No one to grow old with

"Do you know what that thought was, Master?" 

"Beats me." Marsella shrugged. 

"Back then, I thought… is it right to love him, knowing one day I will have to leave this world and leave him?" Aries smiled weakly, lowering her eyes until her gaze landed on the table between them. "Or should I cut ties with him while our relationship isn't that deep just yet?"

"I guessed you realized your heart and feelings aren't as shallow as you thought they were since you're here," Marsella guessed in amusement. "You will not learn witchcraft if you don't love him."

"But he doesn't see it that way, apparently." Aries laughed dryly. "For him, I am someone he needs to protect, and not someone he should rely on."

Aries then raised her gaze at Marsella once again. "It seems no matter what I'd do, he will never trust me. Strength and intellect will not matter to him. He'll keep me in a cage if that is what it takes to stop me. Am I wrong?"