Rise of the Malactric Heir

"Your highness," they addressed the king, who smiled and sat down.

"Your smile is sus," the queen said, and Adora chuckled.

"You're not going after that crystal, are you?" The king inquired, and she glanced at him.

"We're going after it," Alix replied, and the king and queen both sighed.

"Are you serious about this?" the queen asked.

"Yes, I am," she responded.

"We all are," Kyris replied as he felt the air around him become heavy and he began to smile nervously as Adora stared behind him, and when he turned around, he saw his brother standing there and flung himself up from his seat.

"Xemon," he said and his brother smiled as his eyes glowed purple.

"You all are, huh?" he asked and Kyris went to Adora and sat beside her, then the mage sighed and sat down on the couch, from which Kyris got up.

"Is there anything we can say to stop you?" the king inquired.

"Nothing at all, we already made up our minds, we decided on this together," Aerav replied as the king, mage, and queen stared at them, unsure what else to say since they were all stubborn.

"Fine, I'll make sure the ship has everything it needs, Scott," the king said. "Your father will be back tonight, he'll help with that."

"Okay, thank you, your highness," he replied and the king smiled before turning to face Adora.

"Would you like to say anything here?" the king inquired, and she sighed.

"I do, in fact," she replied.

"All right, Adora, what do you want to say now?" the king asked.

"It's about something I found out a while ago, but couldn't tell you because of your state," she responded, and the king sighed.

"Secrets huh? Fine go on, I am listening," he said and she smiled.

"Fine, just don't freak out, I can't take that at the moment," she replied and the king sighed as the others smiled.

"Fine, I won't, go on," the king said and the mage chuckled and Adora looked at him.

"You, please be quiet, don't say anything," she replied and he smirked.

"There are a few survivors from a long-thought-extinct race, the Draconics," Adora said, as the king and queen stared at her and he smiled.

"There are living Draconics?" the queen asked.

"Yes, there are and we met them before," Alix responded and the queen lowered her head as the king clutched his.

"You said you weren't going to freak out, so keep it in," Adora said.

"That is not something you keep from me," the king yelled, causing Adora to jump and sigh.

"You don't keep that from me, Adora, do you realize how important that is? The enemy could find out and end this as well, damn it," the king said, and Adora stood up. He looked at her as she stared at him.

"You are the reason I didn't say anything and asked them to stay quiet as well, don't blame me father, it's not going to end well, besides, I knew the risks, they did as well, they were afraid and sought help, which they got, besides whether the enemies know or not, it won't matter if we lose," she replied, and the king exhaled deeply, knowing she was right.

"I see, well, I will visit there soon, I am sorry, I know, I am not blaming you either, I am just really..." the king said and Adora patted him on the shoulder.

"Relax, I know you are just worried about what's going on, you are helping enough, there's only so much you can do father, you've been protecting this kingdom for years, that's my duty now, take it easy," she replied, and he smiled then hugged her and the others smiled as she patted him on the back.

"Thank you," he said to which she sighed.

"You're welcome," she replied then he rose off of her.

"Also, once all of this is over, will you..." he said, and she looked at him.

"Father, will I, what?" she asked.

"Will you be queen?" he asked, and the others looked at her as she lowered her head and closed her eyes, clenching her fists as she remembered her mother's death.

He smiled as she asked, "Can I think about it?"

"Of course, that's better than a no," he responded, and she chuckled before sitting beside Alix and he looked at her.

"Are you all right?" he inquired.

"Of course I am," she replied.

"Sure," he said, and she smiled.

"Why do you make it sound like that?" she asked, and he gave her a sidelong glance.

"Like what?" he asked.

"Like you don't believe me," she responded and he scoffed.

"Take a while guess," he said and she looked at him.

"I don't have to because I know you don't believe me," she replied and he smiled.

"There you have, you are not really fine, a lot of your reactions tell me that," he said as she stared at him then exhaled deeply.

"I hate it when you are so on point, right most of the time," she replied and he patted her on the shoulder.

"And here I thought you'd gotten used to it, but I was wrong," he said to which she scoffed.

"Alix, you know there's nothing wrong with being wrong every now and then, even I am wrong sometimes, sweetheart," she replied.

"That's new," he said and she sighed, then got up and stretched off.

"It'll be night soon, I'm going to freshen up, you guys can go visit your homes or whatever when you're ready, but stay for dinner, the rest can always be taken care of later on," Adora said, and they smiled at her.

"Don't worry, we'll stay for dinner, then I'll go home to visit my mother, like I said and I will get you the information that you need," Ayden replied, and she smiled before approaching him and patting him on the head, to which he smiled, before she went up to her room to freshen up while they talked with the king, queen, and the mage, who was not pleased with the idea of them going after the enemies.