Hello guys, it's time for chapter 49, and a new arc! Sorry if these chapters are taking longer o come out with then before. Early on I was hammering out chapter after chapter because I had long ago figured out the basis for the stories, and it was just a matter of getting them all typed out. Here though I'm kinda going blind with brief summaries of what I intend to do. I already have an idea of how the story will end, but there's a LOT to do before then.

So for now, enjoy this new arc!

"So what do we have lined up for us today Nabooru?"

Link spoke out as he walked into the dining room one morning, dressed in his king's outfit, feeling bright and ready to start the day.

He looked to see Nabooru, Aviel, Nemisa, Saria all sitting at the dining table with shocked expressions on their faces.

"What?" Link asked in confusion.

"Link, we didn't have to get you up this morning!" exclaimed Nabooru.

"That's so unlike you! Even back in Kokiri Forest we would sometimes have had to dowse you in water to get you up!" Saria said in surprise.

"Are you feeling okay, my love?!" Nemisa asked in panic, running up and putting a hand to his forehead.

"Har har, guys." Link said flatly, giving Nemisa a morning kiss before sitting down at the table, "I'm just feeling really refreshed this morning!"

"Well, I'm glad to hear that Link," Saria nodded, "I was worried you'd be worn out after everything that's happened recently with the rebels, and you becoming king of course."

"I kinda wanted to wake him up again, it's fun." Aviel said with a pout.

Nabooru chuckled, and started to speak out as the servants arrived to bring everyone their breakfast.

"Well to start things off, Dr. Sarami is currently working on examining the body of the rebel Faurugo to figure out what exactly is in that tonic, and a potential way to counteract it. She hopes that the 'Gerudo Blood Alchemy Arts' book we found will help her with that."

"Glad to hear, that woman's power was ridiculous." Nemisa said. "She completely destroyed the Hall of Knowledge with her rampage."

"I kind of feel sorry for that poor woman..." Saria sighed, "I know she was trying to kill Link and Lady Nabooru, but she was doing it for what she thought was best for the people..."

"Have Maukai and the rebels we captured been saying anything?" Link asked.

"We've been bringing them in for questioning, but like Maukai said before they don't know very much about what exactly Mother Eclipsis is plotting." Nabooru said, "From what they've said though, the Ebony Sisterhood is pretty desperate for allies and resources. They're even trying to capture wild monsters to use as warbeasts, but ironically doing that has resulted in more causalities of their sisters."

"That's awful!" Saria gasped.

"So they're really having a hard time keeping their rebellion going..." Link muttered.

"But that should at least be a good thing for us, right?" Aviel spoke up, "Doesn't that mean we're winning against them?"

"Well yes, and no." Nabooru said, "Unfortunately it seems because they're desperate that they're being forced to resort to such extreme measures like that tonic to strengthen their forces."

"Seriously, imagine if the entire rebellion were using drugs like that." Nemisa sighed.

"Or monsters." Link realized, "That Hinox must have been one of their warbeasts then, it was showing a lot of the same symptoms as Faurugo."

"That's correct Link." nodded Nabooru, "One of the former rebels we captured mentioned her sisters captured a Hinox to bring into Gerudo Fortress, and some time after that it managed to escape, it's very likely that was the same one."

"So we're not just up against Gerudo powered by that tonic, but monsters too, swell." Nemisa said.

"Ugh, now I see what you mean." Aviel groaned, "They're more of a danger to us now then ever."

"Precisely. All we can do for now is hope that Sarami can get results with the tonic research." Nabooru said.

She then clapped her hands together, "Well as for some good news, it's something big that we've been working towards for a while. Now that you're king Link, it's time for us to start meeting with the neighboring tribes and forming alliances with them, so that we can present our plea for a peace treaty with Hyrule, and abolish the Gerudo Banishment Law!"

"It's about time." grinned Link, "I'm looking forward to meeting with the Parliament."

"So who are we allying with first, Lady Nabooru? Is it the Zoras?" Aviel asked, bouncing in her seat, "I'd love to see sister Ruto's friend Luva again, we got along really well back at the festival!"

"No, from what I was told King Zora insists on waiting for a while longer, as they prefer to meet with us on a specific day, but sister Ruto says she's looking forward to helping us with it." Nabooru clarified, "No, our first meeting will be with the Goron tribe in Death Mountain, and their leader Chieftain Darunia!"

"Alright, it's been a while since I've seen those guys!" Link nodded, "I'm looking forward to see Darunia and his kid too!"

