Late at night.
Rather than wait for dawn, he ended the dream as soon as he finished talking with Lillian.
Elliot opened his eyes in bed. The first thing he did was go to the Difference Engine to check the Cards.
"It worked, just as I thought."
Looking at the [Believer Lillian Rose] Card, Elliot smiled in satisfaction.
He had initially worried whether he could bring Lillian into the cult without using the Difference Engine.
The result did not disappoint him. Sure enough, as long as he followed the recruitment process and explained the sect's doctrines and Path, he could successfully turn Lillian into a Believer.
"Good thing I never named the sect or even revealed that it existed. Even if the Night Watch Bureau investigates, they'll probably only trace it back to the Raven Parliament." Elliot pursed his lips.
He tried dropping [Believer Lillian Rose] into the Card slot, but unfortunately, it was ejected.
"So I still can't give Believers orders." Elliot sighed. "Still, being able to see roughly what she's doing is something." Elliot looked up at the brass dials overhead, searching for news of each Believer.
[Believer Allen is sleeping.] [Follower Dorothea Ramsey is sleeping.] [Believer Lillian Rose is destroying the Second Era.]
Elliot: "???"
"Is the Difference Engine broken?"
Elliot scratched his head. What exactly did someone have to do to count as "destroying the Second Era"?
After thinking for a long time without coming up with anything, Elliot set the matter aside for now and turned to operating the Difference Engine.
Inside the Mansion in the Hearthfire District.
Vanessa was sleeping sprawled out on her bed. She had never had much of a sleeping posture, but fortunately, no one was fighting her for the covers this time.
Bang!
The door was flung open,