The believers could not only retain their memories of the true history, but now, it seemed, were also exempt from its effects.
Elsa frowned slightly.
She took a brief look around the ruins, found nothing particularly noteworthy, and stopped exploring.
There were probably plenty of secrets deeper in the ruins, but now was not the time to explore. It was better to get Vanessa and the others back safely first. Elliot had intended to relinquish control of Elsa outright, but after some thought, he had her walk back to the stone wall and collapse, restoring her to the state she had been in before he took control.
She still held a pistol, the very one she had used to kill herself.
Simon had brought it in. He had fired one shot when he encountered Vanessa and the others before being disarmed, and Elsa, under [its] control, had picked it up. Once Elsa regained control, she had used it to kill herself.
Elliot examined the pistol's Card.
[Bronze Angel 1198]
A standard-issue revolving pistol mass-deployed after the Night Watch Bureau's restructuring. Its cylinder could hold six ordinary or enchanted bullets. Its design was finalized in 1198, as an upgraded modification of the "Bronze Angel 1175."
"A Night Watch Bureau pistol? Where did Simon get this? Don't tell me..."
Elliot turned his gaze toward Simon and the others.
After recruiting Maeve into the cult, Vanessa had not let Simon off either.
She had pulled Simon aside and spent ages explaining the doctrine again, completely ignoring his protests-he had been listening when she explained it to Maeve just now.
He had always thought he was already a member of Vanessa's Esoteric Cult. He had never expected his Cult Leader to be so insistent on ceremony that she had to explain it all to