The Combat Baker and Automaton Waitress

The Combat Baker and Automaton Waitress (戦うパン屋と機械じかけの看板娘, Tatakau Panya to Automaton Waitress) is a light novel series by SOW with illustrations by ZAZA. The first volume was released in Japan March 30, 2015. BookWalker has released the novels digitally in English as timed exclusives.

Plot
The war hero known as Silver Wolf - Lud Langart - pilots a humanoid assault weapon while he dreams of life as a baker. With the war over, Lud now peacefully runs his bakery, but thanks to his frightening scowl, he can't sell a single loaf of bread. After posting an ad for a waitress in a last-ditch effort to save his business, who should reply but a beautiful silver-haired, red-eyed young girl. What Lud doesn't know is that this new waitress was born from Avei, his AI partner installed in the humanoid assault weapon he piloted during the war.