Rise of the Malactric Heir

Later that day, after Alix finished having lunch with the others, he went back to work with Sally because, even though he didn\'t need the money anymore, he wanted to keep his part-time job.

While selling to customers that afternoon, Alix noticed the same guy who had been following him around and trying to get him to be more positive and talked to him about having a family.

"What exactly is he doing here? Doesn\'t anyone suspect a guy in the hood whose face you can\'t even see?" Alix questioned.

"Is that one of your friends?" Sally asked as she approached Alix.

"No, I\'m not sure, Sal; I\'ll take a short break," he replied.

"Sure," she said then Alix went to the guy sitting by the table at the entrance.

"What brings you back? If you came here to sell me something about family and destiny, I\'m not interested; right now, all I see is a suspicious guy who could be an enemy; is the name you gave me the last time while I was walking home even the right one?" He questioned while sitting, and the man scoffed.

"No, that was one of my names; I\'ll give you the name I gave someone very close to you, Dral," he replied and Alix sighed.

"What do you want, Dral or whatever? Are you here to buy bread or pastries?" he questioned.

"Actually, I would like to buy pastries as well," he replied, and Alix\'s brow furrowed in irritation.

"Dral, which pastry?" Alix asked as he stood up, and the man chuckled since he was having his own fun annoying the young man.

"Anything that tastes good," he said.

"Sally, I would like to get rid of a customer, one small box of different pastries to go please," he said, and she walked away, staring at him before smiling.

"Coming right up, take something cold to drink, I think you\'re running hot," Sally said and he sighed.

"Take her advice and get yourself something nice and cold to drink," the guy recommended.

"Shut up, I can\'t believe I really want to kill you; why are you here?" Alix questioned.

"This is fun to watch," Maila said as she walked into the shop, and he looked at her.

"Hey," he said.

"You are nice to all of the customers; be nice to him as well, and maybe he\'ll tell you what he wants," she smiled.

"I just changed my mind; I don\'t want to talk to him, take your order, pay, and leave," Alix said as he turned to walk away, but the man called out his name and he looked back.

"I am not here to cause you any trouble," the man said as Maila approached the counter to place her order.

"Are you really just here to get some pastries?" Alix questioned.

"No, I\'m not, do you have a scroll?" the guy asked, and Alix sat down again.

"If I do?" he asked.

"Then I\'ll give you some pointers on how to use it," he said.

"Fine, it appeared not long after you," Alix said.

"More reason for you to suspect me, great," he replied, "but it doesn\'t matter because I assure you I am not an enemy and this is the last time we will meet for the time being."

"OK, you have got my attention now, what is it?" Alix inquired.

"Good, glad you are interested; did you notice anything out of the ordinary about the scroll?" he asked.

"It once found the location of something powerful," he explained.

"Nice, so it\'s working the way it\'s supposed to with you, it will only work like that with you or someone you share a strong bond with, it\'s an ancient tool that was used to show you directions to any place you desire, more importantly, it can lead you to sources that were used in the great war and this scroll belongs to a certain set of people," he said.

"That is cool, and it also explains something; it all makes sense now, but why do I have something like this?" Alix questioned.

"You will figure it out sooner or later," he said, "but don\'t go digging for the answer just yet."

"I won\'t because I don\'t have time for that, but I do want to know why I shouldn\'t?" he asked and the guy\'s eyes started glowing red.

"Because you aren\'t ready for even a slight amount of the truth yet, and if you start digging, you won\'t find anything that will lead you to a good answer, you have a long way to go yet, grow, understand your powers, unlock them all, also the princess will be the one who can use the scroll too, don\'t you have a problem with that?" the guy asked as Alix lowered his head and smiled.

"No, I don\'t, she is one of those who doesn\'t care about your background, your past, to her, what matters is who you choose to be in the present, she is also one of the few that pushed me to live a little, she is harsh but doesn\'t matter, I trust her," he responded, and the guy smiled.

"Whoever doesn\'t trust that girl has to be stupid; I guess some people don\'t because they believe she killed her mother," he said, and Alix\'s eyes widened.

"W- what? Who would think such a thing?" Alix questioned.

"People, she might be the princess, but that doesn\'t mean that some won\'t judge her, the queen was dearly loved, she was the only one who witnessed what happened to her mother, she couldn\'t say what killed her mother, she was the one covered in her mother\'s blood," he responded, and Alix\'s eyes shook as he turned around and saw Nina standing at the entrance and she lowered her head.

"N- Nina," Alix called out and she smiled.

"Well, that\'s all I have to say, for now, Alix, I\'ll see you sometime soon, maybe, take care kid, don\'t trust everyone you think is good your current friends are exceptions, they will be there for you," the guy said before leaving and Alix stood up.