Hello everyone, I hope you're all doing well right now! Now we move onto chapter 61, where Link goes back to school!
"Hmph, I am glad I was able to find you..." the Gerudo schoolteacher Ms. Fareafu spoke out sternly to a nervous child standing beside her that she had earlier caught trying to sneak out of the building earlier, "We shall discuss your conduct in detention after class."
"Ugh, how do I get into these messes...?" the child muttered.
The reality though was this wasn't an actual Gerudo child, but the Gerudo's new king Link, stuck in the form of a child due to an alcohol mix drink Dr. Sarami had given him for a birthday gift. After a bizarre incident in the palace involving Ruto and some berry goop, Link had crashed into a building that turned out to be the Gerudo Town Schoolhouse, and almost immediately ran into the teacher Ms. Fareafu who had mistaken him for a student, due to the child's Gerudo outfit he had been wearing as a disguise.
"Now, where should you be sit so you will not cause any more trouble...?" Ms. Fareafu pondered, looking around.
"Uh, h- I mean, she can sit by me!" called out a very familiar voice, as Link looked over at a girl near the back raising her hand. He saw the green hair and matching hairband she wore and immediately recognized her.
'Saria?!' Link thought to himself.
"Well what are you waiting for then? Move it!" Ms. Fareafu said, taking a ruler from her side and smacking Link's rear end with it to push him forward. Link looked to the teacher in annoyance, before he hurried over to the seat next to Saria, who was sitting by another girl with what appeared to be a facemask on over her mouth. Saria scooted over to the next seat so he could sit between them.
"Link, I'm glad you're safe, we've been looking all over for you!" Saria whispered.
"Glad to see you-!" Link said out loud, only to suddenly get bonked on the head by a flying piece of chalk.
"Quiet!" shouted Ms. Fareafu, glaring at Link angerly, before she went back to writing something on the chalkboard.
Link and Saria paused for a moment, before he spoke to her again, this time with a whispering tone, "Glad to see you again, but what are you doing here?"
"Probably the same reason as you, I was caught by that grumpy teacher mistaking me for an absent student." Saria said, "I tried telling her I'm a Kokiri, but she thought I was just making excuses to try and get out of class."
"So we're both stuck here, swell…" Link sighed, smacking his forehead.
"Did you try telling her you're a boy?" Saria suggested.
"I considered that, but then I'd probably be accused of being a spy for the rebels or the Hylian Parliament…" Link said.
"I guess them finding a boy in disguise here in Gerudo Town would be pretty suspicious…" Saria admitted.
"More importantly though, for all we know that teacher could be the rebel mole Maukai was talking about..." Link said, looking to the teacher, "I don't like to blindly accuse people like this, but something about her really bothers me…"
"Yeah, no kidding." Saria nodded, "So we should just lay low for now then?"
"That'd probably be the best bet." Link nodded, "We'll sneak out later when she's distracted."
It was then there was a knock at the door and the teacher went over to open it, allowing another adult Gerudo to walk in with some paperwork for her. Link watched the teacher then lock the door after the woman, then give an intimidating glare directly at Link before placing the key in her vest pocket.
"Or not." Link said sweatdropping.
"You are late, Nilonu." Ms. Fareafu said sternly to the other Gerudo woman.
"Sorry bout that, boss lady." grinned the Gerudo, "But Bow-Wow here forgot to eat breakfast before we left."
The Gerudo now known as Nilonu had a single ponytail and wore customary Gerudo clothes. The top and sleeves were yellow, and the pants were a light green, but for some reason rather then a belt she had suspenders strapped to her pants that went up around her shoulders, and she also wore a bow tie of all things around her neck. She had her right arm lifted up, and on it was a orange cloth with what appeared to be white cloth stitched onto it with black buttons sewn onto the center, making them look like eyeballs.
