Here's chapter 4. In which Nils gets really awkward and Lyn just makes it worse.

Act IV: Nils's Defense Rose!

Lyn sensed Nils in the washrooms, as the surrounding air became cold. She opened the door, which revealed Nils facing the wall. "Nils, there you are! I've been looking all over for you!" She said as she rested her hand on his shoulder.

"...Lady Lyndis?" Nils turned around, which gave her a full view of his 'problem', which will not be explicitly stated here due to censorship.

"WHAT IN HANON'S NAME IS THAT?!" Lyn gasped in shock. Both of them were blushing deeply.

"I don't know what happened! I woke up like this!" Cried Nils, as he sat on the covered toilet, sobbing his heart out. Lyn calmed him down and went to the captain for help. She whispered it into his ear, which made his eyes widen.

"Let's ask the locals. Maybe someone sells a muscle-calming salve. Canas, I leave you in charge, and feel free to experiment in my lab." Canas nodded and headed off to the lab to further his research. Meanwhile, Erk, Wil, and Dart were eating bread with eggs as Serra nagged at all three of them about the events of last night.

"How did you put up with this for ten years?" Asked a bewildered Wil to Erk. He just shrugged in reply and took a sip of milk.

The locals told them that the nearby Anna had a soothing spice in stock, but everyone forgot where her shop was. Luckily, Matthew had a Member Card on hand, and the two of them shuffled around every single tile on the town's map, trading the Card back and forth and holding it to the ground to see if it could detect an Anna's shop. Finally, they found it after spending 50 turns, in a narrow alley between pot stores which sold two vastly different types of pot.

One of the oldest tricks in the tactical books was holding a Silver Card as well when shopping at Anna's, because their goods are expensive. After bargaining the price, they managed to buy it at 500 gold. It was a good price, considering that it was twice the size as the spice jars Matthew bought from the Anna on the pirate ship.

They bought a few materials and food in the town's market, and Matthew made sure to buy crops that were only found in Magvel, as they would fetch a high price on the other distant continents. And everyone got so tired of the third person narration that they voted for the story to switch to their perspectives.

Nils

Oh great, my Defense rose so high that it can't go any higher. I have a feeling it was that dark red stuff I put on my steak last night.

'Lady Lyndis, Lady Lyndis, Lady Lyndis...' Why am I always thinking of her? Her dark green hair, her beautiful face, her long le- No, bad Nils! I can't think of her like that! I shook those thoughts from my head and closed my eyes. I feel her, I see her, the sun caught in her grassy hair is blazing in me out of all control...

I should focus on something else. Crud. I can't. I can only think of her!

Canas

This lab has everything! I found a guide on transmutating metals into gold, which was unexpected. Only a few mages bother with alchemy, but I've learned to appreciate the art. The guide stated that the amount of gold produced depends on the base metal. Having used equal amounts of iron and lead, the results led to the iron turning into a small chunk of gold, while the lead-based one was bigger than it.

I took down some notes and decided to continue later with other metals like tin and silver. Hopefully Matthew and Lady Lyn returned from their excursion, my arms and legs still feel a bit stiff from what happened last night.

Matthew

I immedeatly headed to the kitchen and prepared a whole pig to roast. As I rotated it on the spit, I sprinkled the soothing spice I bought from Anna. Erk came to me a while ago complaining about stiff limbs, and I'm sure the others feel it too. I hope to Naga that it works.

After the pig was fully roasted, I doused the fire and prepared a drink I made from a plant called sarsaparilla. To make sure it was cold, I blew my cold breath on the pitcher, making it ice cold. Hey, having dragon powers is useful.

I carried the roasted pig to the dining hall and prepared the drinks for everyone. I also prepared a soup of noodles made with beef broth. I sprinkled the soothing spice on it and gave a bowl of the noodles to Lyn along with two forks. The plan was for her to visit Nils and feed him the noodles while eating some of it too.

Knowing how to get people together is part of a tactician's job. Those two are really a matching pair. A boy from the cold wastes and a woman from the warm plains. I guess opposites attract after all.

Lyn

After obtaining the noodles from the captain, I headed to the bedroom I shared with Nils, where he retreated after I found him in the washrooms. "Nils, open up. It's me." I called while knocking on the door. The door opened and Nils sat up on the bed, his 'problem' in full view. "Here, eat this." I gave him the noodles and one of the forks and he began to eat.

