Hateno Village had never looked much more nicer than it was before, it mostly remained the same, a small village but with differences in the aftermath of Ganon's defeat; Most of the buildings, like the shops which sold bomb and fire arrows or the inns, had been improved upon to a point where they bigger than ever before.
Even the President of Hateno had opened up his own restaurant which he'd called Kaebora's Restaurant, named not only after himself but the long forgotten owl creature known as Gaebora Kaebora of ancient legends.
Technically, Gaebora Kaebora was no ordinary owl as he was actually the Sage of Light, Rauru, who'd constructed the Sacred Realm and the Temple of Time, which originally held the Master Sword and served as the gateway to the resting place of the Triforce, apparently right on top of an ancient temple itself that was long forgotten, actually a myth on itself.
But either way, Kaebora was an important name in Hyrulean history, making it custom to ocassionally name men or females "Kaebora", which was a common name just like the name "Link" or Zelda".
The name Ganon? Nuh-uh, there was no way some guy was gonna be named after the monstrous feind who'd attacked Hyrule a million times throughout history.
Link wasn't too concerned about names, they were not super relevent unless he met somebody new and didn't know that person's name or there had to be a name change when it came to a place or person, just in case if said name was a really terrible name.
What was he concerned about?
Looking very decent for the dinner with Zelda, he'd just gone into a nearby building, an attire-changing department, to put on a dinner suit. Zelda? She was getting a nice dress.
Once Link had finished changing, he looked at himself in the mirror and combed his hair, commending himself on his appearance; Well-clean face, combed, blonde hair, a decent black tuxedo, good dark pants and green shoes.
"Oh yeah, man. We are talkin' fancy now." Link said happily.
Once he made sure that he looked decent enough, Link left the building and closed the door, heading down to the restaurant just located next to town hall.
The design of the restaurant; Decent, made from wood and bricks, marble tables, wooden chairs, medium sized and sparkly clean.
When he got there, Zelda was waiting for him, wearing shiny green sandles and a long, flowing black colored dress without sleeves alongside a tiara on her head like a crown, her hair tied back in a bun.
For only a mo'ment, Link thought Zelda glowed in the moonlight, completely failing to realize that it was Blood Moon night and a Super Blood Moon was rising into the sky, convulsing and glowing with power.
Well, it would be a while before one of them noticed the Blood Moon.
"There you are, Link!" The princess' voice was soft and gentle like a summer breeze, "I've been waiting for you for, well, a good few minutes. I waited so patiently for you and that is an excellent outfit, I like it."
The brave hero, who'd gone through so many perils on countless journeys and survived in the end, gave a big smile, "Thanks, Zel. Now, lets get something good inside us, I am starvin'. Don't ya agree."
Sitting down at the nearest table they could get, the two heroes waited patiently for the restaurant's manager, the village leader, to come.
Good old Kaebora was a man in his late 50s, 55 years old and almost on 56, he'd been in charge of Hateno for only a year prior to Link's return, his pop had been the village chief for 30 years, resigning not long after Kaebora was born 50 years after the Great Calamity.
After Jol Kaebora stepped down and left Hyrule, Dal Kaebora became deputy leader to none other than a Yiga defector who was running the village, eventually taking power and becoming the leader, making Tiga Biga step down.
Due to fast approaching old age, his skin was getting wrinkly and his brown hair was turning gray-white, yet his green eyes remained unchanged. Kaebora was in good health and a skinny "young" man, especially after years of taking walks and eating very little.
During his trip through Hateno up to the lab, Link briefly bumped into Kaebora, who was out getting fresh air and was glad to help him. After Ganon's defeat, Village President Kaebora campaigned to upgrade Hateno.
Not only that, but he'd offered to support reconstruction efforts and send the Boson Brothers, the finest carpenters in Hyrule who'd helped make Tarrey Town possible, to help rebuild the old Hylian Army outposts and some of the villages destroyed in the Calamity.
In the end, Kaebora was a good man who wanted to help change Hyrule as well as the other lands beyond Hyrule. Link had great respect for the man and his family, he always appreciated other people who were just like him.
After minutes of patiently waiting for the man himself to show up, he did, sporting a smile upon his shaved face, a hat over his gray haired head and wearing a simple suit, good old President Kaebora came to the table, holding a menu in his arms which he gave to Link.
"Ah, welcome to Kaebora's Restaurant," He said with enthusiasm, "How may I be of service this evening?" Zelda nodded, "Ah, Mr. Village Leader, its good to see you again. How is your family?" Kaebora chuckled, "Dear princess, my family is good. Now what do you want?"
"Simple." Link put the menu down, "My number one girl and I would like two milks, a burger for me and some salmon for Zelda." Kaebora winked, "Want any Lon Lon French Fries with that order?"
