Divine Chapter 49 (Patreon)

Elizabeth was a sweetheart once she put down her shields and became fast friends with Beta as she kept busy working in the library with the busty white-haired elf. Serana being an aceberic loner, typically could be found either reading about this new world's history, or otherwise just brooding though she did get along with Zeta.

Either way, both of the vampires were settling in fairly well into Shadow Garden and with more than half of the Cult of Diabolos leaders dead. And all of the body parts were destroyed so no more pills could be made. It was only a matter of time for those semi-immortals to either die while in hiding or they could make a move on our church that had been strangling them.

And regardless of their immortal experience in life, any artifacts that they had hidden away... If they tried to invade a holy ground with a dozen gods blessings and magical protections made by Hecate, other gods and random traps by Shadow Garden, I highly doubted they would reach the church to say nothing of getting past the Mist Dragon that Heracles beat into submission.

So with the Cult mostly dealt with, or just made irrelevant, Nirn was the next biggest issue. With the World Eater eating the world, and of course, Mehrunes Dagon, invading the physical world from the spiritual world of Oblivion.

'How does Alduin even eat the damned world anyway?' I thought with a wry smile as I played with an ice spike I formed with the Destruction magic that Serana had been teaching Shadow Garden for the last week.

In Serana's words, I was learning... At a very fast rate, as mages typically took several weeks if not months to go from a neophyte to a novice, to say nothing of an apprentice who was formally recognized as a proper magic user. And she had said I could already be considered at the apprentice level for magic in the schools of Destruction, and Alteration.

The only major issue I had now for my magical studies was that the magical gods within myself were... Picky about the magic I focused on. Like I couldn't really learn conjuration properly due to Ereshkigal getting pissy at me using summoned skeletons as she wanted me to use gallû spirits, and of course Hecate had her own 'You should do it this way' snippets.

Either way, my relaxation from the magical training was cut off as I heard a knock on my bedroom door. "Come in?" I spoke up with a raised eyebrow wondering if it was a number giving me a report. Or... Another crowd of the beastkin members wanting to snuggle.

The door opened and seeing her I smiled as I relaxed onto my bed. "Hey Alpha what's going on?" I asked as the blond-haired beauty walked in and across the large stretch of the room to my oversized bed.

"Jake." Alpha said nodding in greeting and once she reached my bed she sat on the edge while I rested against the pillows and waited for Alpha to speak. "Ahem..." Alpha said with a small flush before she continued. "Jake, the Seven Shadows and the Named Numbers have come to a consensus!" She said firmly and I raised an eyebrow.

"Go ahead? Is something wrong?" I asked with some concern.

Alpha shook her head and then after a moment of gathering mental strength she spoke in a determined voice. "We have decided that before Nirn becomes a major issue, and while we have some relative free time to throw a bit of a celebration in strangling out the Cult of Diabolos. And rather than just staying here at the church, we would go to the Shadow Garden training center and we could host the party at the large training pool so we can relax and swim there." Alpha spoke and I blinked at that.

'I mean... Thats not much of an issue? I am not inflexable. I wonder why she is making a big deal about that?' I thought with some confusion before nodding and saying with a small smile. "I mean, I would be glad to come to a pool party. But is there something special about this pool party?" I asked looking for the catch to why Alpha needed to tell me about this so seriously.

Alpha took a breath and like she was wading into a battle she spoke and my eyes twitched at the nonsense coming out of her mouth. "Jake, with the summer season here. One of the major selling points of Gamma's modern mall has always been clothes but with the new swimming pools that Shadow Garden has helped the kingdom establish in the city, people have obviously been buying swimsuits."

"And so Jake, Shadow Garden has an important task for you. The girls have decided to acquire a swimsuit through Gamma's shopping center and the Seven Shadows along with the majority of the numbers will be here and we want you to choose who will have the best swimsuit!" Alpha finished and I just closed my eyes and mentally screamed as all the male gods in my soul howled with laughter at my misfortune.

"Delta and Zeta won't wear a swimsuit though?" I said trying to find a way not to have five hundred-plus women told they weren't the prettiest in some way or another.

Alpha shook her head and then laid one of her fair hands on my leg as she used her other hand to push back her ultra-long blond hair behind her elvish ear as she said encouragingly. "They were already told they will need to wear a swimsuit to properly compete for the prize Jake. Along with the girls agreeing to not hold a grudge towards you should you pick someone else."

"Granted, I do not know the value in stylish swimwear or even underwear but I feel excited to take part in this event and so many other Shadow Garden girls who didn't have a childhood due to the Demon Possession are really looking forward to this!" Alpha said with some excitement.

Seeing Alpha's excited face who wanted to do something so... Mundane as comparing swimsuits I couldn't help but chuckle and Alpha squeaked as I patted her blond hair down and I spoke gently. "Alright Alpha, I will be there... By the way, what was the prize anyway?" I asked curiously.

Alpha's head tilted to the side innocently and she said openly. "I don't know why, but the numbers when hearing the prize would be a trip in the hot tub with an 'Eta' surprise. They got extremely competitive and that spirit has infected the Seven Shadows as well I admit."

'Oh gods... Eta, is literally whoring me out!' I thought hysterically while still wearing that stiff smile.