Lord Paimon welcomes the renowned physician.

"Welcome, Lord Buer!" "My apologies for the wait, Lord Paimon. Please, show me the way immediately." "Right this way! The patient has already been transferred to the town's medical facility." "That is a relief. Have any of those involved in the transfer shown symptoms?" "No, not so far... but just to be safe, I have requisitioned the town's guest house as a temporary isolation ward and arranged for as many doctors as possible to be dispatched from my territory." "I am deeply grateful for that. Exercising my authority as Director of the Health Bureau, I have also requested the dispatch of additional doctors and necessary supplies via communication orb. The first wave is scheduled to arrive within a day or two." "Haa... It was truly fortunate that you happened to be nearby for an inspection. Who could have imagined that the 'Demon World Plague' would break out at a time like this?" "The doctor who examined that patient deserves great praise. That disease is far more infectious than the 'Black Death' that once devastated the human realm. For us denizens of the Demon World—who absorb surrounding 'magic particles' along with oxygen to fuel our own magical power—that pathogen is nothing short of a deadly poison. Without early detection and treatment, the Demon World would inevitably face a catastrophe rivaling—or even surpassing—the horrors Europe experienced in the past." "Precisely. That is why we must contain it here at all costs—to prevent the western territory, and indeed the entire Demon World, from turning into such a hellscape." "For the time being, we need to issue an emergency decree not just for the western territory, but for the entire Demon World. We must also implement administrative measures to restrict movement and transport, while addressing the resulting shortages of food and supplies. It looks like we have some busy days ahead of us." "Yes. But for the sake of the Demon Realm and the well-being of its inhabitants, let us join forces and overcome this crisis together!" —Thanks to their desperate efforts, the damage was kept to a minimum, and they succeeded in halting the spread of the plague that had threatened to engulf the Demon Realm. In stark contrast to the Human Realm—which suffered catastrophic losses from the likes of the Black Death, the Spanish Flu, and the later coronavirus—the Demon Realm managed to weather this unprecedented crisis. Ironically, they did so by treating the Human Realm's experiences as a cautionary lesson.