Chapter 213: A Hard-To-Refuse Offer

Before Calvin could process the information contained within the system notifications, Grace forcefully dismissed them as she said.

"You can take a look at them later.

"Your formatting sure is confusing. Can you at least word these things carefully?" Calvin couldn't help but criticize.

"Sure, sure, I'll remember your feedback." Grace dismissed his words with a nod as she dragged him into the room, "What do you think?"

"What do I think of this room?"

"Yup!" Grace beamed with a smile.

"It's fantastic. I could live my entire life in this room, as long as I have internet, of course..." Calvin approved with a thumbs-up.

"I'm glad that it's to your liking. I wouldn't want my instructor to hate our place of learning." Grace chuckled.

"Yeah, that makes sense... However, I don't think that I have received my reward for defeating you in Grand Turismo earlier."

"Ah, yeah, about that... I still haven't thought of what kind of reward should I give you. I'm sure that you already know how sensitive the politics of the Seven Gods and Goddesses by now, right? I think you already know why I've given you that quest for the Village of Tulog."

"It's to knock the Goddess of Pestilence and Famine down a notch, right?"

"Yup. That's the main goal."

"Wait, so the main goal wasn't to cleanse and rescue the villagers of Tulog?"

"What?! Of course, that's the main goal! Pisti is just a side-chick! How could I possibly abandon my people? Yes, that's the reason why I sent you to the Village of Tulog."

"You know what, Grace? You don't actually sound convincing..."

"..." Grace didn't know what to say.

"Ahem, anyway. I really have to go back now. I want to sleep for a few hours more."

"So, that's why you were complaining when I dragged you here..." Grace raised smirked, "I didn't expect for you to actually take that girl as your wife, are you that kind of a person who would do it with anyone if there's a hole?"

"Of course, not. I'm not that low..." Calvin chuckled.

"I see, I see..." Grace stared at him in a renewed light. "So you also noticed the abnormality within that so-called wife of yours."

"Yeah..." Calvin didn't deny it, "Let's not talk about Charlotte, okay? Just give me my rewards, so I can get out of here and have some sleep."

"What's the rush? I'll still give you what you deserve, no matter what." Grace dismissed him as she continued, "Are you going to take advantage of Charlotte's abnormality?"

"Is that why you pitied her and took her as your wife?"

"So you could absorb that thing from her and become even stronger. Seriously, Calvin... You really are someone that believes in 'the result justifies the means' eh?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Why would I take advantage of h—"

"Oh, really I'm wrong?"

Grace interrupted his words, "Then, in that case, will you have sex with me?"

"Yeah, you're wrong... She might ha—what?!" Calvin almost keeled over from shock.

"Are you serious?"

Calvin stared at Grace as if he was looking at a monster, "Did I hear you correctly?"

"Yes, you did..." Grace playfully smiled, "I knew that you were circulating a dual cultivation technique when you are doing it with that so-called wife of yours. Do you not feel guilty taking away something so precious from her?"

"I'm not taking it away from her!"

Calvin suddenly grew enraged, "I am helping her suppress it!"

"Suppress it? What a joke..."

"It's her true nature! It's impossible for you to suppress it with your puny strength!"

"If one day—Charlotte becomes a monster and attacks Ashmelion—are you confident that you'll be able to stop her?" Grace asked.

"No..." Calvin shook his head, "I am not that powerful, yet... But I'm slowly getting there."

"It would be too late by then," Grace shook her head, she clicked her tongue and asked, "In your previous timeline, was there a mention of Ashmelion getting destroyed?"

Calvin's eyes repeatedly blinked, "Nope..."

"There you go. That's the answer."

"You're the one who started all of these, Calvin."

"If you didn't save her that day, she would've died in the hands of those gangsters. If you didn't save her that day, then she would've been unable to nurture that nature that's inside of her into something even greater."

"But since you made her avoid her fate of death, you are now handed over this hot potato that you must control and contain if you don't want to see the destruction of Ashmelion," Grace revealed the worry lingering in the deep recesses of Calvin's mind that he always tried his best to hide whenever he was facing Charlotte.

"Fuck..." Calvin couldn't help but violently curse, "Is this your payback? Are you trying to get back to me after I've stomped you down the ground in a game of Grand Turismo?"

"Of course not, I'm not that childish. I'm just trying to help you, Calvin..."

"You want to get stronger, right? Then, I shall give you a reward."

"Since you know how to use a dual cultivation technique..."

"Why not use it with me?"

"Surely, you will be able to extract more power from a Goddess like me with that selfish dual cultivation technique of yours than from your wife who is currently nothing but a mortal?"

