Rise of the Malactric Heir

The next morning, when they woke up, both of them were smiling and as usual, they got up to do their normal morning routine.

When they were finished, both of them went to the dining room and upon seeing each other, Adora went to Alix and he smiled at her.

At the same time, Nina and the others had arrived and when Nina saw them with each other, she sighed in relief.

Ifrit glanced at them before lowering his head and a gentle smile appeared on his face when he saw the smile that was on Adora\'s face.

"Good morning, Adora," he said.

"Good morning, did you sleep well?" she asked.

"Yeah, I slept well, did you?" he asked and she sighed.

"Yeah, I slept quite well, thanks to you," she responded and he glanced at her.

"I am getting thanks for something I don\'t know about, you are welcome," he said and she chuckled.

"I was able to sleep well because of you, that\'s all, shall we have breakfast?" she asked.

"Yes, I am hungry, really hungry this morning," he responded and she smiled before they went and join the others.

After Alix sat down, Scott approached Nessa and she looked at him, then he smiled at her and wished her a good morning and she did the same.

"Here, before I went to bed last night, I made sure to set the ship\'s coordination and we left the city then, I want you to check if we are still on the right track," Scott said as he showed Adora his tablet and she smiled.

"So we left last night and didn\'t even know? Though we had fun, the most fun in quite a long time, am I right guys?" Zack asked.

"Yeah," they responded.

"Think about it this way, if we survive this, we can always go back," Kyllan said and they laughed before nodding.

"We can," Alix replied before looking at Adora as she checked if they were on the right track.

"Yes, we are going in the right direction, there is no need to worry about anything," Adora said and Scott sighed in relief.

"Thank goodness," he replied and Adora patted him on his back and he smiled at her before sitting down then she went and sat with Alix.

"Adora, if you don\'t mind me asking, where exactly are we going?" Kyllan asked and Adora looked at him.

"I don\'t mind, you guys have a right to know where you are going, you are going to a place which has been hidden for a very long time," she responded and his brows furrowed.

"You are serious?" Ifrit asked, she looked at him and he clenched his right fist.

"Yeah, I am serious, I am done holding onto certain things Ifrit," she responded and he exhaled deeply as the others stared at them and Adora lowered her head, thinking about things of the past.

"Is the place that bad?" Alix asked as he placed his hand on her shoulder.

She flinched and he felt it but didn\'t say anything to her.

She looked at him and the look in his eyes and Adora smiled.

"It\'s not a bad place, it just carries a bad history, bad memories, that place was beautiful," she responded and he scoffed.

"From the look on your face, it\'s more than just that," Alix said and she nodded.

"It\'s more than that, the place we are going to is dark and it will awaken a lot of things, some which will not be good and some which will be but at this point, it\'s a risk that has to be taken," she replied and Alix sighed.

"Tell me, Adora, is all of this connected to the Malactrics and you?" Alix asked and Ifrit glanced at her and her eyes began glowing red.

"Yes, it\'s all connected," she responded.

"Then, other than friendship between the kingdoms, how connected was your family to the Malactrics? I have a feeling this is more connected to you, not just because of what happened with your mother," Alix said.

Adora looked at the others who were eating their breakfast while listening closely and she poured herself a cup of coffee and began drinking it.

"My father and them were good friends, but the connection was deeper than that from my mother\'s side, she was friends with the last heir\'s parents," she replied and Alix glanced at her as his head began aching and he closed his eyes.

Adora glanced at him with her right fist clenched and he began seeing things like a storm in his mind but couldn\'t understand what.

Adora placed her hand on his shoulder and he opened his eyes and looked at her and the storm within his mind just disappeared.

"Can you go on? I am not going to ask more if you can\'t right now," Alix asked.

Adora smiled at him for always being considerate, but this time, she wanted to go on even though she couldn\'t tell him everything as yet, she wanted him to know what he could at the time which was most of it.

"Don\'t worry, I can still go on," she responded and Alix smiled at her.

After hearing what Adora was saying, Alix wanted to know more, but he was not willing to risk hurting Adora because of the truth, but seeing that she was willing to talk on her own, he was pleased.

"The Malactrics and my family were close because of the alliance yes, but my mother was closer to them, you see the last heir\'s mother is from the royal family, she married the general of the army who was not of royal blood, my mother and the princess of the Malactrics were best of friends since childhood."

"When my mother married my father, it was after the great war and the one who made my mother meet my father was the last heir\'s father, they were best of friends, they kept the nations standing after the war and everyone was living a good life even with the struggles," she added with her lips trembling.

Alix looked at Adora and she exhaled deeply.

"But, not all happiness lasts forever, something had happened within the Malactrics after the heir was born and it was a little while after I was born as well, I don\'t know what but I know it was the reason the land fell and a few years after, my mother was gone but as for my connection, it\'s far more than the relationship the parents had with each other," she said.

They all looked at each other, wondering what had happened and in what other way Adora was connected to the Malactric.