asked.

"In my hometown... you're supposed to give red envelopes at the wedding, but just coming is enough, no need for red envelopes or anything like that."

"I see."

Upon hearing this, Xiu Yi nodded.

He knew that Isaac, the alchemist, was definitely not short of money.

Simply handing over money would seem a bit perfunctory, so he decided to give a gift instead.

As for the gift, he inherited this huge manor from his grandfather, which must contain some valuable antiques and the like.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

After traveling through these worlds and inviting everyone he knew, Isaac returned to Amestris.

Isaac planned to use the remaining time to discuss the timing of the wedding at the military headquarters with Olivia, and then go with Violet to select some items needed for the wedding.

Originally, we were supposed to go and choose a wedding dress for Violet, but Madam Yao said that she could handle the design of the wedding dress, so this process was not necessary for the time being.

However, when he returned to Amestoris, he heard some news.

Violet and Mikasa seem to have had a fight.

The exact cause is unclear, but in short, Mikasa directly challenged Violet, and the two fought at a training ground in the Central City Army District.

As a result, Violet defeated Mikasa without using alchemy, relying solely on hand-to-hand combat skills.

"Hmm... so why did you suddenly start fighting?"

"After all, she challenged me."

Violet said softly.

In fact, it wasn't just Mikasa who suddenly started causing her trouble.

Lanfang, who had taken the special line to Amestris a day earlier, also challenged Violet to a duel. Wuming, who was still in school, called home and said he wanted to challenge her as well.

It seems that all of these people are planning to cause trouble for Violet at the same time.

Of course, Violet ignored these challenges and instead gave Mikasa a good beating.

"Why did they all suddenly choose the same time to challenge?"

Isaac didn't quite understand this.

Violet hesitated for a moment before handing a list to Isaac.

"What's this?"

Isaac took the list and glanced at it briefly. He found that many of the names looked familiar; they must be people from the military.

"These are the ones I received that I intend to use to challenge you."

Violet said.

"Because they couldn't reach you, they sent it to me."

Since Violet is still Isaac's adjutant, she can accept any items sent to Isaac on his behalf.

"..."

Looking at the densely packed names, Isaac felt the veins on his forehead throbbing.

While it's somewhat puzzling that Violet was challenged to a duel, there were only a handful of people, and the number of people challenging Isaac couldn't even fit on a single page; it was a mix of both sides.

……

...

"Ah! Give it back to me!"

"Stop messing around, let me see what's going on."

Back at one of the villas owned by Mr. Foe in Amestris, Isaac found Nameless.

She was lying on the sofa scrolling through her phone when Isaac came over, snatched her phone, and started looking through it.

Nameless was annoyed and wanted to take it back, but Isaac pressed his head down with one hand.

"You guys are really bold, daring to challenge Violet. Let me see... um?"

While Isaac was browsing through anonymous personal accounts, he found that an ID called 'Used Book Clearance Sale' was being followed by the anonymous account, and she had just posted a comment below Isaac's wedding announcement.

[What else can he do besides marry Violet? Violet is so strong, can he even resist? Those who think there's a problem, stop being sour and reflect on whether you're just too weak. If you can't beat Violet, then just accept your defeat.]

"..."

Isaac's brow twitched twice.

Sensing something was amiss, he searched through the comments section of Violet's account and found a comment posted by someone named 'Fountain of Wisdom'.

[Your goddess got hooked up with this jerk! He must have used his position to do this! We must stop workplace harassment! Guys, let's go beat him up!]

"..."

Someone's stirring up trouble!

Isaac tossed the phone back to the nameless man and then picked up his own phone to make a call to Hughes.

"Hey? Hughes, help me check the IP addresses of two accounts named 'Used Book Clearance Sale' and 'Fountain of Wisdom'... Although I roughly know who these two people are... I see, at the National Library, right? I understand."

Isaac put down his phone and let out a long sigh.

Actually, he already knew pretty much from the IDs: 'Old Books Clearance Sale' was Fran, and 'Fountain of Wisdom' was Victorique.

If it were Fran, that incredibly cunning woman, Isaac would believe she would stir up trouble, but Victorique is clearly not that kind of person.

The only possibility is that Fran borrowed Victorique's account and is using it as a secondary account.

Chapter 1663: The Wedding

It was eventually discovered that Fran was indeed behind this.

She used both her own account and Victoria's account to stir up trouble, achieving her goal of having fun.

She had a lot of fun, but in the end, Isaac tied her up and threw her into the trunk of his car. He then drove the car around doing several drifting maneuvers before finally letting her out.

Of course, this was just a minor incident before the wedding.

A few days later, the new country made a routine state visit to Amestoris.

The visit lasted a week, ending on the last day of the week, which was also Isaac and Violet's wedding.

The wedding was held in a designated area of ​​the military headquarters in Central City, and those who attended were mostly people who knew Isaac and Violet well.

We can't invite people we're not familiar with either. Those guys who came in a group to challenge Isaac, if we invite them, they might cause some trouble at the wedding.

Many of the people invited to the wedding were from the Northern Fortress, along with Olivia, the current president, her brother Alex, the new emperor and Madam Yao, Lanfang and Master Fu, and Yao Lin.

People from the Eastern Command were also invited. Roy and Hawkeye were invited, and the Hughes family also participated.

As for the others, Eren and Armin were also in the group, but Mikasa was not.

I don’t know if Violet went a bit too far back then, but even with Mikasa’s health, she’s still lying in the infirmary.

Edward, Alphonse, and Winry also came, along with their father, Hohenheim.

According to Amestris tradition, those attending the wedding will first give gifts.

The gifts from Roy and Hughes' family were relatively simple, consisting of some kitchenware and home decorations such as picture frames.

The brothers Edward and Alphonse sent a bunch of snacks.

Alex gifted Isaac a complete set of fitness equipment.

These are relatively normal.

What's a bit unusual is the situation at the Northern Fortress. They originally planned to send Isaac weapons; they even had a plan to disassemble the 88mm anti-aircraft gun from the Northern Fortress and assemble it for the wedding. However, Olivia forbade it, and in the end, they sent several cases of spirits, a specialty of the North.

The situation regarding the emperor of the new country is even more abstract.

Various jade, gold and silver utensils, antique calligraphy and paintings, and silk were all transported by truckload.

As the emperor of the world's most powerful nation, he cared a great deal about his image, and even though the wedding was not open to the public, he still wanted to be the most extravagant person present.

The only one Isaac was somewhat satisfied with was Winry.

She was a professional maker of mechanical armor, and since Isaac had a mechanical prosthetic right hand, she specially made a mechanical armor for him by hand.

"Isaac, this is the mechanical armor you mentioned wanting. It's been made exactly as you requested."

Winry approached Isaac, who was dressed in a formal gown, holding a bright silver mechanical armor with a bow tied to it.

"As you said before, this robotic arm is made of food-grade steel and can be transformed into various kitchen utensils."

As Wenli spoke, she pressed a button.

With a snap, the palm part began to deform into an egg beater.

"Oh, thank you so much, Winnie, your cooking is as good as ever."

Isaac took the mechanical armor and couldn't put it down.