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>As for LN vol 7, Ajisai provoking Mai into "competing" for Renako was, again, less about Renako than about Mai (more specifically, Ajisai encouraging Mai to move forward in their new relationship, the same way Mai was responsible for pushing Ajisai to confess in Vol. 3.)
I know. And this is extremely common in harem works. The whole "fair competition", or "no hard feelings", while simultaneously turning it into character development.