Conrad's POV: "Otis!" I stood up in shock when I saw the sight before me, then bent my body to take a closer look at Otis' body. The scarlet on her chest, where my cloth belt had been wrapped, produced some slight shaking, and as I got closer to her, I could feel the frequency of her breathing change. My hand brushed against her chest, and the heartbeat, which was already very small and calm, suddenly became faster, like a source of life that was bursting into life. Otis is recovering, she must be recovering, she's saved! Did the moon god hear my prayer and grant my wish? I didn't have time to think carefully about this, I felt my heartbeat become very fast, it was like a stone rolling on a steep cliff, as if it was following the changes of Otis' heartbeat without my control. With my trembling hands I slowly untied the corner of Otis's cloth belt, and then with as slow a movement as possible untied the belt from her chest layer by layer. The band was origina
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