User blog comment:B214/Volume 22 spoilers/@comment-14.201.211.143-20160910010909/@comment-9595671-20160910151040

Well to slightly explain Elmenhilde's reasons, I perosnally think what happened in Volumes 14-16 really crushed her because of what she learned and saw, ot probably let her see just how bad things got because of that view and she was one of the more tolerant ones.