"A-Are you serious?!" Soulyphoth asked, looking at Vergil with an expression of complete disbelief. The Great World Tree of Souls had just recovered from a threat that had been consuming it for countless ages, and now the same man who had saved her was declaring that she belonged to him.
Vergil calmly observed her reaction.
"Of course. I'm a simple man, Soulyphoth. If a woman is beautiful, catches my attention, and happens to be powerful, naturally I'll want her by my side." He shrugged, as though he were explaining something perfectly reasonable. "And you meet all those requirements."
Soulyphoth opened her mouth, but it took her several seconds to manage a response.
"That doesn't mean I've agreed to anything!" she protested, bringing a hand to her chest. "You can't simply find a World Tree and decide she's going to be yours!"