"Oh, so you know the Gorons as well as the Zora?" Nemisa asked.

"Yeah, back when I was still a kid." Link said grinning, "I helped Darunia out of a situation over there like I did with Ruto."

"You really get around, don't you, my love?" Nemisa said with a small smile, poking Link's cheek with her finger, "I suppose I shouldn't be surprised though, considering what you've accomplished since you arrived here."

"You don't have any fiances like Ruto there too, do you Link?!" Aviel asked anxiously, causing the others to fault over.

"Gorons... aren't like that... like at all." Nabooru said, coughing out, "They're an asexual race, as in they don't have physical attraction to others, let alone desires for marriage. In fact, they're among the only people Gerudo law allows to come into our towns."

"Then... wait... how do they keep their population going?" Aviel asked in confusion, putting her bird wings to her head in confusion.

"Honestly, I'm not even sure myself." Link said, then after a moment, "...nor do I think I ever want to know."

"I know there was that one warp point in the Lost Woods that leads to Goron City, but for the longest time none of us Kokiri have ever gone to visit them there, due to the Great Deku Tree's command." Saria said, quickly deciding to change the bizarre conversation they were having, "I'd love to meet them all myself, Link says they're really nice and friendly!"

"Too friendly sometimes." Link said, thinking back to when they'd try to give him big Goron hugs.

"Yes, and because of what Link did for them that Chieftain Darunia made him his sworn brother, the highest honor a Goron can give someone! If things go well, they might very well become our new allies!" Nabooru nodded.

"But would the Gorons have any sway with the Hylian Parliament to help us?" Nemsia asked.

"Just a little, but they've been working further on that recently through trade and even tourism. I also hope to negotiate supply and skill trades with them after our allience." Nabooru nodded.

'Huh, wonder what they're doing to attract tourists? A mountain of lava and dragonic monsters doesn't sound very inviting.' Link thought to himself.

"Well with that, we're going to end the meeting for today. Don't forget to pack your things everyone," Nabooru said, "Tomorrow we'll be leaving for Goron City!"

"Okay, guess we'll be on our way for the day then." Link nodded.

"Alright, let's go get some stuff for the trip! Wanna go with me to get some candied berries, Saria?" Aviel asked excitedly.

"Oh, sure!" Saria said, following after her. Link and Nemisa both snickered to each other and walked off after them.

Nabooru herself though just sat there, watching to make sure Link, Nemisa, Aviel and Saria were all out out of earshot.

It was then the presence of three figures in the shadows appeared, peering at Nabooru with eerie gazes. Nabooru simply smiled lightly as she closed her eyes, not even bothered to look in their direction.

"It's about time you three showed up." Nabooru spoke out to them.

"Yes," whispered one of the three, "We've finally prepared for the promised time."

"Alright then, you all know where to go and when. He won't see it coming from a mile away." Nabooru chuckled ominously...

"Have a good night girls!"

"Night Link!"

"Have a good rest my love."

"Don't forget, we're all going to Goron City tomorrow! If you're not up on time I'm dragging you out!"

"Ha ha, won't miss it for the world, Aviel!"

That night, Link and the girls all arrived back home to the palace, where he saw off Aviel, Nemisa and Saria, then started to head towards his bedroom to rest.

The four of them had all gone out to greet the people and see how they were taking the recent events they've been going through. Link himself had gone out of his way to try and get the girls to acknowledge him as just himself, rather then 'the king' or 'your highness', though he found at times it would backfire and they'd instead hit on him.

Link let out a yawn as he went into his bedroom to undress and prepare a bath for himself in the washroom, but when he stepped into his room, he was jolted out of his tranquility by an unfamiliar voice speaking out.

"So you've arrived, we've been waiting for this day for so long..."

Link looked up see the sight of three figures he had never seen before, they were all lounging on the pillows that made up his bed.

They were three Gerudo, from his best guess they all looked to be around his age. They were all clad in gold plated jewelry and skimpy silky sashes that didn't bother to cover their bodies much at all. All three of them were pretty curvy in figure, namely in the hips and thighs, with two of them having noticeably large breasts.

The girl at the forefront had a big toothy grin as she was leaning forward on her hands and knees, purposefully sticking her rear up into the air and letting her large breasts hang downwards, while her hair was short but wild and sticking out in various places.

The second girl was sitting up on her knees, averting her gaze from Link in clear embarrassment, using both her arms to cover her own bountiful chest, and her hair was done into two long and smooth pigtails.

