@Juslin she's just saying it that way to not hurt her. You can tell by her relief at the end that she had been trying her best to support her daughter without forcing anything
It's probably cuz of smthg along the lines of I don't want you to think our relationship is based on a legend kind of thing but both are too dense to be considerate of the other
Tsukina warukunai yo ne
This arc is gone be the ending in my book. Still going to reservedly read on, but I'll treat it as a new story unless it fits well (which hopefully is the case)
@cullinaire in my eyes it's more like "we've let you play with your little world and your warm love story and it isn't doing too bad... But -- " *brandishes axe* -- "it's time to get the views with some drama or it'll be hard to explain to the higher-ups." *Brings axe close to neck* "You...