The craziest shit happened to me today .

Around 2 months had passed and Serlet was actually worried about the two . He was taking care of Era. Since he felt that he needed to take responsibility .

Serlet even tried to contact many people who can help locate them or at least what remained of them . And after 2 months he had lost confidence that the two of them were alive .

And one day , it was a hot day . Many people were indoors to protect themselves from the heat .

When there was a knock on Serlet's door .

Serlet who was just cleaning around the apothecary.

Serlet :

Come inside.

As soon as he went to open the door the handle was touched by another person .

The two of them saw each other and instantly recognised each other.

Both : (Shocked , surprised and loud)

Why do you look like that !!?

Serlet opened the door to find two men who looked somewhat similar to the ones who went on a quest .

Serlet :

Are you Jay and McElroy.

Both :

What .

Serlet :

It must be a long journey please come inside .

Both of them came inside and sat on a table . With them facing each other and Era and Serlet facing each other .

Jay with his handle on the table folded and his head resting on the top.

Jay :

I thought you would have been back by now .

McElroy:

I thought the same thing too . But here we are .

I thought you were enjoying your vacation sightseeing.

Jay : (Deep voice)

Even I thought so . I thought you would be struggling in the marshes .

McElroy: (Deep voice)

I was but I returned .

Both: (Deep voice)

But you know .

Both : (Excited )

The craziest shit happened .

Jay :

I met the Fire King and he forced me to be his disciple.

McElroy:

I met the Ice Empress and she forced me to be her disciple .

Jay :

He was the worst teacher I have ever met .

McElroy:

Funny thing I was about to say that too .

There was now a fierce environment stirred between them .

Now will begin a game known as

Who's the most desperate.

McElroy:

My body was frozen and I was asked to prevent the heat loss.

Jay :

I was thrown into the lava . So that I could control it .

McElroy:

I was kept in icy cold water for 3 hours . And then I was made to freeze the water while I was inside the lake .

Jay :

I had to soak the heat of the lava in order to raise my fire resistance .

McElroy:

Even with this training I was made to do the dishes make food , and clean the entire place where she lived everyday .

Jay :

I was sent to gather food , and that man when I cooked him food he said it tasted like shit .

So I had to make it over and over again .

And for that I had to hunt the same animals over and over .

McElroy:

Mine was a different story. You just atleast had to hunt . I had to decorate the dish , make it to her liking balance the ingredients very carefully . Even if it was 0.1 micrograms more or less she would freeze the food and then tell me to eat in that state .

Jay : Every morning I had to wake up at 5 am then train to use lava .

He somehow found out that I had metal affinity .

And one day he kept his hand on my shoulders and said .

King :

You e succeed in controlling lava that is naturally occurring.

But there won't be always lava around will there .

Jay :

The. he made me make an iron ball with dimensions of 30 cm diameter .

And the. asked me to melt the ball .

So I did what he told and it melted .

Then he asked me to melt the ball while countinously keep it in a melted state .

McElroy:

She had me make statues of ice and asked me to control them .

And everytime I tried it those statues broke off and I had to do it over and over again .

Jay :

Those lectures of his were the worst .

King :

Practicing the fire is like practicing the art of giving or donating . In this case you give , donate or force upon him heat energy . Until he is no longer capable of accepting the energy and burn and die .

McElroy:

I had the same theory lectures . But this times they were the opposite.

Aurea :

Practicing the art of ice is like practicing the are of taking or stealing . In this case you take or liberate

the heat energy. Until he is no longer capable of generating any energy to steal . Devoid of heat , he will freeze and die .

Serlet :

These two must have had quite a bad time .

I feel sorry for them .

Soon this game had devolved into things that don't even make sense trying to one up another .

Era :

Enough , please stop fighting .

When Era had made the request both of them backed off .

Jay :

You must have suffered very much . I feel sorry for you .

McElroy:

Thank you , but your journey must have been painful as well .

Serlet:

I want to ask the both of you , did you get the ingredients.

Jay :

Umm

McElroy:

Uhhhh

McElroy:

Jay did you get the ash flower you must have forgotten it right .

Jay :

Well , where is the moonlight grass that you were supposed to get .

McElroy:

No I asked a question first .

Jay :

But I'm asking you to answer first .

McElroy:

As you are my dear friend I respect and adore you so how could I a feeble person should go first .

Jay :

That's all right my friend , I respect and adore you too so I must give you the first priority.

Serlet :

So the two of you didn't get it .

Jay and McElroy: (Depressed)

Yes .

Serlet :

Thats fine , I just got them last week . A bird of ice came and delivered the grass .

And an old strong man came to deliver the flowers

I have completed the medicine take it . From the shelf there .

Quest completed : Herb collection

Reward : Completed Power booster.

And the matter was buried .