The Tale of Teacher

When Izumi was 18 years old, she had traveled to meet the alchemist Silver Steiner to request to be his apprentice. Giving her only a knife, he told her to survive one month on Briggs Mountain and he would consider. As she had learned to defend herself and live off of the wildlife, she had realized the meaning behind alchemy, saying that one is all, and all is one. However, returning after a month, she realizes she had been talking to Silver's older brother, Gold Steiner, who is not an alchemist but a hand-to-hand combat specialist. Annoyed, Izumi beats him and leaves.