Oh man.
On chapter 14, when Yuu is talking about Sunny and not wanting to disappoint her... That second panel kind of gives the impression that it's just his mental image of her. That it's how he imagines she would look.
But no, at the end it shows that was actually cutting to her.
"What was that? It must have been a trick!"
Ah, yes, the enemy carrier units just exploded on their own. On command. Yes, that's totally what happened.
To be a trick, the entire battle would need to have been staged.
But I guess this is a purely emotional reaction. Those are never known to...
Also note that, a couple of panels later, Alpha is talking about "not interfering with each others' subjects."
If Beta had already done so by that point, Alpha would certainly not be talking about it that way. She would be objecting to Beta breaking the rules.
Eh, I'm mostly being silly. It seems to be the gag of the story, more than half the women this guy has ever come across is crazy for him, not just his guild members.
Honestly, the old lady should beat his ass for that last line. She knows how Zieglinde feels about him, she knows how badly she wants the current situation... And that means she knows how much she will be hurt by a claim of "it doesn't mean anything" or "it isn't real" or "just doing it for...