Nanahoshi Shizuka lunged at him without much strength.
What strength could anyone expect from a sick, "out-of-shape modern person" with neither magic power nor battle aura?
Cui Ciyou reached out and steadied her slender shoulders, keeping them both from falling to the floor.
"You bastard!"
"Was watching me cry like that fun for you?"
Cui Ciyou let her grab him. "I wasn't trying to laugh at you. I just thought it would be rude to interrupt."
Nanahoshi Shizuka: "..."
After a long while, Nanahoshi Shizuka suddenly let go.
"Forget it."
Nanahoshi Shizuka waved a hand. "There's no point arguing with you about this."
Cui Ciyou sat on the edge of the bed opposite her.
"Magic Nullification can only remove the accumulated magic power."
"It can't cure the actual damage that magic power has done to your body."
"It's like a house hollowed out by termites. I can drive the termites away, but the holes are still there."
Nanahoshi nodded. She understood that.
"What about Healing Magic?" she asked, though she already had a fairly good idea of the answer.
Cui Ciyou said, "Healing Magic can only heal the surface. Your case is unusual, so Healing Magic won't work."
Nanahoshi's fingers unconsciously clenched the bedsheet, bunching the fabric between them.
"So... is sokasi grass really the only option?"
"That's what the Armored Dragon King said."
Cui Ciyou nodded.
"He said Dulai disease dates back seven thousand years. In that era, sokasi grass was the only cure."
"It's just..."
"It's just that it's already extinct."
Nanahoshi finished for him. "The Armored Dragon King was already around during the Laplace War. He's lived for at least four hundred years."
"If even he doesn't know where it is, where are we supposed to look?"
Cui Ciyou said nothing, but his mind raced.
It was