Rise of the Malactric Heir

Later that day, after the princess had returned home, she noticed the queen staring at her mother\'s portrait in the hallway and left, staring at the woman.

"That portrait hadn\'t been there for a long time," Adora said as the girl approached her, and the queen turned to face her.

"I know, I had the maids hang one here as well, her picture is among the past leaders that left us on the memorial hall and in your room, as well as a few other places, but one was needed here for others to see when they enter the castle as well," she replied and Adora lowered her head then sighed.

"How much do you love my father?" she asked and the woman lowered her head.

"Don\'t lie to me, I am not blind and I know you still do, of course, you will after all these years, let me ask you this, I might sound like an immature brat here, but I promise, I am not trying to be rude, it\'s just a simple question, I accept you as my father\'s wife and as this kingdom\'s queen, I did a long time ago," she said and the queen\'s eyes widened as she stared at Adora and at the same time the king centered the castle and overheard them talking.

"Everyone moves on in time, and if my father did with you, that\'s fine; I\'m not a child who doesn\'t understand that, but did you despise my mother for marrying the man you always loved?" she asked then the queen smiled, gently.

"No, not once, I could never hate my sister for that, everyone is made for someone out there, they were meant to be and I knew that, my sister knew that too, and so did your father, both of them apologized as if they had committed a crime, they didn\'t, so no, I only ever loved my sister," she responded, and Adora lowered her head before turning around to look at her father, who stood there staring at both of them.

"I can never give you mother\'s space, that\'s for sure, but I accepted her as a part of this family, father, you both are adults, decide what you want, you have every right to move on father, I don\'t know if you already have but she has always loved you, if you do feel that way about each other now, I am fine with it, I wanted both of you to know that, there is nothing wrong with it," the princess continued.

Adora said this to them without a tear in her eyes and with nothing but boldness and didn\'t care whether she sounded rough or soft because she was only being honest and had already understood most things in life and knew that everyone can make a choice for themselves and should not be bound by the past indefinitely.

"Adora, do you understand what you\'re saying?" the queen inquired.

"I do, believe me, I am being nothing but honest, I don\'t care what decision you make that involves your personal lives as long as you think it makes you happy, just know that I cannot ever see you as my mother, but I will also never wish you harm, we are a family, one way or another, I accepted that since I was a child," she responded, then left, and Xemon along with Kyris and Alix stood by the entrance behind the king, overhearing everything that had just happened and smiled, feeling a bit relieved.

Alix was only there because he had forgotten his phone in the dining hall, since he took it out and placed it on the table before eating.

"Alix, when did you arrive?" Kyris inquired, and both the king and queen turned to face them.

"I forgot my phone and came here to get it," he responded.

"Ah, here, I collected it," the queen said, approaching Alix and handing him his phone, which he took.

"Thank you," he replied.

"You are welcome," she said, as the king sighed and the queen turned to face him.

"Are you all right?" she inquired.

"Yeah, I\'m fine; I just never expected to hear that from her; I wonder if she\'s truly okay at times, but what she said made me really happy," he replied, and the queen smiled.

"You have a great kid, I am glad she told us her true feelings, I kind of feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulder," the queen said softly, as the king returned his gaze to the others.

"Are you feeling awkward, kids?" the king inquired, and they smiled.

"No, it\'s just a family matter, that\'s normal, there\'s no need to feel awkward about it, it\'s nice," Alix replied before Kyris smiled.

"I believe the same, your highnesses, there is nothing to be embarrassed about, it\'s almost night, I have a few things to take care of, bye," Kyris said before leaving, leaving his brother to sigh.

"Well, I better get going too, good evening," he said as he followed his brother, and Alix bowed his head and left after them.

"I hope these kids, including Adora, get what they want in life," the queen said.

"Are you concerned about what\'s going to happen?" the king asked.

"Yeah, I am; I can\'t help but feel like something really bad is about to happen," she replied, and the king patted her on the head, after which she smiled.

"Let\'s get started on what we planned for midnight, I\'m sure Nina already told the others," he said, then she smiled and they both went about their business.

Later that night, just before midnight, Adora sat on her balcony after freshening up, looking up at the stars in the sky before sighing and closing her eyes, thinking about the time and when her mother died.

\'It happened soon, mother, that time in which you became forever lost, I wonder why you had to die too, well it\'s because you saved me too, \' Adora thought as she went to bed and tried her hardest to sleep, which she eventually did after a short while.