Is it something carved into her Filo Rial instincts?
…Now that I think about it, if I purposely lose, then Firo will become Motoyasu’s… but he seems to have sworn loyalty to me, so we can make that in name only, and he can deal with Firo’s mating season without me.
I don’t need to know how he’ll deal with it.
After we’ve saved the world, in the sunset, he’ll meet with Firo and once again…
“Master is thinking something strange!” (Firo)
“Naofumi, please quit it with that face you make whenever you think something rude!” (Melty)