Sorcerer's Manual, Sea of Knowledge, Chapter 1241: The Vacation Went Too Fast.
Ash believing in her had always been within Vishy's expectations. With her false affection and anti-domination, it was only a matter of time before Ash fell.
But absolutely not now.
Whether Vishy or Ash, both of them had prepared for a long war. Though they both intended to turn the other into their own possession, they understood even better that the other would never submit. Perhaps one day Vishy would grow tired of this playacting, or perhaps Ash would suddenly realize one more or one less sweetheart made no difference, and then this relationship of theirs, where they had to stand on tiptoe and stretch out their hands just to touch each other, would naturally retreat back to its original distance... the distance of blades pointed at each other.
They should have been two lines walking in opposite directions, yet by chance they had become entangled and were traveling together; separation was their inevitability. But if they truly could keep walking onward, if Vishy truly never managed to break free of the Ruby Chains, then she could only continue to endure in humiliation, waiting for the chance to betray Ash, always ready to take vicious revenge on him... but if that chance never appeared, then Vishy could only stay by his side forever, unwilling as she was.
Ash would trust her, but that was at the very, very end, the conclusion of the conclusion, the terminus of a distant journey. By then, she might even have a few children, since Ash always felt motherhood could change her. But Vishy knew that was absolutely impossible—like how Ash often had his IQ drop below six years old, yet she had never felt the slightest spark of maternal instinct. Rage hot