A whitish aura

When she looked towards the forest at the foot of the trees that were only a few meters away from her, there were often grasses that had different colors and shapes, she had not paid too much attention to them until she saw one of them like surrounded by a whitish aura that looked like a bit the aura she could see around people.

Intrigued she went to look closer and realized that this herb seemed to be in better condition than the ones around her, and suddenly an idea came to her mind and she decided to dig up this special herb, after all who tried nothing had nothing.

Her mother often went to buy medicinal herbs from an apothecary and in the city of Catara, she would inevitably find a store that would buy herbs from her, especially this one that seemed to be special.

The soil was loose, so she dug slightly around the herb so as not to damage its roots when she would remove it from the ground, because still thanks to her mother, she had learnt that some herbal roots were as important as the herb itself.

And once she had managed to dig up this herb without damaging it, she looked at the remaining herbs and decided to do a little experiment.

Her healing gift didn't only apply to humans, she could also heal nature with it and make it bloom, there were 9 other herbs like the one she had just dug up and since the soil was loose here if she could make them have that whitish aura around them, she could easily harvest them all, it was worth a try.

She then put her hands on the ground whitout hesitation and called upon her other flame, the first one she had used that represented the fire was red, while the one she used to heal people and nature was white.

She smiled in spite of herself when she saw this white flame appear in her mind just as easily as the other one, and to tell the truth, it was almost easier to summon them here than when she was on Aurora.

And so, once connected to her white flame, she focused on the nine herbs in front of her, and she breathed the energy into them.

Immediately the nature around her changed and she saw not only this whitish aura forming around these herbs, but she saw field flowers and other medicinal herbs appear, all with a whitish aura.

It was quite a shame though that she had no idea what kind of herbs they were, she had always found it boring to learn the knowledge of medicinal herbs and so she could only hope these herbs will help her to make a little money. She decided to pick them all up and like the first time she was careful not to damage their roots.

Then she went to look around the other trees that were nearby but she didn't see anything interesting, so she just picked up a big tree bark that would be perfect to carry the herbs and she started walking again, stopping from time to time when she discovered other herbs with this whitish aura.

After two hours of walking and three more stops where she had picked more medicinal herbs, she could finally see the city in the distance and on the contrary from what she saw in the memories of this girl and her village, this city seemed much more develop than her village.

Although technology seemed still to be completely absent from this world, which by the way suited her perfectly because she had never liked it anyway, while walking towards the city, she wondered if it was the fact that magic could be used freely here that had slowed down the technological evolution of this world or if it had simply made it evolve in a completely different way. In any case, she was eager to learn more about this fascinating world.

And as soon as she left the forest, a group of girls with empty wicker baskets stopped when they saw her and they widened their eyes in astonisment when they discovered that she was barefoot, not to mention her outfit in general which she had soiled while gathering herbs.

She then thought of something and now that the seal her mother had made for her had been broken, she focused on the girls in front of her, and two of the five had auras around them.

She thought that one of the girls who had an aura around her might be able to tell her the price of the herbs she had found and maybe give her the name of a store where she could sell them.

But in the end, she didn't have time to formulate her request because the youngest of the group, who must have been just 15 or 16 years old and who had no aura around her, walked up to her and while looking curiously at the herbs that were in her piece of bark, she stammered then, "Where ... Where did you find these herbs ?"

Cassy obviouly couldn't tell her that most of these herbs had appeared out of nowhere when she had used her white flame on the ground, she didn't know yet if the mages of this world used the same method as her so she just said to her, "I found them near the river."

She wanted to introduce herself again and ask her for the information she needed, but this girl beat her to it again, telling the rest of the group, "You girls can go without me, I'll take care of her."

She turned back to her and said with a smile that seemed sincere, "My name is Paige, I don't know what happened to you but you look like you've had a bad day, come with me the herbs you found are of excellent quality and my mom runs a store that sells them, we'll help you."

Cassy who had been completely caught off guard by this girl asked her then, "Are you sure?"

Paige seemed to be sincere, she looked like an angel dressed in this outfit, she wore a simple dress that looked like a long summer dress from her world and was the same color as her eyes which were green and shining like two emeralds.

Her neckline showed off her generous breast despite her young age, and she also had long curly blonde hair that came down to her waist, and otherwise they were both of similar height.

The girl laughed and beckoned her to follow her, "My mother is an honest person, you'll see, and the herbs you found are very rare, they have almost completely disappeared from the forest, at least you were lucky to find them... What happened to you exactly?"

Cassy finally introduced herself while following her, "My name is Cassy and a bad joke went very wrong for me, I come from the Village a little higher when you go up by the river and some students in my class threw me into it, that's why I lost my shoes and I'm in this state."