Bill's powers had been slowly returning little by little, day by day. He had felt drained when he used most of his energy to reach King's mind last week. Soon, it wouldn't have to be that way.

The triangle thought through the next phase of his plan carefully. He had to play the cards just right to fulfill his wicked scheme.

So Bill drew the first card.

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Warden Wrath and his guards never had much success in their attempts to capture Eda. She always manages to find her way out of trouble, yet constantly gets herself into it at the same time. It was insanely baffling.

And it made him fall for her. Hard. It got to the point where it was a little past obsession. He wasn't really trying to capture her for her crimes. He was trying to capture her heart. But she was the one who got away... multiple times.

How he wished there was a way to get to her so he could finally express his admiration.

He had just divided the troops out for their daily patrols and search when his vision went blurry. The only thing he could see was golden lights. There was a ringing in his ear, and he felt very dizzy. He could hardly move.

"What's going on?" The monster growled, grasping his throbbing head. A voice broke through his scrambled thoughts: "Eda," it said, "is close."

"Where? Where is she?"

"You musn't take her right away. Steal from one she loves... and she'll come running."

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"Yes... Yes!" Wrath exclaimed. "But... who would she take the time to keep around?"

The voice laughed. "A King."

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"EDA!!! EMERGENCY!!!" King screeched at the top of his lungs, waving his arms frantically as he rushed around the corner. "HELP!!!"

Eda burst out of her room. "What?! What is it?! What's going on?!"

"My crown!" King shouted in reply. "It's GONE!!!"

Eda's panicked expression faded. "Wait... that's it? I thought it was something important!" She said, rolling her eyes and crossing her arms.

King was dumbfounded. "THIS IS IMPORTANT!!!" He screamed in Eda's face. She just stared at him.

"Look, I don't know why you like that cardboard crown so much, but there's no need to go berserk about it." Eda calmly stated in return.

King's eye twitched. He clenched his fists and growled and grunted. All of his rage built up and then exploded in a long, drawn-out, high-pitched scream.

When he was done, he gave very heavy breaths and looked back at Eda. She was biting her lip and holding her breath. Finally, she let it all out in an eruption of laughter.

"Oh my- King- ha! Is that really how you- bah ha ha!!" Eda guffawed. "You sound- ha ha, you sound like a teakettle!!"

As she continued to crack up, King felt heat rising to his cheeks. She wasn't supposed to hear that... He can't come out so babyish!

"My crown isn't cardboard! It's real gold! You're just jealous!" He tried to sound tough to distract from his rage squeal.

Eda wiped a tear from her eye. "Whatever you say, teakettle."

King sighed. She wasn't going to let this go. "Listen, without my crown, I lose my powers. Will you help me get it back?"

Eda smiled seriously. "Of course." She stood up and stretched. "I know exactly who would've taken it. And if it's who I think, they probably put a no-magic barrier around it. So that I'll come to get it and fail... We would need someone with no magic aura." She paused and thought for a moment. "And we don't have that! So I guess we'll deal with it later."

"WHAT?!" King shouted. "We can't give up before we've even started!"

"Well, I've got human things that won't sell themselves. I'm leaving." Eda grabbed her Palisman. "Coming?"

"No!" King pouted. "I'm going to take a bubble bath and pretend like you didn't just postpone my justice!"

Eda rolled her eyes. "Bye, King."