First things first, thanks for the translation and take care of your health
Yeah to be honest at this point I'm not so sure of what the truth is anymore.
On the one hand, I think she's likely just messing with him...
... but the author could also want to do this. It would not surprise me that much at this point. I mean, it's already a rather large harem... one more would not change the fact we need a harem ending of sorts..