Chapter 51: The Guard's Anger
I was very glad that future Link was able to calm slave Link down, or rather, pick up his spirits. I was also pretty sure that none of the three of us could stand seeing someone upset. What was better yet was that slave Link was on board with just getting the endeavors of his dimension over with. So when we reached Hyrule Castle Town again, all three of us were very happy.
After a quick detour to my place so that we could disguise future Link and slave Link, we began heading back to the castle in order to see Zelda. If I recalled correctly, that day was supposed to be one of those days that only a single guard was on entrance duty. I was really hoping that it would be someone like Jacob who would just let us in without asking anything because he knew that he could trust me. Unfortunately, I had no such luck because that guard was Shaun again.
"Well well, I see you're finally back, Link. How was your little vacation this time? I hope it was good while the rest of us knights were working our asses off! I suppose you're here to see Princess Zelda so that you can ask for more vacation time. Well, I'm not going to let you because you can't just rely of your long-time friendship with Princess Zelda to get you out of working all the time. No, you have to pull some weight every once in a while!"
Okay, I knew that Shaun always sounded like he was angry just because the voice he was born with, but when coupled with those words, he sounded legitimately angry. Unfortunately, his words made me angry as well and although I wanted to pin him to a wall and tell him what was going on, I restrained myself and simply told him that I was actually running and errand for the princess and I needed to see her, since it was finally finished, which wasn't a total lie. To make a long story short, he didn't believe me at all. That made me so angry!
I busted my ass and almost got killed by too many things to count for the thread of power that Zelda had ordered me to get and this guy wouldn't believe what I had to say! However, I knew how to just walk away, which I did as he was making a bunch of snide remarks about how future Link and slave Link were strangers that actually got to meet the Princess. I almost wanted to shout back that Princess Zelda left the castle often enough for her to meet strangers all of the time, but I held my tongue, knowing that it would just make things worse. Instead, I just went home and I decided to wait until Shaun's shift was over before I went back. That way, I had the chance of being able to get inside to meet with Zelda without having to force my way in.
Well, there you go. Please note that the irl Shaun is nowhere near that much of a jerk. Umm... yeah, he kind of asked me to let you guys know that, so I did. Anyway, I hope that you enjoyed these chapters and I would love you forever if you reviewed! See you next week.
