After thinking for a long time, the only thing that came to mind was the Thing of Immortality.
It could hardly be helped. Of the three talents Flora had chosen upon reaching the Third Rank, two were related to the Thing of Immortality, and her Ascension task was to complete the Thing of Immortality. It was hard not to think of it.
That raised the question: what exactly was the Thing of Immortality, and where was it?
Finding out was simple. He could just ask Flora.
Soon, Elliot controlled Vanessa and had her ask the question.
"Well..."
Flora glanced at Dorothea and Maeve beside her, looking somewhat troubled.
"Do you need us to step away?" Dorothea immediately asked.
Flora hesitated before answering, "...No need."
She beckoned to Vanessa. "Vanessa, help me undo this ribbon at the back. I can't quite reach it."
Vanessa's face twitched, but she still stepped forward to help undo it.
Compared to a noble young lady's gown, Flora's funeral attire was hardly magnificent, but it certainly covered her body most thoroughly. If she put on gloves, not a sliver of skin would show.
Her veil did not merely cover her face, either. It fell from the brim of her hat and even covered the back of her neck, leaving her fair skin only faintly visible.
Now, she lifted her veil and tilted her head slightly, letting her long hair slide to one side so Vanessa could help untie the ribbon knots behind her shoulders.
It was the corset beneath her shawl.
"Just undo the top two. I can undo the rest myself."
"How? You can't reach there either... Oh." Vanessa's face twitched again.
She realized Flora really could undo them, though her method was rather bizarre: she reached through the hole in her chest to undo