Imperial Heir
Copyright© 2025 by Ogreface
Chapter 3: Imperial Duty
Science Fiction Sex Story: Chapter 3: Imperial Duty - A story in the Pleiades Empire Universe. This story takes place around a thousand years after humans managed to reach the Pleiades cluster. It is the second book in a trilogy. The story of you young man's path from being disowned to finding his true place in society.
Caution: This Science Fiction Sex Story contains strong sexual content, including mt/ft mt/Fa Cousins
During the ten-day period it took the Electra, with the Sarina piggy-backed to the cruiser, to go into orbit around Athena, Jason closely observed the twins. Both of them initially flirted heavy with Clarissa until she finally made it clear she was not interested. Both of then initially flirted heavily with Lilly and Chloe. Both the younger girls loved the attention they got from the two handsome young sons of a duke. Sylvia was keeping a close eye on the teenage girls, making sure none of them ever found themselves alone with any of the twins.
“They are males, young and full of hormones,” Sylvia said when Jason teased her about her keeping a tight leash on the girls. “They might just decide to grab themselves a girl, and thus forcing Chloe and Lilly into marrying them. I don’t have any objections to Chloe grabbing herself a young duke or even a young viscount but not by giving herself to him in the heat of the moment.”
“You have your work cut out for you my lord,” Lisa added. “Both of those young gentlemen are well behaved and should make suitable new dukes. I can’t imagine how you are going to pick one and not the other one,”
Jason was sitting with his older ladies and aides in the Sarina’s park-like first hub while the younger girls were gossiping and giggling in a tight group nearby. The first time Jason alerted Sylvia when it seemed as if Chloe was being invited by one of the twins to go somewhere, Sylvia invited herself along. At that moment the twins were sitting with Chloe and Lilly where Sylvia could watch them.
“I thought I have aides to advise me on such complex matters,” Jason complained. “By the way, where is Gwen? I have not seen much of her since we joined the two ships”
“She is examining the Sarina’s engineering department,” Shelly said. “That little blond of yours is really into engineering. She has the three engineering crew members of the Sarina wrapped around her pinkie.”
“Why would she volunteer to be my permanent ADC if she loves being an engineering officer?” Jason wondered out loud.
“Two reasons,” Carmen said. “As a pretty female, she will never make it high up in the navy. Most males will either want to protect her or decide that she is too dumb to be a real engineer. The other reason is that she started developing a crush on you.”
“Another one?” Jason muttered.
“Yes, just like some of your other female ADCs,” Shelly added, and got a shoe thrown at her by Carmen as Lisa threw a scatter pillow. Just then Megan, with Maggie’s two daughters and Dania’s daughter in tow, arrived and decided if things were being thrown round then they wanted in, and Jason was a convenient target.
Megan might have been giving the impression that she knew what was involved in becoming his concubine but in her heart, she was still a little girl, trying to figure out if she should kiss the boy or hit him over his head with her doll. He got pushed off the couch and onto the thick grassy patch with all four the preteens wrestling with him. Jason was glad that most of them were wearing long jumpsuits because a few times he found himself with the covered crotch of one of the girls in his face.
“Where is your mom?” Jason asked the six-year-old Selene, or Lena as she referred to herself. He was trying to distract the little girls since they were getting a bit rough. It didn’t help that Maggie’s oldest daughter, ten-year-old Jessica, was sitting on his groin.
“With that pretty blond lady,” Lena said as she leaned forward so her face was inches from his. She was sitting on Jason’s stomach at that moment. “They are talking about ship stuff.”
“Let me up,” Jason said. As the girls started rolling off him, he noticed that Megan and Jessica were both giving him naughty smirks.
“Having trouble with so many females all over you?” Clarissa asked casually.
The viscount of Sparta and two of the barons were waiting on Athena when the Electra docked to the Athena space station. Their space station was bigger than Grendel’s space station, since the industrial sector of Mynos was more developed that Grendel’s.
The twins seemed eager to get off the Electra, only to then seem reluctant to leave. It didn’t take much to figure out they wanted to invite Chloe and Lilly with them to the surface but were too shy to ask Jason’s permission. Jason decided to let all his people join him in going to the surface, with Lt Boyd as his designated legal advisor. With Clarissa and Lisa guiding him in social matters, it was Lt Boyd who advised him on protocol issues.
