"What are all these weird buttons inside your mech?"
It wasn't what Luo Feng had imagined.
The princess seemed interested only in my Tai Tan.
After all, a mech rated Black Level
was bound to have some unique features.
Under the current system on the Douluo Continent,
mech owners made modifications based on the characteristics of their Martial Souls.
For example, tool Martial Soul users would have corresponding openings installed in their mechs, either throughout the entire suit or on the legs.
That allowed them to amplify their Soul Skills without limit.
According to standard mech theory,
this Black mech could expand its user's Soul Power Level by around twenty levels.
Once someone reached the Soul Saint level, they could more or less hold their own against a Titled Douluo with the help of a mech.
Of course, compared to Battle Armor Masters,
mechs still fell short!
"Why are you acting so coy? Do you think this princess is going to eat you?"
Seeing Luo Feng hovering outside the cockpit,
Dai Yun'er seemed to have returned to her usual mischievous self, the princess of the Star Luo Empire.
The little beauty grabbed Luo Feng by the collar
and hauled the mech's owner right into the cockpit!
"Ding!"
"Ironclad, welcome back!"
Sensing the pilot's return,
BT automatically closed the hatch.
It even switched on the orange-red lights inside.
With just one pilot inside,
this was a perfectly normal color for the indicator lights.
But now there was a man and a woman in there.
The orange-red glow seemed a little too intimate.
"Quick, tell me: what are the green and red buttons?"
Pleased that her little plan had worked,
Dai Yun'er flashed her tiny canines.
She even edged closer to the young man beside her.
"Um, my mech is a little special. It's paired with my [Fullmetal Alchemist] Martial Soul..."
Luo Feng's head was buzzing.
Even though he was a transmigrator,
this was a situation he never could have dreamed of.
It was like a bottom-of-the-class loser
suddenly having the school's top beauty throw herself at him.
Not only did she give him money, she even took the initiative to snuggle up to him.
"I-I'll demonstrate it for you!"
He opened the storage compartment on his back
and slowly summoned his Martial Soul.
It was an arm with a metallic sheen.
Inside the cockpit, it formed a small transmutation array.
An alchemy array.
A white Soul Spirit slowly emerged from the device!
After a series of transformations, it turned into several first-grade Fixed Soul Guidance Cannons.
"Like this!"
"I can do it, Your Highness. Could you please move your right foot?"
"Oh?"
"Like this?"
"Why is there an exhaust pipe here?"
Dai Yun'er was acting just like a curious little kid.
The little princess had no idea
that she might be witnessing the birth of the greatest mech on the Douluo Continent.
"Pfft!"
Once he loaded the transformed Soul Guidance Cannon,
the screen in front of them lit up.
A missile-like icon appeared on the display.
"Huh?"
"You can turn low-level Soul Spirits into low-level Soul Guidance Cannons?"
"Then could higher-level Soul Spirits also be turned into higher-level Soul Guidance Cannons?"
She really was a princess of the imperial family.
And a first-level Battle Armor Master to boot.
She quickly understood how the Vanguard Titan worked.
"Uh, in theory, yes!"
"But my Soul Power isn't high enough, and I don't have spare funds to buy higher-level Soul Spirits..."
Luo Feng didn't know what had gotten into him.
He'd actually revealed his biggest secret to a woman he'd just met.
But he had to admit,
Dai Yun'er was truly captivating just then.
She was like the girl next door, holding on to her big brother's arm.
Whether it was on purpose or by chance,
those soft little buns kept brushing against him now and then...
"Excellent!"
"You're much more valuable than Tang Wulin!"
"This princess has decided. I'm making you my consort!"
What the hell?
What kind of thought process was that?
Was this some kind of leap in logic?
If Luo Feng hadn't been a transmigrator too,
he really would have struggled to understand the princess's boldness!
Just like it said in the original story,
after seeing Tang Wulin display incredible strength and win the challenge,
the little princess had wanted to make him her consort, whether he agreed or not!
She'd even proposed becoming his concubine, a theory so outrageous it had left the emperor of the Star Luo Empire furious...
And now, all I'd done was share a tiny secret about my Vanguard Titan.
And the princess had fallen for someone else.
She wanted to marry me instead?
Luo Feng froze.
A whole string of question marks appeared in his mind.
Had the little princess been rattled after hearing Tang Wulin and Gu Yuena making noises under the bed last night?
Was that why she was talking nonsense in front of me?
"Your Highness, you..."
But before Luo Feng could finish,
Dai Yun'er cut him off!
"I've thought it through. I'm going to train you to become the empire's strongest mech pilot!"
"Huh?"
"This princess will help you build a level-twelve Soul Guidance Cannon. Do you have confidence in yourself?"
"Wha...?"
After that relentless barrage,
Luo Feng suddenly felt like his brain wasn't his own anymore.
What was this?
A proposal?
Or a forced marriage?
Seeing that the boy stood there dumbfounded and wouldn't answer,
Dai Yun'er grew impatient.
"What? Are you trying to shirk responsibility?"
"Your Highness, I haven't done anything to offend you!"
"Heh, we're this close, and we're in the same mech in full view of everyone. Do you think anyone will listen to your explanation?"
Oh no!
How had I not thought of that?
The little princess had clearly planned this from the start.
She'd dug a huge pit for me!
What kind of status did a princess of the Star Luo Empire have?
And now she was alone in a room with a lowly mech pilot?
With so many of my brothers witnessing it?
What would people think?
And what would happen when the emperor heard about this?
If I couldn't give the old emperor an explanation,
would I even live to see tomorrow's sun?
"Y-Your Highness, I..."
"Gulp!"
Luo Feng finally caught on and struggled to swallow.
What a trap!
I never thought I'd run into a scheme like this after transmigrating to another world!
But Dai Yun'er was quite pretty.
And everything about her was natural.
Not a trace of cosmetic surgery.
In my world, she'd have been an influencer with five million followers!
Add in her imperial background from the Star Luo Empire,
and it didn't seem like a bad deal!
"Hehe, then it's happily settled!"
"Now, my consort, do you know what the first thing you need to do is?"
"Huh? What?"
"Of course, come with this princess to break off my engagement to Tang Wulin. Open the hatch!"
All right!
I knew this wasn't going to be that simple.
But even without me,
the little princess would never marry Tang Wulin anyway.
I might as well go along with her...
I just hoped this wasn't all a fleeting illusion.
And that it wouldn't cost me my life...