"Alchemy?" asked Anna confused, as she was baffled by the word.

"Yea." Answered Seff, nodding.

Anna looked at her lover, Kristoff, as he was standing next to her. The group is currently sailing in the sea, chasing Baron and his bands of men in cloak. The two stood for one specific reason, to watch Seff demonstrate his power, or at least explains it.

"It's not a power, more of a knowledge, something you learn."

"Can I learn it?" Asked Blen in a plainly manner as he passes through the three whilse walking towards the wheel of the ship. That receives an instant "No." From Seff.

Ignoring that slight interruption, Seff continues.

"Basically, you need to have a great deal of knowledge about chemistry for applying alchemy. For example..." He faced up, crossing his arm, thinking, looking for an example. "Fire."

"What about fire?" Anna then asked once again.

"Fire needs oxygen for it to exist, you can't create fire without oxygen. Basically oxygen is all around us, it's mixed with the air around us. You also need oxygen to breathe."

"Really? I always thought we need air to breathe." Kristoff said.

"The more you know." Seff smiled, being proud. Then, he explained much further; "Air is what you breathe in, but your body only really need the oxygen in the air."

"Whoaa... you really know a lot of stuff." Praised Anna, impressed with how much knowledge Seff has.

Seff smiled hearing the compliment. But, as a modest young man he grown up to be, keeping low is what he naturally do. With a smile, the young man answered.

"Well, reading a lot of books will get you there princess." Whilst casually leaning to a stretch wooden railing.

"Wow, that's perfect." Anna said happily.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, my sister likes reading too. You two should go out sometime."

Needless to say that Seff didn't see that one coming. He didn't say a word, only smile and try his best not to show his face to the princess by facing down.

"If only you weren't kidnapped." Kristoff teasingly smiled to Anna. Seff hand-signaled the blonde mountain man to be quiet. He'd rather not making a fuss about what happened to him, things like seeing the festival with the queen. Understandably, Seff's biggest fear is that Anna would make a fuss about it if she knows, and as much as heaven's knows, she will make a fuss about it.

Luckily for our shy young protagonist, she didn't. Although the princess is sensing something was off.

"What?" as she glances back and forth between Kristoff and Seff.

"Don't tell me, you..." Anna was cut short by Seff, who decides that it was probably best to carry on his explanation before this turns into a one way interrogation. This isn't as easy as he thought though, as Anna pressed on due to her curiosity.

"I will know eventually, you do know that right."

"I don't know what you're talking about." Denied Seff.

Anna looked back at her boyfriend, who suspiciously looked away from her.

"Ahh, so that's how you're going to play it." she said as she acts cheeky to both men. "You know, I can just ask her sister later."

"I'm sure you will princess." Seff shrugged it off. "Anyway, Alchemist. In my case, I'm a flame alchemist. There are many different type of alchemy and alchemist, but we all have the same rule."

"Let me guess, equivalent exchange?" Anna guessed away.

"Correct, you're catching this quite fast. I'm impressed."

"Thank you."

"Right, equivalent exchange. Basically, it's a law which become the base of alchemy. The law stated that in order to obtain or create something, something of equal value must be lost or destroyed. Do you get me?" Seff stopped as he asked for Anna's and Kristoff's understanding.

Both of them nodded.

"Uh-uh. I think so." Anna made it clear after her nod.

"Well, I explained how fire need oxygen, which is a part of the air around us, right?"

Both of them nodded in unison once more.

"What I do, as a flame alchemist, is obtain more oxygen around an area I wish to ignite with my fire. I trade that oxygen with any other substances in air other than oxygen up to the point of equal value. As a result, the density of oxygen around my targeted area substantially increase. With the same technique, I created a trail of oxygen, or a trail of highly flammable substance from that targeted area back to my hand. Do you follow me so far?"

Seff tried explaining this as slow as he possibly can. This is consider an advance knowledge, way ahead of its time. He just wish his listener manage to understand what he's trying to say. In this case, his listener was Kristoff and Anna.

