“I will pay you cash money to find a safer line of work.”

“Ah, Kanoya-san… you have always been so kind to me, and it’s sweet of you to be concerned. Alas, I’m not interested in the financial aspect of the job… though it does pay fairly well as a private consultant… It’s the work itself that calls to me.
"Rest assured, however; if I am ever rendered physically unable to continue the work, I would consider taking tenure as a professor at a university. I don’t expect that should happen – without rather unfortunate circumstances – any time soon, however.”

“You needn’t worry, though, Kanoya-san… It would take a lot to take me down. Particularly when I have dear friends like you to live for~”