Annan's feelings were complicated.
Regardless of whether Evelyn gave up on the ritual or completed it.
The difference was merely whether her body left Benjamin, or her soul left Benjamin...
Was Benjamin's decision to go to Heath Tower of Black, become a transformation wizard, and recruit a large number of apprentices and sell transformation products all because he believed it was because he failed to get the ointment that year when Evelyn died?
...It seemed plausible.
According to Salvatore, it was only in the past few decades that a large number of civilian transformation products began to appear in the Noah Kingdom.