"It's that heart of gold & stardust soul that make you beautiful."
Emiko Amari was just a normal girl that lived in Tanbarun with her best friend Shirayuki. Well... as normal as a girl can get with beautiful purple hair. She owned a shop with...
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Today's the day... The day of the exam. I was both excited and nervous. Nervous that I would fail and excited if I ended up passing. It was a pretty good balance if you asked me. I had spent the past few days studying for this exam so I was more than prepared. I wonder what the exam will be, though. Will it be an exam on paper or will we be doing a more hands-on type of exam? These were the questions that I craved to be answered... And they will be soon seeing as I'm already at the exam.
I was standing with a big group of people who were also here to take the exam. I wonder how many positions they have open. If they don't have a lot then the exam would be a bit harder than normal so they can narrow down the number of people there are. A servant was leading us to where we would be taking the exam.
"Once all the examinees have arrived, we will proceed to the orientation room," The servant moved to the top of the stairs to stand in front of the door. The other examinees and I gathered around, "Please wait patiently until then. Don't worry it won't be much longer."
I let out a sigh. They always say this when they want you to stay and not leave. I could only hope that it wouldn't be a long time and they're not lying. I surveyed the examinees when my eyes fell upon a young boy. It was the same young boy that I had seen at the pharmacy. He was walking down to where the outside garden was. I looked around at the examinees before I backed away slowly. Once I was out of the crowd, I went in the direction the boy went.
I walked down the steps and smiled at the sight of all the herbs and flowers. I admired them fondly as I continued to make my way down the steps. I stopped when I saw the boy again. He had a basket beside him with some herbs in it and he was reading a book.
"That's a compound for suppressing coughs. All he's missing is some rainbow leaf and koko grass," I looked back at the boy to see him staring at her. I blushed, did I say that out loud? I thought that I didn't do that anymore. I used to do that all the time when I was younger. I quickly bowed to the boy, "I'm so sorry! Please forgive me for interrupting."
The boy looked to the herbs in front of him, "Yes, I will need some rainbow leaf and koko grass, but they're not ready to pick yet," I straightened back up again. "I'll do it right at dawn when the medicinal properties are at their most effective."
"When they're most effective, you say? Oh, yeah," I hit my hand into my palm, "Shirayuki told me about the technique! You know when?" I tried to do the technique myself but was never able to get the hang of it. My timing was always off.
"Yes, it took centuries to figure this out by the ancient folk who lived in nature and off the land. Current medical literature has no category for it, but I remembered because it's important," The boy explained. I walked over to him. He really knew a lot for his age. Even I didn't know that much when I was young like he is, "The people who spent time studying the actual plants knew best. I'd much rather learn my skills from them."