As Seff occasionally stopped in the middle of his explanation to ask for their acknowledgement, Anna nodded. Kristoff in the other hand, lost it back in the oxygen part. It wasn't Kristoff's fault, this was just the concept, and the concept of using oxygen requires at least some knowledge of chemistry. Something that Kristoff heavily lacking in.

Anyway, he moved on as Anna answer yet again with a nod.

"Right, from that point, all I need is a spark. I have a custom made gloves for that. The white gloves I wore that night is made of a certain material that can... spark, when friction is applied. The spark light up the oxygen and create the fire. The fire follows the trail to the previously targeted area and Boom! That's pretty much how it works."

Anna remembers the night when Seff had used that power. She can clearly remember what he did. He snapped his finger and a string of flames moving fast, leading up to an explosion. Connecting this to his own explanation, it fits perfectly to how he put it. It makes sense, and that is enough to make Princess Anna in awe.

"Wow, it makes sense now when you put it that way."

"Kristoff?" as Seff turned to the blonde-hair young man.

"Sorry buddy, I lost you again."

"It's ok, I kind of get it now. I'll explain the whole thing to you later." Anna said reassuring Kristoff. She then turned back to Seff.

"Can you give us a little demonstration?"

"I'd love to, but I can't. To be able to perform alchemy, I'll need to have a transmutation circle. I have two drawn on my gloves, that gloves was, unfortunately, lost. I could draw it here, but then I need something to spark a fire and with something other than my gloves, I fear that it could get messy."

Anna felt somehow disappointed to hear that. "It's okay, at least we, well, I know how it works. Thanks for explaining Seff."

"No worries. I think it'll be better if you know anyway."

Soon after, the couple went away. Seff now left staring at the sea, with his mind left wandering. This however, didn't last long as he then hears a familiar sound of someone clearing his throat. Naturally, he turned towards the origin of the noise, only to find out it was the voice of someone clearing HER throat.

"Mind if I intrude?"

It was Elsa, with a fair look smiling to the young man.

"Yea, sure."

"I see you're getting along with my sister."

"Oh, that. I was just explaining how the whole fire thing to her."

"Hmm... flame alchemy, was it?" Elsa asked.

"Yup."

"Is my power what you would consider 'different type of alchemy'?"

"No. Although there is such alchemy that somehow manipulates ice, I am fairly certain that yours wasn't an alchemy." He said explaining whilst looking at the queen. "You have that power ever since you were born, this alchemy thing in the other hand is something you learn. It took years alone for me to be able to do what I did that night, and there are certainly better alchemist out there than myself." He said explaining some more.

"Have you..." Elsa seems hesitant to say it at first, "Have you ever lose control of it?"

Seff grabbed her by her shoulder, and sighed. he understood clearly what she meant by that.

"The one good thing about it, is that you have full control of it. Another way of saying it was, there are no accidents in alchemy."

"Seems handy." Elsa commented.

"Actually, the bad part is that you, as the alchemist, takes full responsibility for every single thing you do. Unlike your power, alchemy can actually hurt its user. It's called 'rebound', and it's not pretty."

"Have you experienced this 'rebound'?" Elsa asked again.

Seff smiled and with relieve he answered. "Thank god, no, and hopefully never will."

"Seff!" a voice called, interrupting the two from their conversation. Seff response to the call, it was Blen and he was on the upper deck. The prince raised his hand and wave it back and forth, calling Seff to come near.

"You're coming?" he asked the white-blonde standing next to him.

"Sure." She answered with certainty.

The two then walked to the short stair connecting the lower deck to the upper deck. The upper deck is a small deck on which the wheel is located. The wheel of the ship, now held by the first mate was a wheel-like object used to steer the ship.

There weren't many people on the upper deck. As you may know earlier, there was the first mate, steering the ship. There were also, Blen himself, a man with a tall figure wearing decorated coat and a thick moustache on his face, Seff of course recognizes him as the captain of the ship. Aside from the important people, there were also a pair of Blen's elite guards standing on each of the prince's side.

