Accept Anca's invitation during Withering Away, finish the lesson, collect the hanging herbs and treat her injury. Complete Page-Turner before Sacred Covenant.
Start and answer the lesson
- Choose to stay when the storm begins. This opens Page-Turner instead of returning straight home. The combined Withering Away route costs two segments rather than one.
- Answer according to the book selected. For Petronius: Fear, then Lightning. For the red-cover book: Kisses, then Grains of sand. The latter gives more flirtatious conversation; it does not finish the entire Anca romance.
Recover the herbs
- After the crash, leave the cabin and locate the nearby damaged shed. Track Page-Turner so you follow this errand rather than the medicine-return objective.
- Look up at the drying racks and collect separate bundles. PowerPyx lists eleven, including three behind the door. Sweep the racks and doorway rather than searching only the floor.
- Check collection before helping Anca outside. Her cry introduces the next part, but do not treat hearing it alone as proof you picked up every bundle.
Treat Anca and return home
- Talk to the injured Anca and help her into the house. Continue until the treatment interactions appear.
- Clean her back with the wet cloth, then apply balm. Finish the conversation and check that Page-Turner has closed. Resume Esme's medicine in Withering Away afterward.
Why the gathering objective can remain open
Each bundle is a separate pickup. Recheck the hanging herbs and space behind the door when the gathering objective remains active; a single inventory notification is not the whole collection.
One ATH walkthrough says the herbs lie on the floor, but the inspected image shows hanging bundles and a pickup prompt. This guide follows that image and the independent walkthrough. Claims of an additional injury-scene time charge remain unconfirmed, so check the displayed cost before advancing.