The scene opens in a noisy meeting hall, where everyone is outraged by the fact that the bastard son of the alchemist has offended the master of the house. The master is so angry that he has sent a bunch of men to find out what's going on. The woman in charge of the meeting hall tells everyone that the gang is on its way to take the servant to the king. The servant's mom tells the master that her son has been humiliated by the servant, and the master is furious. He tells her to tell him what happened, and she tells him that the servant set her up for being beaten by the master. The man in charge tells her that he's not lying, and that he even embarrassed her before the princess. The mom tells him to throw the servant in the river, and he says he'll make her pay. The father tells the mother that it's his son who's being punished, and not her son. He says that the family has been silent for a few days, and now he needs to figure out a way to get out of this mess. He sends some men out to look into the matter, but the master doesn't want to see them. The son tells the father that he can't just sit by and let the servant be humiliated. He needs to make sure that the whole family is shamed, and if not for his son's humiliation, the whole house will be shamed. He also says that he knows the servant has a lot of power, and even a noble position would make him fawn over him, but he is nothing more than an alchemist. He's also known for his exploits in the army. The