Rise of the Malactric Heir

"Alix, I see you're a lot better than when I first met you; I take it things are going well?" she asked and he smiled.

"You can say that, a lot has changed," he replied and she nodded.

"The academy will be opening soon enough, I hope to see you there," she said as she waved goodbye and walked away, and he sighed.

Adora smiled as she noticed Alix was still not a fan of the people at the academy.

"You don't have to go back; you've come a long way; I doubt you'll have time for that," she said, and he looked at her.

"So I get to decide on this as well?" he inquired, and she nodded.

"Thank you," he said.

"You are welcome," she replied as others approached and she looked at them.

"Adora, how old are you now?" Aerav inquired.

"I'm only 20," she replied, and they all stared at her as Alix smirked.

"Really?" Ayden inquired.

"Huh? What age do I appear to be? "Do I appear older than my age?" They sighed as she asked.

"No, you don't look older than your age, you are both cute and hot, quite the combination, we just couldn't tell because of how experienced you are in the field, I had no idea you were around the same age," Ayden replied, and Adora chuckled before patting him on the head and he smiled.

"It's fine, I should have told you guys sooner, it's not your fault," she said when she noticed the queen looking upset while speaking to a parliament member, and Alix looked at her as she walked away, and he along with the other, followed her.

"What exactly is going on here?" Adora inquired, and the queen looked at her before turning to face the member of parliament.

"Adora," the queen quietly said.

"Happy birthday, Princess," the guy said.

"Why are you upset?" Adora asked, her gaze fixed on the queen.

"I'm just telling her that there's no need for her to act as if she's your mother when she isn't, that she doesn't need to get involved in our business, that she talks as if she understands," he replied, and Adora gnashed her teeth and the others exchanged glances.

'It's bad when people like to play with fire; you're going to burn in this one, my condolences,' Alix thought as the king approached them.

"Stop acting as if you people are good, she can act however she wants, and you have no right to say anything to her, she is your queen and in front of her, your status is nothing, you are like a little bug that I can destroy without any effort, don't push my buttons or I will insult you in front of everyone," Adora said with a smile, and the queen left staring at her.

"How dare you speak to me in that manner? You still have a lot to work out with the parliament princess and don't let the power of your crown get to your head or you'll lose it," he responded.

"Shut up, if you talk to her like that again, I will make sure you regret it," the king said, and the man left staring at him, while Alix smiled.

"Your highness, you know everything your daughter is doing, she needs to pass it through the parliament as well, I am right, not because she is the princess she can do whatever she wants, she has to do what is best for this kingdom, she can't even tell us exactly what happened to her mother," he replied as he turned to look at Adora, and the king's eyes shook when Alix's brow furrowed and Adora lowered her head.

"Don't look at her like that, you can't do anything to her, you're getting on my nerves, get lost before you regret it, I really dislike people like you, I suggest you scram," Alix said with his eyes glowing red, and the guy's eyes widened in fear from the dark and heavy feeling emanating from Alix , and then he left, and Alix returned to normal.

"Adora," the queen said before the girl sighed and walked away without saying anything, and Alix and the others looked at her.

"Why must they always ruin everything?" Nina inquired, clenching her fists in anger, and Yan placed his hand on her shoulder.

"She'll be fine; the main thing is, she had fun tonight," Yan responded, and Nina sighed.

"She had a good time," Alix said as he walked away, and they smiled.

"Hey," Alix said as he approached Adora, who was drinking red wine by the buffet.

"What is it?" she asked.

"Are you okay?" he asked while she finished her glass of wine, poured herself another, and he stared at her.

"Go on, take it easy," he said, and she smiled.

"Thank you, Alix; you and the others made my night, and you all gave me great gifts; I saw the ones the others gave me, they're on the present table," she replied, and he smiled slightly.

"I think you should eat because it's getting late," he said as the others approached them, and they all took their food and sat by a table to eat it.

"I'm sorry if they ruined your night, Adora," Sarah apologized, and Adora smiled.

"No, don't worry because they didn't ruin it, and thank you for the gifts, I really liked them, that was a good day," she replied, and they smiled after hearing her say that, knowing that they all felt the same way.

"You're welcome," they said, before starting to eat.

Adora scoffed as she felt eyes on her while eating.

'I will always help protect her even if that guy didn't tell me to, I wonder who that might have been too, I know his presence was familiar because I sensed it many times before but I have no idea who he is but one thing is for sure, she is starting to bring forward the truth without us asking now,' Alix thought when he sensed eyes on them and scoffed.