I love time travel the most!

Kazuma Sato wiped the sweat from his forehead, came over to Megumin and Wiz, and said with a smile, "How are you two archmages adjusting? Don't let us down later."

"Yes, leave it to me. After all, I am a lich, one of the highest-ranking undead monsters. As long as we can successfully break the barrier, the rest is on my shoulders! If we fail... well, let's all happily return to dust together."

Sato Kazuma's joke was met with an even more outrageous response from Wiz, almost making Sato Kazuma want to curse.

"And what about you, Huihui?"

"Don't worry, don't worry! I'll use explosive magic to blast, blast, blast until everything is reduced to ashes!" Huihui stammered. It seemed that this little girl was indeed very nervous when facing such a big scene for the first time.

However, there's nothing we can do about it.

Not only Megumin, but almost all the adventurers present were novices, so Kazuma Sato didn't mean to look down on them.

"Don't be nervous. It doesn't matter if we don't succeed. We still have Senior Kobayashi. His mech will definitely be able to stop the Destroyer."

"Mecha?!"

You know, Huihui isn't sleepy anymore, because she loves mecha the most.

She suddenly leaned closer, her cheeks slightly flushed, pointed at the mechs outside the town, and excitedly shouted, "Kazuma, Kazuma!"

"Yes, I am Kazuma."

"What is that robot?!"

"As you can see, it's a mecha."

"So that's how it is, it's a robot!"

"...I was talking about mechs, wasn't I?"

Kazuma Sato looked at the little girl who was panting heavily and impatiently, not understanding why she suddenly generated electricity.

But when Huihui said, "Kazuma, Kazuma!"

"Yes, I am Kazuma."

"Can I keep this as a pet? Can I keep this robot as a pet?"

She seemed to have said something outrageous, leaving Kazuma Sato completely speechless.

Are robots kept as pets?

He understood why Huihui was so excited; the little girl in front of him not only liked big and thick things, but also robots.

"I'll say it again, this is a mecha!"

Kazuma Sato is particularly stubborn about this.

However, his thinking is understandable, since mechs, in terms of both design and performance, have a higher degree of science fiction feel.

In contrast, robots are rather low-end.

"As for your suggestion to keep it, you'll have to ask Kobayashi-senpai, since he's the one piloting the mecha." Sato Kazuma thought for a moment and said, "But after all, it's our team's mecha, so there shouldn't be any problem, right?"

"That's great!"

Upon hearing this answer, the little girl's eyes lit up as she looked down at the mecha.

Hmm, it seems she's not nervous anymore.

Kazuma Sato nodded in satisfaction.

Kobayashi slowed down and piloted his mech slowly to Kness's side.

This perverted knight's true identity is the daughter of a great nobleman. Neither the responsibilities of a knight nor the obligations of a nobleman allow her to desert her post.

Therefore, she stood there and refused to leave no matter how much they tried to persuade her.

"Yo, Darkness."

A voice came from inside the mech.

After a brief moment of surprise, Darkness said knowingly, "Is it Kobayashi?"

Unlike other adventurers who panicked at the sight of mechs, Darkness maintained a calm and collected expression, showing no sign of fear or hesitation. If one didn't know her true appearance, one would mistake her for a real knight.

Darkness planted his newly bought greatsword into the ground, placed his hands on the hilt, and gazed into the distance.

Kobayashi's voice came from inside the mech. He said, "Darkness, although your defense is very strong, this time it's too much of a stretch. And if a battle breaks out later, it may affect you, so leave for now and don't distract me."

Darkness then spoke up, "Kobayashi, it's all my fault for acting this way, which has caused you to misunderstand... But do you really think I'm a woman who's so loyal to my own desires, even in this emergency?"

"If you really think so, is there any need to say more?"

Xiaolin's words made her pause for a moment, and her face quietly turned red.

But the lashing was not over yet.

Kobayashi continued, "Just now, the moment you saw the mecha, you were already thinking about being played with by it when you got back, right? You even started fantasizing about human-machine sex, weren't you? Yes, you are such an incurable perverted knight."