"So, you gave us the bearing, but you still haven't given us the destination Seff."

"Yes, of course." He sighed. "I don't want the sailors to know where we going at first."

"Yea well, we can trust your men, right captain?"

"My sailors are as loyal as dog, milord." The moustache man firmly answered.

"I trust your men well enough captain. It's their fear that will be my concern." Seff notified the captain. The captain faced the young man and answered with a firm tone as well.

"These men have crossed many seas in our journey. I can assure you, these are a collection of the bravest men in the sea."

"If that's the case, we are heading to a certain peninsula."

Hearing it, the captain's eyes widened. He knew what he meant, even though Seff haven't said the real destination yet.

"Are you familiar with Olive's Rock, captain?"

"Wait, WHAT?!" shouted Blen, surprised. "Please tell me you're joking."

"I wish I am. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case." Seff explained, making it even clearer.

"Well, that's terrific." Blen said in a sarcastic tone.

"What's wrong with Olive's Rock?" Elsa asked, confused.

"It's a well-known legend in Southern Isles." Blen proceeds in explaining. "There used to be an old kingdom on the edge of Southern Isles, located in the peninsula of Olive's Rock. Legend goes, the kingdom was cursed and destroyed overnight when one of their own turned against them. Now, that kingdom lies in ruin."

"Olive's Rock is a cursed place." The captain explains even more. "No sailors ever want to get near it, not even pirates. Story goes; that place has become infested with demons, and anyone brave enough to venture there has never been seen ever again. That's why people avoided that place, it's where demons dwell."

"I call that a lie, captain." Seff retorts.

The captain frowned whilst looking at Seff. "What makes you say that?"

"If no one ever return from that place, then where did the story came from?"

It's as if the captain ran out of words, he only stood in silence after hearing that question.

"Are you sure that's where they're hiding?" Blen asked again.

"Yes, certainly. If I was a man with an army to hide, a cursed place avoided by everyone will be perfect for a hideout."

"Fair point. It settles then, captain!"

"Yes, milord."

"Brief your men about our destination and prepare them."

"Right away, milord.

"How about your men?" Seff turned to Blen, asking him.

"I think my men know that they're going to their possible death, cursed or not, it won't make any difference." Blen explained, before he walked away with two of his bodyguards following him.

The meeting was dismissed. The captain sought to brief the crew in the deck. Not far, standing on the forecastle of the ship, were Elsa and Seff. They were listening to the captain's brief, although they're not a part of it. The brief was calm at first, up until the captain mention about Olive's Rock. It received numerous complaints from the crew at first, but then the situation calmed down after some of the crew talk with the captain.

They were soon dismissed as well. As the crew resumed their work, Elsa can see dis content look on some of the crew. She wonders, how could a place frightened so many people like this? With curiosity in mind, she asked Seff, who is also looking at the faces of displeased crew member.

"Is that place really cursed?"

"Maybe yes, maybe no, no one knows for sure. No one ever get close enough to that place to really find out about the truth."

"Have you?"

"What?"

"You know, been there before?"

"Yea, twice, maybe three times. Always hated that place, still do."

"Why?"

"Don't know, I just hated it. You asked a lot, don't you?"

Elsa felt a bit embarrassed. "Ah, sorry. Forgive me, I went out of line, didn't I?"

"Don't apologize, I kind of glad that you actually asked question." Seff said whilst smiling, which leads to Elsa's cheek to turn slightly red. Then Seff adds,

"You don't have to worry. If anything goes wrong, I will keep you safe, you, your sister, Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven."

"Thank you Seff." She responds with a fair smile.

"You don't have to thank me. I got you here in the first place, it's only fitting if I was responsible for your safety, you and everyone else."

Elsa's smile faded after hearing that. Somehow, she can't shake the feeling of disappointment towards Seff. "He still didn't get it" Elsa quietly thought.

"Seff!" the sudden call made Seff turned his attention to Elsa. "I told you before, didn't I? You don't have to carry this burden by yourself anymore. Don't act like this is your fault, you know it isn't. We can help, and we want to help, so let us help you." She frowned.

