She was one of the many goddesses whom he was indebted to. The debt of love was hard to repay and hard to forget even for a frolicking god like him.
The reason he was here in such a situation was also related to one such debt. He had tasted the forbidden fruit that had been planted and watered by the great Emperor of the gods himself. The god of sex in all his boldness managed to win the favor of the cosmic queen despite being aware of the consequences.
He had ended up offending the greatest of all beings in the Kingdom of gods. Even though he was quite skilled when it came to escaping techniques given the fact that he had to escape quite frequently owing to his sexual escapades, there was nothing he could have done against an opponent like the cosmic emperor.
Even if he had run to the edge of the world, the cosmic emperor would have still found him and dragged him back. The cosmic queen was a taboo that he should never have broken while still living under the same sky as the cosmic emperor.
But just like his title, the god of sex had always been true to himself and had never held himself back in the face of things that he wanted.
As expected, the secret was ousted soon and reached the ears of the cosmic emperor who in his boundless divine fury chased him down and almost beat him to death before throwing him into the cruelest of prisons awaiting his sentencing.
Even though the Emperor was the highest being among the Kingdom of gods, he could not dictate everything.
On the contrary, the god of sex was nothing when compared to the Cosmic emperor, but his carefree life had earned him favors from various powerful individuals of the Kingdom of gods who not only interceded on his behalf but also tried to save him from the death penalty that was almost a given in such a situation.
These powerful beings were all important gods and goddesses who were responsible for maintaining the order of the Kingdom of gods. Despite being the highest monarch, the cosmic emperor was far from being able to control the entire Kingdom of gods by offending these individuals.
Some were his generals, some were his ministers and some were rivals who were not interested in governing the universe.
No king would have been able to let go of the man who had violated his queen but the pressure exerted by countless such divine forces finally burdened the knees of the cosmic emperor.
Although the cosmic emperor agreed to not dish out the death penalty, he prepared a punishment that would have been worse than death to any of the other gods in the universe.
He planned to take away his godhood, so that the god of sex would only be able to crawl among the mortal filth while trying to make his way back to the divine world for the rest of his new life.
The cosmic emperor in the end sentenced him to be thrown into the reincarnation tunnel so that he would suffer in the same manner as the countless other mortals crawling like bugs in the lower worlds.
He had chosen this punishment knowing that no god would be able to continue living as a mortal after having tasted the sweetness of the Kingdom of gods. As such the god of sex would surely have to suffer through endless ordeals if he ever tried to recover his lost godhood.
The god of sex who was being dragged in chains was currently heading towards his final destination at the edge of the Kingdom of gods. This was the day that his sentence was going to be carried out.
As the time of this divine being to be thrown into the reincarnation tunnel came near, the crowd that was witnessing the dreadful view felt their hearts thumping like a piston engine.
The throbbing was loud enough for them to hear it out loud and yet the collective throbbing of the hearts of so many divine beings couldn't even disturb the silence that prevailed at the scene that was bound to remain etched in their memories for the rest of their lives.
Some among the audience were the loved ones of the man who was bound to suffer the toughest ordeal that a god could be subjected to. Some of them were those who had vengeance in their eyes as darkness clouded their eyes and madness seeped out of their core as if a vessel that was already full was overflowing.
The rest of the audience though, was there just for the fun of it. These individuals didn't need any reason to be there nor did they need some kind of invitation.
In their long lives as the immortal divinities, they had long since stopped being sympathetic to someone else's woes. They only pursued their own enjoyment no matter what the place or time it was. They relished in the misery of others and poked fun at those who were hurt.
Now that someone who was equally hated and loved by so many gods and goddesses was being thrown into the reincarnation tunnel, they had made it their top priority to witness the commotion with their own eyes.
They were vultures who preyed not on the dead but on those who were wounded in their soul and those who were grieving their irredeemable loss.
The man witnessed his loved ones who were crestfallen at the long separation that was about to ensue between them. His lovers who were crying their hearts out struck a chord with his already thrumming heartstrings.
Their tears saddened his heart but he still kept a calm persona on the outside as if he was going for an evening stroll while witnessing the others going about their business in the streets.
He couldn't bear to let them know his true thoughts as he too shared their feelings. He felt saddened as their tears flowed down their cheeks, remorseful as their lowered gazes tried to hide their true feelings, slightly nervous when they tried to look at him from the sides of their eyes, lonely as he moved past them and felt their piercing gazes at his backs, and sorry for the hurt that he was about to cause them due to his selfishness.
The cosmic emperor had really set a harsh precedent as the punishment that had been given to the man had been worse than death in the eyes of the audience. To a divine being, the fall from godhood to mortality was worse than death.
There was no greater humiliation and no greater punishment. Yet the man was unfazed as he walked towards the reincarnation tunnel without protest.
A part of the audience felt petrified thinking such a severe treatment existed for divine beings too. Since it could be dished out to a god that used to be one of them until then, it would not take long before someone else out of them would get to experience it as well.
Any community was based on a social hierarchy that existed to maintain order and the norms of that society. The kingdom of gods was the same. There were all kinds of gods, nobles, purists, rebels, outcasts and the lowly ones.
The man however felt that the noble ones who acted holier than thou were the worst of the bunch who were two faced in their dealings.
They preached righteousness to the others but hid the worst of demons in their hearts and attacked others with the worldly standards for their own benefit and to keep their perfect image intact so that no one would be able to peer into their dark hearts. These were the ones who had been against his freedom from the get go.
They had treated him as an outcast because he lacked the noble qualities that a god should have. If only he could ask them what these noble qualities were actually worth if they were already so rotten from the inside out. Seeing them rejoice at his suffering made the man grit his teeth in anger but he held back the raging fire inside so as to not fuel their happiness at his demise.
The man didn't bother looking at all these haters and instead turned his eyes towards his lovers and friends who were uncontrollably sobbing or grieving with their tired faces as they watched him go further and further until he was standing in front of the reincarnation tunnel that would be the start of the next chapter of his life.