It was then the cloth opened up and down a few times like a mouth opening and closing, as everyone heard a voice speak the words, "I'm so sorry... actually I ain't, that grub was worth it! Bowowowow!"
Te kids in the classroom laughed and giggled from the puppet's remark, causing the teacher to shoot an angry glare at them all to stop.
"That thing is a... sock puppet...?" Link asked tilting his head.
"Oh, I see it now, it's actually kinda cute, like a dog!" Saria giggled in amusement.
The voice sounded like it was coming from the puppet itself, but Link presumed that Nilonu was just an expert in ventriloquism. Her lips didn't seem to move at all, and the voice coming from the puppet sounded completely different from herself. She was certainly talented at it, that was for sure.
"That thing does not even eat, Nilonu." Ms. Fareafu scowled with an irritable tone, then sighed and rolled her eyes, "Honestly, why did I ever choose such a problematic juvenile like you as my teaching assistant?"
"Probably cause you'd lose track of everything, old lady." mellowly snickered Nilonu.
"Yeah, the only thing you ever find is more crow's feet on yer face, bowowow!" Bow-Wow added.
The kids in the class all laughed out loud as Ms. Fareafu started to clench her teeth in annoyance. Even Link snorted at that remark, as childish as it was.
"Silence!" Ms. Fareafu stated firmly, instantly shutting everyone up.
"Hey old lady, might wanna start the class sometime before my next lunch break! Bowowow!" Nilonu's sock puppet commented.
"Hmph... fine then. Class is now in session!" Ms. Fareafu said straightening herself out, before turning to go to the chalkboard.
As the teacher went to writing on the chalkboard to prepare the lessons, Link and Saria started to plan out how they were going to escape. They looked around and observed the room to find any possible openings. Unfortunately the windows were too small and narrow to get through, and the only door out was protected by the teacher, so their options were slim.
"So what happened to your Deku Staff anyway?" Link asked Saria.
"Ms. Fareafu confiscated it and put it into a closet somewhere." sighed Saria.
"What about Faete then? Where's she?" Link asked looking around, referring to Saria's guardian fairy,who usually stayed at the palace these days.
"Um, she was joining me in the search, but..." Saria trailed off as she gestured to a glass bottle on Ms. Fareafu's desk, where they saw Faete was flying around inside of it, bumping into the sides in a desperate effort to break free of it.
"The teacher thought Faete was my pet butterfly and confiscated her too." Saria said.
"I hope she remembered to put some air holes in that bottle's lid." Link said sweatdropping.
"Hey, excuse me, are you new here too?" whispered a new voice, as Link and Saria both turned to see the girl siting beside them.
The girl had short pig-tailed red hair and wore an aqua-colored children's Gerudo outfit, as well as wearing a protective facemask over her mouth, and Link couldn't help but think she looked rather familiar.
"Don't think I've seen you around here, you're a half-blood Gerudo like Saria, right?" the girl asked with a somewhat muffled voice from the facemask.
"Um… yeah, I'm uh, new…" Link spoke awkwardly with a more high pitched tone, "I'm… Lifeaf."
Saria couldn't help but giggle softly, hearing Link use the name Aviel mentioned she gave him back when he had to go undercover as a girl twice in the past.
"That's a really nice name! Mine is Ilite, and I'm pretty new to this school as well!" the girl said, removing her facemask to give Lifeaf a good look at her face, and she gave a slight bow of her head as greetings, "I hope we can be friends!"
"ILITE?!" Link exclaimed out loud, resulting in him being whacked by a flying piece of chalk.
"I distinctly said no talking! You have just earned yourself another day of detention!" shouted Ms. Fareafu, pointing her ruler at Link, while Nilonu snickered a little.
"Um, sorry?" Link said to the teacher as he rubbed his head, only to be bonked by another piece of chalk.
"And that gives you an additional day of detention!" Ms. Fareafu shouted again.