The third one wasn't in any kind of active position, and just sat there with a bored expression and holding what appeared to be a sketch pad, while her hair style was straight and short.

"Shii-shi-shi," giggled the one at the front, reaching a hand up and pulling away a sash covering one of her breasts to expose it to him, "Hey there hot stuff, bout time you showed up, my name is Ragome!"

"H-Hello...!" the embarrassed one said in a timid but high-pitched voice, "I'm Leivuri...! It's um, a pleasure to meet you, my king!"

The third one however didn't say a word, she just nonchalantly held up her sketch pad which showed a drawing of a cute penguin on it, waving it's flipper in the air as if to greet Link.

"We've been waiting for you, we're all gonna have a great time tonight!" the one at the front said, looking Link up and down as she licked her lips.

Link just stood there blankly staring at the three girls. He had never seen them before in town, and he probably would had remembered them with looks like that. He couldn't deny even in that moment that they were all quite beautiful, and their figures were quite alluring. He found himself gazing at the soft chest of the one who called herself Leivuri, and the nice hips of the one named Ragome, and he felt a familiar sensation and temptation in his body from when he'd take his fiances in bed, but did what he could to hold back out of uncertainty of who exactly they were.

"D-Don't look at me like that, it's embarrassing!" exclaimed Leivuri, pulling up her hands to cover her eyes, only to realize by doing that she was now exposing her full chest, "Eep!" she squeaked as she quickly covered her chest again.

"So, are you ready then my handsome king...? We all need some hot loving from you..." Ragome asked with a big grin as she traced her finger around one of her chest mounds.

"Uh, my apologizes. I must have came into the wrong room." Link said, bowing his head and stepping out, then shutting the door.

The three girls were just motionless for a moment of pause, until Ragome suddenly shouted in annoyance, "Get back here!"

As Link hurried his steps down the hall to go see Nabooru about what was going on, he suddenly felt something jump on him from behind and cling to his back, and he could feel two particularly large, soft things press against him.

"What- hey! Let go of me!" shouted Link in protest.

"I got him!" shouted Ragome to the other two, "Help me out here and we'll drag him back, girls!"

"I-I'm sorry about this, your highness!" exclaimed Leivuri as she lunged forward and wrapped her arms around his waist from behind, hanging off of him with her head pressed against his lower back. She realized then her chest was pressed against Link's firm rear end and she buried her face into his back out of embarrassment.

As the three of them were in that awkward position, the bored-looking Gerudo simply walked up and grabbed Link by his ear. She then held up her sketch pad which had a drawing of a penguin saluting in military gear and the words "Mission Complete" written on it.

"At least try and hold him!" Ragome shouted to the bored girl.

"Would you three let go of me?!" Link shouted, "This is going to look really weird if someone walks by!"

"Never!" Ragome said, pulling at Link's vest, "Now get those clothes off!"

"And I thought Aviel clinging to me was a pain." Link groaned as he did what he could to walk down the hall with Ragome still clinging to his body, while dragging Leivuri behind him. The bored woman simply walked alongside Link still holding his ear.

"Nabooru!" Link shouted, "What the hell is going on here?!"

Nabooru looked up from the book she had been reading while casually eating grapes from a bowl, only see Link standing there gasping out as three Gerudo girls were clinging to him, Ragome was still preoccupied with trying to undress his vest while Leivuri was trying to remove the sash holding his pants on, though looking away as she did, making it difficult. The bored girl meanwhile was just holding his ear still.

"Oh hey there Mr. Playboy." Nabooru chuckled, "Made some new friends I see...?"

"Don't Mr. Playboy me! I thought these girls were rebel assassins or something!" Link exclaimed.

Nabooru sighed and waved her hand up and down, "Okay girls, take a break, he'll get back to you in a bit."

"Aww," Ragome said as they all got off Link and went on their way, "Alright, but we'll be waiting in the bedroom our dear kiiing!"

"I'm so sorry!" Leivuri said meekly, bowing her head and following after the other two.

"So... what the heck was that just now?" Link sighed after the three girls left, walking over and plopping down on a chair opposite of Nabooru.

"Well I'll get right to the point," Nabooru said, "Those three are your royal child-bearers."

"W-Wait, so they're the first ones?" Link asked, recalling Nabooru mentioned this before.

"Yes, I've spoken with your fiances, and it seems due to their responsibilities and situations like the rebellion, that they're a little too busy to be having children at the moment. They've also said they decided to wait to marry you until you've fully assembled your harem of wives." Nabooru said.

