The group carried along, walking past the point of the fog, and up into the area where snow began showing up. Along the way, Alex explained what he was doing in the Pillheaven continent and what his future plans were.
"You have to make a single pill to pass the competition?" the Rosemist asked.
"Yes," Alex said.
"It's weird that they're asking all of this for just a single pill," she said.
"I think the test is more so to judge our ability to gather ingredients rather than the pill itself," Alex explained. "Most alchemy contests or tests I've been to in the past had people try and recognize ingredients that are already there. This one, since they are trying to find the greatest upcoming Alchemists, they are going all out and forcing them to find the ingredients instead."
"Huh…" the man at the back said. "That's a fun idea. And this little girl is part of your tournament too?"