The Fall of Hell
Ash had no voting rights whatsoever when it came to who he belonged to, just as spoils of war could not decide who got to claim them, and Lala Fat could not decide who was qualified to taste it. Though he also wanted to shout, "Everyone, stop fighting over me," he was afraid the smugness in those words would lead to everyone settling accounts with him later.
Unexpectedly, as Ash watched the battle with his heart in his throat, the situation gradually moved toward the picture he had been hoping for most: everyone still occupied one quarter each.
The reason was simple: Sword Maiden and the others could not beat Vishy.
On the battlefield of soul consciousness, Vishy's advantage was simply not something little girls like them could contend with, so they could only work together to drive Vishy into one corner that took up a quarter. But if they tried to keep encroaching on Vishy's basic share, Vishy would single out the weakest among them and beat her to death.
In order to avoid becoming the youngest sister with the lowest share, they could only allow Vishy to hold one quarter, and then the situation froze—if they continued infighting, they might just give Vishy an opening, and that was practically the outcome they could least accept.
Although no matter whose share became larger, the others would be unable to accept it, if they had to rank it from best to worst, it would probably be Witch > Silver Lamp > Sword Maiden > Maid.
Witch was the easiest to deal with. Even if she occupied more, they could slowly take it back, and she was also the Operator most able to accept sharing Ash, so there was no fear that she would monopolize him. Next