Link just sat there blankly, before narrowing his eyes and doing a motion with his fingers against his lips to imply he was zipping his mouth shut, and slumped forward on his desk. Saria patted Link on the back in an attempt to comfort him.
"Eep! I'm sorry about that Lifeaf..." Ilite said with sympathetic eyes, "I should have warned you Ms. Fareafu can be a real jerk to everyone."
"It's alright, I already gathered that..." Link said, waving his hand dismissively, "More importantly, what are you doing out of Dr. Sarami's clinic? What about your asthma?"
Ilite was a child who Link had come to know during his early months living at Gerudo Town. He had met her in a tense moment at Sarami's medical clinic, when a cruel thief named Dakas had tried to use the young girl to extort the Gerudo, but Link had saved her. She suffered from a severe case of asthma that made it bad for her to stay outside for too long and has been living at the clinic under Sarami's careful watch. After that incident, Link took the time to visit her at the clinic on occasion, and became good friends with her. He just didn't recognize her right away thanks to the facemask.
"Huh? Do you know me?" Ilite asked in confusion.
"Oh, uh, I've just heard about you from my mom!" Link fibbed, he wasn't sure about exposing his identity just yet, not even to Ilite, nor was he sure anyone would really believe him to be the king anyway.
"Well it was thanks to Dr. Sarami that I'm here; she was able to make me some of those jelly capsule thingies that're working to help me control my asthma better!" Ilite said happily.
'Oh right, I think she mentioned something like that on my last visit…' Link thought to himself.
"I'm so happy, I've finally been able to start going outside more, I've made a few new friends out in town, and even now I'm able to go to school when Dr. Sarami says it's okay!" Ilite said cheerfully.
Link smiled at Ilite, he recalled the times he'd occasionally walk in on her looking out her hospital room's window longingly. For her to be able to get out and enjoy the outside world, or at the least enjoy the town like the other Gerudo, filled his heart with warmth, and he knew he would have to do something to thank Sarami for this later on.
"Then why are you by yourself here?" Link then asked, seeing how far apart the other kids were from her.
"Well it's cause of my… my... " Ilite let out a small cough, then started coughing out loudly, causing her facemask to repel away from the velocity and snap back over her mouth.
"Your asthma?" Link finished her sentence.
Ilite pulled down her facemask and took a teal colored chu jelly capsule from a bottle, eating and swallowing it, "Yeah, as soon as I started coughing in class Ms. Fareafu thought I was contiguous, which Dr. Sarami told me isn't true for asthma patients. But she was still scaring everyone here off with it…"
Link frowned, he could tell there was something really off about the teacher, but he wasn't positive on what. He just hoped she wasn't the rebel mole like he suspected.
"Now then class." Ms. Fareafu spoke up, "We shall be going into a number of subjects for this week's session; first of which is covering the history of the ancient Gerudo's order of trade and commerce."
The whole class collectively slumped backwards and moaned out in unison upon hearing that.
"That sounds really dumb..." a student muttered.
"She always does this sorta thing..." groaned another.
"BOR-riiing!" Bow-Wow spoke up, with Nilonu slouching back in her chair looking just as bored.
"Just shut up and listen, all of you!" snapped Ms. Fareafu. She started her lesson while writing down more things on the board.
Link sighed out as the teacher spoke, he was never the type for school and lessons. Back when he was growing up in the forest one of the older kids would teach the younger ones about the history of Kokiri Forest and their laws, while Link would often keep nodding off as they did, and it got him into a lot of trouble many times...
"...as the people of the north set out a trade route, which interfered with the economy of the west, resulting in argument between the..."
And this wasn't any different. Everything Ms. Fareafu was teaching was boring the daylights out of him. He found himself leaning forward on his desk and yawning out loudly, only to then get hit on the head by a flying piece of chalk.
"Pay attention missy! That is another day of detention for you!" stated Ms. Fareafu, before going back to the chalkboard continuing her lesson.
Link grumbled as he looked around to the other kids, who seemed just as bored as he was.
