January 20, 1676 in the imperial calendar.

Time will wash away all the wounds, and thanks to the efforts of Admiral Lessa, the post-war reconstruction work proceeds in an orderly manner. Now, after such a long time at work, everyone finally has the leisure to celebrate the hard-won New Year.

And Anjie is facing a problem at this time.

"Prosthetic...... What kind of good one to choose? ”

Faced with the mechanic's question, An Jie looked confused.

"Does it make a difference?"

"Yes, yes! The biggest difference is performance, those that use composite neuronal materials are much better than prosthetics driven by a single mechanical gear, and if you need it, you can also add artificial skin or something~ Of course! The better the prosthetic, the more expensive it is~"

Facing the enthusiastic mechanic, An Jie groaned. She has accumulated a deposit so far in the army, although it is not much, but it should be no problem to install a medium or higher prosthetic.

Thinking of this, she was going to make an offer. But until then......

"Boss! We want the best! ”

Arred said without changing his face.

Jack, who was standing next to him, angrily withdrew his outstretched hand.

"Do you have any money? Al? ”

"Well, my family is barely a nobleman, and I still have a little savings."

Al laughed.

And Jack muttered in a low voice: "What's so great about the nobility, I must be richer than the nobility in the future............"

But the two waited for a while An Jie but did not respond, and when they looked at An Jie, they found that her eyes were closed, her expression was painful, and her breathing was short.

It's shock.

Al and Jack hurriedly pinched Anjie and rescued Anjie again.

“………… I'm sorry. ”

"It's fine!" ×2

The symptoms caused by low blood pressure were much more serious than An Jie imagined, and she thought at first that it was just low blood pressure, even if she relied on perseverance, she could survive it. But this idea was shattered after twenty or thirty shocks a day.

Glancing at the cardiac pressure meter in his hand, the pointer was pointing to the number 56 in the blue area. This means that Anjie needs to rest.

However, she had only been out of the hospital for less than an hour.

This gave An Jie some idea of how bad her physical condition was.

"Let me ask first, is the best prosthetic heavy?"

She won't be polite to Al, after all, she has saved Al's life, and instead of talking about money and feelings with nobles, An Jie is more concerned about whether the weight of her limbs is something that her broken body can bear.

The mechanic's answer reassured her slightly. "It's not heavy, our best prosthetics here are tailor-made and guaranteed to be the same weight as your intact left leg."

"It's just that for your age, I'll probably have to replace the parts every year in the future, so please be mentally prepared."

An Jie replied, "I see." ”

The mechanic turned around and entered the workshop to start working, just like he said, the most advanced prosthetics are custom-made, and it will take about two or three hours for Anjie's right calf prosthesis to be formed...... This is also because the ten-year-old girl's legs are made of less material.

"Do you want to go around?" Jack, holding the handle of Anjie's wheelchair, suggested.

However, his proposal did not wait for any answer, and An Jie sat in a wheelchair with her head bowed and motionless.

Jack subconsciously reached out to pinch her, but was stopped by Arred in time. "Don't worry, she's just asleep."

Indeed, although An Jie lowered her head and was motionless, her breathing was steady, not like a state of shock.

She just fell asleep.

Seeing this, Jack had no choice but to retract his hand. In this way, he and Arrid waited for Anjie and other mechanics to finish making the prosthetic.

Long......

"Uh-huh............"

An Jie opened her sleepy eyes, looking listless. Her cyborg heart wasn't beating fast enough, and it was impossible to be as alive as before.

But she was mentally prepared for this, so she didn't take her current state of lack of energy to heart...... It's just that she realized right away that something was wrong!

"Here it is...... Where? ”

As far as the eye can see, there is a dark world in front of you, left and right. An Jie's upper body wandered in the darkness, and her blank eyes wandered around.

She remembered that she was in the mechanic's shop before, how could she end up in such a strange space now?!

