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"Is he more trustworthy and reliable than me?" Ryuji looked at Sato Kazuma with a hint of ambiguity in her eyes.

Kobayashi smiled slightly: "Of course! ...That was only true before you, not now."

"Oh dear, it seems I've fallen out of favor. But thinking about it, it makes sense. Compared to those utterly useless, lowest-class human bugs, I, as the highest-class Y-series doll, am far more trustworthy."

Liu Zi proudly puffed out her chest with the air of a victor, though her posture didn't rise or fall much.

"I'm a high school boy with a lot of desires, and my type is older women!"

After grumbling, Sato Kazuma couldn't help but turn to Kobayashi and complain, "Am I jealous of her? What's with this 'declaring myself the main wife' thing? And she's so sarcastic! Although she's exquisite and beautiful, her personality is terrible!"

"I'm sorry, please bear with me for a moment."

Kobayashi patted his shoulder and defended Ryuu, saying, "She's probably like that because of her character design. Actually, apart from being a bit sharp-tongued, Ryuu is a very nice, gentle, and kind person."

"Is it really?"

Kazuma Sato also knew that Ryuu was a mechanical doll, and since he was essentially a seasoned otaku, he naturally understood the "mechanical doll personality programming and cute point settings" in movies, novels, or anime.

Thinking about it this way, he felt relieved.

"Since Senior Kobayashi has said so..."

Kazuma Sato set aside his prejudices and tried to put on a friendly smile, extending his right hand to Ryuu: "Hello, Miss Ryuu. My name is Kazuma Sato, and like Kobayashi-senpai, I am a hero from another world."

This is the only title he can be proud of.

After all, he hadn't made a name for himself yet, and didn't have any powerful cheat codes. He also didn't want to be outdone by the person who had just belittled him, so he had no choice but to use the title of a hero from another world to raise his banner.

However, Liu Zi did not shake hands with him.

"Excuse me for being rude, but I simply cannot touch him."

Ryuu apologized to Kobayashi, while simultaneously saying to Sato Kazuma with disdain, "According to my visual scan, your hands have a lot of bacteria on them. I hope you can wash them before you come back."

I recall a saying I once heard.

Never shake hands with teenage boys casually, because you don't know how many regrets from their youth remain on your hand.

Xiaolin instinctively moved away from him.

"Sato-kun, you bastard..."

"Wait...! No! It's not what you think! Kobayashi-senpai! You've misunderstood! You've really misunderstood!!!"

Kazuma Sato raised his right hand and loudly defended himself.

However, his previous bad impression made his explanations unconvincing and only made things worse.

Kazuma Sato turned gray.

Unexpectedly, Ryuko completely defeated Sato Kazuma with just a few words, without even giving him a chance to defend himself.

Hmm, could she be doing this on purpose?

He said that Kazuma Sato was a reliable junior whom he trusted, so he was so jealous that he used a sharp tongue to provoke him...

Looking suspiciously at the maid beside him, but seeing that Liu Zi's expression was normal and there was nothing unusual, Kobayashi shook his head and dismissed his suspicions.

Probably not, Liu Zi wouldn't do that.

Kobayashi chose to believe.

After a short while, Kazuma Sato recovered from his ashen complexion. Despite suffering from various forms of verbal abuse, he had a strong ability to self-regulate.

He looked at the serene Liu Zi and asked, "Senior Xiao Lin, has she accepted you as her master?"

"Well, that's right."

Kobayashi nodded.

It seemed that some of the pleasure lingered in his body; after Sato Kazuma spoke, his mind subconsciously recalled the feeling of pleasure he had just experienced.

"Hmm...that's strange."

"What's wrong, Sato-kun?"

"According to the usual setting, shouldn't she consider the person who repaired her as her master? Kobayashi-senpai also said that Aqua was the one who took the lead in repairing her, so why not choose her? Ah, of course, I don't mean that Kobayashi-senpai is unsuitable to be a master."

This is a problem.

