Chapter 6

After Arel had finished re-marking Sile, she lazily strode towards the window. The curtains automatically opened upon her approach, revealing a breathtaking scene. Crops of all kinds flourishing as far as the eye could see. All of them maintained by small drones. Arel would stand in front of the window every morning to bear witness to the paradise she had created with the love of her life.

Sile who had just come down from the pleasure after her heat stabilised saw Arel doing her normal morning routine, she joked

"The scene hasn't changed in decades. Are you so enamoured by it? I might start to get jealous".

Arel looked back at her lover. Sile's golden hair seemed to have been irradiated by the sun, as it sprawled messily around the delicate woman laying on the bed. Arel smiled after coming back to her senses

"I can assure you, my love. If I had but a moment to choose what I want to see before I took my last breath, you would be the only answer that came to mind".

Sile felt a warmth spreading through her heart, but she still scolded

"What are you doing speaking about death so early. We have more than enough time to lament on that, when we become old and grey... plus,the moment you leave, I would still be their beside you. Don't think that one lifetime is enough for me. You're stuck with me for eternity".

Arel's eyes were full of tenderness as she gazed upon Sile.

"I'd never dream of going alone. Even an eternity isn't enough time for me to have with you", she said lovingly.

Sile couldn't help but giggle at Arel's shameless display of affection, so she said

"Alright, enough of your corny words, my little poet. How about we get started for the day?"

Arel laughed, "Alright alright. Let's go, we have a busy day ahead".

The two washed up together, laughter could be heard throughout the house, bringing a sense of liveliness and warmth to the lone structure.

The two knew they could live incognito on this planet without ever worrying about food or shelter. No one would wander here on purpose, but they had always wanted to do something meaningful with their lives. They wanted everyone to know, that even omegas, who society put into this little protective bubble believing that their only use should be giving birth to children for the empire, could do something more.

That's not to say there are no omegas who pursue a career, but the only acceptable places have usually been in the entertainment industry. Alphas have an iron grip on all industries that involve the government, and research. Even the rare few genius level omegas suffer serious gender discrimination while trying to benefit the empire. It isn't wrong to say the other two genders think of omegas as objects.

Arel and Sile were born into aristocratic families, they know this discrimination all too well. They were taught from an early age that their only purpose was to marry and produce children. If their alpha were to die, they would be remarried to someone of a lower status, to continue giving birth. Like a vicious cycle, their physical autonomy seemed to have never belonged to them. This would be acceptable if it was just that the families they lived in were old fashioned and pedantic, but this has become the social norm.

Alphas who are born with superior physical abilities, and high mental strength stand atop the hierarchy, placing themselves in most positions of power. Betas are the majority, they have found their own place doing all the menial tasks the alphas do not want to, and the tasks robots are not advanced enough to complete. Meanwhile omegas have been forced out. Their strength and stature are far less than both genders, and they suffer from heats quarterly where they truly lose control of their own actions, releasing pheromones that attract alphas like hyenas smelling blood.

There have been countless incidents of an Omega going into heat causing a violent reaction from the surrounding alphas, only for that Omega to suffer horrendous humiliation during that period. Although there was no lack of those problems even if the Omega wasn't in their period of heat. Society has showed its contempt for omegas in all levels. Arel and Sile want to prove that although they aren't the strongest or the fastest. Their intelligence is no lower than any of the smartest alphas or betas. Just look at what they have completed. In just fifty years the world that had nothing but land, is now full of the most desired items the empire have ever seen.

The messages they have received from the few videos they posted have caused the network to crash multiple times. Many wealthy people have even offered amounts that make the two omegas dumbfounded. They both came from well off families, but they had never seen such recklessly large offers.

However the two are not going to pass these offers up. Their original intention was to prove their abilities. Wealth is a valid indicator of a person's ability, and it also brings a level of power. The two omegas know that they will be coveted for what they possess, and to society, they are just two omegas. They will always be looked down upon, which will mean they will have to work much harder than someone of a different gender with less ability than them.

Luckily Arel and Sile are aware of this, and thanks to their mining planet they have done a lot in this short few decades. Things that may have seemed impossible to others, they will take for granted.

Arel herself has been focusing on building a warp point. The two know they will one day sell these fruits and vegetables all over the empire, and they don't have months to transport them. So a small untraceable point was built between their planet and the asteroid field that protects this solar system. Allowing them to send the drones that can carry the various crops to their destinations using the warp point that they remotely connected to the empire. This makes it very possible to be traced back, but Arel fitted a location jammer that has seemingly rendered the empire unable to find even a clue of their whereabouts.