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A well thought out post! It is telling of how the official publishers decide which interpretation of the source material they decide to use. Also as you have noted the original Japanese text can be read in a different way.

It was Chapter 43 where they are discussing their next move and Mika recommends they find Krul. Would offer that 'raising' someone can be good, like raising a child, raising a battle worthy spy that Mika could be. It's certainly indicative of trust as well.