Hi everyone, I'mNoOneSpecial is back. Sorry this took so long. Work has been hell, and will continue to do so. And, I'm very sorry about this, I tried out a game I hadn't played before, and got hooked. Which is why I didn't update for so long. My most sincerest apologies. Anyway, I finished the game so I will focus more on updating again. I'll do the same the writer Informally Formal does; I'll try to update every Friday. On a plus side, I got several chapters ready for encoding and posting.

Alright, here's the next chapter.

It was not long before the valet returned accompanied by Fair Zelda. The king called back Old Daphnes and at once his daughter rushed over to him. And reprimanded him.

"Father, why wouldn't you listen to me?" Fair Zelda berated her father, "I told you not to give up hope. Have you no faith in me? Believe me, Father, I will find the sheath. Trust me, I will set you free."

"My dear child," Old Daphnes said sorrowfully, "How can I trust your words when you yourself cannot? Ever day you have come to visit me, and every day you struggle harder and harder to contain your tears. And every day I saw the helplessness grow in your eyes. You know it, just as I do, though you refuse to admit it: the sheath is on no one's field, and no one will find it..."

Poor Zelda struggled not to cry, "Father..."

"It may no longer matter whether the sheath is found or not," the young king cut in, "As I have told you both before, I merely keep you, Old Daphnes, because you have marked yourself a suspect, and I had not enough proof of your innocence. Which is why I had your daughter search for the sheath. It has been weeks now that Fair Zelda and many others have searched for it. But just as the sheath hasn't turned up, so has no evidence come to me that proves your guilt. While I cannot say for certain that you are innocent, I have no proof of your guilt. Nayru's laws forbid me to pass judgment on a man who is not proven guilty, and Nayru's grace demands that I do not keep a prisoner if he may as well be an innocent man."

Fair Zelda rounded on the young king almost angrily, "Why then have you kept my father prisoner all these weeks?"

The young king was surprised to see such fierceness from such a gentle maid, "Back then the evidence I had pointed to your father being guilty. While I mustn't pass a sentence on an innocent, I cannot allow a lawbreaker escape justice. So I decided to keep your father just for long enough to gather more evidence so that I may come to a final decision about him. But it is not for that reason alone that I sent your father to the dungeons. While I cannot say for certain whether the Old Daphnes is guilty of the theft of my dagger, I can say for certain that he has lied to me."

"Surely that alone does not warrant weeks or even just days of imprisonment," Fair Zelda argued.

"That depends on the kind and amount of damage the lie could have caused," the young king replied. Then he turned to her father, "Tell me Old Daphnes, do you remember the merchant to whom you sold my jeweled silver dagger?"

"Yes my lord."

"Is he a friend of yours or has he done you some wrong?"

"I have known him for many a good year, but never has he wronged me. He has always given me a fair price."

"Well then, Old Daphnes, are you aware that your lie could have sent your friend into the dungeons?" the young king took notice of the shocked expressions of both father and daughter and went on, "Your lie would have marked him as a suspect, though he is every bit as innocent as you claim to be. Had the old lady and her nephew not spoken on his behalf I would have had to sent him into the dungeons. And then, what could have his family done for him? What could they have said in his defense?"

Fair Zelda said nothing, and the old Dapnes hung his head in shame.

"Do you two understand now why his lie cost the Old Daphnes so dearly?" asked the young king, "As I have told you before, I bear neither of you any ill will, but as I am the king, I am bond to follow Nayru's law and to carry out her justice. But now, I think enough time has passed, and your father has been imprisoned long enough, though law dictates that he is to remain here longer."

"How much longer has my father to stay?"

The young king took a moment to remember, "Several days more, about a week."

"That is not so long," said the old Daphnes, "I have already endured several weeks in the dungeons; I will just endure this last one before my freedom."

"Indeed, one week is not long a time," agreed Fair Zelda. But there was something that caused her worry, "But Father, from now on you must eat all your meals and get get a god night's sleep every day or else your illness will grow worse. I will go back to the farm and fetch you some warm clothes and a thick blanket, and also some good herb tea."

"Actually, there is a way I could release your father this day," said the young king, catching the attention of both father and daughter.

Author's notes"

I got a few doubts about this chapter; it's another filler. I tried to expand on the king's character, justifying his seemingly unjust decree. That wasn't done in the original tale, not much was said about the personalities of the characters in the tale. Little was said about the king's character, but what was said didn't give a nice picture about him; he didn't seem like a good king or person to me. So I tried to make my king, Link, a good king and person. But I'm afraid I might have gotten carried away with that. What do you think, my dear readers?

One last thing; remember when I said I wanted to change the title of my story? Well, I'm not sure what I should call it. I'm torn between "Wise Fair Zelda" and "The dagger and its sheath." So I created a poll, it's on my profile. Or rather it should be, it's my first poll so I'm rather clueless about doing this. Anyway, what do you guys think the new title should be?

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