Chapter 11
Lissa yawned loudly and stretched her arms, opening her eyes to look around her tent. She sleepily wandered out of bed to grab her staff; she figured it was a good idea to go check on Nathan in the infir-
As she said that, she remembered what had happened the night before. She never meant for any of that to happen, and still felt somewhat annoyed with the man as she thought he overreacted, but regardless she felt horrible for what had transpired. She felt tears starting to form in her eyes yet again.
Just then, she heard Chrom's voice from outside of the tent.
"Sis? Can I come in?" The man asked. Lissa sniffled and quickly called back, "Sure," trying to wipe her eyes to make herself more presentable.
Chrom entered the tent, and sat next to Lissa on her bed.
"You know, Nathan did have a point…you cry a lot." He mused. Lissa gave him a cold glare, and then sighed exasperatedly, flopping back onto her bed, and spreading out her arms.
"I can't help it! I just…get sad I guess…." She retorted. Chrom smiled, taking a seat on the bed next to his little sister.
"W-wait a second! When did he tell you that?" Lissa asked frantically, much to Chrom's amusement.
"Hm…a while back. He said something about you and wanting to help everyone?" He responded. Lissa thought to herself for a second, remembering what exactly Chrom was speaking on, when she healed Nathan's leg back in Regna Ferox.
"He does think quite highly of you, you know. He doesn't show it sometimes, but you mean a lot to him." Chrom told Lissa, maintaining eye contact to try and stress his point. "I think one of the reasons he got so mad at you is because he can't bear to see you upset, frankly." Chrom added with a nonchalant shrug.
Lissa frowned glumly. "I suppose that's supposed to mean I should apologize to him…"
Chrom laughed softly and nodded. "That is the general idea, yes…" He told his sister. "I'm sure he would appreciate it if you tried to grow up a bit."
Lissa sighed in defeat and nodded.
Chrom smiled at the Cleric. "Anyways, that's not the reason I'm here." He told her. "I'm giving you a bodyguard."
Lissa raised an eyebrow. "A bodyguard? Gods, Chrom, there's being protective and then there's just being annoying and overprotective, and I think this definitely falls in that category…" She whined. Chrom nodded solemnly.
"Normally I wouldn't do something like this, but…there's been a bounty, placed on your head. Apparently someone wants you dead." He told his sister, who gasped in shock.
"M-me?" Lissa gasped, her lips trembling. Chrom put a hand on her shoulder to try and calm her down.
"You'll be fine. Lon'qu is a very capable swordsman, and I doubt anyone will try to harm you while you're under his watch." Chrom replied. She looked to the entrance of her tent, to see the Myrmidon standing there, who solemnly nodded at her. Lissa gulped and nodded back.
"Anyways, I need to go train…" Chrom muttered, standing up from the bed. "I'll leave you two to get to know each other." He added with a bit of a laugh, as he walked out of the tent.
Lissa and Lon'qu sat in an awkward silence. "So, uh…" Lissa began, "You're from Regna Ferox, right? What is it like there?"
Lon'qu frowned. "You were just there, were you not? Surely your time there allowed you to understand my people and our culture." He responded.
"Yeah…I guess so…." Lissa said with a sigh. "So much for easy conversation with this guy…" She thought to herself. She then came up with an idea. She looked over at Lon'qu, and waited until he was looking away to scoop up a frog from her small cage she kept underneath her bed.
"So…uh…how about a back rub?" She asked awkwardly, hiding the frog behind her back. She slowly inched closer to the swordsman, who backed away with each inch she advanced towards him.
"N-no thank you…" Lon'qu quickly replied, a tinge of red appearing on his cheeks. "I'll guard the tent from outside." He quickly decided, rushing out of the tent.
"Oh…okay…" Lissa muttered glumly, putting down her frog. She sighed. "Well, this guy isn't any fun…" She muttered to herself. "He is kinda hot though…and I have nothing better to do…and Nathan will probably still be angry at me when he gets back…" She mused with a sly grin. She thought to herself for a second, before declaring, "I'll go try to talk to him again!" And heading out of her tent to go find the man.