Chapter 3

Mother

"The bridge is out; I SAY THE BRIDGE IS OUT!" The two over looked the rubble as the workers hustled to repair it. A large river leading into the ocean could be seen as pieces of the bridge floated away as Marsh glared at the red head.

"Thanks eagle eye, now what do we do. We cannot cross the bridge into Malkuth because some idiots blew it up! We can't fly across, gah this was stupid for us to even come here!" Marsh gritted his teeth; all the walking the duo did was going to be pointless. After all, if they did not make it to Malkuth, then those even starting the trip would be meaningless.

The red haired princess crossed and closed her eyes. No doubt, she was in deep thought, thinking about anyway to get across the bridge, but not even her genius could figure it out. Therefore, she did the next logical thing. "Let us talk to my mother, my MOTHER I SAY!" Marsh eye twitched, half because of the scream the other half was because of what the girl said.

"Your mother... you're going to ask your mommy if she has a solution to this, what are we five?!" Marsh said as he kicked a rock, the two traveling away from the workers allowing them to do their job without worry.

Though this brought up something important, if she really was the princess of Kimlasca, then shouldn't her mother be the queen? "Hey, I thought you were a princess, why would you mother be anywhere near this place?" It was a good question as Luzu simply scoffed walking down the road while taking a deep breath.

"You fool, A FOOL I SAY! I was adopted of course; it's not that hard to understand. Now I have a question for you, for you I say," Luzu said those words before her eyes scanned Marsh. "Do you know a fast way to Belkend? Her home is there, she may have around this small bump in the road." She said that so casually, as if the whole thing was just a short jog. Not knowing the time or energy it takes to keep track of everything.

Though trying to deny her at this point would have little meaning, though either way the trip would be a long one. Though Luzu's sheer ignorance of the world map was jarring, though Marsh expected little from the girl. "Idiot, if we could reach Belkend we could reach Malkuth. Or have you forgotten that? Due to the bridge being out, there is no easy way to reach the bay. We will have to cut through the forest." Marsh stated that as Luzu simply laughed.

"Ha, is that all, IS THAT ALL I SAY?! It is only a forest right? It probably doesn't even have a name, plus as I recall one of my mother's home's is at the bay. With any luck we might be able to find a solution to trying to find a way to Malkuth." As she said that, Luzu remembered something important something so important that she could not forget to tell the boy.

"Do you know how to make a sandwich? Or do you know how to cook at all?"

"Of course I do, I'm the only person here that can cook!" Marsh snapped as Luzu ignored the boys irritation, continuing on her ramblings.

"Very, well if you do not know how to cook then I shall show you, I SHALL SHOW YOU! You see, first you need ingredients, than you need the recipe, you can find these almost anywhere. You can cook anywhere or at any time, but after battles usually is recommended. Please note that not ever-"

And that was the point Marsh simply started to block everything she said out. In fact, he was wondering what the girl he was looking for was doing.

"Oh, please do not apologize it's my fault after all." The brown haired girl tilted her head as she said those words, looking out of the cell on a moving ship as the one who put her there gave a light sigh. It probably would have been easy to interrogate her if she was not so modest.

"I'm glad you understand the situation," He pushed he glasses upwards, paying no mind to the greyish blue surroundings. The man wondered what question he should start with first; her name would probably be the most basic thing, followed by where she's from and what she did. "Then shall we start with something simple, could you please state your name and where you're from?" The brown haired girl blinked, it was a question that she wasn't use to being asked. Therefore, her answer reflected this lack of common sense.

"Um...well I'm Linza, I guess my last name isn't that important. Hmm, I do not really do anything of importance with my life, I guess I'm the type of person who could disappear and not a single person would care. I am kind of from Daath, but I am not born there. Where I'm really was born isn't that important I guess, since I don't remember it much. I think I died once, but I'm alive now so I guess that's not important either."

The red-eyed man frowned; the girl was surprisingly vague with her answers. The man did not learn anything more other than the girl's name, and that information wasn't very important. "Well, tell me why you're here in the first place?"

The girl pressed her finger to her lips. "Well, you see a funny thing happened to me on my way to the place called dream land. I actually do not know how I ended up on your ship, but I have a bad problem with sleepwalking. Though that brings me to another story wh-"

"No-no, I don't need to hear anything like that, please just get to the point where you made it here." Linza sighed; no one ever listened to her stories. She would be the type of person that would be ignored even when she had something important to say. She could scream the world was falling, and not a single soul would pay attention to her.

With a heavy sigh, Linza shorted her story to an acceptable length. "Well, I just kind of wandered on here, that's all. Really, I am not that important, I mean I am just above losers who own parents would not love her. I mean what kind of loser own parents don't even love them, if that happened to me I'd probably just jump off a cliff or something."

The girl was being surprisingly useless in everything she said. While probably could just bend the bars or tear a hole through the door, that would have been too much trouble, plus Linza was sure both Luzu and Marsh was looking for her.

"Yes, I'm positive that those two are doing everything in their power to rescue me, no doubt they are battling the cruelest of monsters."

Her mission was to make sure her daughter was all right. That was the Iron maiden's mission, so she would complete this mission no matter what.

It had been two years since Luzu left for Daath, so she was always watching for a distance. That is all she could do, as she watched the two travelers go along the grassy forest she had to wonder something, she wondered if she could do that important thing one day.

"Marsh, I SAY MARSH! There is mud in my shoe!" For someone who lived on the streets Luzu carried herself rather well, most likely because she believed that she was a princess. Though believing probably was not going to change anything.

