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Originally Posted by bludvein

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That makes no sense unless events happen very differently in the LN. There was definitely no flag tripping during that arc in the WN, since Suimei went out of his way to scare the crap out of her and deflate her ego by mocking her. When she gets some POVs in the WN it makes it clear she is terrified of Suimei, not in love with him. Now later might be a different story...

It makes sense, since the editors want a story suited for reader's taste. An a romantic interest (in or from the MC) is pretty much a MUST in a published series. If the MC only got "rivals" in magic is pretty boring and the readers can't have any expectations.