Rise of the Malactric Heir

"Yes, you are invited; I don't think we needed to say that; will you attend?" the king asked, the general then looked at Adora and smiled.

"Of course I will," he replied.

"Father, are you sure about the ball?" she asked, and he looked at her before standing up and approaching her.

"I know where you're going with this, but yes, I am certain about it, enjoy your birthday to the fullest kid, now it's already lunchtime, you guys go ahead and have lunch, I have business to take care of," he said then left with the mage and the general.

"Come on, kids," the queen said as she walked off to the dining hall, and they followed.

When they arrived, they all sat down and took their food to eat.

"Dig in, don't be shy," the queen said, and they smiled before starting to eat. Meanwhile, the king, Kyris's brother, and the general entered the dining hall and took their seats while the others looked on.

"I don't have this wrong, didn't you say you had business to attend to?" the queen inquired.

"Yes, but I'm hungry as well; we'll eat before we leave," he replied, and they laughed.

While eating the general looked at Adora.

"Princess," he said, and she turned to face him.

"What is it?" she inquired.

"Vellon," he replied, and she smiled.

"He is healthy, he is strange right now, I don't know what he is up to, truly evil or not, but I am going to tell you this, if he keeps getting in my way, not knowing the full truth, I will have to make a choice, and you know I am not the type to let anyone get in my way for too long," she said.

"Thank you for informing me, princess, do what you must, there are lives on the line, make your decision," he replied, and she smiled.

"Good," she said, "I am glad we're at least on the same page."

"I understand everything that's at stake, so yeah, we will be on the same page," he replied, "but you kids need to be careful, this is not something that might end well, get a happy ending, this is a cruel world, you all know that by now, things don't always go the way we want them to at times, and the worst part is when you're unable to stop it."

"We will do our best to be more cautious; I understand the risk, and they do as well," Adora said, and the general sighed in relief.

"Princess, thank you so much for everything you've done for both me and him," he replied.

"There's no need for you to thank me, he was my friend and you were our general, a really good person, you've always been that way, haven't changed much despite everything that has happened," she said as she sipped her glass of wine, and Alix looked at her.

'I'm not sure what I should get her as a gift; I've never done this before, and to make matters harder, she's a princess.' Kyris looked at Alix, lost in thought.

"What are you thinking about?" Kyris inquired, and Alix turned to look at him.

"What can one give a princess for a gift that she might not have already?" he inquired, and Kyris smiled.

"I understand your situation, but I assure you that even as a princess, she is missing a lot of things; anything that's nice, with a nice gesture, would do just fine," he replied.

"Hmm, it's like the feeling that comes from the gift and the one giving it to you is all that matters, well it's just a saying but," Alix said.

"That is the best one too," Kyris replied and the mage looked at how all of them were getting along.

"Well, I, for one, would have preferred to have arrived sooner," someone said as he walked into the dining hall, and they all looked at him before he smiled and Adora scoffed.

"Misran," Kyris said and he grinned, then bowed to the royals.

Misran was tall and muscular, with green eyes, fair and wavy black hair.

"I'm glad you're back, Misran," Adora said as he approached her.

"It's good to be back, my lady," he replied.

"Where are the others?" she asked as he sat.

"Those three went to visit their families, I was about to call you, you were supposed to call me before," he responded and she smiled.

"Yeah, but since I was coming back home, I didn't see the point, so I decided to talk to you in person, isn't that better?" she asked and he smirked.

"Yeah, that's a lot better," he replied.

"Now, allow me to introduce you to the new team," she said before beginning to introduce everyone on Alix's team, and Misran smiled.

"I saw a few of your fights, and you're a promising bunch as well; it's nice how Adora always chooses the ones with potential," he said, and they smiled.

"I'm glad you included yourself in that group," she replied, and he chuckled before pouring himself a glass of wine and drinking it.

"Are you and your friends all right, Misran?" the king inquired.

"We are all fine, your highness; we wouldn't have minded fighting that day, but Adora's tiger was a great help, so we did as ordered," he replied, and the king smiled.

"She thinks quickly, I am glad you all came back unharmed, anything could have happened then," the king said, and Adora smiled slightly.

"That is true your highness, anything could have happened, we were a bit surprised that they caught up with us but we had the advantage there, they underestimate us even thought we don't underestimate them."

"Thanks for your concern and princess, do you want to tell me what mission you will assign to me? Because I have another task in mind and believe it is time for me to get involved, the rest of my team will remain in this kingdom while I am on that mission, well I hope to be," Misran said and the others looked at him.