Elliot stood almost frozen before the Difference Engine. Only after a moment did he recover, wild joy flooding his face!
"It's finally done! Elsa's [honey transformation] has finally finished!"
This [honey transformation] had lasted a very long time indeed, and it had caused Elliot quite a few problems.
First, Elsa's corpses could no longer be used as sacrifices. The Courtyard was piled high with corpses, and Elsas floated everywhere in the lake that served as the Canteen's water source.
It clearly wasn't very environmentally friendly, and it had made the Canteen's dishes sweet.
Second, Elsa's corpses were somewhat troublesome to control. Their sweet scent could be smelled from far away, drawing far too much attention.
And now those problems were finally over!
Elliot quickly lay back down on the bed and entered the Courtyard through Dream Entry.
He had also been using an Elsa corpse controlled through [Compliance] to operate the Difference Engine, and now the feel of controlling her had changed somewhat.
After entering the Courtyard, he noticed something wrong at once.
"These corpses-how did they end up like this?"
"My goodness, I heard Elsa's corpse suddenly moved!"
"No wonder Dorothea got such a fright just now. I think she's been sleeping with a corpse in her arms!"
Believers were whispering all over the Courtyard. Some strange change seemed to have already occurred.
Elliot hurried to a huge fountain in the center of the Courtyard.
It was one of the Courtyard's landmarks, with white jade carved into exquisite sculptures and spring water trickling down from above.
Believers would pray here, receive baptisms, or simply drink the spring water to treat injuries, illnesses, and indigestion.
As for why the spring water had so many uses-
Elliot lowered his head to look at the pool beneath the fountain, where several Elsas