Marca

Marca (マルカ, Maruka) is a character in the "Skeleton Knight in Another World" series. She is a young girl from Rita Village in the Rhoden Kingdom. She is the daughter of Seona and the older sister of Helina.

Appearance
Marca stood at a height of around 150 cm and had light brown hair tied into pigtails, that rested above her shoulders. Her blue eyes were the same as her mother’s and were also tanned a healthy color.

Background
Marca used to gather herbs in the forest with her father. When her father died and later her mother was injured by a rampaging monster, Marca strove to support her family by searching for herbs to sell.

Light Novel Volume 01
Marca seeking to ease her mother's burden placed a request via the Mercenary Guild to find someone who would escort her into the forest to collect herbs. Arc seeing the notice in Luvierte had accepted it and chaperoned the girl into the forest. While picking through the foliage, Arc and Marca came across a Giant Basilisk. The knight though saved her from being eaten and killed it. Marca having been injured during the commotion was then healed by Arc much to her awe. Later Arc asked Marca to keep the monster to herself as it would have caused her mother and the village unnecessary worry. On the way back they encountered the Fanged Boar which was skulking near the borders of the village. Arc slew it as he was told by Marca its fur and meat were valuable.

Sometime later, Marca would go to Luvierte to sell the kobumi but would not get a fair price from the Merchant's Guild. It was where she met Lahki who offered to buy the herbs at a generous price. Though suspicious of the offer, the young girl accepted it.

Abilities and Powers
Marca is typical a farm girl though appears to have limited knowledge on herbs.

Seona
Marca has shown to care deeply for her mother, risking her life and well-being to collect herbs to support the family.

Helina
Marca's little sister. They have a deep trust in each other. Marca feels responsible for her little sister but believe in her quite enough to leave her alone in charge of their house when she is gone for picking herbs with Arc.

Arc
She meets Arc when she made a request to the mercenary guild, requesting a bodyguard while picking herbs in the forest for one silver coin. The person in charge told her there is little chance someone answers her request because the reward is small. But at his surprise Arc, not wanting to stand out, took the quest. He arrives to Marca's house, scaring her with his bulky appearance. Through the quest, Marca appreciates greatly what Arc do for her and her family. She is quite impressed when he kills the six-legged basilisk with a single strike from his sword and heals her wounded leg. She accepts to keep his secret. After the quest completed, she asks him to come back to Rata.