Creak, creak!
Babbage, caught in the lathe, was making a terrifyingly loud noise.
The teacher is going to be crushed by the lathe!
Even if robots don’t feel pain, that sound is too scary.
Eikou felt his hair stand on end just listening to it.
Gawain rushed forward without hesitation, wanting to pull Teacher Babbage out with his powerful arm strength.
After a while, he realized this approach was wrong and shouted, “Eikou, quickly find the emergency stop switch!”
Emergency stop!
Eikou suddenly woke up as if from a dream, but he looked at the dense row of buttons on the workbench and was completely bewildered.
But he looked at the pile of buttons on the workbench and was completely bewildered.
Which one was the emergency stop switch again.
“I’m going to activate my skill!
Teacher Babbage, don’t be afraid, I’m here to save you!”
The dice fell.
[ You activated your skill, ‘Intuition C’ ]
The score is B, higher than your skill level.
Intuition failed.
You followed your Intuition, but you didn’t press the emergency stop button.
Damn it, it failed at such a crucial moment.
One more time.
“Babbage, Sir Gawain, just hold on a little longer!”
You activated the skill, [Intuition C].
[The score is EX, a critical failure.]
Instead of pressing the lathe’s emergency stop, you pressed the button to increase output efficiency.
How did I critically fail again!
I’m as Unlucky as Sir Tristan!
Eikou’s hands began to uncontrollably slap the workbench, hitting the output efficiency switch.
The lathe spun even more vigorously!
Creak, creak, creak, creak, creak!!!
The sound of grinding steel from the lathe became even more deafening.
“Eikou, why are you making it even more intense!” Sir Gawain shouted.
No!!
Eikou felt his heart had stopped beating.
Forget it!
Since it’s already like this, I’ll go all out!
You activated the skill, [Intuition C].
[The score is D, Intuition activated successfully.]
Bang!
Eikou pressed the emergency stop button with all his might.
This terrifying lathe slowly came to a halt, finally no longer ravaging Babbage’s body.
However, Babbage also showed no signs of movement.
The three looked at the steel monstrosity, mangled beyond recognition, motionless, and even emitting sparks.
“Although I’m not entirely clear on the current situation…”
Eikou slowly began to speak.
“But my body knows exactly what to do now!”
Sir Gawain said solemnly.
With that, the two of them ran out without hesitation.
“Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!
My Lords, please wait for me!”
Before the two could run out, Lord Tristan burst out with the fastest speed and strength of his life, grabbing their collars and forcibly dragging them back.
Although Eikou was pulled back, his feet were still struggling to push outwards.
“Let go, you bastard.” he said, “I’m not even familiar with you!
If you’re a man, you should take full responsibility!
Hurry up and surrender to the police to get a lighter sentence!”
“Lord Eikou, you also added fuel to the fire back then.”
“I was trying to salvage the situation, okay?
Anyway, since you’ve already caused trouble, why don’t you just take all the blame for me too?
Please, I’ll give you five bucks.”
“Lord Eikou, we are good friends on the same boat!”
“That’s just accomplices on a pirate ship, isn’t it?
I don’t want to get on your ship!
Sir Gawain, let’s run!”
Sir Gawain seemed relatively calmer compared to them, and said in a very heavy tone: “Sir Tristan, Sir Eikou, you will always be my good friends.
But I hope that before you go in, you can first resign from the Knights, at least don’t cause trouble for His Majesty.”
“My Lords, you are hurting me greatly.” Sir Tristan said, shaking his head with a sigh.
“The person who is truly hurt here has already been crushed into pieces by the machine…” Eikou retorted, “Speaking of which, Sir Gawain, how did I become his accomplice?
I absolutely refuse to admit that.”
“In my opinion, both of you are responsible.
You pressed the acceleration button.”
“Haha, I see…”
Eikou nodded, then walked over to Sir Tristan, “Sir Tristan, look at his shameless face, he’s trying to pin the blame on us.
Why don’t we just go all the way, get rid of him, and then push all the blame onto him.”
“I see, mistakes and mistakes can cancel each other out.”
“Wait, My Lords, you should calm down.
Since Babbage hasn’t returned to the Throne of Heroes yet, it means he shouldn’t be dead!”
Sir Gawain quickly said.
The three looked at each other, took a deep breath, and managed to calm down, then returned to Babbage’s side.
“Babbage, you have truly suffered…” Sir Tristan whispered painfully.
“I tried my best to hold onto him, but I still couldn’t contend with the machine…” Sir Gawain also bowed his head deeply.
Eikou looked at the scattered fragments of remains.
Which piece was Babbage?
“He should still be savable…” Sir Gawain looked around, then dragged out a large chunk of iron slag, inside which the differential engine was still running, “This is Babbage’s core.
It’s fine as long as his main body is okay.
Now, My Lords, you just need to repair his body.”
Looking at the still-running engine, and then at the torn-apart remains of the machine, Lord Tristan’s tightly furrowed brows relaxed slightly.
“As long as we put him back together completely… everything will be fine, right?”
