Bowser's door is partially open, a bad sign that he wanted attention. When I walked in, he was sitting in front of a chart, with 3 marks near the Rougeport area. He looked over at me with the most haggard eyes I'd ever seen. "Bowser, are you OK?" I asked. He looked back on the map and said nothing. And then he spoke.
"Sergeant, do you have any idea how long Mario and I have been enemies? I was trying to kill him before the Kingdom even became a central power. Over time, the process has been refining itself in subtle yet substantial ways. Even today, we see that, even in our greatest heroes. Peach…I know why she would go to such lengths to fight off Mario's reach."
He then walked over to his map and pulled down on the cord, and revealed a picture. I looked for a moment, and then the wind got hit out of me. I couldn't even comprehend what was in front of me. In the picture, there stood Peach, before she got pregnant, but she was dressed up in rags barely covering up her body. There was smoke everywhere in the building, but I could make out the out line of a Koopa in the room, and he was…straddling her. Mario stood outside of the door. Boswer pulled the cord back down.
"As you know, the illegal prostitution ring has begun to flourish with most of the Kingdom. This is due to a secret contest Mario has been holding. His officials have begun to run short and many are nearing death. According to Royal Law, whoever gives the Kingdom a new prince will become the new king and queen. All Mario would have to do was say he had mixed parents if their child turned out to be inhuman. Their love life has been a lie for the past 7 months. And if he gets her, it will always be that way."
I was sitting, my eyes wet with the pressure of awful secrets. Boswer sat down and said, "I've marked down all of the possible places she could be hiding, based on what I know of her. But I want to put an end to this once and for all. I won't have this stupid cat-and-mouse combat. Mario will be moving up toward a remote island region, and the castle will be floating there in 5 hours. I want you to alert the troops and corner him once he lands. Then take the Destiny Spear with you. You know what to do."
I eat a small amount of food with almost no taste, the last of what I gave to Peach. It won't be long before she realizes what I know. I couldn't even look her in the eye once I knew, and just knowing it made my partial meal restless inside my stomach. Down on the ocean ceiling, sunshine sparkled and the island rest neatly at the top. Within 12 minutes, the parachutes went down again and hit upon the surface of the jungle. Surrounded by a sea of green, I slashed my way across the ground. I couldn't even believe I was about to get away with this. Even now, I felt uncomfortable knowing that this operation would change the face of the Kingdom forever.