Karl smiled at the cat, and fluffed his ears.
"You know that you have to get along with her, right? She controls the food."
The Moor Cat kitten gave the Elder a suspicious look. Surely, she wouldn’t withhold the food? He thought that they had an understanding.
She did look pretty serious, though.
Reluctantly, the cat pulled the two boys back out of the Villa, leaving them confused and holding pencils.
"See, they were studying." Karl noted.
"Hi! Where are we? Did you know that Anilla got a whole house with her new class?" One of the boys asked.
"Indeed, I did. I was there when she got it. Is it a pretty cool house?" Karl asked.
The Elder smiled at his oblivious act. Obviously, he knew what it looked like, he made it. But the boys were excitedly telling him all about the place, and how it had everything that they needed, as long as they brought their own schoolbooks and snacks.
"You know, if I had known that it was that easy to get them back out, I would have done it myself."
Karl winked at her. "It’s all about leverage. You have to understand your counterpart if you’re going to negotiate the release of hostages.
Even if they’re school children hiding from their mother so they can snack without getting caught.
There is a food creation nature magic spell in the kitchen of the villa."
The kids’ eyes lit up as they received that information. They didn’t know how to cook, so they hadn’t gone into the kitchen. But if it could make snacks for them, they would go and try.
Even if it made popcorn and peanuts. Or caramel popcorn. That would be great. Even mixed nuts and a fruit platter was a great snack. They should be able to get the spell to make that.
"You’re doing that on purpose." The Elder stated in a flat tone.
"One hundred percent, yes. Just be glad that they don’t have Mystic Cooking, or they might become impossible to drag back out into the real world for dinner.
I suppose that there should be an amendment to the arrangement that you have with Shade. It appears that feeding him was definitely part of the deal, but letting you into the separate space for Anilla was not detailed."
The Elder stared at the chubby little beast.
"I can’t believe that I’m negotiating with a furry toddler."
Karl chuckled at her annoyance. "That will happen far more in life than you might expect. At least, it will when you have a ranger in the family, even if she’s an advanced ranger class.
How about this, I will explain things, and see what it will take to make our furry friend behave."
{She can’t have my Anilla back. She’s mine, I licked her.}
"I think that rule only works with food."
The cat looked confused, while the two boys began to laugh.
"He just said something about licking the food to claim it, didn’t he?" One of them asked.


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