Chapter 913 A marriage proposal
Max danced the night away with Hazriel, he did not care that Asiva and Anna felt jealous that a new woman was receiving so much of his attention, as this was his moment, and he did not want to ruin it from the fear of being reprimanded later.
He would rather enjoy the night with Hazriel and suffer the consequences of his actions later, than not enjoy it and regret it later.
His heart felt excited and his mood was elated and that was all that mattered.
He did hear a rather peculiar sounding shriek coming from the distance amidst dancing as he felt a bit weird as to what was going on, however, he chose to ignore that sound and focus on dancing with Hazriel as he was sure that others could handle the shriek.
Unfortunately, it seemed like the shriek was a bigger problem than what he had initially anticipated as five minutes later when other god's went to inquire about the source of the shriek, the scandal of the century was unearthed.
The party had to be temporarily suspended as Max was forced to leave Hazriel's side and attend to his friend who was being heckled by heresy inquisitors for tainting the goddess of life.
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Max could almost not believe his eyes at the mess that Sebastian had created.
Beniogre had a loose robe covering her body with her hair all ruffled and bite marks all over her neck.
Sebastian stood with scratches and bite marks of his own, as it was clear as day what happened between the two of them.
Max could almost not decide between praising his friend and reprimanding him. As on one hand, having intercourse with the goddess of life was a grand feat worthy of being praised, but on the other it was risky and a political mess.
It was akin to having an affair with a celebrity back on Earth and as a friend Max was extremely happy for him.
However, on the other hand, Max could not believe how Sebastian could be so stupid to take on a monarch in bed when obviously he did not have the strength to deal with the after-effects.
" Max, help" Sebastian said as soon as he saw his friend as Max could not hold his laughter and bursted out laughing on the spot.
" You think this is amusing? This man has raped the goddess! How dare you find it amusing-" complained a tier7 heresy inquisitor, one of the main pillars of the Kingdom of Life and one of Beniogre's oldest followers.
" Rape?" Sebastian said with a shock as he sucked in a breath of cold air and shook his head violently " Are you blind? Can't you see the bite marks over my chest? This woman was all over me-" Sebastian said in protest as the lead paladin visibly turned red in anger.
" HOW DARE YOU SULLY THE HONOUR OF THE GODDESS!" He shouted as he drew his sword and prepared to execute Sebastian, when Max kicked him straight in the face and stood between Sebastian and the paladin.
" You moron, she's a tier8 goddess, not some powerless mortal. Use your fucking head" Max complained as he felt disgusted by the mere accusation that Sebastian raped Beniogre.
He knew his friend better than anyone and he could vouch for his character.
Sebastian was the biggest coward he had ever seen and he would never force a woman who was not willing.
" One of the core principles of the Church Of Life is that the goddess is a celibate and therefore all her priests and followers must be too.
It might be a small matter for you, however, to us the loss of our goddess's purity is a big deal-
She is strong, but she doesn't use her strength to harm others. If the man forced himself on her, she would rather be raped than stop him! That's our lady that we follow and I can vouch for that " The paladin said as Max could not believe the idiocy of this individual.
He always felt that there was something wrong with the Kingdom of Life, however, today he understood precisely what was wrong.
On one end, their 'pure' goddess was dripping with Sebastian's love juices and on the other end her believers felt that it was Sebastian who had committed blasphemy by giving Beniogre what she desired.
" Lady Beniogre, do you have nothing to say in this matter? Do keep in mind that I have means to verify the authenticity of the words you speak, if you lie, I'll make sure I'll expose you because Sebastian is like a blood brother to me" Max said as all eyes turned towards Beniogre who had never felt more helpless in her entire lifetime.
She had planned to seduce Max and marry him to enter the quadra-alliance and to solidify her waning power, however, she had accidentally seduced one of the people who she detested the most and to make matters worse she was caught in the act after she shrieked and passed out.
There was no denying the fact that it happened, her followers assumed that she was forced because of her shriek and she was hoping that the narrative of her being forced took speed as at least that way she could use the sympathy arising from the incident to buy herself some time, however, Max showing up ruined those plans.
Now, if she denied what happened, she might accidentally start a war with the vampires and the Rajput's as there was no way that Max was going to let a false accusation slide, however, if she admitted it then her carefully crafted image of a pure maiden would be ruined forever.
Either way it was a loss for her, however, the best way to minimise losses was to double down on her claim and live to fight another day.
" It's true, it was entirely consensual, however, I hope Pope Sebastian takes responsibility for his actions.
Since he's taken my celibacy, he needs to marry me since I've offered my respect and my heart to him" Beniogre said as Max felt his eyebrows twitch at her words.
' What celibacy, what purity? What nonsense is this woman spouting?' Max thought as he knew precisely about Beniogre's escapades, however, Sebastian who had no idea about how corrupt Beniogre was, seemed to be moved by her speech as he got down on one knee and proposed to her.
" Lady Beniogre, you are without a doubt the most beautiful woman, I have ever seen, please marry me" he said as Beniogre reflexively felt like pulling her hand away from Sebastian.
Beniogre had hoped that acting innocent would get her off the hook and give her time to get out of the mess, however, she did not expect Sebastian to propose to her on the spot.
She looked around, desperately hoping for someone to speak up and save her with a smile that said ' Help me, please', however, no-one stepped up to help her as after an awkward two minutes she could only reluctantly say " yes".
Cheers went up from the crowds as Max gave Sebastian a grand hug.
The paladins and the onlookers did find the whole situation comic, however, they too were happy that it ended so joyfully, however, the real shock was yet to be delivered.
After saying yes, Beniogre was trying to convince herself that it wasn't all bad.
At Least Sebastian was tall, handsome and could perform ' Okay ' in bed and that it could be much worse.
However, as Sebastian hugged Max, he changed his form from human back to his real dwarf form, as just looking at his big scruffy beard and his short build, Beniogre passed out one more time.