I'm legit hoping that this is a lie. That he's never been with a woman in his life, but he's fabricated an entire story and history that no one could dare to question. I'd like for once that she has no bloodline ties to nobility. That she's a genuine commoner and that's it.
1/3d way through the chapter and I can already tell this High Priest truely is a scientific study in Stupid People In High Positions. Like, wow, srsly? That Dumb?? Yes. That dumb.