Chapter 61: A Race Against Time for Healing

Original: Chapter 61: A Race Against Time for Healing

“Senior, are you okay?”

After setting down the bag I was carrying, I rushed to the side of the beautiful senior who was lying on her back. I crouched down and brought my face close to hers to get a better look.

No response. But her ample chest was rising and falling faintly. She seemed to be alive.

“Can you get up? Can you drink a Potion?”

I took out a bottle containing a Potion from my Item Space.

Some serious-looking senior somewhere would probably tell me that if I’m going to give someone a Potion, I should properly take money for it. But as a human being, I absolutely cannot abandon a beautiful senior who is dying.

Well, if it were a classmate I really disliked, I’d want money even in this situation.

“Actually, there’s no response at all…”

This is troubling. I tried touching her shoulder a little and shaking her gently. No good, no reaction at all.

“What should I do…”

This is the first time I’ve seen someone in such a weakened state. I have no idea what to do.

If only she could drink the Potion, she’d recover right away… But she clearly isn’t in any condition to drink it herself.

“Senior, I’m going to pour the Potion in.”

I tried opening her mouth with my finger. Wow, what beautiful teeth. Her tongue is cute. Even the inside of her mouth is attractive—she’s truly an amazing senior.

“Hmm… but won’t this make her choke?”

Even if I pour the Potion into her mouth, if she doesn’t swallow it, it’ll just pool inside.

But if I leave her like this, she’ll definitely die. I think I have to do something. I have no choice but to bravely try pouring it into her mouth.

Slowly, slowly. I try pouring just a tiny bit of Potion into senior’s mouth.

“…… She’s… not drinking it.”

The Potion just collected in the back of her mouth.

“It feels like my attempt at kindness is finishing her off… Ah, ah, ah, ah…”

I shouldn’t have tried something I’m neither knowledgeable about nor accustomed to… I’m gradually turning pale.

“Kuh… hah…”

Perhaps finding it difficult, senior turned her head slightly to the side and spat out the Potion.

She can spit it out, but can she not swallow it…? Or was that just a reflex?

“Wh-what should I do?”

I don’t want to abandon her.

Someone, help… No good, there’s no one.

Maybe it’s because senior is lying on her back. If I prop her back against a tree trunk and try to get her to drink the Potion… But I don’t know if it’s okay to move her. It feels like she might die the moment I do.

‘Feed it to her mouth-to-mouth.’

Some strange System Message appeared in my field of vision.

‘There’s no time to think or hesitate. This is a race against time. Please feed her the Potion mouth-to-mouth.’

“To think the first time you talk to me in a while is to make such a bold proposal…”

I blushed.

To think I’d be offering my first time at a moment like this. The other party is an incredibly beautiful senior. For me, it’s an honor, but what about for senior? If someone like me were her first—.

‘It’s not a kiss. It’s mouth-to-mouth.’

“I-I know that. Geez, you’re so noisy.”

Fine, I’ll do it. I’ll do it. Even so, I am a girl in the bloom of youth. It’s okay to feel shy about an act that involves pressing lips together.

“Senior, I’m sorry. I can’t think of any other way.”

My first time will be offered to a blood-stained beauty—.

I wonder about the situation, but it’ll probably become a lifelong memory. I’d be happy if this were senior’s first time too—.

I took the Potion into my mouth. Then, while slipping my hand behind senior’s head to lift her up, I brought my face closer.

“Whoa…”

As senior’s lips drew near before my eyes, I felt like I was doing something terribly wrong. But I have to be brave, right?

Senior is like a sleeping princess. Am I playing the role of the Prince? It’s different from the first time I imagined, but the Prince’s role is to save the princess—.

I tucked my hair behind my ear so it wouldn’t fall. Then, making as cute a face as possible, I let my lips touch senior’s soft lips.

So… soft… And it feels incredibly cute. It’s completely different from my own lips.

But this won’t get her to drink the Potion. It’s not a kiss, it’s mouth-to-mouth, so I have to be bolder.

“Mmm… Mmm… Smooch…”

A strange sensation, as if the space beyond senior’s lips and the space beyond my lips had connected.

I feel like she can drink the Potion now.

“Mmph… Mmph… Mmph…”

I gradually pour the Potion into the back of senior’s mouth. How is it…?

“…… Gulp… Gulp… Gulp”

She drank it!

This should be okay. Even a small amount of Potion, as long as it’s swallowed, will properly begin the Healing.

Senior’s HP, which was probably 0 or 1, must have risen just a little.

I’ll continue feeding it to her.

“Mmph… Mmph… Mmm…”

“Gulp… Mmph… Gulp”

“Mmm… Smooch… Mmph…”

“Gulp, gulp, gulp”

I’ve completely transferred all the Potion in my mouth to senior. She’s clearly swallowing it more strongly now.

It really shows how close to death she was just a moment ago. Now she’s desperately trying to live by drinking the Potion.

But her eyes still aren’t open. I’ll do the same thing once more.

I took another Potion into my mouth and approached senior’s lips again. And I fed it to her mouth-to-mouth.

Senior drank it steadily, gulping it down.

And then, slowly, she opened her eyes. She showed me pupils as beautiful as jewels.