"Then, who wants to go first?"
Pallez spoke first. "Mr. President, I'd like to know how to get that great-grandson of mine out of that book alive. Uh, aside from having him advance to Sequence 4."
"Simple. As long as he recites my honorific name, I can bring him here and prevent him from perishing when a thousand years pass in an instant. Of course, the price is that he'll become an evil spirit from then on."
Edward smiled. "Still, being an evil spirit isn't so bad. Look at Mr. Not Quite Dead. Isn't he doing quite well?"
"Then how do we get him to recite your honorific name?"
Edward asked that question on Pallez's behalf. "Don't worry, there will be an opportunity. Oh, right. After you leave, sacrifice one of your Worms of Time to me."
"...I understand, Mr. President."
In the mystical world, such an act was undoubtedly extremely dangerous, but Pallez had long since given up resisting and no longer gave a damn.
"All right, who's next?"
Reinette raised her hand, imitating Roselle's earlier gesture. "Mr. President, just how can the Rose School escape the Mother Tree of Desire's control?"
Tsk, this question really is troublesome.
"For this question, I could simply answer, 'Kill the Mother Tree of Desire,' but..."
Edward thought for a moment before saying, "Go find the future Lord of the Mysteries. He's the one who can truly help you. Of course, you can also wait until I regain enough strength and then ask for my help."
"..."
"If you want to avoid ending up 'Headless' in the future, then abandon the Rose School's Temperance Faction."
She silently shook her head.
If Reinette could truly abandon the Temperance Faction, she would have done so centuries ago.
Edward had expected as much. He turned to