"!This servant understands! What you call 'Smallpox' is actually 'pox sores,' 'pox eruptions,' 'blister sores'..."
The will of the ruler upon the Mexican plateau, after stretching on for twenty thousand li, finally fell upon the far northern Ezo Land, and beneath a road paved with gold, became this meeting between Zuwaro and the medical woman Caishan.
The Kingdom Warrior's axe rose and fell again, and the warriors who had been glaring like tigers eyeing prey backed up two steps, though they still kept their threatening posture. Morino Kiyoshi, caught in the middle of it all, trembled with fear, cursing "Sanda barbarians" countless times in his heart, and cursing "idiot translators" even more. As for the medical woman Caishan, she was like a shivering white rabbit. Carefully holding that scroll of "High Shaman's Prophecy," she quickly glanced for a while at the abstract drawings beside the text, then nodded desperately and said, "Yes! Yes! Little figures covered in dense spots—that must be 'pox sores'! This servant has indeed heard that in some places, 'pox sores' are called 'heavenly pox'... This is an extremely dangerous and not at all uncommon malignant illness of children! Once a child contracts it, there is almost more than half a chance they will die... When this servant was at the Jisheng Institute, Head Medical Woman Changde once gave a special lecture on prescriptions for treating 'pox sores'..."
"Honored Sanda Chieftain! She says she can treat it..."
"Truly?... She can treat it?..."
"Tiger Slave! Go to the ship first and bring down fifty jin of gold!..."
"Yes! Chieftain!..."
Hearing this, Zuwaro and Losanda exchanged a glance, then waved to the Kingdom Warriors gathering around, and gave Tiger Slave an order as well. Then the two High Priests looked solemn, staring fixedly at the pretty face of the