Wooden Castle || Jelsa Fanfiction

Chapter 2

Elsa felt something cold touch her forehead. She ignored it at first thinking she was hallucinating. Her eyelids felt heavy so she didn't bother to open it. Her body felt numb, as if she has been out for too long, which she has. Her back slightly hurts for sleeping on a rather semi-hard semi-soft cusion.

"Your temperature is so high." She heard a masculine voice say. It was deep and comforting in an unexplainable way for Elsa. Then she felt the cold hand touch her neck which awakened her senses. She was ticklish, specially on that spot. Her neck was one of the ticklish spots of her body that she never lets anybody touch. She squealed and slapped the hand away.

She sat up and scanned the room. Her eyes landed on the brown haired boy just across her. "Where am I?" She asked. "And who are you?" She asked giving Jackson a look that showed how shocked and confused she is.

"Lady Elsa it's me, Jackson, the delivery boy." Jack said nervously. Elsa's eyes widened. She almost forgot the fact that she accepted Jackson's offer and was now staying at his house. She didn't notice him right away since he was wearing something different already, or so it looked different without his brown cloak.

"Oh. Sorry." Elsa calmed down a bit and laid back down. She was feeling so dizzy. She felt so cold which was a bit unusual for her since she loved the cold more than anybody else.

"It's okay madam." Jack smiled. Elsa's eyebrows furrowed. "Just call me Elsa okay?" She said. She was never used to being called anything else but her name. Or in this case, her nickname. Madam sounded a bit too formal for Elsa, which made her slightly uncomfortable knowing she hated being formal.

"Yes madam Elsa." Jack said. Nervousness was starting to build up again. He couldn't believe he was actually conversating with Elsa. He did talk to her earlier but seeing her clearly as she talked made Jack adore her beauty more.

Elsa mentally facepalmed before signing. "No, just Elsa." She said. Jack started to talk again without thinking, which seems to be a habit of his. "Yes just Elsa." He said in a panicky voice. Elsa couldn't help but roll her eyes and laugh. That was by far the most hilarious thing she has heard from anybody.

"No silly, just call me Elsa. Madam is a bit to formal." She smiled making Jack's heart skip a beat. This is the common effect of Elsa's natural beauty to most guys. She was even called "the fairest maiden in the land" by many. But Elsa was humble, she never considered herself fairest. In fact she never thinks she's pretty at all. Most of the time she's insecure of herself.

"Oh. Sorry." He smiled nervously. A funny guy, that was Elsa's first impression of Jackson. And it seems that his attitude and personality will make Elsa's stay in his house a bit less boring than she expected it to be.

"Achoo!" Elsa sneezed. Jack panicked bit and handed Elsa a handkerchief quickly. Elsa laughed before accepting the handkerchief. "Mada- I mean Elsa. You have a very high fever. You need to rest." Jack said.

"No no. I'm perfectly fine. Achoo!" She ended up sneezing making Jack raise an eyebrow to her. Of course she's sick, she's been out in the cold for hours it's physically impossible for a body to handle all that and not get any fever.

"I'll get you soup." Jackson stood up and went to their kitchen and got some of the hot soup Emilia whipped up specially for Elsa. He filled up a whole bowl and put it on a plate so it won't be that hard to handle it.

"It smells delicious." Elsa commented as Jack put it on the chair he was sitting at before and moved it closer to Elsa.

"It is. It's mom's specialty. It's made with vegetables grew from our garden which, if I may add, is the same garden the vegetables sent to the castle comes from." Jack said proudly.

"And what makes it so special?" Elsa raised her eyebrow. Jack laughed. "What makes it so special?" He repeated Elsa's question.

"M'lady, these vegetables are the ones with the best quality that is why they are the ones that gets exported to the castle." Jack boasted.

"I'll be the judge of that." Elsa said scooping a spoonful of the soup and tasted it. It was indeed delicious. And the look plastered on Elsa's face proves it.

"So? What do you think?" Jack asked, excited for Elsa's response.

"You said its delicious but-" Elsa paused taking another spoonful to her mouth. She faked a disappointed look which made Jack feel a bit nervous. "But you didn't tell me it's this delicious!" She smiled widely.

Jack laughed. "I told you mada- I mean Elsa, it is delicious." Jack said.

Elsa nodded. "Very." She said continuing to eat.

***

"Are you sure you searched the whole Duchy?" The duchess paced back and forth in the room.

"Yes M'lady." The knight bowed. He was scared as ever, the duchess isn't really that nice whenever she's mad.

"Then search the whole kingdom!" She groaned. "The king must never know the disappearance of Elsa."

"But how are we to search for Lady Elsa if we can't spread the word." The Knight asked.

"I don't know! Find a way!" She yelled frustrated.

"But Milady the news has already reached the townspeople. It is quite possible that the king has heard of it too." One of the maids said.

"Then tell them it is just a rumor! No one must know it's true but us." The duchess said.

The knights saluted before leaving for their search. It would be much harder since the place they will be searching to is now wider.

The duchess then stopped in realization and faced the maid who informed her about the news.

She raised her eyebrow before crossing her arms. "Do you have any idea how the news even spread?"

The maid looked nervous, and to the duchess' eyes, when you are nervous you are at the same time guilty. But it wasn't her who told anyone about it, in fact she only heard it from the townspeople themselves. She was nervous that she might get a punishment from the duchess.

"Um, Milady it was the knights that informed the citizens during their search. You did not tell them to keep it a secret until now." Edgar, their trusted Butler, said.

The duchess groaned and paced around the room once more.

"Tell the guards to inform the citizens that Elsa was found right away and do not tell anyone else but the knights that the search is still on." The duchess ordered. It was not quite clear for Edgar but he couldn't oppose so he just did what he's told.