While the area they were in was not really, something remarkable Marsh was eager to point something out. "Hey we need to be careful here, even if there nothing that threatening here, monsters are still around so we need to watch our backs." Marsh said that as the Red haired girl simply crossed her arms.

"Foolish fool, you think some worthless wolves will be able to stop us, I think not. I THINK NOT I SAY! We simply need to get the drop on any monster we encounter; must I explain what getting the drop on someone is? We'll let me state the obvious..."

"No, no more talking, let's just head to the port!" So much talking, so much talking about pointless things, Marsh slowly started to learn that the reason that Luzu did not know anything about the world was because she wasted so much time learning useless facts.

Luzu closed her eyes as she nodded as the duo started to walk through the forest, what a shame it seemed her important information would have to wait.

"Actually, I'm not even sure if we can get a boat at Daath, or if we have enough money to do so, this sucks, why couldn't we be with someone important like the Fon Master." Marsh grumbled as Luzu simply blinked at the term Fon Master.

"Whoever that is, he must be very important if he can get a whole boat on such short term, but in the end it is pointless to even talk about people that can't help us now." It seemed Luzu was more ignorant of the world than she first appeared, not as if it mattered. It was not Marsh's job to tell her about how everything worked, and Luzu was not the kind of person to listen to anything that wasn't coming out of her own mouth.

Though Luzu did mention that her mother had a home there, so it would not be surprising that they could take that boat. That is of course if Luzu was telling the truth, considering how insane she was she might have been imagining everything.

"Hey, how many people you know, I mean before you met me and Linza." Marsh asked a question that he probably should not as Luzu eyes widened.

"I'm rather surprised, usually I must take it upon myself to give you such knowledge, SUCH KNOWLEDGE I say. However, I do not mind giving you the so-called run down some would call it. Though in the eighteen years of my life have have meet three people of importance, everyone else was worthless. WORTHLESS I SAY. So I shall being at the woman that is known as my mother. Luzu cleared her voice as she.

"Her name is Sainan, she is thirty-seven. She calls herself a witch and she once worked with a necromancer. She is a researcher, A RESEARCHER I SAY! Though I have no idea what kind of research she does, plus she is strong one of the strongest people I have met."

"A necromancer and a witch, sheesh. If I hung around people like that than I probably go insane, though if that woman really as strong as Luzu says she is, than at least I know how she can use some Fonic artes." Marsh took mental notes; he doubted that they would be useful.

"The next person was a mistress in Malkuth that happened to stay with us for three years. She is indeed my eternal rival and friend. FRIEND I SAY. Actually, I must thank you for reminding me actually, we shall pay her a short visit. I think she lives in the capital, though I do not know its name. Oh, her name is Sasha Poids Lourd."

Luzu was about to open her mouth to revel the last person, but stopped herself, which was very jarring since it was usually very hard for anyone to get the so called princess to shut her mouth.

Marsh was about to question it, but decided not to, after all it was not his problem. In addition, if the final person was such a secret then he may be caught up into something even more troublesome than he is right now.

"The last person...is odd to say the least; she was called the iron maiden. However, I doubt that is her real name. I describe her if the event comes up, but now, it would be a useless statement. USELESS I SAY!"

"Yeah, if you don't want to talk about her, I'm not going to force you. Plus it looks like we have some company." The bushes shuttered as if they were about to shatter. Before two large wolves who's fur was black and gray came out of the green garden. There were only two of the beast in eye shot as Marsh took out a large shield, in that moment he clicked a trigger on the handle causing a large blade to eject out of the front slot.

"Worthless beast who have less of a mind than dogs, those creature that have one prime directive and that is all. I shall trample them under the foot of strength and fear; I'll crush them with a very loud crunch!" Marsh simply looked at Luzu as the beast drew closer, she really did have a habit of talking too much.

As the wolves closed in Luzu lowered her center of gravity, her hands were touch as she made a full dash towards the pair of monsters. No doubt, she was going to draw her weapon any moment right, since only an idiot would go into battle unarmed. All of those were reasonable thoughts for the shield wilder. Though all of those thoughts were shattered when the so-called princess did a drop kick on the snout of the monster that was out of the bush.

Even the monsters were surprised by this oddity as Luzu grabbed the next monster by its tail and did something that could only be describe as a powerbomb. The force of the attack was strong enough to shatter the ground as, as the first wolf ran like a coward. The other one was probably dead since it's spine was bending in such a way that was like an L.

"What the hell, you're a wrestler?!" Marsh snapped as Luzu crossed her arms as she brushed off her large dress before replying to Marsh.

"Of course, only a fool trusts his life to a weapon, after all hand to hand is the basis of all combat. BAISIS OF ALL COMBAT. At least that is what the iron maiden taught me." Marsh sighed; whoever raised the girl in front of him probably was an odd person as well. Though Marsh did wonder why she wore such a long dress if she was going to use those kinds of techniques.

"You know what...never mind. If I think about it for too long I'll go insane, let's just reach the port and hope you're telling the truth." The Red head seemed to get offended at the last part of the statement.

"Are you implying that I'm lying?! I do not lie; I am not some garbage that hides important information from others. I am a princess, A PRINCESS!"

Marsh sighed once again; he didn't even feel like replying to her statement as the two continued through the woods.

Author note.

Ah, something worthless about Luzu's past. And poor Linza, no one cares about her, isn't sad random brown haired girl.