Chapter 8: The Composer Brothers

I spent the next several weeks at Hyrule Castle. Much of my time was spent on attending the King's meetings with his Hylian soldiers, but I was able to find time to go to the royal library to try to find out anything I could about the Sacred Realm. Unfortunately for me, I was still no nearer to discovering the Realm's location than when I first arrived at the castle.

On the bright side, however, I had made the acquaintance of two Sheikah brothers, Sharp and Flat. I had been at the castle for five weeks when I had a shrewd idea that they may have had information I needed.

During that evening, Flat had mentioned to the King at dinner that he and Sharp had completed a certain study on controlling time with the tones of ocarinas. The next morning, I bade goodbye to the King and returned to Gerudo Valley.

Once there, I gathered the elites who were most loyal to me and led them on a raid in Kakariko Village. Amidst the panicked screams of the villagers as the Gerudo began their pillage, I used orbs of energy to blast the doors of houses open, eventually finding the one where Sharp and Flat resided.

I took in their shaken faces after I blasted their front door, and decided to cut to the chase.

"You told the King last night that you had completed a study on controlling time," I said. "What are the results of your study? Tell me!" I added angrily when neither Sharp nor Flat answered right away.

Sharp's initial unease disappeared as he began to glare. "How dare you? You have your people attack our village, and you except us to give you information?"

I waved my hand dismissively. "As I'm sure you're well aware, Gerudo raids are an...unfortunate necessity in life. I can put a stop to it if you like, but only if you give me your study's results."

"We won't do it!" Flat snapped suddenly.

My eyes narrowed. "You won't?"

"No, we won't," Sharp responded. "We would die before we let you reap the fruits of our research!"

I regarded the brothers silently for a moment. "Very well. Then your defiance will be the last thing you do."

I lifted both my hands, and two glowing orbs of energy shot from my hands and engulfed both Sharp and Flat in their light. The brothers screamed in pain, the light faded, and they fell face down on the floor, dead.

I looked at the bodies coldly, then left the house without looking back.

That night, back at the fortress, I told Nabooru what had happened.

"You killed them?" she asked, appalled. "Just because they wouldn't give you the information you wanted?"

"Exactly," I said calmly. "They didn't have to die; it was their own stubbornness that got them killed."

Nabooru simply stared at me. "What has gotten into you lately?"