"Ahem, Flora, let's not talk about the past. Advance me some supernatural materials first. I need them for Simon's sacrifice. As for the accounting, charge it to..."
Vanessa faltered.
"The Cult has a special fund to support new believers. All believers can receive advancement materials free of charge, though there's currently a waiting list. Let me check Simon's sequence..."
Flora quickly pulled out several documents and searched through them, soon finding it. "Oh, your contribution points met the requirement during the festival. Your turn came up ages ago, but you declined advancement three times?"
"Yes." Simon looked a little embarrassed. "I've changed my mind now. Is that all right?"
"Yes. You can withdraw all the supernatural materials needed to reach third rank, but we only have the first-rank materials here. The rest have to be retrieved from the dream... I'll get them all out for you."
Flora glanced at Vanessa beside her.
Before long, a large pile of ore for sacrifices appeared before them.
"Vanessa, sign here. Under the procedures, you need to supervise him and ensure all this ore is used for sacrifices. It must not be diverted to other purposes or privately resold... Yes, here, under guarantor."
Vanessa was a little surprised. Had the regulations here already become this detailed?
Still, that was a good thing.
"Where's Elsa? Call her over for a sacrifice too."
Elliot had previously set aside quite a lot of supernatural materials for Vanessa, but after sacrificing that "object that changes fate," Vanessa had begun gaining progress automatically.
That meant those supernatural materials could be saved and given to other believers instead.
Among the Communion's current believers, Elsa happened to be close to fifth rank.
Elsa's [Honey Transformation] also gained progress, but she was still a little short of fifth rank. They might as