[He forgets that he's starting to think reckless due to his condition.]

Clearly yes. But I do want to do something rather than sitting around waiting for a cure to be found. Besides, after this, I was thinking of taking up Koishi's offer to heal my condition.

[Sycamore then shows a red string that he is holding on the whole time.]

I used this to create a path back to my group. It's very old-fashioned, but it does a trick to survive.