A Victory With Cost [2]
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Carl ignored the young woman's compliments. But he couldn't ignore it until the end, because to get out of the basement he had to jump up onto the collapsed ceiling. And now Carl's feet were crushed and he couldn't jump.
"Okay, hold on tight."
"..."
Carl was held in the arms of the little girl, Vire, and put his arms around her neck. Vire jumped with all her might, kicked the wall once, and easily climbed up to the ground.
Thud!
Crunch!
Unlike her small body, her heavy movements made the armor scream.
"Okay. I'll wait here."
Carl got down and stood up straight as Vire carried him out of the mansion.
Vire wanted to get Carl out of the clean room and let him rest, but after a moment's hesitation, she decided to focus on acting as Carl's armrest.
"All casualties have been recovered."
After finishing the post-war processing, Billford approached and reported to Carl.