Eva lingered around the center of Magnolia where the request board was for a while. She placed a finger on the papers as she skimmed through most of them until a familiar name suddenly popped up. Khalash was looking for people to help him with something again. Eva was well aware of the strange old man that had her looking after his shop in more than one occasion. She didn’t even ponder on it much when she ripped the paper off and walked down the directions he remembered his shop to be in.
Inside, Khalash was already prepping for the day. He started organizing everything and was crouched below the counter when the doorbell run to inform him of her arrival. “Good morning, Khalash san,” Eva greeted with a cheerful jump in her feet when he emerged from underneath the counter. His face immediately lit up when he noticed Eva. “Oh Eva, good morning. What brings you here?” he asked, straightening his pointed cap that was starting fall over his face. “This,” Eva answered before fishing inside her pocket for the folded request. She handed it over to him and let him read it for a moment. A look of gratitude and recognition crossed his face. “Oh thank God, you had picked it up. If no one was to show up, I was going to send a word for you,” he said and grabbed a dusty old book from one of the shelves before walking around the counter to face her.
He placed the book on the table with a cough. “These are the things that I need you to get for me,” he began by flipping through the book pages. Most of them had information on weird plants and ingredients that Eva hadn’t seen before. He started explaining to her about each of the item and where she might find them. Some, he reminded her again and again, were rare items that she wouldn’t be able to find if she didn’t spend a long time in searching. He suggested her to get them first before moving onto the items that can be bought from any local shop in Magnolia.
“Remember to look for blue lichen and red leafed vine first. They won’t be easy to find. Blue lichen can usually be found on old rotting logs and you’ll need to go to the forest for the other one”.
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