Rise of the Malactric Heir

After they finished drying themselves, Alix took Adora to a food stand that was packed with people, after catching onto the nice aroma coming from the place.

Adora glanced at Alix while they were waiting in line and she couldn't help but smile at him, she was feeling more relaxed than ever and warm.

After a few minutes of waiting, it was their turn to order what they wanted and Alix looked around, the things they were selling and some of the foods were piping hot.

"Do you want to sit down and eat here or not?" he asked.

"I want to eat here, it will be getting dark soon," she responded and he nodded with a gentle smile.

Alix ordered a bunch of hot food as well as drinks and they sat down by the side of the stand with a good view of the mountains nearby as well as the waterfall which was within sight.

Both of them began eating the food Alix had ordered and Adora smiled before sipping the drink, Alix glanced at her and noticed the color of her eyes was a little different.

His eyes narrowed, wondering why that was and he tapped her on her shoulder and she glanced at him.

"What is it?" she asked.

"What's with the color of your eyes?" he asked and she stopped eating.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"The color, it's a bit different on your left eye," he responded and she covered her eye before sighing.

"It happens at times, nothing to worry about, it's truly not a big deal," she said and he scoffed.

"All right, I will take your word for it, but I bet there is more to it, can you say that I am wrong?" he asked and her lips trembled as he stared at her.

"No, you are not wrong, there is always more to things when I am concerned," she responded while clutching her right fist, he sighed then held onto her hand and she looked at him.

"It's fine, Adora, believe me, I understand that some of the things you are keeping might be too dark for others and even yourself, it's the reason you have had to make tough decisions, I hope I am not wrong," he said with a grin and she chuckled.

"No, you are not wrong, you have been right most of the time," she replied and he continued eating his food as did she.

When they finished eating, both of them got up and Adora looked around to see which ride they should go on next, Alix smiled while looking at her before looking up at the place Nina showed him to go.

'I wonder how high up it is?' Alix wondered and Adora looked at him, then tapped him on his shoulder and he glanced at her.

"I found the next ride to go on, shall we get going?" she asked and he nodded, then she grabbed onto his arm and pulled him with her and he sighed with a bit of relief.

Adora took Alix to the ride that she chose and he chuckled upon seeing which it was. She chose the second fastest ride in the park and Alix knew why.

"You are vengeful aren't you?" he asked and she grinned.

"No, I am not, I just want us to have a bit of fun, how is that vengeful?" she asked and he glanced at her.

"Is that so?" he asked.

"Yeah, that's it, I just want us to have lots and lots of fun," she responded and he chuckled then patted her on her shoulder.

"All right, but I will tell you that, despite it going so high in the air and dropping it won't affect me at all, let's have fun," he said and she chuckled before lining up.

After a few minutes, they got onto the ride and it took off.

Due to the speed of the ride and how high it goes in the sky, a lot of people feared it, but despite that, they took the chance since it was fun and it stops for a few minutes when it's halfway in the air, giving one a good view of the place.

When they finished their turn on the ride and got off, Adora sighed before looking at Alix and he smiled at her.

"That was high but nice," she said and he nodded.

"Well, it's already night, what do you want to do now?" she asked and he looked up at a high hill nearby and the stars in the night sky.

"I have an idea as to where we can go next, I won't tell you, will you still want to come?" he asked and Adora smiled at him.

"Yeah, of course," she responded, he grabbed onto her hand and she followed him to their next location without asking anything about it.

Upon arriving at their destination, Nessa saw many people going up a stair and when she read the sign, she saw it was a shrine with two different paths.

She looked at Alix and he smiled at her, before going up a stair and she smiled.

"I am a bit tired, I don't want to walk up there Alix," she said and he scoffed.

"Fine, then I have an even better way, since there is something that I want you to see, I can give you a piggyback ride," he replied and her eyes widened as he bent down and she left staring at him.

"You are serious?" she asked.

"Yeah, of course, I am, come on, get on, I want you to see it," he responded and she smiled before wrapping her hands around him and he placed his hand under her legs and lifted her up.

"All right, are you good there?" he asked.

"Yeah, I am fine, in fact quite comfortable," she responded and he chuckled.

"I am glad to hear that, now up we go, I promise, you are not going to regret it," he said as he began walking up the stairs with her on his back and she peeked at him.

"I am pretty sure that no matter what it is, I am not going to regret it," she replied, he smiled and she hugged him even tighter.