"You betcha, man."
"Allow me to go get the requested food and drinks from the kitchen, Sir."
Soon as Kaebora left to fetch the food, Zelda winked at Link, "Don't you feel we've had enough fish and meat for a day, Link?"
Link grunted, "Zelda, Zelda, Zelda, I love eating good foods. As long as there is good food, I'm not gonna stop eating what I choose to eat, as long as I don't get obese and it does not come back to bite me in the afterlife."
"Don't worry yourself about that too much, Link." Zelda assured him with a wink, "You're a good person, good outweighs the bad, there's no chance you will end up in a bad place when your life is over."
Zelda had to scratch her head, "The legends/myths revolving about the afterlife in Hylian history are very confusing." Link nodded, "Sorry, Zelda. Just trying to be optimistic here, wishful thinkin'."
"Can we please avoid discussing the next world that people go to after their games are over while we're at a restaurant about to eat a nourishing meal?"
"Sorry, Zel. Somethin' just makes me nervous a little bit. Maybe some piece of Ganon's soul is kinda lingerin' in me, waiting to take me over at any sec?"
"One of us would have probably long sensed that by now."
"Blood Moon night again and its power is messing with our brains as it rises?"
Just as Zelda was about to ponder that, Kaebora returned carrying two plates for each of them, one pink plate for Zelda and one green plate for Link, upon the plates were the requested food.
Salmon for Zelda and burgers for Link, including french fries for each of them, Kaebora's assistant, a Rito waiter whose name was actually Hass, did the honors of serving their drinks for Link and Zelda.
"Here you go, guests." Kaebora chuckled, "Hope you have a wonderful meal free of charge, though we will ask for a rupee or two."
Hass nodded, "Yes, we do a fine job preparing this meal within a few minutes flat and making sure it does not taste terrible and ensure that the milk or water tastes nice with no bad taste."
Zelda winked, "Thank you all for your service, have a good evening and keep maintaining a well done restaurant while ensuring it never fails."
The restaurant staff nodded and walked off, but seeing Hass had a great impression on Link as, for minutes afterward, he almost wondered; Was Rito Hass in any way, shape or form actually related to Kass, the traveling musician playing on his harp?
Hass had red and blue wings and, meanwhile, he did have blue and black furr with a black beak. The suit was very nice though, even if Kass did not wear a suit, save for a flightsuit.
Speaking of Kass, the last time Link had seen him, it was last week when he was paying the Rito Chief Grubba a visit when he bumped right into the good old accordian-playing big bird who sang a prophecy-style song that sounded very ominous, mentioning the rebirth of an ancient demon overlord, followed suit by the fortelling of an apocolyptic clash.
Heck, that was on the same day he'd woken up from another nightmare about Demise and then had another one shortly after...
Was it a strange coincidence, especially since Link had for quite some time been plauged by nightmares and didn't know who the mystery bad guy was until Impa explained everything?
Link wasn't sure, but things did look as though something bad and very similar to the Great Calamity was about to happen, only this time there was a chance that there was no way to stop the bad event from happening.
Some prophecized events were unstoppable, few had predicted the Great Calamity centuries before and nothing else could be done to stop it.
Even if the looming mystery villain was stopped, there was no way to save Hyrule, by the time a miracle happened, it would be too late and the world would probably look devestated beyond restoration, reduced to nothing but rocks and ash, millions of lives destroyed, hundreds people injured and scarred emotionally.
What about Link and his princess, what would become of them?
"Link, you alright?"
"Wha...?"
The young man shook his head out of the mental cloudy haze and brought himself back to present time, having gotten lost in his thoughts and worries. It had been two minutes since dinner was served, Zelda had already taken a bite into her salmon and it tasted wel.
"You ok?" The princess asked, wondering if her hero and dashing prince was fine. Link blinked and nodded, "Uh, yeah. I'm fine, about to take a bite of this lovely meal starting with some spicy french fries before eating my meat. MM-mmm!"
Not noticing small black spots on one of his french fries, Link took a bite into his meal and the second he devoured the fry, his eyes widened and his mouth smoked, causing him to let out a scream of pain.
Zelda broke out laughing, after she had finished chewing her food plus drinking her milk, "Link, why don't you have a drink of milk? That usually cools down a burning tongue, you know." Link sipped from his milk and, right away, his mouth no longer hurt.
"Thanks, Zelda." The hero commented, "That would have sucked if my tongue got scorched or scalded or somethin, I hate having a burnt mouth. Lets be lucky that this is not the worst date/outing ever."
Zelda looked surprised, "Who said that?" Link acted guity, "What? I didn't say anything, there is no bad date, there never has been."
"Lets keep eating our meal before something happens."