Grace moved closer to the bed and started to remove her clothes.

She removed her gloves, bent over, and then removed her heels...

She then sat on the bed with her legs crossed over each other. The stockings that she was wearing consumed the entirety of her thighs and legs as she sat there with her dark amethyst eyes looking amorously over to Calvin.

"Is this the reward that you're going to give me for the duel?" Calvin asked.

"Take a guess." Grace winked at him and said, "Will you come over here, or what?"

Calvin steeled his resolve.

He stared right into Grace's dark amethyst eyes and a smirk suddenly appeared on his face, "It's an honor for a mortal to do it with the Goddess of Compassion and Light!" Calvin removed the clothes on his upper body and walked over to the bed.

He pushed Grace underneath him and raised his hand to hold her right thigh.

"Ah!" Grace let out a yelp.

The voice that came out from her mouth sounded so sexy that Calvin couldn't help but tickle her more.

"So, you like it here? Let me rub it more."

"No... Stop it!" Grace protested as her cheeks became flushed red out of embarrassment.

She was the Goddess of Compassion and Light, the subject of worship in the eyes of countless mortals, but at this moment... She was being pinned down by a mortal. But not because she didn't want it, it was because she offered herself to Calvin on a silver platter.

And Calvin was definitely not a greenhorn when it comes to sex.

It wasn't his intention to do it with Grace, but since she gave the offer, how could he refuse?

Furthermore, Grace was right...

Using that dual cultivation technique with a Goddess like her would definitely give him more power than using it with Charlotte.

This was why...

"Don't mind me if I do..."

Calvin traced Grace's thigh as his hand slowly approached over to her upper thigh.

Grace tightly closed her eyes.

But before Calvin could touch her most precious place, he suddenly stopped and laughed.

"Hahaha..."

"W-W-What?"

Grace was so shocked by the sudden turn of events that she couldn't help but raise her upper body and stare at him in doubt.

"Why are you laughing?"

"It's nothing..." Calvin tried his best to suppress the trembling of his shoulders, but he found it incredibly hard to do so.

He kept on trembling as he laughed before he patiently explained, "You sure deserve the title of the Goddess of Compassion and Light, eh? To think that you would sacrifice yourself for a mere mortal?"

"What are you talking about?" Grace pointed a finger at him, "You're not making sense here, I don't understand!"

"Don't play dumb with me anymore, Grace..."

"Since you mentioned Grace's abnormality, you must already know about her true identity, right? Is that the reason why you're trying to let me use the dual cultivation technique with you instead of with her? You do not want me to deprive her of that identity?"

"But for what reason?" Calvin furrowed his eyebrows, "I find your actions very irresponsible, why would you keep a ticking time bomb? I'm doing everything that I could do—to slowly shave it off away, but here you are trying to stop me from what I am doing!"

"It's because it's not right, Calvin." Grace replied, "Your actions sure are questionable, but you want to justify it with the result, am I right?"

"But well, I don't agree."

"We've wronged her kind for too long already. It's about time for them to feel our kindness. If I let you have your way with her and eventually disperse that nature of hers, that would be the straw that would break the camel's back..."

"As a member of the Seven Gods and Goddesses who witnessed everything before the First Cataclysm, I would forever lose my dignity If I let you take that away from her..."

"I see, I see... I understand now..." Calvin sighed, "Just as I expected, you really deserve your title as the Goddess of Compassion and Light."

"From now on, I would punch whoever dares to say that the Seven Gods and Goddesses are lazy bums who do not even care about the world anymore..." Calvin lifted his hand and rubbed the crown of Grace's head, "But still, even if you're a Goddess who can practically do whatever you want in this world, you should value yourself more..."

"You shouldn't offer to do such a thing with a stranger, especially with a mortal like me."

"It would be a lose-lose situation for you."

Grace was moved by his words.

"All right," She nodded her head and asked, "But are you still going to teach me how to play games? I'm sorry if I tried to seduce you..."

"No, no, no... It's okay. I might be so casual about all of these, but I know that you struggled to make that decision in your heart."

Calvin hurriedly waved his hand.

Grace bit her lips as tears seemed to come out of her eyes, "Actually, I'm still a virgin."

"Yeah, you go ahead and wear tho—what?!"

"Heh," Grace playfully chuckled, "What? Do you want to do it with me now? I'm sorry, but I've changed my mind!"

But Calvin didn't seem to hear her teasing as he couldn't believe what he just heard, "You're still a virgin? How old are you again?"

"Approximately, at least a million years old?"

