Rise of the Malactric Heir

After both of them set themselves to sleep, Alix sighed while looking at the ceiling.

"Will you be able to sleep, Adora?" he inquired.

"I think if I try hard enough, I'll succeed, how about you, Alix?" she asked.

"I try as well, but sometimes I don't get the nightmares," he responded, and she smiled.

"Well, it's good to hear you're not having too many of them, relax, good night, and sweet dreams, Alix," she said, and he smiled a bit.

"Good night and sweet dreams to you as well, Adora," he replied, before both of them closed their eyes and fell asleep a bit after.

When Alix awoke the next morning, he stretched, then got off the couch and saw Adora was still sleeping, and the same mark that had appeared on her right arm before reappeared.

'I have seen that mark on her before but what in the world is that mark?' As he approached her and looked closely at it, the star marking appeared in his eyes for a brief second before returning to normal, and the mark on her hand vanished when she opened her eyes.

"Good morning, Alix," she said, wiping her eyes before sitting up.

"Good morning Adora, slept well?" he asked.

"You can say that because I unconsciously blocked my dreams last night, or so I thought until they came pouring in, but I got enough sleep, how about you?" she asked.

"I slept well, no nightmares," he responded and she sighed.

"That's good," she said, getting out of bed and stretching.

"Do you want to go freshen up first?" he asked as the others began waking up then she nodded and he smiled.

"Go on, I'll wait," he said before she went to freshen up and he sat down to wait as usual.

After everyone had finished their normal routines, they went to the living room, where some assisted in preparing breakfast for everyone.

When they had finished making breakfast, which took some time, they began eating together, and when they had finished, they all sat back and relaxed, waiting for midday to go meet the royal family who had invited them for lunch.

Someone rang the bell by the front door after a while of waiting, and when Adora got up to check, she saw it was the one the royal family sent to greet them, who had spied on them.

"Good morning," he said when Adora opened the door and saw he had brought several cars with him, each with its own driver, to take them.

"Hello," Adora said, smiling.

"Guys, it's time to go," she said, and they all got up and left the villa, then got into the cars he brought and left, heading to the castle to meet the royal family.

The royal family's attendant looked back at Adora while they were driving because she was in the same car as him, Ifrit, and Eliza.

"Your highness, I apologize," he said, and Adora smiled.

"You don't have to apologize, I more than just understand, you couldn't deny their request, what's your name?" Adora asked.

"My name is Max," he replied.

"Nice to meet you, Max, just relax," she said, and he smiled as they approached the city's outskirts and saw the castle standing beside the forest and rivers.

"This is nice," Adora said as they entered the castle yard, then parked the cars and got out after which a butler came to them.

"The princess?" the butler inquired, and Adora nodded.

"Your highness, thank you for coming, could you all please follow me?" he asked as he walked away and she smiled and then followed him into the castle as well as the others.

The castle was luxurious and spacious and had many different things around it.

"Here it is, this way," the butler said as he entered the living room and they saw the king and queen sitting there, at which point they stood up and bowed their heads to each other.

"Your highnesses," Adora addressed them.

"Princess Adora, you are stunning," the queen said, she was tall and slim, fair, and with black hair. The king, on the other hand, was fair, muscular, and blonde.

"Thank you, your highness," Adora replied as they all sat down. Adora sighed as she moved her head around to relieve the pressure in her neck.

"Adora, we've heard a little more of what's been going on, but we are not sure what we can do to help when we don't know much about the enemy," the king said, and Adora sighed.

"I understand, well, they're after the dark, red crystal," Adora replied, to which the king and queen gasped before exchanging glances.

"You are kidding, right?" the queen asked.

"She isn't, it's what they want and they won't stop until they get it, they don't care who gets in their way, an army or an entire nation, they will wipe them all out," Alix responded, and Kyris smiled as Ifrit smirked and the king and queen left staring at Alix.

"This is bad," said the queen.

"It is, they are not joking," Alix replied.

"You get right to the point, which I really like young man; is there anything we can do to help?" the king inquired.

"Keep your people safe, we will find the location of the crystal, and there will be a fight," Adora replied, and the king sighed.

"I understand, I will dispatch men around the city by night," the king said and they smiled.

"Well, come on, let's go have dinner, we can talk while doing that, I am hungry too," the queen said as she stood up, and they followed her to the dining hall, where the table was piled high with food and drink, and they all sat down and took what they wanted to eat.

"Adora, I'm sorry about sending Max, we were worried and didn't know which was you because you were always wearing a mask, but after hearing your name being called, we confirmed it's you also because of your kingdom's mage brother, we are truly sorry," the queen apologized, and Adora smiled at her, knowing she was sincere and was just worried, which was very much understandable.