Goodbye, I Grew Your Spring Herbs

Asahi bends over muddy roots when a hunter screen appears in front of her face and gives her Herb Tending. She has spent years as a forager, so she notices what others miss. Soil, bark, wind, and wet stone all tell her where magic will grow next. That dull skill turns dangerous fast, because her plants heal, lure, and break gate rules in ways no fighter expects. A dead man’s shogi board sits in her locker, and every move she makes seems to pull her closer to the answer he could not find. Her hands shake only when no one is looking. Then she starts beating people who trained for war with the same calm she uses to pick wild greens.