In the alchemy workshop, the swarm of Nidhoggurs operated in an orderly fashion, though not as efficiently and extensively as those commanded by the peerless Ravenna, but Helen's control level was also rapidly improving.
Ansel observed all this, his expression one of contentment, as he spoke:
"What progress do you think Helen will make after she consumes you?"
He spoke clearly not towards Helen, so it could only be…
Restrained by the binding device, the silent Ravenna kept her eyes closed, not uttering a word.
That day, the victorious Helen did not slay Ravenna, nor did she consume her soul to make it her own true essence.
For Helen told Ansel that she feared such direct consumption might allow Ravenna's psyche to infect her own, and she did not wish for her newly reborn, pure self to be tainted by the remnants of the past. She wished to wait until Flamelle was available to perform a sufficiently precise "surgery".
