Elle's manga / #7 prodigies(1)

____spoiler_______ . . . . . . . . . . Masato (a.k.a. the merchant/ business prodigy) has left the group of 7, and it seems like he sided with the empire? It's a pity because he is my favourite character. I hope it's some sort of plan that they hatched earlier on but just from the way things are shown it seems like he may have actually betrayed the group. I understand that tho, since siding with that one empire guy may be the only method to go back to earth at the current moment of the story. I do hope things turn out for the better, and is it weird to say I ship Masato with the magician