Ch.9 : Charlerion's Pleasure
(Part 1)
The city of Cromilil grew again. Charlerion loved to see it growing. The knowledge that he and his Kingdom were making it better than it had been before its conquest, satisfied him immensely. Workers built new and bigger buildings where there had been damaged or destroyed buildings. They carved Imperial symbols of the new empire, sun symbols everywhere and the likeness of the new Emperor and his Queen, his warriors and soldiers were everywhere. He commissioned paintings. Cromilil was reborn in his image and the image of his court and homeland, but he gathered everything that was good or progressive about Cromilil and Shalirion and used it, developed it. He taxed businesses, forced the slaves and lower classes to work, to construct, to the glory of his sun God, to make his new Empire something which would outlast him
Charlerion had many pretensions. He saw himself almost as joining the gods, and he had a passion for beauty, in architecture, music, and art as well as in women. He was self centred, but ablaze with ideas and ambitions for himself and his people. He worked his people hard. With much warfare, and a tight control of his nation, he promoted his own servants and acted against opposition.
His mother was a hard worker. The Sun god of ambition optimism, and achievement was his belief. He wanted to remold the world, make it efficient, tidy, and beautiful. He sought to make as many buildings as he could, learning as he built, creating growth activity, even if he stole much of his ideas and resources from others, such as Shalirion.
But how many lives did he disfigure with his projects, his wage labour and efficiency? He sought to stamp out dissent, crime, unsocial activities. He expressed the subjects of his dreams into reality. He attempted purification of his world.
"I have been thinking," said Charlerion, "along the lines of what I said yesterday. I want us to explore some of the sexual ways of your land."
"Yes, my lord? She responded. What do you desire to attempt?"
"My first desire is to make love to two of my concubines together!"
"Oh yes, that would certainly be exciting for you. You will love it!" She encouraged him, although in her own mind she was not so sure. She had been expecting this suggestion after his earlier hints. This would be the logical extension of his sexual activity, to have two of his closest women together with him so he could enjoy both at the same time. Her doubts were about the other concubine. Logically he must mean Jacqueline, the only one of his other two concubines who was here in Cromilil, but Remzain had detected jealousy from Jacqueline towards the newcomer, herself. She doubted whether they could perform well together for their King if they competed over him, and she was not so sure she would relish exploring Jacqueline if the woman was not disposed towards her. To the King she said nothing of this. She would gamely go where her master's desires flowed. All these doubts would sort themselves out one way or the other. All sexual adventure with strangers was an adventure of risk, she enjoyed most adventures of the body, apart from abusive games.