Actually there is a very simple explanation for why. Beato should have de-existed in the same way at the end of episode 4, but due to the shackle rule she didn't, even though as Bernkastel says: her soul is dead and all that's left is a doll like corpse.
The shackle rule does not Have to apply to Erika at all and it's never been said that it does. If anything caused her deny herself there would be nothing keeping that from happening. She probably could've used some tricks to keep herself from de-existing just like Beato supposedly could have.
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