'Why's she picking on me in particular? Is it because she thought I was trying to sneak out?' Link thought to himself.
He looked over to Saria, who seemed to be listening as intently as she could while jolting down some notes.
"And how can you deal with this?" Link whispered.
"I'm interested in learning about the ways of the Gerudo's past so I can help with the diplomatic matters when we go to meet with the Parliament." Saria whispered back, "If you like I can go over the more interesting things with you later."
"Sounds good." Link smiled lightly at that suggestion. The only time he ever found himself able to concentrate and learn back in the forest was when Saria would take him out and teach him. Saria was a great and understanding teacher for him.
"You two are good friends, aren't ya?" Ilite asked with a big grin, having seen Link looking to Saria so intently.
"Yep, we're life long friends in fact." Link said nodding.
"That's real nice, I hope someday I can have friends as close as you two are!" Ilite said, "I don't know if you'd believe me, but I actually know the Gerudo King Link. He likes to come by the clinic and spend time with me, he even saved my life a long time ago from a bad man who tried to hurt me."
"I-Is that so?" Link asked, a little embarrassed at her bringing it up.
"Uh-huh, he's probably the best friend I've had besides Dr. Sarami and the nurses, and someday I wanna get stronger so I can spend more time with him out in town, instead of just sitting in my hospital room all the time!"
"Hee hee, I'm sure he'd love to, right Lifeaf?" Saria said, getting the hint across to Link.
"Y-Yeah, I'm sure he will." Link chuckled.
"It was then in the era of sky, our ancestors founded the providence of High Gresuton, where the great Lady Migatu delegated with the people of Skyloft for..."
Time went on as Ms. Fareafu continued to drone out her history lesson, the students were practically passing out from her endless talking, Link in particular was leaning back in his seat balancing his pencil on his nose.
"I'm losing track of all these ancient names." Link groaned.
"Now in the year 619, the ancient Gerudo began meeting with the land of Fargent in regards to the law of immigration, but the rulers at the time disagreed with working with them..." Ms. Fareafu continued on.
"Fargent?" one student spoke, she then rose her hand up, "I heard about that from my older sister, isn't that the country where that prince stopped that cult?"
"Yeah, and mommy told me the prince is even engaged to the princess of Hyrule!" said another.
The kids all started chattering among each other wildly about this. Ms. Fareafu tried to quiet them down, but it was then Nilonu grinned and stood up, holding up her puppet Bow-Wow.
"That's right! Good on you to know about that!" Nilonu said, taking two small yellow balls from a pouch in her pocket and handing one each off to the two students that spoke up. They thanked the teacher's aide and ate them, looking to be in bliss as soon as they did.
"I said no eating during class!" snapped Ms. Fareafu.
"Ah come on, they did right bringing that up, it's good they should keep up with more current events, cause those current events soon become history!" grinned Nilonu, "You see class, that cult Eibet just spoke about was known as the Order of Reyahm. They believed that the gods of this world have brought pain and misery to the people, and are a blight on our existence. Their goal was to destroy and replace them with new gods of their own choosing." Nilonu spoke out.
"Bunch of nut-jobs if ya ask me! Bowowow!" Bow-Wow commented.
"It was thanks to Prince Fargent that the Order of Reyahm was defeated and their land is now in prosperity!" Nilonu nodded, "Shortly after that, representatives of Fargent came to meet with Hyrule about establishing peace and harmony and all that good stuff, and they decided the Princess Zelda should marry the prince as well to make things even better between the kingdoms!"
"Huh, that's the first time I've heard about that." Link said with renewed interest, and found himself having a small bit of admiration to the prince that was to marry Zelda.
"Wow! I never knew that!" said a student.
"Yeah, that's so interesting! Ms. Nilonu knows a lot!" said another child.
"Ahem, can we go back on topic?" Ms. Fareafu cleared her throat loudly in annoyance.
