"So getting A-Liu to make a move should spur SpiCa into taking the initiative."
I more or less understood what Sirius was thinking.
She had egged Flow on to confess, but the pair she actually wanted to bring together wasn't Flow and Achernar. She wanted to use this to spur SpiCa into taking the initiative and make her realize her own feelings...
Probably?
There had been signs that SpiCa liked Flow for a while now, even back when she had him pretend to be me on Nabu Island.
That was probably also why she had kept him here by her side all this time.
But...
"Aren't you worried Achernar might accept Flow's confession? Then SpiCa really wouldn't stand a chance."
As the behind-the-scenes partners of the virtual idol "Flow Princess," the two had developed quite a rapport. As far as I was concerned, it wouldn't be surprising if Achernar accepted A-Liu's confession.
"No way."
Sirius quietly denied it.
"Achernar's a witch. She's pretty slow when it comes to feelings. Besides, after taking on Chuanlang Bojiang's past, she's become a lot like that girl in plenty of ways... In other words, she prefers girls to men, so A-Liu doesn't stand a chance!"
So that was her reasoning.
"So you think he has even less of a chance dressed as a guy?"
"Of course. Your face doesn't work on everyone, you know. At least I'm not interested in you when you're a guy."
Was bringing up my face really necessary?
Still, Achernar's sexual orientation wasn't exactly a surprise. Plenty of magical girls lost interest in men...
That wasn't gender discrimination.
It was simply because this world only had magical girls, not magical boys.
Come to think of it, my girlfriend was a magical girl too, so my situation wasn't all that different.