Author's Note: I forgot how I was gonna end this chapter. . . And couldn't think of a chapter name 'ere. Also changed category; this story, upon thinking about it, is NOT a crossover of RO really. And I don't think there's a misc. category for crossover, though I might be wrong. Anyway, enjoy.

Divided Realms

Chapter 9: Legna, Not Ley

Man, why did I have to watch over this guy? Sure, I would've had an easier time keeping watch but still, I wanted to snuggle with Arme tonight. . . Especially after all that happened today. I mean, first the fall of Serdin castle (and most likely the kingdom itself) and then finding this guy, and then that dragon. Ugh.

I heard Ley muttering something to himself. It sounded like gibberish.

"What are you saying?" I asked.

"Nothing," he answered, followed by a loud thump.

"And what was that?"

"My book." His book? Oh, he did have a book hanging from his belt. Who wears two belts anyway?

"What's your book about?" I asked, trying to be nice. Arme would've liked that.

"It's just a spell book, you wouldn't be able to read it," he told me.

"Try me!" I cried. Just for fun, Arme had taught me how to read some of the books she read that seemed to have numerous complicated words and symbols in them. Her books usually detailed different spells and experiments.

"No, you really wouldn't be able to." As he bent down to pick up the book, I immediately ran over to snatch it. "Hey!"

"Just lemme see," I mumbled as I opened the pages. The binding felt like old leather and seemed to be pretty used.

I hated to admit it, but I really couldn't read it. What were all these symbols? They looked like nothing that I'd seen when reading with Arme. I wondered if she would be able to read it?

Ley snatched the book out of my hands as I tried to make sense of it. "Told you."

"Is that a book full of gibberish?" I asked.

"They're just runes," he answered.

"What. Those do not look like any runes I've ever seen," I said. If he made any remark about my intelligence, I wouldn't be able to guarantee Arme that this guy would be safe by tomorrow.

"Because if you haven't, then no one else would," Ley said.

"Oh, I get it," I said, hoping I did get it. "Those runes must be seen only in another continent, like Xenia!"

"Erm, yeah, sure." Then Ley threw his book against the wall, which surprised me a bit.

"Uh, why did you. . ." I let the question trail off.

"It won't break," he answered, as if that helped. Maybe if you threw it enough times, it would!

"'Night." Ley threw the pillow that was on the bed he was sitting on at me. Luckily, I managed to catch it before it hit me.

"Hmph." I threw the pillow at the door as I slipped under the covers of the other bed. Maybe he hated pillows or something. . . Oh well, not my problem.

At least my sleep was uneventful.

When I woke up however, I noticed that one thing was missing; Ley.

Great, Arme was gonna kill me! Well, maybe not kill but she'd probably scold me at the least. And that included a bit of burning or staff-whacking, which really hurts. . .

I noticed that Ley's book was gone, though. Guess he remembered about it before leaving.

Before I head down the stairs, I made sure to lock the door to the room. Maybe Arme and I would come back later. . .

I made my way downstairs quickly and was about to leave the inn when I heard a familiar voice call my name.

Arme waved at me from a table near the corner of the room. Sitting across from her looking irritated was Ley. Well, at least Arme caught him.

"Nice catching him, Arme," I said as I came over.

"Actually, he went looking for me," Arme told me. Odd. "He forgot his staff."

"Oh." I managed to sneak a glare directed at Ley. "How'd you get away so quietly?"

"You snore," Ley told me. I do not!

"Yeah well. . ." I started before Arme said, "Shut up, the both of you. Now, are you sure you don't remember anything about where you live, Legna?"

"Wait, Legna?" I stared at Arme.

"Oh, that's his actual name," Arme explained. "I figured he was lying since Ley is a female name, typically. I didn't feel like trying to get him to say his real name at the time though." Oh.

I sat down in a creaky wooden chair as Legna said, "I told you I don't know where Xenia, Silver Land, Ellia, or whatever, is!"

"However, you said you said that you didn't live in Bermesiah either," Arme replied. "You can't possibly live in Alcubra nor Archimedia either due to the fact that currently, those two continents are uninhabited by human beings. And no method of transportation goes anywhere else! Which means you must live in either Ellia, Silver Land, or Xenia. But obviously you don't remember. Whatever monster took you there must have done something to your memory or something."

Was it me or did it seem like Legna seemed a bit doubtful of what Arme said? But that doubt disappeared as he just answered, "Maybe. I've never been to Bermesiah before."

"Well, maybe we can help you remember at least." Arme paused to think. "And give you a tour of half of Bermesiah. The other half. . . belongs to monsters." I could see the anger in Arme's eyes.

"What. . . kind of monsters are there?" Legna asked.

"Oh, goblins, harpies, slimes, mushmons," Arme answered casually. "Most of them are pretty weak though, but in mobs, they can be pretty. . . overwhelming."

Now Legna had a look of confusion on his face as he seemed to say to himself the names of the monsters. It looked like he might have said, "Mushmons. . . Mushrooms. . . Monsters. . ." Obviously mushmons are mushroom monsters.

"Arme, where's the others right now?" I asked.

"Um, I think they're at Kanavan castle right now," Arme answered. "I know Elesis and Ronan are there; I've heard that the guard has doubled on the King's orders. Jin and Amy are just there to help while Sieghart. . . He's probably just being a lazy bastard."