"They talked to me about that a few days ago." Link said, "I don't have a problem with it, I can understand they're not ready yet."

"I agree, but I still feel you're long overdue on at least helping our population growth. While things have improved greatly overtime, and the Gerudo are getting more chances to reproduce, I think you need to take matters into your own hands as well, so to speak." Nabooru explained with an added snicker.

"So that's what those three are for then." Link said.

"It's customary for the Gerudo King to take willing volunteers to carry his children, even Ganondorf had a number of them, though unsurprisingly he was a total asshole about it and was very judgmental of them, often tossing them out if they didn't meet his strict standards."

"Sarami told me once about how he exiled her after the daughter she tried to have for him died..." Link grimaced, "I always knew he was a heartless monster, but to go that far..."

"Yes... that was one of the reasons I revolted against him to begin with..." Nabooru sighed sadly at the mention of that, "And then there was Togau's mother, who was rejected as one of his wives. We were already struggling even back in those times, but that bastard didn't make things any easier for us, all he cared about was the power he craved so much..."

That's when Nabooru reached out and took Link's hand, giving it a gentle squeeze.

"But you're so much different then that monster, Link." Nabooru smiled, "You're a compassionate man who treats everyone with upmost respect, even the rebels, and I think you'll do just fine with this. I handpicked them all for you, and I think you'll give them splendid daughters."

"I... um... t-thank you..." Link whispered, lowering his head.

Nabooru saw the awkward, pitiful look in his eyes, and sighed a little, "Look, I'm sorry about putting this on you so suddenly, I guess I just wanted to surprise you." she said with an amused grin, "If you wish, I'll have the girls hold back until you're ready."

"Thanks for that, but don't worry, I'll just have a talk with them for now so we can figure out what we're going to do." Link said. In that moment, he took Nabooru's gentle hand and raised it up to his lips, giving it a gentle kiss, "I really appreciate that thoughtfulness of yours though, even if you try to send girls at me like hungry wolves." he half-joked.

Nabooru paused for a just a second, seeing the longing look in Link's eyes, before she smiled lightly and chuckled, "Just go ahead and enjoy yourself, okay Mr. Playboy?"

"Alright, good night." Link grinned, getting up and walking off back to his bedroom.

As he left, Nabooru glanced down at her hand, the one Link had kissed just a second ago, and she caught herself blushing red.

"Jees, I really need to be more careful around him..." she said to herself.

Link eventually returned to his bedroom, and saw the three girls sitting there on his bed of pillows. As a stark contrast to the seductive pose she was in earlier, Ragome was now laying back with her arms out and her legs crossed, Leivuri seemed to be knitting something and singing a cheery little song to herself, while the nameless bored girl was busy sketching something.

"Um, hi girls." Link said, porting a small embarrassed grin.

"Oh hey there your highness, sup?" Ragome greeted him with a casual wave, "Uh, listen... Sorry if we scared you like that earlier, guess we were just a little overanxious."

"Nah, it's no big deal." Link said shaking his head, "I was just a little surprised by it... honestly I think I'd like to get to know you all a little first before we... um, try something like that." he spoke as he nervously scratched his cheek.

"Heh, you're just as cute as we've heard. Why not sit down here and get comfortable?" Ragome said, patting the space between her and Leivuri.

"Oh, yes!" Leivuri said with a small smile, setting aside her knitting, "P-Please do our dear king..."

The bored looking girl just gave a little nod and went back to her drawing.

"Alright then..." Link said, slowly walking over and laying back on his bed between Ragome and Leivuri, "So you all want to be the first to have kids with me then?"

"You bet, we've been waiting for this for a while now." Ragome herself took to playing his hair with a little toothy grin, "We've been put through training as your royal child-bearers or a year now, just about around the time you came to our town. I used to be a soldier-in-training, but I kept screwing up and was kicked out. I did take care of my kid sister a lot when we were growing up, and my family thought I should try being a royal child-bearer instead of a solider. It was kinda weird going through it, I was put on a diet to make myself curvier, and learned all sorts of sexual techniques to please a man, but it turned out to be pretty fun too!"

"Yes, we all volunteered for it." Leivuri said with a pleasant smile as she rested her hands on her lap, "I never desired to be a warrior, so I had been working for the clothing stores around town, learning the trade of sewing as well." she said, holding up the veil she had been sewing together, "When Lady Nabooru was asking for Gerudo willing to devote themselves to childbearing, I thought it might be a worthwhile experience for me.." she turned her head to the side and blushed, "P-Plus I love the idea of becoming a mother someday..."

