It was a sunny day in Magnolia as Alfyn was getting ready for his excursion in search of his client's herbs. He was supposed to gather three ingredients for him to create a magical elixir, the merchant named each herb for Alfyn and gave him information on how to find each one. He stepped outside onto the sunlit pavements of the town as he quickly made his way through the various merchant stalls and into the forest. The first ingredient shouldn't be too hard to find, he thought and as he looked around him carefully he spotted a patch of curly ferns, cutting some and placing them in his pouch making sure first that they were fresh. Next on the list was the blue lichen, an ingredient that could be found around old rotting logs, as the young man ventured deeper into the forest he brought the image of the reagent in his mind, it wasn't going to be hard to spot if he managed to find some. While taking a stroll through the forest he had his eyes open for the herb but he was also admiring the verdant paradise, it had been a few years that he was living in Fiore and yet he was still not used to how beautiful most of the places were, back in Seven he was mostly limited inside the city-fortress where he lived as the outside areas were quite dangerous. As he was reminiscing about the past he spotted a bunch of fallen logs towards the west and when he finally made it there he found the blue lichen behind them. "So this is where you were hiding!", he exclaimed and put the herb inside the pouch with a smile. For the final ingredient, the red leafed vine he would have to go even deeper inside the forest which he did and this time he was looking around the trees, that being their spot. He did quite a bit of searching and after about an hour of frustration he managed to find it at the top of a tree, he carefully climbed up and ripped some off adding it to his pouch and then slowly climbed back down to not hurt himself by falling. He was now ready to return to the client.

Back at the shop Khalash was awaiting him somewhat impatiently and hurried to greet him. Alfyn gave him the pouch with the herbs which he quickly took from his hand and started the preparation. The young man noticed the bubbling cauldron behind the merchant, it reminded him of the one him and his parents would use for their concoctions and couldn't help but smile a bit, in the meantime Khalash had already put the ingredients in the cauldron and after a short while the elixir was ready for testing. He poured some inside a vial and handed it to Alfyn, his eyes shining as the young mage took a sip and a moment later felt a surge of energy. Agreeing that the potion worked as intended, Khalash, content with himself thanked, Alfyn for his assistance and handed him his reward, with a nod and a smile the young man left the shop.

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