After the Mad Rat Disease incident, the homeless in New Scandinavia East District had been cleared out entirely.
Even the Mass Grave on the outskirts had no room left to bury them.
But before long, all those corpses disappeared.
There were no traces of burning or burial. They simply disappeared.
Elliot had once thought the nobles would use these corpses when sacrificing commoners.
But after arriving in the Imperial Capital, he discovered that was not the case. The nobles used living people for the sacrifices at their festivals, not these corpses at all.
Then the question was, where had the corpses gone?
Corpses were very expensive, after all. Vanessa could casually resell a few and make far more than her salary. The profits were staggering.
Yet at the rate New Scandinavia produced corpses, their price should not have been so high, no matter how he looked at it.
Then there was the Anatomy Act, which the Circle of Vitas had worked so hard to push through, its purpose being to provide more sources of corpses.
Did that mean corpses obtained through legitimate channels were not merely far from plentiful, but actually in short supply?
"Cora, at your university, does the Medical School have enough corpses for dissection?"
Cora froze, never having expected the conversation to take this sudden turn.
"I'm not a medical student, but I often hear them complaining that there are never enough corpses. Many can only practice on corpses that have already been dissected many times. The dean even specifically encourages graduates to sign agreements to donate their bodies to the school after death, for their juniors to use."
Elliot's eyelids twitched as he listened.
In that case, perhaps Dorothea being forced to go out and practice medicine illegally had not been entirely the school's fault.
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