Lillie/Biography

## Volume 5

### Meeting with Liam

With some event that happen at the hotel on the empire's main planet, Liam decided to sneak out after hearing about a mobile knight exhibition. He sought to free his mind and relax from the event that he just faced, so he planned to go and see it. At that moment, he saw a young woman with blue hair, and he felt an instant attraction to her. Although she wasn't dressed conspicuously, she somehow stood out clearly in the surrounding atmosphere. The young woman seemed to be looking into a shop window with a sad gaze, as if she had something on her mind. Before she walked away, Liam felt as if his heart was being drawn towards her.

The three suitors were spotted by him trying to court the young woman. Even though the blue-haired woman has no intention of playing along, they're still persistently pursuing her. Liam intervenes to help and drives them away. The young woman seems puzzled as if she might know him, but Liam can't recall ever meeting her before. When he asks the young woman, she replies that this is their first encounter.

   Curiously, Liam tries to impress the young woman by acting like a nobleman, asking if she would like to go on an exhibition together since he's currently free and finds going alone quite boring. He wonders if she would like to join him. The young woman hesitates for a moment, and Liam tells her that it's okay if she doesn't want to go. However, as he starts to walk away, she grabs the corner of his shirt and says that she would like to go with him.

During the exhibition, there were various mobile knights exhibited from multiple factories, and there were also booths selling different goods for people to enjoy as part of the exhibit. Liam took the young woman for a stroll and showed her various mobile knight displays, observing her reactions along the way. When he asked her name, she seemed to hesitate for a moment before answering, "Lillie." Liam couldn't help but think it might be a fake name. Observing her demeanor, he thought she might be a sheltered girl who rarely goes out to have fun.

Initially, Liam perceived Lillie as pure and innocent, seemingly different apart from those strange girls around him. Liam continued to take her around the exhibition and explained about various mobile knight displays, even though he assumed she might not be interested in combat robots. However, Lillie's attentiveness and genuine interest surprised him, and they engaged in meaningful conversations. Her demeanor and the way she expressed herself made Liam feel that this girl was charming and captivating beyond measure.

They also encountered Nias, who came from Factory 7 and was struggling to sell Takoyaki to the kids. Since her sales weren't meeting the target, she was asked to set up a shop at the exhibit. When Nias met Liam, she seemed eager to sell her goods to him, but Liam declined, stating that he had already made many purchases. However, a man named Mason from Factory 6 approached Liam, presenting his business card, and engaged in conversation. Liam saw an opportunity to leave Nias behind and left with Mason.

Factory 6 differed from Factory 7, which focused on maximizing efficiency, or Factory 3, which produced large quantities of combat robots. Factory 6 emphasized the combination of aesthetics and performance. However, this approach led to issues as the machines from Factory 6 were indeed beautiful and highly efficient, but they were not suitable for real combat situations. They were so specialized that almost every part needed to be custom-made, making repairs and maintenance incredibly difficult. Moreover, due to their high specifications, using them for actual combat would result in damaging and potentially losing such expensive machines.

   Mason then took Liam and Lillie to see the mobile knight they were presenting. The mobile knight had a slim and feminine appearance, but their performance was exceptional. They tried sitting in the driver's seat, which was incredibly spacious due to its dimensional magic. Lillie showed great interest and even tried to sit in the pilot's seat, which was luxuriant and could be adjusted to fit the driver's appearance. However, while sitting, Lillie accidentally caused her skirt to flip, forcing Liam and Mason to turn their faces away automatically. Lillie found this amusing, and Liam couldn't help but think she was adorable.

At that moment, an incident occurred at the outside, as someone had stolen a mobile knight from the exhibition, causing chaos. Which the truth, it was a plan set up by the second-ranked heir, who hoped to create turmoil and use it as an opportunity to kill Liam. However, Lillie remained composed and unfazed by the situation. Liam admired about her strength and said that it made her even more adorable.

Lillie blushed and told him why talk about this at this moment. Liam decided to pilot this mobile knight to confront the situation. Mason seemed reluctant, but Liam took out his card and offered to buy the mobile knight right then and there. Mason happily accepted the offer and congratulated Liam on doing business with him.