Athena City was the first large city Jason had entered other than Grendel City. He was surprised to find that while the jungle moon was lush in nature, the city itself was not as well designed as Grendel City was. The population was larger and there was more traffic, more dirt and pollution than in Grendel City. The ducal palace was larger and more luxurious than Grendel’s ducal palace.
Jason was informed that Captain Ericson had re-transmitted the formal announcement of Jason’s appointment as Imperial envoy to the local news agencies and they broadcast it to the entire population. When the shuttle landed, Jason and his party were met by an honor guard consisting of government officials, a number of local barons, and the Athena military. They were not marines but a mix between infantry soldiers and law enforcement officers referred to as the Mynos Militia.
At the palace, Jason and his party were again met with full honors by the previous duke’s chief of staff and his advisors, senior members of his administration and the full Mynos council of barons. The previous duke’s young wife and daughter were there as well, except he was only introduced to the dowager duchess.
While the people seemed genuinely excited to have an Imperial envoy visiting, the inner circle, and especially the duchess, seemed wary, especially about Jason’s age. Jason was puzzled when he was informed that the duke’s daughter was in attendance but they were never introduced.
After the formal welcome, Jason, the twins, the Mynos council, the duke’s management team, and the duchess, all gathered in the duke’s office for the initial discussions concerning the future duke of Mynos. Jason insisted on not making any decisions, not even setting an agenda, until the last two barons were also in attendance.
Jason was not unaware about the confusion about his age. He noticed that the older gentlemen kept staring at him and whispering to each other. It took Allan Bitra to put matters to rest after he figured out what was bothering everybody.
“Can we see the broadcast from the emperor again, please?” he said in his sedate tone. Before the video started playing, Allan came to Jason and suggested he waited until the emperor was nearly finished speaking, but while the emperor was still talking, to step forward and address the meeting about his role in the proceedings. Alex was with Allan and both Jason and Alex were confused about the request but Jason decided to do as Allan asked.
As the emperor started the second part of his message, Jason stood and walked to the front, standing directly under the screen facing the audience while the emperor was still on the screen above and behind him.
” ... Jason Taurus might be young but he is vastly more mature than people double his age. Once this appointment has been ratified by the Imperial Council, I intend to create a new title to reflect the new status of my heir. I might declare the new title to be hereditary, after discussing it with the imperial council.
“Jason Taurus, this is a heavy burden I am placing on you but I know you will perform your new duties to the satisfaction of me and your mother. I included a private message to you. That is all. Good day” Then the video faded to black. Before Jason could think of anything to say Allan and Alex both came up and stood on either side of him.
“Before Lord Jason speaks, I have one request,” Allan said as he faced the group in front of them. “Lord Jason, would you allow me and my brother to be tested with your wand?” Allan said to Jason. Both Allan and Alex seemed eager to do it. Jason glanced at Lt Boyd who just nodded his head.
There was a noticeable gasp from the audience as Jason drew his wand from its hiding place on his thigh. He held it up so everybody could see it, and then held it in front of him so it rested on his open palm. Allan turned to face Jason and slowly reached out and touched the end of the wand. At the same time Alex turned to face Jason as well and touched the other end. Jason was not surprised when nothing happened.
“What is the purpose of all this?” the duchess asked.
“This might be a bit gruesome but it will explain a lot more than words can possibly do,” Allan said. He took out his tablet and typed on it. “What you will now see is the security video footage shot in the Sarina’s bridge conference room. This footage should not be distributed to the general public,” He then turned to face the screen so Jason and Alex also turned.
The video started where Allan asked about the wand laying on the table before Jason, and then continued to where Carlos grabbed the wand. The video stopped at the point where one crew member toppled over after being carbonized. As Jason looked over the group, he saw shocked and surprised looks on the faces of everybody except those that were present during that incident. The duchess was so pale, Jason was worried that she would pass out.
“Two things should be apparent here,” Allan said. “Lord Jason belongs to that small group of nobles who have these special secretive wands that have the ability to protect their owners. Carlos Mondragon has lost his arm and might not survive. The guard who dared to aim a weapon at Lord Jason is dead. Both Alex and I touched that wand and nothing happened to us. The second point; all of you should have noticed the obvious familial resemblance between the emperor and Lord Jason. Alex and I just proved that we have no ill will towards Jason Taurus. I hereby swear loyalty towards Jason, heir to the emperor, and by extension, to the emperor himself,”
“I also swear loyalty to the current and the future emperor,” Alex added. “Both Allan and I hereby declare we will abide by any decision that Lord Jason might make concerning our future.”