After that scold, Seff can only stare, and not saying a word to what Elsa is saying. But then, he chuckled.

"Sorry, you're right. It's habit I guess." Seff apologized as he then sighed.

"Well, then it's a bad habit. One that you should get rid of." Scolded Elsa even more.

The two talked for a while before Anna called for Elsa. Elsa then left Seff in the deck, leaving him to lose in his thought.

For the rest of the day, nothing significant going on. A few hours passed slowly, and before they realized it, the sun is getting lower and lower on the western horizon.

Kristoff passed the hour by sleeping using his beloved reindeer as pillow. Blen, Anna, and Elsa were casually bonding in a special quarter below the upper deck. Well, Anna and Elsa were bonding, Blen just happen to be there doing his own thing.

"What did you do with him? Tell me." Asked Anna insistently.

"I told you, nothing." Answered Elsa being equally insistent, as she tries to avoid making eye contact with her sister.

"Elsa, come on. I'm your sister, you can tell me."

"Anna, no."

"HA! Something did happen. Come on, tell me."

The more Anna teases, the more Elsa's cheek turned red in embarrassment. It's been like this for the last 10 minutes. Blen can only held it for so long.

"FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! Will you please stop!"

"You want me to stop? Tell me what happened between Seff and Elsa during the festival."

At that point Elsa looked at the prince with fierce look. He can't clearly tell that she doesn't want her sister to know. He himself didn't know the details, but at least he knows the general idea of what Seff did with the queen. As scary as Elsa's look is, for the sake of silence...

"Both of them... went on some sort of date together. Now can you please be qui-" Blen was a cut off by a heavy gasp of the strawberry-blonde girl. This was responded by Blen with his palm on his face.

"Elsa, I didn't know you were that close."

"No, it's..." Elsa took a deep breath. "It wasn't a date. We were just... passing the time."

"Oh really? What did you two do when you were just 'passing the time'?"

"Well, not much. It wasn't anything special." Elsa said, as she attempts to shrug it off.

"Elsa, tell me."

"Mmmh..." Elsa wasn't sure about telling her sister about this, Seff might not like this. But, Elsa can feel that her sister curiosity can only be driven by the love towards her. In truth, Anna was glad that her sister has found that she opened up to someone else other than herself. She might've wish for Elsa to find someone special, just like how she found Kristoff.

As Elsa stares to the begging look of her sister, she can't possibly refuse that puppy-eyed gazing back at her. That's when Elsa thought that is might not be a bad idea telling her a bit about what happened. She tries not to get into details though.

"Well, we... went exploring a bit."

"And?"

"We see things."

"And?"

"We might, kind of... dance."

"What?!" shouted Anna and surprisingly, Blen, in unison. Anna then continues, "Elsa, that's wonderful." As she then proceed to give her sister a hug.

As the two sister cuddle together, Blen can't shake the baffled feeling he's having right now.

"Wait, wait, wait. How did you make him dance?" Blen asked as the situation was strange to him.

"What do you mean?" Asked Elsa further.

"The guy didn't dance ever, he said it himself. If he had the option to fight a bear or dance, he would choose the bear. "

"Oh hush, I'm sure he's not that bad." Said Anna countering Blen's argument.

"Well, maybe it's a bit exaggerating. But still, I can't believe he's actually dancing."

"Maybe, he's just happy to finally be able to dance with the right someone." Anna said, trying to justify Seff's action. This, leads to Elsa blushing.

"Anna, there is nothing going on between us."

"Really? Try saying that without blushing." Teases Anna, causing Elsa to blush even more.

"Ha! You like him." Teases Anna further.

"Wait." Interrupts Blen. "Is this going to be one of those girl's talk?" he asked the two sisters.

"Pretty much." Anna answered.

Blen sighed. "In that case, I am going elsewhere. Leave me out of this one ladies." As he then stands up from his seat and left the room.

After the young prince closes the door to the quarter. "No, Anna, I do not like him, although I certainly don't necessarily hate him."