I chuckled softly to myself, though I wouldn't dare laugh at Sieghart; he'd flay me given the chance. That old guy still gave me nightmares. To many, he's a hero and a legend. To me, he's a scary monster, even worse than the worst monster I've seen.

"Can't I just wander?" Legna asked. "I mean, I'm sure to remember something if I just wander around."

"Not a chance. If you run into a monster, you'll probably be dead meat," Arme said. "Bermesiah's starting to become overrun by monsters. I didn't realize how bad it was until Serdin castle fell to monsters." Arme picked up a glass of water a server placed at the table. I decided to take a small drink from mine.

"I'll be fine," Legna insisted.

"I don't mean to be rude, but you look as if you couldn't even hold up a weapon, minus this. . . staff." I noticed then that Arme still had that guy's staff. Which looked like a big stick. "At the very least, come with Lass and I to Kanavan castle so we can at least try and help you figure out where you lived. Plus, it seems like you don't even know what the monsters are like here. I'd hate to see what would happen if you ran into a Lich."

"Uh, Arme?" I wanted to mention one thing to her.

"I know, I know." Arme held up a hand at me as she spoke. "If you see a black-robed Lich, it might be benevolent. Of course, other Liches could easily disguise itself with black so I wouldn't trust any of them."

"Necromancers?" Legna looked curious about the Lich.

"Yeah, they raise the dead," Arme explained.

"I know. Are there other necromancer practitioners?" he asked.

"Not that I know of," Arme answered, then she looked a bit suspicious. "Why?"

"Just curious," was the answer. I didn't exactly like necromancers. . . I mean, raising the dead? Reviving them?

"Well, whatever, if we want to make a good start, we need to leave like, now," Arme said, and stood up, still holding Legna's staff-stick. Was Arme holding it hostage so the guy couldn't use magic? But then that made me wonder about the book.

"Say, Arme." I decided to walk next to her.

"Walk in front of us," Arme said to Legna, then turned to me. "Yeah?"

"He. . ." I paused. "I think he can use magic with just a book, like Mari."

"No biggy." Arme just shrugged as she watched Legna walk ahead of us. "If he pulls out his book, we can stop him. Plus, it looks like he hooked it onto his belt so it'd take a bit of time to pull it out."

"Okay then." For some reason, I didn't feel all that reassured. But at least he didn't have his staff anymore. Right? Right. Besides, if he tried to run, I'd catch him, easy.

We made our way out of town fairly quickly, with no attempts of escape from Legna so far, which was good. If he tried anything funny, I'd make sure he wouldn't try again.

"How do you think the others are doing?" I asked Arme.

"Probably busy," she answered. "That new king. . . I'm not really keen about him. . ."

"Yeah, me neither."

"I wonder who'll be his successor?"

I looked alarmingly at Arme. "Uh, Arme. . .?"

"I'm just curious," she answered, shrugging. "I mean, kings and queens should choose a successor ahead of time in case something happens. We don't want the kingdom to be left without a king or queen, do we?"

"I guess. . ." I answered uneasily. "Um, do you think we should go scouting the uh. . . What's left of Serdin? Just you, me, Elesis, Ronan, Jin, Amy, and Sieghart?"

"Maybe we could exterminate all those monsters," Arme said. "And maybe rebuild Serdin."

"Arme, that's a bit much, don't you think?" I kicked at a stray stick as I spoke. "I mean, a whole kingdom? How long do you think that'll take?"

"We could try," Arme said softly. "At least. . . At least there's numerous survivors of Serdin. . ." Arme looked down, sad.

I pulled Arme close to me, in case she decided to start crying again. It was rare to see her cry, but I guess having the kingdom she lived in become pretty much destroyed did something to a person. Hopefully nothing too bad happens in Ellia. . .

"What's he doing?" Arme asked.

"Huh?" I looked ahead, forgetting about Legna. I realized then that all three of us had stopped walking, Arme and I sooner than Legna had, so he had gotten ahead of us a bit.

Legna seemed to be gazing up at the sky, seemingly motionless. Then he brought his hands up to his head, holding it. He shook his head slightly as Arme and I came up to him.

"What are you doing?" Arme demanded.

"I. . . Head hurts." Legna didn't sound like he was in pain or anything.

"Liar, what are you doing? Tell me before I break your staff!" Looked like Arme was feeling better. Or at least forgot about our talk of Serdin, for now.

"I thought I heard something," he said softly, not turning around. He shook his head again as he let his hands drop to his side.

"I heard nothing," I said, wondering what he had heard.

"Me neither. Well, maybe just the wind," Arme said. "Now keep walking, we need to get going." She gave the guy a shove from behind, and he nearly stumbled.

"Don't push," Legna muttered before he continued walking.

"So Arme, how long until we reach the castle?" I asked. I hadn't been in Kanavan enough times.

"Lass, we haven't even been walking for an hour," Arme said with a sigh.

"I could just run," I grumbled.

"I can't run so fast! And my teleportation can't go that far," Arme said. "Plus, even if you decided to carry me, someone would get left behind." Now it was my turn to sigh.

"Fiiiiiine," I groaned.

"Like an old married couple," I heard Legna say with a chuckle.

"Hey!" I cried out. "We haven't been married for that long! We're not old!"

Arme just chuckled.

"Heeeeeey," I said, mocking hurt. "We aren't! And you know I'm not!"

"Sure, sure, whatever." Arme giggled a bit. Well, at least she wasn't acting all sad again, at least.