Xiaolin was also a little confused.

Although he was the one operating the equipment, Aqua was the one giving the orders; he was merely a tool to follow instructions.

So why choose him as the master?

"Could you explain this to me, Ryuu?"

"Because it was Lord Kobayashi who repaired me personally, you were chosen according to the program settings."

In other words, it means that as long as you do it yourself, regardless of whether you know how to fix it or not, as long as you can fix it... right?

"Besides, that person seems a bit dull and stupid, not suitable to be my master."

Liu Zi's sharp tongue arrived late, but it did.

The three turned their attention to Aqua, who was happily devouring two yakisoba buns, her mouth stuffed full of food, looking just like a silly, goofy squirrel.

"Well, she is Aqua after all..."

"After all, she's a silly goddess..."

Kobayashi and Sato Kazuma sighed, because Ryuji was right.

Aqua heard someone calling her and quickly looked up.

"What?"

"It's okay, you can continue eating."

"Oh!"

She cheered and then wolfed down her food.

Thank goodness I didn't choose her.

The idiot goddess is unreliable and often causes trouble. If Ryuu becomes her servant, she will definitely turn Axel upside down.

Besides, Aqua is a water goddess who often sprays water for no reason, which doesn't seem to match her as a mechanical doll created from numerous gears.

If one day Aqua sprays too much water and causes Ryuji's gears to oxidize and rust, that would be truly both laughable and frustrating.

Kobayashi suddenly remembered something: "By the way, where are Darkness and Megumin?"

"It should be at the base, right?"

Even though it's a holiday, everyone is still keeping busy.

Especially Huihui.

After the team had a common base, she became very enthusiastic about tidying up the room, and even said something incredibly heartbreaking: "This house is better than my home."

"The hotel can't accommodate four people, so let's go over there and introduce our new companions to them."

"I've wanted my own room for a long time."

Sato Kazuma's true feelings are obvious to everyone.

After quickly packing their luggage, the four headed straight for their new home, which had been converted from a warehouse.

Chapter 15 Secrets of the Night

Kobayashi was somewhat surprised when he arrived at the base.

Even after seven days of intensive renovations, the warehouse was only barely habitable; it remained a chaotic mess with piles of garbage.

But now it's clean, tidy, and brand new, and looks quite presentable.

"Those two guys are actually quite useful."

Kazuma Sato hadn't expected them to improve the base, which slightly improved his impression of them as someone who had always been useless.

"Yes, we should praise them properly later."

Kobayashi had said there would be a holiday, and Darkness and Megumin acted entirely on their own initiative, so it wouldn't be right not to praise and reward them.

"Will this earn Lord Kobayashi's praise?"

Liu Zi tilted her head, puzzled, and said, "Even if it's a bit more refined, it's still just a warehouse in the end, no different from the small houses that the lower classes live in."

"That's the result of their hard work." Kobayashi rubbed her head.

The group then entered the stronghold.

As soon as I entered, I saw Megumin riding on Darkness's shoulders, holding a magic stone for lighting, trying to put it into a small hole carved into the wall.

"Darkness, higher, higher."

"oh oh."

"Just a little bit more, just a little bit more..."

"Um..."

Darkness tried her best to stand on tiptoe, but unfortunately Megumin lowered the average height, so even if she stretched her arms out as much as she could, she couldn't fit them in.

"What are you doing?"

Kazuma Sato couldn't help but ask.

"As you can see... we are releasing... illuminating stones..."

Huihui's face turned red, and she was covered in sweat. It was a pity that she was just a little short, which made people want to help her.

Kazuma Sato rubbed his temples, speechless. "You two, if you can't reach it, why don't you stand on a stool?"

"...Yes!"

"You actually forgot!"

The two women, who had been trying so hard, were extremely embarrassed and at a loss for what to do.

I'm really worried about their intelligence.

"Alright, alright, everyone has their moments of absentmindedness, especially when engrossed in organizing. It's normal to forget things."