ANNA'S POV

　　"Ah Finally!" I muttered softly when I saw the herb I had been searching for all evening. I quickly put on my gloves, then bending the soft but spiky stem of the monkshood plant,I began to cut the leaves after a quick prayer to the spirit who resided in the plant. I didn't want to take away its home but I needed the leaves to treat a sick man. I put the leaves in the small bag I had slung across my shoulders.

　　Everyone found my ways strange,very ...