“What will happen to Carlos?” the duchess asked in a shaky voice.
“Your lover, mother,” Alex said in a snide tone, “threatened the envoy and son of the emperor. He will have to stand trial for attempted murder, inciting rebellion, and treason. He has been stirring trouble between Viscount Sparta and the asteroid belt barons from the start. He was planning on killing me and Allan, claiming we killed each other. He also had plans for Viscount Sparta, but he has not told us anything about that part. His plan was to take over the system with you as his duchess,” At that point the duchess turned and ran from the room as the room burst into chaos.
The last two barons arrived two days later so the first meeting to decide on a new duke convened the day after that. The council meeting was held in the largest hall in Athena City since the attendants included city leaders and the upper echelon of the Mynos Militia, as well as Captain Ericson and his aides and Lt Col Winterton and his aides.
“Should the duchess not be here as well?” Jason asked when she didn’t appear.
“The duchess locked herself in her chambers, and then tried to commit suicide,” Allan said so the entire assembly could hear. “She was stopped and placed under medical supervision. It hurts to say this but my brother and I are suspecting she might have assisted or at least knew about the plot to kill our sire. We have been suspecting for a while that the death of our father was not natural but was caused by external means.”
“You might suspect it, but I know for a fact that she knew about that plot” a young girl said. Jason turned to see a girl in a hover-chair moving up to where the duchess should be sitting. An attendant hastily removed the empty chair so the girl could move her hover-chair into that spot. Jason suspected she was the duke’s daughter so he stood and bowed to her. His action resulted in everybody standing and bowing to the girl as she blushed and looked down.
“Lord Jason, may I present our sister, Lady Jade Bitra,” Alex announced.
“Lady Jade,” Jason greeted her as he stepped closer to her and took her hand, kissing the back of her hand. She looked back at him with the most beautiful huge dark eyes Jason had ever seen on a female. She was pretty, not in the same class as Clarissa, but not even Clarissa’s eyes were as strikingly beautiful as Jade’s pale green eyes. They actually had the same pale green tinge as his wand. “I think we can start if nobody has any objection to Lady Jade taking the seat reserved for the duchess,” Nobody said a word as Jason again bowed toward Jade before taking his seat.
Over the next couple of hours Jason first established, by requesting public records, that Alex and Allan Bitra were indeed the legitimate sons of Duke Mynos. He also established that the duke indeed had the minor title of viscount but has not assigned it to any of his sons. Even if it was just a formality, he finally declared that there were no other candidates to inherit the title of Duke Mynos besides the twins. The meeting ended with Jason planning to consult with various individuals. Basically, he was out of his depth and had no idea how to proceed other than to ask for more time.
Sam, Ron, and Carmen were all adamant that Jason not go for his morning run in the streets of Athena City. The moon was smaller than a regular planet but with the same gravity and with a lot fewer open spaces due to the dense forest that covered all of the moon’s surface.
The original settlers cleared a number of spots of anything from one to ten square kilometers of forest in adjacent lots. Over time these cleared spaces became Athena City with the intervening patches of forest being tamed to become a patchwork of public parks. While there was no obvious threat to Jason, the population of Athena City was just too large to adequately protect him.
On the morning before the next scheduled meeting, Alex suggested that Jason use the large gym built in the palace basement to exercise in, since very few, if any, of the palace’s population bothered with using the gym.
Jason still had trouble adjusting to the local time and arrived in the huge gym before sunrise, with his security, and Megan.
The gym was large with a number of stationary cycle machines as well as treadmills and stair climbing machines. There was also a lap pool, long enough to do some serious lap swimming but only wide enough for four people. Another feature that Jason had only heard about but never seen was a hot tub spa. It consisted of a small circular tub with a seating bench all the way round and a number of water jet nozzles. The water was quite hot as well.
After looking around the gym, Jason stripped down to just his running shorts and started doing stretches before getting onto a treadmill. He started slow but soon sped up to his regular pace. Sam and Megan joined on either side of him, but jogging at a much slower pace.
Other people also arrived but Jason didn’t bother to look and kept his attention on his pace. The machine gave the distance he ran as well as other data so his attention was occupied by the display. Eventually Sam got off her machine while Megan slowed to a walk as she kept chatting with him. Lotus, Lilly, and Chloe also made their appearance, with all three of them wearing special gym leotards, as they called it, clothing items that no female should ever wear outside her own bedroom.
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