Chapter 325 I Have Good Hearing

It had been exactly twenty-four hours since Jude ran away to avoid getting caught by the king's soldiers and Carl and Festus had gotten locked up by the king.

It had been a complete twenty-four hours since they got locked and they had not eaten anything during their period and up till now.

"I am starving." Carl yawned as he sat up against the prison wall.

The whole area was dark given that it was nighttime but the dimmed light coming from Festus' staff was enough to light up their cell just enough for them to see.

"Well that's the way it is with prisoners, they are always starved," Festus said. He seemed disturbingly relaxed about the whole thing.

"Can't you just use your magic to leave here and go get us some food since you won't agree to break us out?" Carl said.

"I promised not to use my magic to get out and even if I do get out, I don't think I have enough money to get food for the both of us," Festus said.

"I have enough money but I'm not here with any," Carl said after checking his pockets to see that there was nothing in them.

"Oh and I'm sure your father must have built his own house in another place that I do not know," Festus said.

"You know my father?" Carl said with a surprised expression on his face.

"Yeah I didn't have the kind of relationship I had with Felix with him but I'm sure he heard my name a few times as a kid," Festus said. "Since his name is also Carl, shouldn't you be called Carl junior?"

"How old are you?" Carl asked, slightly shaking his head.

"Not as old as you think," Festus said.

The two had quickly gone quiet after that as they heard footsteps approaching their cell and it didn't take long before the person who was carrying a hand lamp came into view.

"Diana?" Carl said as he was really surprised to see her there by that time.

She didn't say anything as she squatted down in front of the bars and slowly laid down both of the bowl plates she was holding with her other hand.

"I brought you food." She said pushing both plates in front of him.

"I thought you hated me now." He said with a surprised look on his face as he wasn't expecting this from her.

"Yeah but not as much as to let you starve," Diana said.

"Thank you," Carl said with a smile as he pulled the plates closer.

"One's for him," Diana said pointing at Festus who was sitting at the back.

"Oh, I thought they were both for me," Carl said, turning his gaze to her with a smile on his face.

"Greedy, give it to him," Diana said with a little chuckle.

"Okay," Carl said as he pushed the other plate to Festus.

"Thank you, princess," Festus said. "But I don't think your father would be happy if he found out about this."

"That's why he shouldn't find out about it," Diana said.

"This is good," Carl said after putting a spoon of the rice in his mouth.

"Really? I made it myself." Diana said as her face seemed to have brightened up more.

"You did?" Carl said with a surprised expression on his face.

"Yeah, I know most princesses don't know how to cook but I've been practicing for a while, and judging by what you just told me now, I think I'm getting used to it," Diana said.

"That's good," Carl said with his mouthful. "Although I don't think your father will like seeing you in the kitchen instead of doing princess things."

"I don't if he thinks of it." She said as her voice had reverted to the cold one she was using earlier today.

There was a little moment of silence between them as Carl slowly ate his food while she watched him with a face void of expression.

"Hey, I'm sorry about your sister," Carl said, raising his gaze to look at her.

"I know you are but it's not entirely your fault, it's a little of everyone's fault, especially my father." She said, "If he had looked into the case of Tania when she went missing, Jude would have never gone looking for her and wouldn't have been captured by the elves.

"And I don't blame Jude for doing what he did, I would do the same for someone who risked her life to save me, Tauriel's a really nice elf."

"How do you know that name?" Carl asked.

"I've met her, we spoke through Jude's communication orb," Diana said.

"How?... You went to our room while we were outside."

"Yeah because I had to," Diana said.

"Are you still with the orb?" Carl asked.

"Yeah, I took it before anyone could get there." She said.

"Princess, get to the wall, someone's coming," Festus said abruptly as he quickly sat up.

"Go," Carl said as Diana blew out the light in her hand lamp, quickly got up, and headed to the wall like Festus had told her to.

There was no place to hide in the area which meant that whoever was entering the room could easily spot her but she knew the light wizard had a reason for telling her to go there.

After she had gone to the wall, Carl had placed his plate against the wall and used his back to cover it as Festus hid his.

It didn't take long before one of the guards in the palace had walked into the area with a hand lamp.

Apart from the light from the lamp, the whole place was really dark now as Festus had completely turned off the glowing effect of his staff.

"Now what are you two chattering about?" The guard asked with his lamp placed against the bars.

"Nothing that will interest you," Festus said.

"Oh, I see." The guard said, nodding his head. "You two should be ashamed of yourselves, walking with elves against your own people.*

"If only the narrative was that easy and straightforward," Carl muttered.

"The punishment for your crimes will begin tomorrow and trust me, you are not going to like it, especially you." He said looking down at Carl.

He turned with his lamp now showing the wall and Carl was expecting to see Diana but she had somehow disappeared.

Diana knew she was there, she had her back against the wall and held her breath as the light from the lamp flashed on her.

The guard didn't act like there was anyone there because to him there was no one there and a few seconds later, he had left the area.

Diana let out muffled pants as soon as he was gone as she could finally breathe again.

As soon as the sounds had come from her, Festus turned up the light of his staff and Carl could see her again.

"I didn't know light wizards could do that," Carl said as he turned to Festus with a stunned look on his face.

"You used an invisibility spell on me." She said looking at Festus.

"Yeah," Festus said.

"How did you know he was coming, I didn't even hear anything until he got closer?" Carl asked.

"I have good hearing," Festus said, tapping his ear with his staff.

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"Let's agree never to open that closet until we're out of here," Tammy said as she slammed the closet door shut.

"I'm with you," Pearl said looking at the closed door with a disgusted look on his face.

"Okay, so what are we going to do now?" Tammy asked, turning to her.

"I want to see Luis," Pearl said, pointing at the door.

"Luis, why?" Tammy asked.

"So we can start checking if there's any Tame here and see if we can find out how he's related to them," Pearl said, walking to the door.

"Ummm…. I told you Luis is my cousin and we don't have any relation to the Tames." Tammy said.

"I know but there has to be some kind of relation, he has their ability and according to statistics, their ability isn't possessed by other families like the elemental abilities are," Pearl said. "Maybe it's through some kind of secret extramarital affair or maybe he was secretly adopted, we have to find out."

"Pearl."

"I promise I'll be back before the sun starts setting," Pearl said before leaving the room and closing the door.

"I wish I could tell you the kind of wild goose chase you're going on," Tammy said with a sigh.

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