Rise of the Malactric Heir

Ifrit felt relieved after hearing Adora's and the demon lord's methods of not being summoned.

"It's up to you," Alix said.

"Well, I choose to do it because I don't want to see something like that again," he replied, and Adora smiled at him.

"Do you have a pen or pencil and paper, Scott?" Adora asked.

"Yeah, I do," he replied, handing her a pen and a piece of paper, and she drew the marking containing the spell and handed the paper to Ifrit, who took a deep breath and his eyes began glowing orange as the marking on the paper reflected in his eyes, then the paper turned to ash and his entire body began glowing bright orange and blue, and they all stepped back as the marking circled his entire body, which began to ache and he gnashed his teeth.

"He's tough," Alix said.

"He is," she replied, smiling as Ifrit's body returned to normal and he sighed.

"Are you all right?" When Alix asked, Ifrit looked at him.

"Yes, I am fine, thank you, Adora. How did the demon lord reveal this to you?" Ifrit inquired.

"I asked him, and he didn't question me, he just told me, the reason is, and this is something I know, not all demons are bad," she replied, and he smiled.

"Thank you very much, Adora," he said.

"There's no need to thank me Ifrit, no good demon deserves to be misunderstood or mistreated," she replied, and Alix glanced at her and then smiled.

"Would you guys like something to eat? I believe we should all talk and eat together, that will be better for all of us; I, too, am hungry," Nina said, and they laughed, and then she and Eliza went to get snacks and drinks, which they brought to everyone, who sat down, took, and began eating, drinking while talking.

'I feel relaxed, this is nice,' Alix thought, and Adora looked at him before clenching her fists and Nina looked at her.

Nina said, "Adora," and the girl looked at her.

"What is it, Nina?" she inquired, and Nina handed her a cold glass of juice, which she accepted with a smile.

"Thank you," she said.

"You are welcome, it will help you relax more, especially with the cold wind blowing right now, drink, eat and enjoy, let the stress go away even if it's for a few minutes," Nina replied and Adora smiled then sipped the juice.

Later that day, while listening to music on his headphones, Alix noticed his fingers began to glow red. He sighed, then got up, knowing he still needed more control over his powers due to the new gate that opened and he hadn't gotten a chance to practice more, so he went to his room, sat on his bed, took a deep breath, and began balancing the energy within his body to help him gain more control.

While doing so, Alix began to see images similar to his dreams, and this time, two women appeared with a man, but as usual, he couldn't see their faces, but he could hear both of the women calling out his and Adora's names and didn't know why.

'What the hell is this?' he wondered as the red crystal appeared, and he sighed as he left staring at it.

"What am I supposed to do with these images?" Alix asked as Ifrit passed by his room and since his door was opened, Ifrit saw him.

'What is he up to?' Ifrit pondered as he stood near the door, looking at Alix.

Alix opened his eyes and looked at Ifrit, who smiled at him after he couldn't make sense of anything that he saw within the images which were from dreams.

"Did you need something?" Alix asked.

"What's bothering you? I heard something about images," Ifrit responded and Alix sighed.

"Yeah, you could say it's a reflection of my dreams; they're not always pleasant and I tend to get those kinds a lot, but there are times that it feels..." he said.

"Real?" Ifrit inquired, and Alix glanced at him.

"Yeah, real," he replied.

"I know about those, I used to have them and you are right, they are not always pleasant, Adora had a lot of them, that much I know after living with her for so long," he said.

"Does she worry about that or even think about them? Does it even bother her?" Alix asked.

"I'm not sure, she doesn't talk to me about everything or, to be more specific, things that can bother you; maybe you should ask her, she'll tell you, maybe," Alix sighed after Ifrit responded.

"Alright, I will ask here, thank you Ifrit," Alix said and Ifrit smiled.

"You're welcome, you can go to her now, I think she is in her room, it's almost night, so," Ifrit replied before leaving and Alix smiled.

'Whatever, I'm going to ask her,' Alix thought as he stood up and left his room to see Adora.

When Alix arrived at Adora's room, he noticed the door was slightly open and entered, only to find her wrapped in her towel, listening to music and not even noticing he was there.

'I wonder how this always happens, I am not a pervert, yet I will be called one again,' Alix thought as she turned around and they left staring at each other and she looked at herself in the towel with her skin wet and then looked at him and he grinned before closing his eyes.

"Alix," she said, then removed her headphones and approached him.

"If you're wondering if I saw anything, the answer is no, your room door was a peek open and I came in to talk with you so don't blame me," he said and she chuckled.

"Pervert," she teased, and he scoffed before opening his eyes and leaning in closer to her.

"There it is, pervert huh? I can show you what a true pervert looks like," he said with a smirk and she scoffed.

"I'll go change, wait here, I won't take long, make yourself comfortable," she said before going to the bathroom, and he sat on the bed, waiting for her to finish.