"Oh yeah, sure Ms. Fareafu, go on back to your droning." Nilonu said, walking back to her seat.
"Hmph." Ms. Fareafu scowled at her assistant, before going back to her lesson, and the class went from interest to boredom once again.
"So what's with the lady with the puppet?" Saria whispered to a kid sitting in front of her.
"Oh that's Nilonu, Ms. Fareafu's teaching assistant, she's really funny and nice to us! She even gives out candy if you do good!" said the student.
"Yeah, those candies are really good, and you can't buy them anywhere in town, so I've studied real hard so I can get as many answers right as I can!" said another girl eagerly.
"She does seem like she knows what she's talking about." Saria said, "And she knows how to keep the kids' interest!"
"More then I can say about a certain other teacher." muttered Link, only to get hit by another piece of chalk.
"...now with our lesson in history over, it's time to move on. I trust that you all study up on what I have told you for the test next week." Ms. Fareafu stated to the class.
The class collectively moaned out.
"Ugh.. another test? I don't know if I'm going to be able to remember all this..." Ilite sighed as she went over what she had managed to write, "She scolded me last time even though I wasn't here for the lesson the week before because of my condition."
"I'd like to help you myself, but even though I tried my hardest to comprehend the information, this teacher makes it hard to concentrate." Saria sighed, it was then she had an idea, "Hey, maybe we can help each other by comparing our notes later?"
"Oooh, I'd like that!" Ilite said happily, before she started coughing loudly again, "Ugh... but are you sure you'd be okay with my asthma?"
"Your asthma doesn't matter to me, I just want to spend more time with you Ilite!" Saria said.
"Thank you..." Ilite said, smiling softly.
"Well I'm glad for you two, but this stuff was so boring..." Link groaned, "It went in one ear and out the other for me..."
"For our next subject we shall be going into more lessons on desert survival." Ms. Fareafu stated to the class as she wrote the word 'survival' in Gerudo text.
"Well this at least sounds like something more helpful to the kids." Link muttered.
Ms. Fareafu started her lesson, "Now back in the year 739, the great explorer Toufite discovered the usage of he double knot noose to trap animals, but there was much debate with others in the tribe in regards to the preservation of the meat when it was used, leading to-"
"Wait, I thought this was survival, not another history lesson!" Link exclaimed.
"Silence!" Ms. Fareafu tossed another piece of chalk at Link's forehead, before going back to her notes, "Nilonu, where is the rest of my papers on ancient animal trapping?"
"Oh, it's in the second drawer on the left." Nilonu said.
"Thank you." Ms. Fareafu said, bending over and opening the drawer, only for her to jump back and scream out, being so scared her double hair-bun burst apart into short spiky strands, "WHAT IN THE DESERT GODDESSES NAME?"
The class laughed out loud from Ms. Fareafu's shocked expression, as she stumbled backwards, gasping out in shock. She pulled out her ruler and looked as if she was about to pull it open for some reason which confused Link, but that was when Nilonu burst out laughing.
"Haahahaha!" Nilonu laughed, tipping backwards on her chair a little, then getting herself up and going over to the desk, removing from it a large life-like statue of a reddish yellow snake creature, specifically a monster known in Hyrule as a 'Rope', "Sorry Fareafu, I brought over something we could use as a visual aide and I couldn't help myself!"
"Oooh, what is that?" asked one of the kids with wide eyes.
"T-That... that's..." stammered Ms. Fareafu in shock and anger.
Ignoring Fareafu's reaction, Nilonu then placed the statue on the desk, "This here kids is a Venom Rope, a serpentine creature in the further reaches of Gerudo Valley. When they see their prey in sight, they come at them with blinding speed and strike!"
"Yeah, strike like a boss!" Bow-Wow said, lunging forward and snapping his mouth.
"Wow, I've never seen something like that before." one of the kids said.
"Yeah, sounds pretty dangerous." said another.
