"So, listen. Tomorrow, the king decided to organize a big party at the castle, with everyone in the forest invited." says Trystan
"That way, the forest will be empty, allowing him to search for you in every corner of every place, private property or not." continues Theo
"Ok but, if he isn't going to be at the party, wouldn't it be strange ? I mean, it's his own party after all." asks Scarlet
"He will be at the party and the majority of the shadow army will look for you in the entire forest, the general of the army will report to him everything that happens"
"But I could disguise myself as an ordinary forest citizen and try to sneak into the palace"
"This is the tricky part, they will also have guards at every possible entry, and those guards are instructed to ask for your name and where you live. And on top of that, they will give you a bracelet that tracks your position, and if you try to leave the gates of the palace, it will alert the knights."
"I could simply take it off."
"If you take it off it will also alert the knights."
"Ok then, what do we do?" asks the girl
"Well, we found out that there's a secret bunch of tunnels under the castle, and that there might be something very useful somewhere in them. We suspect that there might be a map to those tunnels, hidden somewhere in the library of the castle." says Trystan
"Continue"
"We made a plan to take that map, since I will be looking for you in the forest, I can't help much. And even if Trystan will be at the palace, he will always be accompanied by some guards so he can't do much either. So you are going to infiltrate the castle and steal the map"
"And how exactly do you suggest I will do that?"
"Well, today Trystan will go back to the palace so no one suspects anything, then tomorrow I will disguise you and go, but before I go I will leave a map so you can get to the palace by yourself. When you get to the palace, hide the map without anyone seeing you and go to the front gates, when they ask for your name and where you live, tell them your name is Monica Ludenberg and that you live on the sixth level, in a little village. Let them put the bracelet on your wrist and enter. There you will look for Trystan and subtly let him know you arrived-"
"And then comes my moment to shine!" says Trystan interrupting Theo
"Yes, Trystan will find a way to create a diversion, to make everyone leave the palace at once, distracting the knights while you break the bracelet and go to the library. There you will find the map and Trystan will help you escape but he will remain at the palace. After you are far enough from the palace, take the map from where you've hidden it and go back to my place."
"This sounds very risky...." says Scarlet
"We know, but if you have anything better, we are open to suggestions" says Theo
"Neah, let's do it"
"That's my wizardess!" says Trystan smiling to the girl
"But I have a question. Why is Trystan followed by guards, I mean, I know he is the prince and all but..."
"I have crazy fangirls" says Trystan
"His father doesn't trust him" says Theo at the same time with the elf
"I can tell why..." says the girl smirking
"You can tell why what?!" asks Trystan
Theo and Scarlet start laughing, ignoring the prince's question.
After Trystan leaves, Theo and Scarlet spend their day talking about the plan, eating and reading. Scarlet finds out that Theo is actually a great guy when you get to know him better.