I return to the round table where Perugius remains.
All his Familiars have already left.
Only Perugius is left, like he has been waiting for me.
"What shall it be?"
"... I am taking action. I hope, as long as it doesn't interfere with your own work, that Perugius-sama will offer some assistance."
Perugius nods heavily when I finish.
"Oh, so you're finally making a move. Good. If Nanahoshi dies, even I would feel sorry."
"Thank you very much."
But what should I do?
The cure to a disease eradicated some 7000 years ago.
Where do I even begin?
We already know both detoxification and healing magic are ineffective.
If those have worked, then Perugius would already done something.
Magic tools.
I don't know if one might work.
One that works inside the body should be related to Cliff's magic tools.
But Cliff's magic tool was custom made for Elinalise only.
Observe Elinalise's condition and adjust step by step.
Although there are results, but it's still incomplete.
Maybe it only needs a few adjustments to control Nanahoshi's symptoms?
But right now, Nanahoshi doesn't have the time for observation and adjustment.
She has coughed up blood.
Even if we cure the surface symptoms, it will just happen again.
Next time, it might be fatal.
Moreover, if we froze time, then there's no way to experiment.
Magic tools are no go.
Maybe one might eventually work, but right now we need a more immediate fix.
A cure.
Does no one know?
Not even Hitogami or Orsted?
Would they know?
I can't contact Hitogami.
Maybe he'll show up with advice tonight.
But I have no way to initiate contact.
"Perugius-sama. Do you have a way to contact Dragon God Orsted?"
"Impossible. His movements are impossible to understand."
No way of contacting Orsted.
"He probably doesn't know either. He has been in this world for maybe a hundred years. Although he's wise, I doubt he will know about a disease from 7000 years ago."
So Orsted is a hundred or so.
Although old, compared to Perugius he's still a youngling.
No, compared to me he's old enough.
"Is that so. But someone who knows about the world 7000 years ago..."
Wait, hold on.
7000 years.
There's one.
There's one person that lived for so long.
Even though she might not be familiar with this illness...
But if I talk to her, maybe I can find a clue.
"I know someone..."
"Oh?"
But, I don't know if I can find her.
Last time it was a chance meeting.
And just like that we separated.
No particular connection.
But I have to do something.
If I do nothing, then nothing will change.
"Perugius-sama, can you take me to the Magic Continent?"
"Magic Continent? What do you plan to do there?"
I only met that person once.
Although Roxy also met her before, but where she is now I do not know.
But her name I knew from long ago.
Back in the Fedoa Capital, a name I learned from history lessons.
After we met, there's no way I could forget it.
"Meet with The Great Empress of Demon Realm, Kishirika Kishirisu."
7000 years ago.
A figure of the first Human-Demon Great War.