"What—! Hoo-ha—hoo-ha—!"

Kobayashi's sharp tongue didn't anger Darkness; instead, he crossed his arms and gasped for breath.

It has obviously already generated electricity.

Perhaps it really is a state of emergency, for the perverted knight quickly regained his composure and said, "I am a paladin. And besides that, I have other reasons that compel me to protect this town. I can't say right now, but I have a duty to protect the residents here, so... no matter how reckless this may seem, I will not leave this place."

"Honestly, you can be really stubborn and willful sometimes."

Don't you like stubborn and willful companions?

"It depends on the occasion. But in this case, I don't dislike it."

"That's right..."

Darkness whispered this, seemingly a little relieved.

Kobayashi stopped trying to persuade her and said, "Then let's fight side by side from now on, Lalatina."

"Yes!...Eh?"

Darkness was dumbfounded.

She turned her head slowly, looking at the huge mecha beside her in disbelief, seemingly not understanding why Kobayashi knew her name.

Kobayashi asked curiously, "What's wrong? Isn't the reason you're not leaving precisely because you're a knight and also the daughter of the noble family of Dustinis?"

"Eh...Eh? No...no, you, you are...how..."

Darkness clearly hadn't expected Kobayashi to point it out.

Most importantly, she had never mentioned these things and couldn't understand why Kobayashi knew her real name, which made her feel incredibly ashamed.

"Because I saw you naked, Lalatina."

"Don't, don't call me by that name!"

Darkness became unusually shy.

Kobayashi, however, completely disregarded the girl's feelings, and of course, he didn't need to worry about the perverted knight's thoughts either. He stated bluntly, "My ability, [Five Visions], allows me to see through everything, whether it's what someone is thinking or what they're wearing. So what I just saw through was in a physical sense."

"W-what?!"

Darkness blushed instantly, her flushed cheeks trembling as she twisted her body, her hands clasped in front of her chest as if trying to hide something.

Kobayashi asked curiously, "What's there to be shy about? We've done even more intimate things before."

"But...!"

The perverted knight's reaction was truly unpredictable; it was hard to tell whether he was enjoying it or genuinely shy.

At that moment, Darkness suddenly heard a murmur.

"So, you have to achieve something for my sake..."

"Huh? What did you say, Kobayashi?"

"nothing."

Without giving Darkness a chance to press further, Kobayashi gazed into the distance and said, "Let's talk about it later, the Destroyer is coming!"

At the same time, the ground shook.

Just like when the mechs appeared, it's still very slight, but the ground is definitely shaking.

From behind the distant hills, the first thing you can see is the exposed head (the mobile fortress).

—Mobile Fortress Destroyer!

I really wanted to tell them not to just pick any name, but everyone who has seen the Destroyer thinks this name is very fitting.

On the city wall, someone muttered to himself, "What is that? It's just too big, no matter how you look at it."

Really big.

As tall as a mountain, Kobayashi's mecha, the Aqua, which was as tall as a city wall, appeared tiny in comparison, only reaching half the height of its eight legs.

It's huge! And it's so fast!

It's even scarier than I imagined!

Faced with the approaching gigantic object, the adventurers were gripped by panic.

Are mechs really useful?

Some people couldn't help but groan in despair.

At that moment, amplified by magic, Miss Luna's voice resounded throughout the entire plain.

[Adventurers, the Mobile Fortress Destroyer has appeared! Residents of the town, please immediately move out of town from the rear! Now, adventurers, prepare for battle! ...Wait, wait, Miss Aqua, don't grab the megaphone!]

Luna's panic was accompanied by a commotion.

The atmosphere was quite serious and tense at first, but Aqua's meddling completely ruined it.

Just when Kobayashi thought it was about time, Aqua's voice came.

【Kobayashi! Pilot my modified mecha and wreak havoc! Go for it! Let them witness the power of Aqua—the Goddess of Water!】

"Since the goddess has said so..."

As the enormous, octopus-like golem drew ever closer, Kobayashi felt a surge of fervor coursing through him.

Then, he bent down and sprinted forward to meet him.