   After Mason sold the mobile knight and left, Liam piloted the mobile knight named "Vanadis" and prepared to confront the situation. At first, he had Lillie stay together in the cockpit as it was spacious. However, when they went into real combat, the cockpit automatically adjusted to a smaller size, forcing Lillie to sit on his lap. The fighting itself wasn't a problem for Liam, but the cramped cockpit became the real issue because every impact makes Lillie to hold tighter on him and their faces almost crash with each other make them blush along the fight.

Nonetheless, they managed to deal with the enemies almost entirely, and when the authorities came to take control of the situation, Lillie was still clinging tightly to Liam, panting and blushing. Liam thought that if they weren't in such a situation, he might have mistaken Lillie's behavior as being in love with him.

After the fight Lillie glanced at her wristwatch and said she had to hurry back. It seemed like she was genuinely in a rush. So, Liam asked her to leave the mobile knight first while he stayed to speak with the authorities alone. They bid each other farewell, and Liam couldn't help but think that he would meet this blue-haired woman again in the future for sure.

### Identity Reveal

**WARNING!** This is a spoiler. Read at your own risk.
 Click **[Expand]** to display the hidden text, otherwise scroll away!    When Cecil arrived at her brother's room in the same hotel as Liam, Kurt informed her that he would be leaving for an errand but would be back soon. While waiting in Kurt's room, Cecil checked her face and hair in the mirror and noticed a few blue hairs near the storage door. Curiosity prompted her to open the door, and she found a woman's outfit and some blue hair. Initially, she wondered if Kurt had a connection with the woman with blue hair. However, she noticed a bottle of hair color-changing potion and eye color-changing potion, something not uncommon in this era as women often used it as cosmetics. But what surprised her was the gender-changing potion, which was not easily found. Cecil quickly connected the dots, realizing that Kurt may have transformed into a woman.

Meanwhile, on Liam's side, after resolving various issues, Liam finds himself scolded by Amagi for purchasing the Vanadis. The price was indeed quite high, but the real problem lies in the contract, which requires him to also take the battleship alongside the Vanadis as its support ship. Liam almost feels like cursing Mason, wondering if there is any seller who bundles the ship with the mobile knight like this. However, he has already made the purchase, and now he is at a loss about what to do with this mobile knight and its support ship.

Interestingly, while Liam thought about the time he spent inside the Vanadis with Lillie, thoughts on Kurt unexpectedly come to Liam's mind. He decides to negotiate with Amagi and suggests sending the ship and mobile knight to Kurt. Since they are allies, it's necessary to have both the ship and mobile knight equal to their status. Liam will take care of the expenses himself, Amagi accepts the proposal, even though she knows that he uses it as excuse to survive her scold, but the reasons and benefits make sense to her, so she agrees.

Liam gives the Vanadis and its support ship to Kurt, but before that Liam made some modifications to the Vanadis to give it a more masculine appearance, complete with external armor, making it look like an ordinary male appearance. Kurt accepted the Vanadis without any objections. However, while taking a bath later, Kurt looked at himself in the mirror and questioned why he had allowed himself to do something like this. With the recent engagement that was decided for him make his mind complicated and he wants to confirm his feelings for Liam as merely friendship, but he chose this method instead. Moreover, Liam also sent the Vannadis to him, a mobile knight that looked like a male on the outside but was actually a female inside. Yes, male on the outside but was actually a female inside or will this be some kind of message sent to him?

    Kurt's confusion and distress grew then he saw the left over gender-changing potion. Thinking it wasn't good to leave it like that, while finding various excuses for himself he decided to drink the left over potion. Soon enough, his eye color turned gray, and his hair transformed into long, blue. His male body changed into that of a young woman. Looking at the naked body reflection in the mirror, it was none other than Lillie herself. But the difference is instead of Kurt who feeling tormented, Lillie held her cheeks with both hands while blushing and embarrassed, Lillie's heart was now filled with happiness by the gift of the mobile knight that Liam had given to her. Thought that maybe Liam also had noticed it too.