One kid raised their hand, "Um, I was saw a Rope that was green scaled, is that a Venom Rope too?"
"Nah, those aren't venomous, though their bite can still hurt." Nilonu said.
"But how can you tell the difference?" asked one kid.
"Well there's a simple way to know which Ropes are poisonous and which aren't, just remember this, "Red and yellow kill a fellow, while green and black venom they lack"!" Nilonu said in an almost rhythmic tone.
"Oh, okay! I got it!" nodded the student.
"Red and yellow kill a fellow, while green and black venom they lack!" repeated Bow-Wow, swaying his head left and right as he spoke, and the kids all started to repeat after the two.
"Hey, that's kind of catchy!" Saria said.
"Yeah, she's pretty good at this sort of thing, " Link nodded, looking out at the class, "She's teaching more practical stuff then Ms. Fareafu and holding their attention as well."
"Okay, thank you Nilonu, now can we once again get back to the lesson?!" Ms. Fareafu asked getting up with a clearly annoyed look on her face.
"Oh hey Fareafu, forgot you were there." said Nilonu with a snicker.
"We didn't scare you, did we?" Bow-Wow asked with a mocking tone.
"O-Of course you did not scare me!" Ms. Fareafu stated, though she seemed to have small traces of tears in her eyes as she spoke, she turned away and folded her arms, "I would never be scared of a simple little statue like tha-"
"Sssssss..." Nilonu made the sound of a snake while nudging the statue against Ms. Fareafu's ear.
"Yeeekkk!" screamed out Ms. Fareafu again, her face a pale white, making the class break out into laughter once again.
"Grrr... shut up..." Ms. Fareafu muttered, but the laughing didn't stop.
"I said shad ap ya lil' brats!" she shouted to the class, in a surprisingly much less refined voice then before, as she was waving her fists up and down in a fury, "Shaddap or I'm gonna whack you all til ya go cryin' to yer mommies!"
"I... was not expecting her to talk like that." Link said in surprise.
"Uh oh everyone, here it comes!" said one of the schoolchildren with an amused grin.
The class watched eagerly as Ms. Fareafu was getting so worked up from her anger that she took a step forward and tripped over herself, impacting heavily into the ground, making the class laugh even harder.
"I kinda feel bad for her." Saria said sweatdropping.
"I don't." Link said, pretty amused himself.
Ms. Fareafu finally got herself up onto her feet, holding herself up with her desk and glaring at the class to make them quickly shut up. She stood up and strengthened out her outfit, taking a deep breath to regain her composure.
"Now then, let us continue." she said in her calm voice again, as she went back to the lesson.
Ms. Fareafu's next lesson was architecture, and the class was just as zoned out from it as ever. Even Saria found herself trying not to nod off. Ms. Fareafu went around the class, walking up and down the aisles of the class as she was consulting a book and making sure the students were paying attention.
"...and in the establishment of Gerudo Fortress, there was much debate on constructing the arena, based on Hotaig's Coliseum, the leader of the people at the time, King Rafezirn, argued with his advisers about the tradition in preserving the..."
It was then Ms. Fareafu came up beside Link, who was laying back and snoring. A snot bubble was rising up and down as Link breathed in and out deeply in his sleep. The other kids stared with worried expressions while Ilite and Saria were trying to shake Link awake, but with him being a heavy sleeper, it was futile for them.
Ms. Fareafu however, brought up her hand and whacked Link sharply over the back of the head with it, causing the bubble to pop and snapping him awake.
"The answer is fifty three!" Link exclaimed. Before looking around in confusion. He then looked up to see Ms. Fareafu was staring down at him menacingly.
"..."
"Uh, was that the right answer?" Link asked innocently, as Saria slapped her forehead in exasperation.
"That shall be another day of detention for you." Ms. Fareafu said glaring down at Link.
"How many days is that now?" Nilonu asked her sock puppet, consulting a notepad with checkmarks on it.
