"Paimon, is that the demon who visited the Phoenix? I seem to recall hearing this story in my family's archives, but that was a very, very long time ago. Can anyone really live that long?"
"Many High-Rank demi-humans enjoy much longer lifespans than humans. Paimon, being of the Demon Species, is one of them. However, it indeed happened a very long time ago."
Fisher responded to Valentina's question, but then he turned the painting back around, staring at the woman's back depicted on it in silence for a long while.
The demise of the Phoenix had preceded the Mythical War that destroyed Heaven and Earth, and the defeat of the Chaos Species occurred some time before their extinction; otherwise, the three Phoenix's Sons wouldn't have left so many Traces in the mortal world. The time when Paimon presented the painting was shortly after the Phoenix Species had defeated the Chaos Species.
