Perfikot actually doesn't enjoy turning people into living statues; this method is indeed somewhat bizarre and cruel.
However, those unscrupulous merchants genuinely believe she won't kill over trivial matters. After all, this is akin to the steam era of the 18th century in the original world; expecting these merchants to have any business integrity and professional ethics is as impossible as asking a priest not to have entered a young boy's body.
In this era, business ethics are almost nonexistent. In pursuit of profit, these merchants don't even care about workers' lives, so how could they possibly care about consumers' lives?
Especially in this era, the production process itself has certain deficiencies that later generations would find beyond human capabilities. Processing precision, material strength, and processing techniques, all are in a nascent stage.
