Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4698889-20170224092621/@comment-201.230.105.43-20170325184216

Misstress of the heavenly yard wrote: So I checked the manga and you can't really tell who's asking but they're not isnsiting that they want to be men but are instead why Elluka wants them to be specifically beautiful women

In the novel (at least the translation), it's clear that is Michaela:

"...However, why beautiful women? We are genderless. Being men can also be good......."

I am somewhat surprised as I asked Eluka with no hesitation.

So I guess you can understand this as you prefer. Michaela maybe just was curious. Or maybe Michaela has a preference.