"Dunno, I can't count past fifteen." Bow-Wow said.
"Now let us continue," Ms. Fareafu said coldly as she continued to read off her book.
As soon as the teacher was out of earshot Link sighed, "She's a real tyrant here, isn't she?"
"It's always like this with Ms. Fareafu." one student said, "Though she's being pretty tough on you compared to most of us."
"Why does the class put up with it?" Link asked.
"Well usually she just yells or throws chalk at students who slack off." said the student, "But get her too mad and she'll get out... the ruler."
"The ruler?" Link questioned, "She doesn't spank you girls with it, does she?"
"Well... not exactly..." the student trailed off a bit nervously.
It was then Link looked over to see another student whispering to a girl beside her, as the two giggled. She then took out a small eraser and threw it through the air, right at the back of Ms. Fareafu's head...
But it was then Ms. Fareafu suddenly took the ruler by her side, she slid the top half of it upwards, and Link saw what appeared to be a strange shine coming from it, reflected by the light from the window. It was then with a quick upward motion, Ms. Fareafu swung the half-ruler, and the flying eraser was suddenly divided in two, the two halves falling to the ground harmlessly.
The two prankster girls gasped out as they saw the eraser bits on the ground, and went immediately back to the schoolwork, in the hopes the teacher wouldn't go after them.
Link stared at Ms. Fareafu as she held her ruler, to see there was some long, flat and sharp steel inside of it. She slid the top half of the ruler back on and secured it to her belt.
"S-She conceals a blade in her ruler?" Link whispered loudly.
"Yeah, that chalk is nothing, she uses that blade to make the worse pranksters shut up. I heard she used to be a strong warrior years ago at Gerudo Fortress before the big war, and after that she became a teacher." the student said.
"She's really skilled with it..." Saria said with her jaw dropped.
Link meanwhile had a cold sweat run down his head, as he recalled some things that had been brought up during the meeting earlier that morning.
"Well it's just a rumor at this point, but I'm hearing that the mole might be of Sheikah blood." Maukai said.
"You mean someone like Ms. Impa?" Saria asked.
"Interesting, that could explain their ability to be so covert in town, especially if they were proficient in Sheikah techniques." Nabooru nodded.
"That would be great, I'd love see to Impa again! She showed me a few Sheikah tricks back at the resort when she was teaching me to make bombling arrows!" Aviel said, "One was using common household objects to conceal weapons, like a sword or those kunai things!"
Link gulped a bit as he contemplated what he had been told; the rebel possibly being a half-Shiekah, of whom could be capable of covertly concealing weapons in ordinary objects...
'I was hesitant about thinking of her like that, but was I actually right about this, could she really be the rebel mole...?' Link thought, 'And she's teaching a class of children?! I need to tell Nabooru about this as soon as I can!'
He looked to Saria who looked just as worried, she glanced back to him, but there was no need to discuss this out loud, as they could both understand the gravity of the situation.
Link leaned forward and watched the teacher closely, trying to think of an idea of how they could get out. The question was, how? Ms. Fareafu had the only key to leave the room, and with that kind of blade-wielding skill she just demonstrated, it would be dangerous for Link to even consider fighting against her unarmed. As klutzy and easily riled as she came off, it was clear she was a capable warrior.
All they could do for now was just to wait for an opportunity...
And hopefully before it was too late.
And that ends the chapter, I was hoping I could condense this classroom story into a single chapter but it keep ending up being longer then I planned.
I will make a mention that Ilite's whole situation with her asthma was not in anyway inspired by the virus outbreak going on at the moment. I had long ago planned for Ilite to play a role in this arc and it ended up being a bizarre coincidence that the virus coincided with it. I'm not trying to make any type of purposeful social commentary in regards to the virus either, as I mentioned, asthma isn't a contagious condition.
As always thanks so much everyone for reading and your support! Leave a like, follow or comment if you choose to!