"Holy cow..." Calvin gasped, "I had thought for sure that Discord, the Great Chief of War and Infighting had been courting you."

"Yes, you're right... He's courting me. Even until now, he's still adamant that he wants to take me as his wife..." Grace puffed her cheeks in annoyance, "He's really so irritating to deal with!"

"Motherfucker, are you serious?! Then, why the hell did you offer to have sex with me? Doesn't that mean that If I do the deed with you that is basically the same as cucking the Great Chief of War and Infighting?"

"Wouldn't that be the same as putting a green hat on The God of War, Discord?!"

"Ahem..." Grace lightly coughed. She averted her gaze away from him as she nodded, "Yes..."

"Holy... I wonder what would happen if we did the deed and he noticed that I cucked him..."

"Well, he's the God of War and the Great Chief of War and Infighting, so he would probably do everything that he could to kill you." Grace's lips lifted into a teasing smirk.

She sat closer to Calvin and pressed both of her elbows together to emphasize her modest chest, "But he doesn't have to know, right? As long as we're in my Heavenly Abode, there's no way that he'll find out about it..."

"HELL NO!" Calvin was so startled that he stood up abruptly from the bed. It was impossible for mortals to fight against a god. Furthermore, Grace wanted to make him fight against an enraged God of War? Wouldn't that be the same as committing suicide?

Sure, it might feel incredibly good to do it with a Goddess and his ego might inflate to the heavens.

But living under the constant threat of being visited by the God of War himself wasn't something that Calvin wanted to have.

"Hahaha..." Grace was so amused by his reactions that she couldn't help but let out a burst of bell-like laughter, "All right, let's forget about it."

"But it seems that you're really underestimating me, eh? If I wanted to hide something from that old geezer, then he'll never be able to discover what it is!"

Calvin nodded his head. Grace was right.

How else was she able to hide the Emperor's Commandment back then from the eyes of the other Gods and Goddesses?

But still...

Putting a green hat on the Great Chief of War and Infighting... that was too much of a risk.

Calvin didn't say anything anymore, afraid that he might trigger the playful side of Grace.

"Can I get my rewards, please?" Calvin requested.

"Okay," Grace nodded with gusto, "Can you bring me that Bloodstone around your neck? And also, can you lend me the Mortician?"

"What? What are you going to do with them?" Calvin stared at Grace in doubt. The Goddess of Compassion and Light trying to borrow his comrades that were made out of darkness and resentment. Surely, there was only a single answer to his question, right?

"Fool," Grace criticized, "I am the Authority behind Light."

"Light and Darkness are on both sides of the same coin..."

"Just as how I have the Authority over Light, I am also able to nurture darkness by taking away Light. In short, I am able to make it more convenient for you to have these peeps..."

"I'm sure that it's not that comfortable for both you and your comrades to have them stay in your shadow and in the Bloodstone, right?"

Grace asked.

Calvin nodded his head, "Okay... But I hope you take care of them."

"Sure..." Grace's smile deepened. Her dark amethyst eyes seemed to radiate coldness as she continued, "That is if they behave properly..."

Calvin felt a shiver down his spine.

"Now, I'm starting to have second thoughts if I should leave them with you or not."

"Just leave them with me and get the hell out of here already!"

Grace waved her hand and the Bloodstone hanging around Calvin's neck flew over to her.

Furthermore, Calvin's shadow trembled as the Mortician's soul also floated over to her.

"You can come back here tomorrow or whenever you are free this week. I'll inscribe the information regarding the Heavenly Abode Visitation Pass's corresponding technique in your mind, so you can come here any time you want." Grace smiled.

"Bye, bye!" With a flick of her wrist, Calvin instantly vanished from her Heavenly Abode.

When Calvin opened his eyes once more, he found himself on the bed with Charlotte sleeping soundly beside him.

"Damn, that sure was one hell of an experience..." Calvin commented in his heart before he fell asleep once more a few minutes later.

He woke up a few hours later before daybreak as he exited the Coffee Shop and walked in the direction of the Hilton Borough.

He had to visit the Captain and the others before the opening of the coffee shop for the morning rush.

As Calvin had expected, the Cavaliers might've been successful to force the church into sending a punitive force to the Village of Tulog, but their actions were still inexcusable and now they were being imprisoned for the crime of mutiny against the authorities.

If they were successfully convicted, the Cavaliers would be punished according to the Cavalier's Way which basically meant the destruction of their Origin as a Predator.

In short, they would be crippled and paralyzed from the waist down for their entire life.

Calvin couldn't possibly let that happen, so he went to the Hilton Borough to rescue the Captain and the others from their grim fates.