I Became A Mech Soldier After Waking Up in The Future. - Chapter 43

“Ah! Keiko! I’m going to fall!”

Due to Keiko’s pulling action, Jeanne’s fingers that were barely hung on the outer edge of the raised rock suddenly slipped off.

Just when she thought she would fall down, a tremendous force pulled her around her waist, saving her from the horrible fate that was awaiting her on the ground if she was really to fall.

It was Keiko. She hugged Jeanne at a critical moment!

The other soldiers were patting their chests and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But at this moment, Keiko’s expression was getting worse; her veins nearly burst out; her handsome face was flushed red, and her body was trembling.

She was now supporting the weight of two people with only three fingers of her left hand. And due to Jeanne’s sudden fall, a huge pressure instantly increased on the fingers of her left hand, making her fingers numb and cracked.

“I… caught… you… I caught you…” Keiko was comforted with difficulty. It was unknown whether she was comforting Jeanne or herself.

Jeanne looked like she was about to cry. She was panting rapidly, and hurriedly raised her left arm around Keiko’s neck to reduce the pressure on Keiko, and her right arm could no longer be lifted at the moment.

Keiko roared furiously. She did anything she could do to make stable support for Jeanne, and eventually, she used her body to support Jeanne, who was lying on top of her at the moment, hanging in the air more than ten meters high.

The two’s rapid breathing sounded in each other’s ears, and the undulating chests reached the same frequency. Jeanne closed her eyes and didn’t dare to look down at all. Her left hand was tightly hugging Keiko’s neck, and she turned her face and buried it in Keiko’s chest.

“Lieutenant! How is it?!”

Keiko gasped for a while and roared:

“I can’t climb up with her! Get the safety mattress ready now!”

Then Keiko heard the pitter-patter of footsteps from above; probably the people above her were going down to help. And there were even more raucous sounds from below as if there was the sound of an air pump. But she couldn’t hear it clearly, as if these voices were moving away from her, and with Jeanne’s slight whimper beside her ears, it looked like the invincible eldest lady was really scared.

Keiko didn’t know how to comfort her. Although her current predicament was caused by this wilful girl, she didn’t feel angry, only heartbroken seeing her like this. For whatever the purpose, she was trying so hard this time, Keiko couldn’t help but admire this woman’s grit and perseverance.

In the short dozen seconds when the air cushion was prepared below, Keiko and Jeanne were so close to each other, hanging in the air without saying a word.

Keiko could still hold on, but the increasing pain in the tip of her left finger still made her frown. At this moment, Jeanne suddenly said something in a stammer.

“You…didn’t say any words…just like that time…”

Just like that time?

“You don’t… go anymore… come back quickly…”

Don’t go anymore? Go to where? Come back? Come back, where?

“Who are you…”

Jeanne mumbled some inexplicable words when she was suddenly interrupted by Seol-Hyun Ae’s voice below.

“Keiko! Major Jeanne! The safety mattress is ready! You can come down now!”

In the end, Jeanne seemed to murmur the words “Who are you…” over and over.

Keiko could only hear it vaguely, but she didn’t concern herself with it. The eldest lady was probably frightened, and her mind might still be in a mess.

“Major, we’re going down. Don’t be afraid. You close your eyes. It’s just a moment.”

“Yeah,” Jeanne bit her lip.

“Down we go!”

Then, Keiko let go of her hand immediately and fell along with Jeanne. Jeanne felt uncomfortable falling from a high altitude and hugged Keiko tightly, not daring to let go at all.

As a result, when the two were about to drop into the mattress, Keiko, who wanted to let go but failed because she was hugged tightly by Jeanne, forcibly put her body underneath Jeanne’s body to protect her. When they crashed down, Keiko felt her body crushed due to the impact. Her face turned blue from pain and her breath was ragged.

Jeanne hurriedly stepped aside, then leaned down to check whether Keiko was injured, and she was secretly relieved when she saw that she was still intact.

The two were quickly carried to the military hospital for examination. The military doctor on duty that night happened to be Keiko’s old acquaintance, Dr. Leah.

Seeing the two of them being brought over together, Leah was slightly surprised. She asked about the current situation, and then she immediately started treatment for the two of them.

Jeanne’s right arm, including part of her right shoulder and back, was strained and slightly dislocated, and her hands and back had different degrees of scratches and abrasions.

The nails of the three fingers in the middle of Keiko’s left hand were cracked, and because of the excessive force, her muscles had been in a stiff state and could not be retracted, and her muscles were also strained.

The medical technology in the army was very advanced these days. These kinds of injuries could be healed in an instant.

They took off their clothes, put on the ointment, and went inside the recovery capsules. When they come out again, the pain had been greatly reduced. Then, Leah bandaged her arms again, and the treatment was over.

However, Keiko’s cracked fingernails were a little troublesome, and Leah wrapped her fingers little by herself, telling her that it was best not to use her left hand soon, and to come to her every day to change the bandage.

“There you are, once again, being a hero saving the damsel in distress. I say Miss Jeanne must have been falling head over heels for you by now,” Leah joked while helping her bandage her fingers.

“What nonsense are you talking about?” Keiko’s face blushed fiercely.

“Hooo~ the “Death Reaper” can also make a face like this? so cute~” teased Leah.

“You misunderstood. It’s not like what you are thinking at all,” Keiko said helplessly. She seems to have vaguely understood the reason why Jeanne acted like this today.

By the time Keiko finished all the treatments, it was already past eight o’clock in the evening, and the soldiers who accompanied them had already left.

When she left the treatment room, there was no one else in the corridor, only Jeanne, who was crossing her arms and standing gracefully not far away, waiting for her in the middle of the night.