Rise of the Malactric Heir

Chapter 22 Interest

That afternoon Alix went up to the hill where the princess took them for training and looked at the magic tree which she asked him to break in three days.

"I guess i better get to work," he said as he looked at the tree and took his sword out.

"I have to try," he said as he closed his eyes and felt energy building up in the palms of his hand, his eyes started glowing red as he slashed the tree but the energy that bounced off of the tree sent him flying across the ground.

"Damn it, it won't work so fast, should have known," he thought as the princess walked into the throne room in the castle and her father was sitting by the conference table.

'Father, you asked to see me?" she asked as she sat down and two others walked into the throne room, two guys and one woman.

"What are you guys doing here?" she asked as they all sat down.

"I am Cynthia, princes I am here on behalf of the vampire," the busty woman with black hair and fair asking said.

"I am Arnet, here on behalf of the werewolves about what happened last night," the dark-haired, tall, muscular and fair guy said as he looked at the princess with glowing blue eyes.

"Sorry about what happened," Adora said.

"It was not your fault, no need to apologize, the dire wolves are at fault, I sent a few of my men out, they found more proof of the wolves, they found blood, when we tested it, they were not normal," Cynthia said.

"What do you mean they are not normal?" she asked.

'I think you know your highness," Arnet responded.

'You mean Genome editing?" she asked.

"Yes, they are more monstrous, someone or thing is planning to break the alliances, I don't know which other species are going to be targeted next, I have a feeling it's my kind, werewolves, we are strong than dire wolves, it only makes sense," he responded and she sighed.

"I did a little digging up I found nothing of the scientist," she said.

"You leave that to us, we are also here to discuss your role in all of this," Cynthia replied.

"My role? father, what is she talking about?" Adora asked.

"Someone is going after power here sweetheart, I really don't think you should be here," her father responded and her eyes started glowing.

"Is this the same thing that killed my mother?" she asked and the king's eyes shook and the princess got up.

"What?" her father asked.

"Nothing, I have a team to take care of and other responsibilities, I don't plan on abandoning them anytime soon, I hope all of you understand that and I am more than capable of taking care of myself," she responded.

"You never talked about your mother's death, what was it that killed her?" Arnet asked.

"I don't know," she responded.

"You do," he said and she punched the table causing it to break in half and they all flung up from the chairs.

'This is the end of this meeting I don't know, that's it," she said then walked away and the king downed his head.

"Your highness, you know we are right, she is one of the most powerful amongst us, she is needed in these times," Arnet said.

"I know but she is my daughter, trained to fight ever since her mother died, she is one of a kind, part of her is gone, the girl I once knew, don't pressure her, she will explode on you and that's not something you want right now, let her handle things the way she wants to, I think with this new team she is finding a place to belong, let her be," the king replied.

"Fine we will give her a break, she deserves it I guess, the other members will be here soon for a meeting, probably tomorrow or so on, we will see you then, we will keep investigating," Arnet said.

"Got it, in the meantime, I will focus on the tournament, the next few matches will be brutal and one is with that worthless young man in her team," the king replied and he scoffed then left with Cynthia.

"How should I answer that question? I watched my mother die before me," she said as she saw lights flashing on the hills.

'What the hell?" she asked as she teleported to the hill and saw Alix training.

'I am glad to see that you are at least taking this seriously," she said as he swung the sword and nearly chopped her head off but she grabbed onto the sword and he sighed in relief.

"You should not sneak up on people while they are training, damn how dumb are you?" he asked and she scoffed.

'I am not dumb, you are doing it wrong, I should have known, everyone thinks of you as a pushover, useless, you don't even know where the hell you come from, how does that make you feel Alix?" she asked as he stared at her.

"Why do you care all of a sudden?" he asked.

"Interest, my interest level in you is high, I promise to turn you into someone who no one will think of as a pushover, worthless person, you will get to feel good about yourself, but for that I want you to hand yourself over to me or lose the tournament, if you hand yourself over I promise before the tournament ends, you won't be able to recognize the current worthless you," she responded as he clenched his fists.

"I will budge, what exactly do you want from me?" he asked as she leaned in closer and his eyes started glowing red as a wicked smirk appeared on her face.

'Are you willing to hand yourself over to me or not? trust me with your life since right now it doesn't have much significance?" she asked and he sighed.

'You are harsh but yes I want to learn about my powers," he responded.

"Good now, let's get down to business," she said and he swallowed.