"It's good... Calming, actually." He said. After eating some more, he was cured of his ailment. He gestured for me to have some so I picked up the other fork and ate some. The spice that was added did well to calm my muscles and my nerves. I got some more and somehow, we got the same noodle and our lips met. In a surprising move, he actually responded by kissing back. I returned it and we stayed like that for a while.

I heard the door open. Crud.

Wil

"Lady Lyndis?" I said, dumbstruck at the scene before me. She was kissing Nils! It was bit awkward because she was taller than him and she had to lean down. I cleared my throat and both of them noticed my presence by breaking away from their passionate kiss. I tried to keep a straight face while the two of them blushed so hard, Erk's cloak looked green in comparison. "The captain requests your presence at lunch."

"Right," They said in unison as they headed towards the dining hall. Lyn pulled me by my shirt and held the Sol Katti up to my neck. "Let us never speak of this again." She said with a murderous glint in her eyes. I let out a squeak. She freed me from her grasp and returned to her usual demeanor.

Matthew

Lunch went well without any incident. Nils was cured of his problem, and for some reason he was blushing alongside Lyn.

"Hey captain, what be this drink?" Dart asked me, holding up the brown drink I had prepared earlier.

"That's a drink I made from the root of a plant. I call it root beer." Erk looked like he was about to hurl. "Don't worry, it has no alcohol. I just called it beer because calling it tea or juice would sound stupid."

Everyone seemed bored, so I had the idea of passing to them a legend known among the peoples of Archanea. "Do you know why Archanea has so many different creatures? The story goes like this:"

Millennia before...

Naga flew all over the continent of Archanea, admiring the wildlife, and the civilized beings like dragons and humans. She felt that something was missing. Animals were boring, and their only purpose was for food or pets. She wanted creatures that were more than that, but not on the same level as humans and dragons. Her brain lit up, and she had an idea. She warped away to visit another realm.

In another realm, a divine being which looked like a white llama stuck through a golden fence was observing the world he created through his glass floor. Just then, Naga warped into the hall. "ARCEUS!" She yelled.

"Oh, Naga. I haven't seen you ever since the cross-realm divine meeting." He replied, shuddering at the memory of a three-way prank war instigated by Din, Nayru and Farore. "What brings you to my domain?"

"Well my realm's creatures seem kinda boring, can you give me some of your creations?" She pleaded to Arceus the llama-god.

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

"Please?"

"Okay."

She warped back to her realm while Arceus teleported to get there. "Here's a good one." Arceus created a big fat bear/cat thing. "What is that thing?" Naga asked him. "This is a Snorlax. Quite resistant to attack, lives in the mountains, eats a lot of food, sleeps a lot, too. Despite that, it's a decent fighter. Be careful, though. Some have been known to sleep on roads in human cities."

Naga nodded and the llama-god created three more creatures. One looked like a tiny dessert. The second looked like a dessert too, but a bit bigger and a different shape. The third one was similar to the second one, but it had two heads. "These are Vanillite, Vanillish, and Vanilluxe. Adolescent Vanillites become Vanillish, and mature Vanillish become Vanilluxe."

"They seem pretty weak and pathetic." She observed. Arceus gave her a glare. "They might look worthless, but they can be extremely potent. All of my creations with an affinity of ice are the bane of dragons." Naga gasped. "But that's not all, their magical power is outstanding, and their ability to manipulate the weather and temperature is on par with the gods I created to make land and sea!"

"What were you thinking when you created them?!" She asked him worriedly. He looked to his side. "I think it was the day that the humans invented beer..." After creating two hundred different creatures for Naga, Arceus bid her farewell and departed.

"Do you expect us to believe that story?" Erk questioned me.

"Hey this stuff is too weird for me to make up." I replied and sighed. "I'm a bit tired, let's just stay on the ship for today." The whole crew nodded in agreement.

I think I went overboard with the Pokémon references... But hey, at least there are Disney references!

Sorry that this chapter was short. It's just Nils solving his problem and a shift from third person to first person.

Also, Nils and Lyn kissed! YAAAAAAAAY!