Just after waking up, the chaotic brain was stunned for a while, and An Jie realized that there was a light under his feet.

Not only that, but her right calf also felt like something was being tightened. She looked down......

“！”

In a pitch-black space, only a circular light source was under her feet, and her entire upper body was in darkness, leaving only one right calf in the light source. And the tightness from the calf came from a pit viper covered in purple venom, and when An Jie saw it, he spit out a letter at her arrogantly.

An Jie subconsciously wanted to use magic to tear the pit viper apart, but she was horrified to find that she couldn't do anything.

Can't attack, can't act, can't even make a sound.

Seeing that the pit viper was wrapping around her legs all the way up, about to reach her thighs............

………… The light source suddenly vanished.

Disappeared along with the pit viper...... as well as her legs.

"Ahh!!h

The pitch-black magic condensed and formed, and a steel calf suddenly kicked out, kicking the guy who was blocking An Jie out with a bang!

"Bang!"

The poor guy who was kicked away fainted gorgeously after knocking down a mechanical part on the ground.

"Dididi............

Anjie's heart pressure meter sounded a beeping alarm, indicating that her heart pressure had entered the orange zone - she had to rest.

And this series of dripping sounds also calmed down the frightened An Jie...... Then she saw who she was kicking away.

"Uh...... Al............"

The scene was very quiet for a while.

Until the mechanic brother calmly picked up the custom-made prosthetic leg and walked to An Jie and said, "It's okay, it's just a phantom limb pain." The silence was broken.

"Phantom Limb...... Pain? ”

"Illness that persists in a limb that has been subjectively perceived to have been lost, often with severe pain......"

The mechanic brother pressed An Jie's broken leg.

"It hurts!"

“…… and hallucinations. ”

After the three confirmed that An Jie's spirit had returned to reality, he picked up the tools used to pick up the leg and planned to start work.

Obviously, in the mechanic's mind, phantom limb pain is not "just" at all.

"I have received a lot of customers with broken hands and feet because of the prosthetic business, and they all suffer from phantom limb pain like you, and there is still no good solution for this disease, so you must be prepared to fight against hallucinations in the future."

"Hah~"

An Jie sighed: "I have to make too many mental preparations to count. ”

"There is no way, if people with disabilities want to live like normal people, they have to be mentally prepared for countless people. Otherwise, in a world where everyone else is healthy, only one's own crippled loneliness will make people collapse. ”

The mechanic had a point, but Anjie's situation was more than just a disability.

"How's Al's doing?"

Jack, who was squatting next to Arred, smacked his lips and said, "Two broken ribs, Anjie, you are really heavy!" ”

The mechanic's body shook, and the movements of his hands slowed down a little. An Jie repeatedly assured him that he would not fall into a state of hallucination, so he hesitated to start work again.

It's been a long time.

"Okay, the prosthetic leg is finished. Get out of your wheelchair and take two steps to take a look. ”

An Jie got out of the wheelchair and tried to take two steps. At first, she was a little wobbly, but soon she found the trick: to use magic to bind her body, like a baby learning to walk in a walker, and she soon mastered the manipulation of her prosthetic limbs.

"How?"

There was pride in the mechanic's voice, and the quality of this mechanical leg was indeed worthy of his pride.

"Okay, no words."

An Jie did not hesitate to praise herself. Finally, she asked, "But I have a question." ”

"What's the problem?"

"What are the causes of phantom limb pain? I've got enough things to guard against, and I really can't stand it when I add a hallucination. ”

"I'm sorry, I can't really help you with this. But ......"

The little brother of the mechanic groaned for a while, and said to An Jie: "However, I think that phantom limb pain may be people's reluctance to lose things, which is why it is so difficult to get rid of." ”

An Jie frowned, the mechanic's little brother's statement was too romantic, and it didn't match the answer she wanted.

She opened her mouth to say something.

Anjie: "........."

"Poof."

Jack: "Ah! I'm fainting! ”