The people in the room exchanged glances. "You mean..."
"I suspect the changes in those two might also have something to do with [it]," Allen said, his voice somewhat low. "They were both in the outskirts of the Imperial Capital. Perhaps they went near those ruins too."
Everyone understood what Allen meant-perhaps Simon had [it] inside him.
Dorothea pondered for a moment, then turned to Elsa. "Were you being controlled by [it] at the time? Would [it] drastically change your personality or anything like that?"
Elsa slowly shook her head. "I only sensed [it] inside me. [It] didn't seem able to control its host immediately, but eroded them little by little. There was a brief gap in my memory. That was when [it] controlled me. As for what happens while I'm being controlled, I'm not sure either." "Then why were you in such a hurry to kill yourself? You could have waited for us to come back!"
Elsa glanced at Clara, who was slurping hot porridge beside her. "I could sense [its] malice. With the Family Annihilation Case right before us, even if [it] could only control me briefly, I might still have hurt Clara."
She said no more, and the others in the room did not press her.
Elsa was unwilling to lose Clara under any circumstances. The instant she discovered she would lose control, she had resolutely chosen to kill herself. "Then isn't Maeve in grave danger!?"
The room fell silent for a moment.
Indeed, if Simon really was being controlled by [it], this could very well turn into another Family Annihilation Case.
"I'll go talk to Maeve and hire her on behalf of the Canteen. She can stay at the Canteen at night," Elsa said, rising.
"I'll go with you." Allen followed her.
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