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The trip to Hateno Village was silent; the weight of the morning's earlier events still weighing on Lynk and Zelda. Zelda recalled how Lynk looked in the Sheikah stealth gear; her weapon strapped to her lower back in tradition of Sheikah warriors and her hair done in a style similar to Paya's. The only thing Lynk was missing was white hair and red eyes.

They arrived at Hateno and Zelda followed Lynk across a bridge to a house in the back of the village. Beside the house was a large tree with a thick canopy, under it, a cooking pot and two men who seemed to be making themselves at home. They brought their horses to a small stable-like covering connected to the house before going inside.

The house was a bit dusty but it felt cozy. Zelda looked around before noticing the mounts on the wall. She walked up to the weapon mount holding Mipha's Lightscale Trident and carefully touched the weapon. She looked at the other mounts and saw Daruk's Boulder Breaker, Revali's Great Eagle Bow, and Urbosa's Scimitar of the Seven and Daybreaker. She also saw a royal shield, a royal bow, and a bow and shield she didn't quite recognize but looked familiar with its Sheikah tech design.

"Sorry for the mess," Lynk said as she wiped some dust off the table.

"It's fine." Zelda pulled out a chair and dusted it off before sitting down. "This is your house?"

Lynk nodded.

"Then…what about those men outside?"

"They were going to demolish the house, but I bought it and had it renovated," Lynk explained.

"How long have they been waiting by the cooking pot?"

"Since I bought the house."

"Really?"

Lynk nodded.

"Well, that must be…interesting to wake up to."

"If you want, I can send them away," Lynk suggested. "I usually do when I plan on staying for more than a few hours."

Zelda shook her head a little, though she felt Lynk could see that she did want them to leave. Lynk nodded and went to the weapon mount with the Lightscale Trident. She carefully removed the trident before retrieving a cloth and sitting down. Zelda quietly watched as Lynk meticulously went over the special silver Zora metal that let Mipha's spear be both durable and beautiful.

"Even after all these years, Mipha's spear is still as beautiful as ever," Zelda said.

Lynk nodded a little as she continued.

Zelda looked at the others. "They're all still lovely, even after all this time. Though I wonder, why do you have the Champions' weapons on display?"

"They're valuable."

"Well, I know that, but you didn't use them, even when fighting Ganon."

"I didn't want to break them."

Zelda nodded.

"Their spirits," Lynk muttered.

"Whose spirits? The Champions'?"

Lynk nodded.

"What about them?"

Lynk placed the spear back on its mount before grabbing the Scimitar of the Seven and sitting back down. "I think…I think their spirits are tied to me now."

"What do you mean?"

"They gave me their abilities in a Spirit Orb and now it seems like they're trapped, but instead of being trapped inside their Divine Beasts, they're trapped with…me."

Zelda thought about what Lynk had said before answering, "Perhaps the Spirit Orb isn't just a name, and actually contains part of their spirit. So when they gave it to you, part of their spirit fused with yours."

Lynk slowed in her cleaning.

"Lynk?"

Lynk shook her head. "I'm fine." She placed the scimitar back on its mount before heading towards the door. "There's someone here who'll want to see you again."

Though a bit confused, Zelda nodded and followed Lynk to a strange building behind the village.

"What is this place?" Zelda asked, observing the building's strange design.

"The Hateno Ancient Tech Lab. Purah's the director."

"Purah?" Zelda stayed quiet as she tried to remember seeing Purah during Lynk's adventure.

Lynk opened the door and Zelda saw a young Sheikah girl standing on a stool and a Sheikah man looking at a bookcase in the back. Both of them had their backs to Lynk and Zelda and were too busy talking to notice them.

Zelda pointed at the young girl on the stool. "Is she…?"

Lynk nodded.

"Dr. Purah?"

The young girl jumped slightly and spun on her heel to face them and adjusted her glasses. A smile came across her face. "Well, what do we have here? It's been a while, Princess. 100 years to be exact! Tell me, do I look a day older since the last time you've seen me?"

"No…but you should," Zelda answered before walking up to Purah. "What happened?"

"Oh, nothing important. Just part of an experiment."

"An experiment gone wrong, I assume."

Purah huffed and childishly stomped her feet. "How rude! I am one of Hyrule's most esteemed ancient Sheikah tech scientists, I deserve some respect."

Zelda ignored her and put a hand to her chin. "Interesting. It seems that your failed experiment not only turned you into a child physically, but also turned you into a child mentally. To a degree, of course," she added.

Purah huffed again, this time settling for puffing up her cheeks as she crossed her arms and turned her head. "It's nice to see you too, Princess."

"Ah, my apologies, Purah. I didn't mean to let my observations get so out of hand."

"Nah, it's fine." Purah looked at Zelda again. "At least what you said was better than what Lynk said."

Zelda looked at her appointed knight, who was talking to the Sheikah man by the bookcases. "What did Lynk say?"

"'Aren't you a child?'! I know coming to such a conclusion is reasonable, but I have never felt more insulted."

Zelda smiled sympathetically, "I'm sure Lynk meant well."

"Meant well with what?" Lynk suddenly asked.

Zelda saw Lynk holding an envelope with a Sheikah seal on it, so instead of answering Lynk's question, she asked, "What's that?"

Lynk shrugged, "I don't know. I haven't checked."

Zelda nodded and looked back at Purah, and then noticed the intent look on her face. "Dr. Purah, is that yours?"

"No, but I thank you for asking," Purah said. "But I'm not going to lie, I have no idea what's in it. Why don't you open it, Lynky?"

