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Originally Posted by Nightengale

Spoiler for late manga:

It can be interpreted as mere deep friendship/yadayada deep non-romantic relationship ala Harry/Hermione, but Allen x Rinali allusions are pretty strong later on. Though Allen doesn't really look at her that way, of course.

Spoiler:

Um, Allen thiking Linally is cute, and Allen blushing when everybody is watching him and Linally hold hands when they're reunited, shows quite well that Allen does "look at Linally" in a romantic sense, imo.