As the big gates opened ,the team of adventurers met with a huge empty room with a little golem over to a side.
"A golem. Why is this here."
When all were confused of the big empty room with only the little golem.
The golem begun to move.
"Hello, welcome to the keep of herbs."
"Is it talking."
"The gates to the elixir of life will be opened by only a true herbalists."
"So the one true herbalist who wishes to take the test may please step forward."
With these words, the party looked over to Lana as if signalling her to go forward.
"Your name."
"It's Lana."
"Welcome Lana."
"You will be asked with a series of questions and only if you get all of them correct will you be able to open the gates."
"Are you ready Lana."
A few minutes before.
"Lana here, it's a device i created which stores the informations of the herbs which you already know as well as those in the book of thousand herbs."
"It might come in handy."
Present.
"Are you ready Lana."
"Yes. I am ready."
After an hour.
"Wow she's still going on answering those questions."
The party members who were waiting for Lana got bored and began to spend the time in their own ways.
"Those things that she's saying. I have never heard of those before."
"She's might be a genius too. Didn't you hear her say that her grandma used to be close with the sixth elder Laya."
"Yeah they too have a name which is almost similar"
While the members were talking about things.
With a loud bang the golem announced.
"Congratulations. Miss Lana you have successfully answered all those questions." "now you're a true herbalist."
"Here is a recording of the previous great herbalist, miss Laya. You must need to hear this."
As if finishing an essay the golem went back to sleep and a huge image of the sixth elder was projected into the air.
"Welcome successor you have finished in becoming a true herbalist which even i couldn't do in my life time."
"Now you're my successor . You will have all authority to my research works my projects and the library of herbs."
"We believe in you to get ,the treatments using herbs into another level."
"An another prize is also included. This is the elixir of life".
"The elixir of life which was made from the sea ghost had some property to suck the demonic energy. "
"So Basically it's like the cure to all violence. Its still not developed to the fullest. But i hope that you would do that."
"And once again let me congratulate you on your success."
A long explanation of the herbalist ended and a bottle of elixir was brought in front of Lana.
"Is this the elixir of life. "
"I thuoght it would be like something that could increase one's life span."
"Anyway miss Lana what are you going to do now."
"I don't know. I just wanted to come here because it was my mother's last wish. As now that it has been done i really do not know."
"Don't think too much you love herbs. I know this from your face when you do something related to herbs. So just continue to do what you want."
"Thank you Henry."
When a blushing Lana told this.
"Wait. When did you guys come to talk with no honorary words."
"We too have been with you guys. We too want to be called as like friend."
"Do you really need this Robert?."
"Wel...well yes i think so."
"Then okay you can call me henry without any mister in front of it."
"Yes. Me too. You can call me just Lana."
The adventure in the mount Laya has come to end.
At the library of herbs.
"Why does this looks so similiar to the one's in the Manan facility."
"Is there something that related these things."
"Maybe because Manan was considered the best alchemist of his generation."
"So, he might have helped his counsil members in creating a cozy place for them."
"Lana hurry up. We still need to report this to the guild."
A few minutes passed but Lana didn't come.
"Where is she?"
As Henry searches for Lana.
"There she is"
With the head rested on the reading table, Lana fell asleep.
"What? You're sleeping."
"Well you were answering the questions so you might be tired."
Henry with a swoop carried Lana to the climber.
"Night stay with here i will go and get the others."
"Guys come on we need to go down the mountain."
There were no response to Henry's words.
"What is happening here.?"
Again. Henry searches for the party members.
From behind Henry a voice.
"Hehehe. To think my sleeping gas didn't work on you, boy you got nice lungs."
"What are you?"
A ghostly appearance talked to Henry.
"Me? You can call me a wandering soul".
"A wandering soul?"
"Yes. I too came in search of this elixir of life many years ago."
"But unlike others I finished all questions of the golem. But when I was about to be rewarded i got stabbed in the back by my party members".
"But unfortunately for them with out the successor's permission they couldn't get in."
"And I too died here but my resentment were great and i became a wandering soul"
"And I keep waiting and waiting for another person who can open the gates."
"Now all I need is to posses the successor and i can still practice herbs."
"It's not much of a sad story. But you can't take control of my friend like this."
"You must need to get past me to get to her."
"Boy didn't you remeber i am a soul i can go through anyone."
Then with a laugh the soul went past Henry and towards Lana.
But it stopped in front of Lana.
"Wh..what is a devourer doing in this place?"
With a suprised and a scared face the ghost was stuck in a place.
Henry who heard this said.
"How dare you call him a devourer. Well he eats a lot. But how dare you call my night as a devourer."
When henry was about to swing his sword. The soul fell on his knees.
"I just wanted to continue creating new medicines. I didn't want to die."
After checking if Lana is alright he went to the soul.
"Do you really want to make medicines."
"Yes , i do."
"It has become darker. We cannot descend the mountain like this."
At the next morning.
"Yawn. I had a nice sleep. But how did i get here."
"Hello good morning."
"Kiyaaa."
The little golem which was the test giver was near Lana's bed.
After a few minutes.
"So you're saying that you put that wandering soul into this golem."
"Yeah. His soul felt like a pure soul. And i couldn't resist creating somthing new too."
"He will be taking care of the keep when Lana is not here."
With a reluctent heart Lana agreed to this.
Then finally ,they returned to the guild