“Do you know how to assemble a machine?” Eikou asked with a worried expression.
“I don’t know, but I once learned a few tricks of bare-handed arc welding from Bedivere, so I know a little about this.” the melancholic red-haired man mused, “Sir Gawain, lend a hand, let’s put Babbage back together.”
“It’s all or nothing now.”
With that, the two dragged Babbage’s core into the workshop, then picked up the scattered steel parts and began the repair operation.
You heard the sound of hammering steel, the sharp whine of arc welding, and the urgent and flustered discussions of the two in the workshop.
You listened with great unease; the operation did not seem to be very successful…
Twenty minutes later, Sir Gawain and Sir Tristan slowly walked out, carrying a large, unactivated machine body.
If Eikou understood correctly, that was the Babbage they had repaired.
“Sorry to keep you waiting, the operation was a success.”
Sir Tristan said with a proud expression.
“Although it wasn’t what we initially envisioned, the result is still good.
I’d call it Prototype · Strike Freedom Babbage.” Sir Gawain said seriously, “If I had to describe it, it’s ‘sexy’.”
Eikou looked at the machine they had cobbled together.
This was clearly Gundam Barbatos Lupus Rex form!
“You bastards, how did you manage to piece together a Gundam with these materials!
This isn’t Babbage, nor is it Strike Freedom.
And why is it Lupus Rex?
Normally, Strike Freedom would definitely be more popular, right!”
“Because I’ve only watched Iron-Blooded Orphans.” Lord Tristan admitted.
“Your first Gundam series being Iron-Blooded Orphans, you’re truly pathetic…”
“Indeed, after watching Iron-Blooded Orphans, my depression worsened considerably.
Sigh…”
“Who cares about your depression?
What are you going to do about this situation?
Babbage doesn’t look like this at all.
He’s not that bulky, nor is his appearance so ferocious; he’s more of a rounded type.”
“Sir Eikou, it seems you understand Babbage’s appearance better than we do” Sir Gawain said, “Why don’t we let Lord Tristan rest for a bit, and the two of us can fine-tune Babbage’s appearance.”
Eikou’s expression immediately became serious: “No problem, leave it to me.
I’ve had ideas for a long time.”
You and Gawain entered the workshop and began to modify Babbage’s appearance.
You applied the skill [Blessing of the Lake D] to Sir Gawain; his various abilities steadily increased.
Modifying a mech is not an easy task; you need to pass a stamina check.
The dice rolled.
[Check failed.]
[Although you diligently repaired Babbage, the effect was not very good; the actual product was completely different from what you had imagined…]
Babbage’s appearance became even stranger.
Eikou looked at the machine in front of him with a complex expression.
“It’s a little different… but it should be close enough, right?”
“I think it’s pretty good.” Sir Gawain said, “Let’s take it out for Lord Tristan to see.”
The two of them worked together to lift out the new Babbage machine.
[Modification complete.]
Eikou said solemnly.
[Although the process was a bit bumpy, the result is still good.]
Looking at this new Babbage, Sir Tristan was so shocked he opened his eyes.
(TL: new babbage is aigis from persona 3 )
“This… how on earth did you do this?
This is far more outrageous than the Gundam I built, okay?
Are you serious?” He wiped the sweat from his forehead, “Is this really what Babbage looks like in your eyes?”
“I admit, I added a bit of artistic interpretation.
Artists, after all, must break through worldly stereotypes.” Eikou said emotionally.
“Just like His Majesty, never constrained by gender or appearance, we see His Majesty in different forms every day,” Sir Gawain echoed.
“Babbage didn’t intend to break stereotypes in this way.
you should modify it again.
He’s not that petite; he’s clearly larger in size and more rounded in shape, okay?”
Listening to Lord Tristan’s complaints, Eikou and Sir Gawain revealed expressions of sudden enlightenment.
“Eikou, you thought of it too, didn’t you!”
“You’re thinking the same thing, Sir Gawain, we’ll listen to Lord Tristan and modify it again!
This time, we’re going to create the most perfect machine… no, Babbage.”
“It feels like, My Lords, you’ve already turned this into a game…”
The two of you returned to the workshop.
Stamina check successful.
You further refined Babbage’s appearance.
This time, the modification progress was very smooth, and you successfully improved Babbage’s image.
Looking at the new machine, the two were deeply shocked, their faces filled with a sense of accomplishment.
“Sir Gawain, what do you say?”
“Perfect, sexy.”
Sir Gawain and Eikou walked out with confident expressions.
They brought out the third version of Babbage.
“Sorry to keep you waiting, the operation was very successful.” Eikou said.
“Sexy” Sir Gawain followed, “If I had to describe it, it’s ‘sexy’.
Truly worthy of Lord Eikou, to be able to create such a perfect Babbage.”
“Oh, oh, this is all thanks to Lord Tristan; his guidance really enlightened me!”
“It is indeed sexier, but what’s the use of just having ‘larger’ and ’rounder’ breasts and butt?
Your theme is getting more and more off track.”
Sir Tristan was speechless.