"And what about you..." Link said, looked to the quiet bored-looking woman who just stared back at him, "...you... you I don't think I caught you name."

"That's cause she didn't throw it. Her name is Esolu, she's actually a mute." Ragome said.

"So that means you can't talk?" Link asked Esolu in surprise. Esolu just stared at him, before drawing something on her sketch pad and holding up a picture of her head with an X bandage on her mouth.

"We don't really know much about her situation." shrugged Ragome, "All we know is she used to do patrol work through the valley, but one day she got caught in a sandstorm and when she came back she had become a mute. She won't even give anyone a hint about what happened to her."

"Sandstorm huh? I know what that's like." Link said, recalling what happened back in Gerudo Wastes with Reirousa, "You think maybe she ingested too much dirt and sand?"

"Lady Nabooru made her see Dr. Sarami, but she said there wasn't anything physical wrong with her." shrugged Ragome.

"That sketch pad is how she communicates with everyone, though she prefers to make pictures instead of just writing words." Leivuri said, "During the time we were being taught to be child-bearers the three of us grew very close together, and I feel bad for what she went through losing her voice... But her drawings can be so cute, it lets us know there's still happiness in her on the inside!"

"I see..." Link said in thought, then looking to Esolu "And you're sure you want to be a child-bearer too?"

Esolu paused, then drew another picture and held it up just below her nose, it was an adorable picture of a happy looking penguin with many little baby penguin chicks all crowded around it. She was looking to the side with a light blush that Link couldn't help but find cute of her as well.

"So why don't you wanna have kids with us yet King Link?" Ragome asked, "Are you worried about cheating on your fiances?"

"That's kind of weird when you phrase it like that..." Link said sweatdropping, "I guess it's just a bit of a scary thing for me right now..."

"What's the matter then, don't want to clean their poop or something? You don't have to be involved in the child care or anything, we and our nursemaids will be handling all the dirty stuff." Ragome clarified.

"Yes, you don't even have to have any involvement with them at all if you don't wish to." Leivuri nodded, "We understand your responsibilities here as king."

"No I do, I want to be involved with them and love them just as much as I would the daughters I have with my fiances." Link said defensively.

Esolu looked up to Link with slightly wider eyes as she heard him speak.

He looked at the ceiling and continued, "But that's just it... even as the king, I'm still trying to get used to all the ways of the Gerudo... You see, I grew up in the forest without parents, so I have no idea what it would mean to be a parent myself Because of that, I don't know if I can be a proper father for them the way I am right now..."

"Huh... guess we can understand that." sighed Ragome, laying backwards with her arms behind her head.

"I never would had thought the new Gerudo King would be such a kind and sensitive person..." Leivuri said with a blush, "You're nothing like the former king."

"I'm pretty relieved to hear that at least." Link grinned.

Esolu simply held up a drawing she had done of a black haired boar with red hair and an angry scowl, and there were stink lines trailing up from it.

"Oh that's so cute Esolu!" Leivuri giggled, "What a grumpy little piggy!"

"Is that supposed to be Ganondorf?" snickered Ragome, to which Esolu nodded, "Shii-shi-shi! Fitting for a putrid swine like him!"

Link himself paused, looking at the picture, before he sputtered a bit, then broke out into laughter at Esolu's coincidental depiction of Ganondorf as a pig. She didn't realize how accurate it really was, since when he battled Ganondorf in the dark future, he tried to finish Link off by taking on the form of a colossal pig beast warrior using the power he had stolen from the temple. As terrifying as it was for him to go through that ordeal in that time, now he found it more amusing then he thought he could.

Ragome and Leivuri both looked to see Link laying backwards laughing his head off, and soon they to started laughing and giggling with him. The three all looked to Esolu, who looked to the side, then flipped up a page to show a sketch she did of a cute penguin rolling on the floor happily laughing, which got them all laughing even more.

The four of them spent the whole night like that, talking about their lives from the past and now. While he never got around to trying to impregnate them as the three had intended, Link found himself enjoying their company more and more as friends...

Little did he know though that their friendly relationship would take a significant change soon enough...

And that ends the chapter, I know this one might had been dangerously close to crossing the thin line between the T and M ratings, though I tried to show some restraint to maintain the T rating.

Next time, Link and the group travel to Goron City to finally meet Darunia and the Gorons, and prepare themselves for a few new surprises as well!

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