"Elsa, we've been together for a long time. Which means, I can tell if you're lying."

"I'm not. I'm not attracted to him in that way."

"But you're still attracted to him."

"No, Anna, I..." Elsa sighed, as she tries to choose her words with care. However, this proves ineffective with Anna, so she tries another thing. "I'm sure he didn't feel anything towards me."

"You don't know that, and, is that mean you actually like him." Anna said with a smirk.

It's no use, Anna keeps turning the direction of this conversation. Inconveniently, towards pushing Elsa to admit the she in fact, feels romantically attracted towards Seff.

Anyway, Elsa sighed.

"Come on, just admit that you like him."

"Anna, are you actually forcing me to admit liking him?"

"No, but you clearly hiding something."

"..." Elsa paused for a moment. "Okay, I might, kind of, like him."

"I knew it!"

"But, it wasn't love or anything."

"Don't worry, it'll grow. All it takes is for you to like him, first. ARRGH! If I had known this, I might choose to stay kidnapped longer."

"Don't say that."

"Haha, I'm just kidding. Seriously though, I'm happy for you." Anna said as she gives her sister a hug.

"Thanks. Although, I don't think he felt quite the same way about me."

Anna then suddenly draws back from her hug. "What are you talking about? I'm sure he does. He's just... having a hard time to say it. Tell you what, I'll help you."

"Wait, Anna, I appreciate it. But I think we have some more urgent matters to handle."

"What are you talking about? This is huge. This is, this is equally urgent."

Elsa smiled. She then grabbed on to both of Anna's shoulder. "Thank you, but I really am not certain about this."

"Maybe I can help."

"Well, I said like, the truth is I don't know what my feelings towards him are."

"Hmm." Anna is having a thought for a moment. "Are you happy when he's around?"

"Well, yes."

"Did you miss him when he's not around?"

"Kind of, I mean..."

"Are you having fun when you're having a conversation with him?"

"Maybe, I don't..."

"Then Elsa, you do have feelings for him."

Elsa didn't know what to say. This was all new to her. Did she really fall for Seff? She's just wasn't sure about any of this.

"Don't worry, I've been there before. Me and Kristoff were really awkward at first."

Elsa smiled again. She felt lucky to have a sister like Anna.

This situation was about change, drastically.

The door to the quarter suddenly slammed open. Both of the sisters look, only to see a brown-haired young man on the other side.

"Oh, I didn't realize you were here." Said Seff, slightly surprised.

"Hello." Greeted Anna.

"Sorry I was just looking for my satchel."

"It's over there." Elsa pointed out.

"Thanks."

"Hey, Seff." Called Anna.

"Yes?"

"I think Elsa wanted to talk to you."

"No, wait, Anna..."

"I suppose I should leave you two alone. Besides, I need to wake Kristoff anyway." She said as she stood up. She corrects her skirt from any wrinkles and glances towards Elsa. Elsa saw her sister winked at her before she then left the room.

Knowing her sister's action, she smiled.

"So, what do you want to talk about?"

Elsa felt nervous, but then she manage to hold it in. She smiled. She's not going to confess her feelings now, if she's in fact has any for him. She's just felt like she isn't ready for that. So, he looked Seff with her fair smile.

"Mmmh... About that alchemy, I still don't quite understand. Do you mind if you could explained it to me once more?"

"Not at all, although it might bore you."

"That's alright. I doubt that's going to happen." Elsa said.

Seff smiled back at her.

The night went on as Seff blabber about alchemy to the tiniest little detail. Of course, Elsa listened, but she didn't care about all of it. She's just glad to spend some time alone with Seff, thanks to her sister. Seff of course, didn't know about Anna's plan to bring them together.

As the ship sail ever closer to the uncertain darkness of the night, there's at least one thing for certain. This is going to be an interesting night for both of them.

Thank god this one is finish in time. Hopefully I can keep the update according to schedule next week.

Next chapter will have some revelation. (No spoiling intended) Also, I'll update Chapter 10 with translation to the Russian dialogues.

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