Rise of the Malactric Heir

"Is it only because of your identity that you're wearing a mask, Princess?" Alix inquired.

"You can say that, when you have a lot of enemies, that can become a problem in your everyday life, I don't really have a life, to be honest, that freedom that normal people have, I don't have it yet I am fine with this," she responded and he lowered his head.

"I guess we're not so different after all," he said, and she smiled as she drank her glass of juice.

"Thank you for everything, Alix," she said as she wiped her lips with a tissue.

"You are always welcome," he replied as he carried the dishes to the kitchen, and she sighed.

"Alix," she said as she approached him in the kitchen, and he looked at her.

"Go to sleep, don't bother me," he said.

"You are cute when you're mean," she said, and he sighed.

"What exactly do you want?" he questioned.

"What do you think of me?" she asked and his eyes widened as he turned to face her.

"I will tell you when I see what you look like," he replied, as she clutched her mask.

"All right," she said, and he smiled as she began to see double.

"I- I don't feel; great," she mumbled as he looked her in the eyes.

"H- hey," he yelled as she passed out and he grabbed her.

"I hope nothing bad happens to you," he said as he lifted her up in his arms and carried her to his room, where he placed her on his bed.

"You are really burning up," he said as he wrapped a blanket around her and went to get a bowl of water and a towel. He sat by her side, soaked the clean towel in the water, rang it out, and placed it on her forehead.

"I'm not sure if this will work, but it's worth a shot, this isn't a normal fever," Alix mumbled as he repeated the same routine for half an hour.

"Alix," she said as she opened her eyes to see him sleeping on the side of the bed.

"I wonder how many sides this guy really has," Adora said as she removed the towel from her forehead, then her eyes began to glow red and a glow surrounded his body and he began floating in the air, then she gently placed him on the bed.

"Thank you, but this fever isn't going away so easily," she said as she covered him, and her eyes stopped glowing.

"Good night," she said, and the girl soon fell asleep as well.

When Alix awoke the next morning, he felt something soft bracing against his arm, and his eyes widened when he saw the princess bracing against him with her arms around him, and he smiled awkwardly.

'You don't catch a guy off guard like this, damn,' he thought as he looked at her.

"Can you tell me the time?" Adora inquired as she opened her eyes, unaware of her closeness to the boy.

"Good morning to you as well, do you mind?" he questioned.

"Good morning," she replied, wiping her eyes.

"Please let go," he said, and she gasped as she saw herself bracing against him, then moved away from him.

"I am sorry, Alix," she said as he got off of the bed and then checked the time on his phone.

"It's fine, no need to apologize," he said.

"It is now 10:30 a.m.," he said, and she jumped out of bed, still feeling a little dizzy.

"You should relax," he advised.

"No, no, I can't, I need to get back to the castle, I will return your clothes later," she said as she quickly grabbed the clothes she had brought with her and left.

'Women, "He mumbled, then went to freshen up, while the girl got a cab and rushed home.

Upon arriving back home, Adora paid the taxi driver and rushed into the castle, only to run into her stepmother.

"Good morning, Adora," the woman said as she looked at the girl's clothes and then at the ones in her hand.

"Good morning," she replied.

"Whose clothes are you wearing?" the queen inquired, as Nina approached and examined Adora from head to toe.

'I have to save her from having to explain herself,' Nina reasoned.

'Adora, we have a meeting to discuss, good morning your highness," Nina said as she grabbed Adora's arm and pulled her away, and Adora smiled before the queen sighed and left.

"Thank you for saving me there," Adora said.

"You are welcome, but you must explain," Nina said, and Adora sighed.

"I slept by Alix's place last night; these are his clothes, end of story," she replied as the girl continued to stare at her and she drew away from Nina.

"What?" Adora asked.

"What?" Adora asked. "You are now acting very suspicious," she responded.

"You never do that, are you two in a relationship?" Nina questioned, and Adora knocked the girl on the back of the head.

"Stop confusing everything, I just went to give him his gift, it was already late, so I stayed over, and I couldn't sleep in my clothes, so he lent me his, that's all," she replied.

"If you say so," Nina replied.

"Ugh, you stay away from me, believe what I'm saying, then come near me, I'm going to freshen up," Adora replied before leaving to her room and Nina laughed.

'I hope she gets the happiness she deserves; she's been struggling a lot, she has a lot on her shoulders, some of which she can't share with anyone,' Nina thought as she checked Adora's schedule for the day.

"Oh, they want her to meet with them at the magical parliament, but she specifically stated she wants nothing to do with those people, and talking about them will make her very angry," Nina said as the king approached her.

"Good morning, your majesty," she said.

"Good morning sweetie, can you tell Adora that the tournament schedule just arrived, please show her hers, she needs to know when her team has to fight," he replied.

'I'll do it,' she said.

"Thank you,' he replied then left and Nina looked at the schedule.