In the end, Renard silently accepted the task of finding a way to raise Sarah's favorability. Just as Luo had said, he would never know whether there was any feeling unless he tried getting close to her. Although Renard did not think he would come to like Sarah, increasing favorability did not necessarily have to involve romance. The bond between master and disciple, or the ties between friends, all fell within the scope of favorability.
Back when Xiao Ran was in the SEED World, hadn't Kira's favorability toward him reached the maximum? Cruze had placed all his hopes in Xiao Ran, and his expectations of Xiao Ran had likewise brought his favorability to the maximum. Xiao Ran and Luo, those two best buddies, also had maximum favorability. Even Xiao Ran's superior-subordinate relationship with Graham had been able to reach that level. So favorability could be raised through means other than love.
Renard chose another approach besides sweet talk and romance: teaching and forging bonds. He planned to transfer Sarah to the Burning Legion under the pretext of needing to borrow her technical expertise, then seize the opportunity during that process to establish a deep master-disciple bond... But Renard was not sure how much longer they could remain in this world, nor whether they would ever be able to return. So he would probably have to use some unconventional methods.
Thus, Renard thought of two people: El-Elf and Cruze. One was the king of spies, while the other was a master of psychology. With the two of them working together, along with a comprehensive investigation, analysis, and surveillance of Sarah's every move, analyzing her mindset and deliberately guiding her, whether it worked in the end would truly be up to fate. In any case, Renard still felt that Xiao Ran was