Chapter 12- Martin

A tailor… they called a tailor… both my majesties said it was important for me to be presentable and unique, to make myself distinguishable yet classy. I won the favor of the King and Queen easily, but Duke and Conde made something clear yesterday, the struggle is being accepted in the noble circle, my majesties are doing their best to up my chances… and I am doing my best not to implode here.

CREAK! Link raises his sight, sights and slowly stands to close his room's door, Zelda was approaching Link's room but stops when she realizes he is standing there looking back at her

"Came to check on your stunt?" Link asks raising an eyebrow

"What are you talking about? I just completely forgot you exist, before you came here THAT room was my comfort zone, thanks for taking that away from me too"

"You are welcomed highness; would you mind telling me what else did I took from you?"

"EVERYTHING YOU STUPID COMMONER"

"Everything… if I was able to take it all away easily, seems like you had nothing to begin with… poor rich girl" Link says rubbing his eyes mockingly

"HOW WOULD YOU KNOW? With that limited pea brain of yours you wouldn't unders-" BOOMM!

Link shuts his door loudly, trapping the princess inside with him. she just looks at him wide eyed, she had not noticed walking inside his room, she was too distracted by the argument. Links stares at her and begins to approach

"How would I know? Doesn't take a wizard to figure out you are spoiled and desperate, and you know what the saddest thing is? You calling out for help yet refusing it when given to you"

BAMM! Link hit the wall with an open palm right above Zelda's head

"So far I have gathered that you are a bitch, but tell me Princess, is there more that my pea brain needs to know about you?"

Zelda looks at him squinting

"If you want to get rid of me, you need to up your game, the soapy floor thing was childish" Link says when in fluid movement Zelda draws a dagger from her dress and stabs him in the gut

"So… do I still need to up my game or is this enough?" she smirks, then widens her eyes once she notices there is no blood pouring out. Link draws closer to her ear and whispers

"Better… do pose a challenge for me please, I am bored" he slowly reaches down for the dagger, then takes it without struggle from her hand and examines it.

I was wrong, she does not want to get her hands dirty, but SHE COULD KILL ME, this just got interesting…

TOCK TOCK TOCK! Link walks to his door and opens it, a very elegant man with glasses and a curled-up mustache stands there

"OH, hi my Prince, I am Martin" he bowed smiling "I am here to corroborate your body measurements and get to know your suit preferences… things may get a little personal, I advise for the lady to leave your premises"

"I AM NO LADY; I AM THE FUCKING PRINCESS GOD DAMN IT" she yells as she starts crying and leaves.

"Well… I was not told you would have company, so not my fault if I did not address her properly, was she crying? Not my doing I hope, but let's forget about childish behavior, my job is YOU" Martin says wiggling his eyebrows and grinning.

Should I be scared?

"My measurements were already taken, I don-"

"I will still take them, this is how I work, I don't trust anyone else but me, and my eyes, other tailors can work with just numbers but not me, and since it seems the others are busy with clients for the ball, it means you are STUCK WITH ME HOHOHO" Martin says as he starts asking Link to undress to measure him.

This man is crazy… and probably gay, he is not using my title or being respectful at all, I appreciate that, kind of makes me feel normal… Is he feeling me?

"It looks like you have a well-defined body for your age, good proportions and symmetry… you could have a little more calf muscle but that is just my personal preference, so far any type of cut for your suits would look good on you, what is your preference?"

Should I? if there is one reason for me to use the advantages of title is THIS ONE, here goes nothing

"Martin, I don't really care about the cut or color of the suit, but I do have one request I want my suits to be resistant to this" Link says showing Zelda's dagger, Martin widens his eyes.

"NO-NO-NO. I am a tailor, if you want an armor, I am not the one you call" Martin says crossing his arms pissed

"I don't want an armor, I just want to feel safe in this sea of back stabbing rich people" Link proceeds to show how the dagger fails to tear a very thick undershirt he was wearing before "if I push hard enough it will tear, still is a very thick fabric that grants protection, could you make something like this?"

Martin grabs the dagger and tries it on the undershirt, he finds the fabric thick and hard to tear

"You want me to make your suits, jackets, trousers and tunics like this?"

"Can you?" Link asks raising an eyebrow… hoping Martin takes it as a challenge

"it's Martin the tailor you are talking to boy, of course I can, but it will be heavy and not very fresh"

"I don't mind the heat, and how am I supposed to grow my calf muscle without weight" Link wiggles his eyebrows at Martin who turns every shade of red possible and looks down

"It should be a crime for you to be doing that to people… ALL RIGHT, I will do them, how many and…"

"Your choice, I don't know about this, do as many as you think I need to have, just don't make them flashy, you choose the colors too."

"6 sets, simple design, masculine colors, got it" says Martin smiling as he bowed and prepares to leave the room

Yeah, I want all that of course… damn, I don't know what I agreed to… but fuck it, let it be a surprise.

"Your clothes will arrive in a week or so, once you get them try them on, if there are adjustments that need to be made you have 3 days to notify me to fix them free of charge… it was a pleasure meeting you my Prince" Martin says as he leaves, Link stands to check a bag that appear to have been left behind

Such a forgetful man… wait, this is for me? It does have a note with my name on it. COOL, now I have 3 tunics I can wear as everyday clothes, they seem to fit a bit loose, but that is ok, better than being naked, and look at that… 3 pairs of stockings and 6 braies, jajajajajaja, if only I used those. Wolf gave me boxers once, those are a lot better, but I still avoid using them, I don't like feeling trapped… I am trying to use them now, can't let them catch me naked in the castle, but I use them to sleep only.

The cellphone's ringing tune begins playing, Link walks to the desk to pick it up

"Dude, I was just thinking about you"

"About my awesomeness I hope, because you thinking about my sexy lips kind of scares me. Seriously now, let me tell you, General Zalatoris didn't believe me… he fired you but today the adoption papers arrived, and he laughed like a maniac, then he locked himself in his office with a folder…"

"So… am I fired or not?"

"DUDE! have you not being paying attention? Of course not, an inside man in Hyrule is a wild card we can't pass up, but I bet the General is trying to find some job to get you out of Hyrule… THAT is what you should be afraid of"

"Why? things just happened and I think I got the better end for SWORD" Link says cheerful

"WOW, what happened? You sound hopeful? Not like yesterday"

"I just realized THIS is not going to be as hard as I was thinking, you see… today the princess stabbed me" Link says with a smile

"WTF!, and this is good because you didn't die? Or is there an ulterior motive?"

"It means she can be dangerous; she is not a defenseless rabbit that I have to convert into a wolf, I just have to tame her"

"Well… when you put it like that… yeah, it is good news, royalty here are just figures to distract the people, in Hyrule they actually do their fucking job, she is going to need those fangs"

"YES, and that is why I am hopeful, it's going to be VERY hard, but" he breaths in slowly and smiles

"I think it's doable now"