Lynk thought about it for a moment before saying, "I'll open it later."

"Aw, you're no fun, but I still want to see what's inside, so don't open it without me."

Lynk nodded a little, somewhat agreeing with Purah's terms.

Purah looked at Zelda and adjusted her glasses. "So, Princess, tell me what you think about this, your own personal, Purah-made Sheikah Slate. It wouldn't be nearly as advanced as Lynk's, but it would have the Camera rune, the Hyrule Compendium, and the Sheikah Sensor +."

"What about the regional maps?" Lynk asked.

"Regional maps?" both Zelda and Purah repeated.

Lynk unhooked the Sheikah Slate and showed them the Sheikah Slate's map feature. Purah, amazed, took the slate and looked over the map. She knew there was a stamp feature that'd be useful for a map, but she didn't know about the actual map. Well, she knew of its existence, but she never saw it until today. As she began to take notes about the map feature, she and Zelda started making hypotheses about how it worked and it wasn't long until Symin joined.

However, it was getting late, and the lab wasn't designed to hold guests, so Lynk and Zelda had to return to Lynk's house. On the way, Zelda snapped her fingers, as she remembered that she wanted to ask Purah a question. When they arrived, Lynk led Zelda to the loft where a bed was available for her. Zelda gasped when she made it to the loft, having seen an all too familiar photo.

Zelda went up to the photo and her fingers gently touched the frame. "How…how did you get this?" she asked as she looked at the photo that she and the Champions took after the inauguration ceremony.

"Kass," Lynk answered.

Zelda looked at Lynk, confused. "Who's that?"

"He's a Rito bard who helped me when I was traveling, he was also a student of the Sheikah court poet."

"Hibiki…"

Now it was Lynk's turn to be confused. "Who?"

"He was the Sheikah court poet." Zelda saw Lynk look at the ground, her arms crossed and her brow furrowed. "Are you okay?"

Lynk sighed and nodded, "It's late, you can have my bed. Goodnight, Princess."

"Oh, uh, goodnight, Lynk." Zelda then gasped, suddenly remembering something. "Lynk, wait!"

Lynk stopped by the door.

"You wouldn't happen to know where the clothing store is, would you? It's just that…I would prefer to not sleep in my travel clothes if possible."

Lynk stayed quiet for a moment before answering, "After you cross the bridge, you'll see a small farm, the clothing store's on the right."

Zelda opened her mouth to say something but was cut off by Lynk.

"You'll probably need more rupees for whatever you're trying to buy." Lynk dug through her rupee pouch before taking out a silver rupee, "Here." Zelda came down to get it and they both left the house before splitting up, Lynk to the back of the house and Zelda to the store.

Zelda found it a bit strange that Lynk wasn't accompanying her but pushed it off as she made her way to the Ventest Clothing Boutique. She met Sophie, the somewhat shy shopkeeper, and was given a simple nightgown. When Zelda made it back to the house, she still didn't see Lynk. She left the red and two blue rupees she was given as change on the table and went upstairs to change. When finished, she looked over the loft's railing to see if Lynk had come back, only to see that nothing changed. She waited for a few minutes before sighing and deciding that she'd talk to Lynk in the morning and went to bed.


Lynk made a tch sound before removing a few pins in her hair and letting it fall back into place. She sighed and placed her hands on the sink before looking at the mirror. She sighed again and pushed back her bangs. She picked up the materials again and restarted the mundane process of getting her hair in the proper style for when wearing her Sheikah stealth armor. She groaned when she messed up and let her hair fall again. She glared at her reflection, greatly agitated by her inability to get this down.

Lynk didn't know why getting this down was so important to her. She didn't exactly care about her hair for the most part of her adventure but now she did. Maybe it was connected to the envelope. She had opened it while waiting for Zelda and inside it was the picture of a beautiful Sheikah woman. Judging from the way she was turning, she wasn't expecting a picture of her to be taken, but she certainly wasn't against it, as one of the prettiest smiles Lynk's ever seen was on the Sheikah woman's face.

There was something about this woman that made Lynk suddenly care about her appearance. Something she couldn't pinpoint. With a sigh, Lynk put her hair back into her usual ponytail before leaving the bathroom. She went to the tree and leaned against its trunk, allowing the cooking pot's fire to warm her. Not that she needed it, as even in Autumn, Necluda was still warm.

Deciding to distract herself from the Sheikah woman in the photo, Lynk unhooked the Sheikah Slate and checked her notes to see if there was anything she could do tomorrow. However, before she could get to her notes, she opened her map and her eyes landed on the Equestrian Riding Center. Slightly annoyed, Lynk put the skull and bones stamp over the center's spot on the map. She had a feeling that the Yiga wouldn't be bothering them anymore but the stamp would serve as a nice reminder to be careful.

She let out a sigh as she thought about the Yiga Clan and leaned against the tree trunk some more. Why they were still bothering her made no sense. Though, given that she allegedly killed their master and did destroy the Calamity, it should've made sense. But, to be honest, she thought they'd give up once the Calamity was gone, being so childish and unorganized, even with their master. Though that led her to the question of whether or not they were responsible for the blood moons, but it was a bit hard to believe that the Yiga were capable of that. Lynk decided it'd be best to deal with this tomorrow and rested by the fire.


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I hope you enjoyed this chapter of Once in a Blood Moon. And now's the part where I semi-promote myself. Feel free to leave a review, ask a question, or something. I don't know. You do you. Until next time. Bye~