One year later, the kingdom was still in peace, with everything working normally. Link, after helping his village, decided to join the royal army, training hard every day to be able to protect the kingdom from any threats. And maybe someone else. King, queen and the entire parliament were also working hard to maintain the peace among the nations. That included Zelda, who was working more than never, that she had barely any time to see her new friend. However, one night may have changed this situation.
Most of the halls are extremely dark at night, illuminated just by torches. It was almost midnight and Zelda was reading some texts at her office when somebody threw a rock at her window. However, she was so tired that didn't even mind, but after hearing some voices, made her way to the window and got surprised. Link, that seemed to be training until that hour, grabbed a man and tied him on a log.
"…And I hope I don't need to do this again. I'll take you to the princess tomorrow, and you better be prepared." Zelda was enjoying the scene and decided to participate.
"I think you will not have to wait too much."
"Zelda! I mean… Your Highness… are you awaken? Are you ok? Did you get hurt?"
"No Link, I am fine. Please do me a favor and knock this man out." Link thought that super weird but didn't hesitate and punched the man's face, looking at Zelda afterwards that seemed more worried now.
"Look, this is not the first attempt to attack me, and although I have never gotten hurt, I do not feel safe behind these walls anymore."
"I understand princess. So, do you want me to do something for you?"
"I would like to ask if you want to be my personal bodyguard." That was big. Being a royal family member bodyguard was a huge responsibility, but also meant a greater salary and more recognition.
"This is a great honor princess. I'm really happy… aah… with this opportunity, and… aaah…" Link didn't know how to answer properly. He was pretty happy with that, but at the same time, worried about the responsibility and nervous about being so close to the princess of Hyrule. At some point Link froze, saying nothing, just staring at that beautiful woman, high in the tower, right in front of him with a giant full moon behind the castle whose light only increased Zelda's beauty. However, she was still waiting for an answer.
"So?"
"Yes!"
"Alright, you will start tomorrow, or should I say, in four hours."
"Four hours?"
"Yes, my day starts early in the morning. Do you want to give up?"
"No, of course not."
"Ok, so you better go to sleep. Good night." With that said, she entered, letting Link astonished at the castle's vast garden.
"Good night." Definitely, Zelda was too fast for him.