Days I Treasure

Part 8

Link's POV:
I was admittedly scared to show Zelda the book. I had no idea how she would react. Would she be angry? Sad? Happy? A mix of all of those and more?

Maybe someone else could figure it out, but not me. We walked out of the room and into the sun. It was warm outside, and I supposed the heat was only started to ramp up.

We walked down the slope, and some more awkward climbing occurred. Then, we finally reached an entrance to the castle.

We walked through the halls once again, now having some semblance of where we were to go. Because of this, we soon reached the library. We descended the steps, and my stomach was left at the top.

"There it is, this is what I wanted to show you."

"The library?" She asked, quite confused. "Well, the area is connected to it," I answered. "I see," she responded simply.

I lead her to the bookcase close to the stairs. "Is this it?" She asked. "Yep, you might want to step to the side," I warned her. She did exactly that.

I pulled out the Shekiah Slate and immediately went to the runes page. I picked Magnesis and pointed the Slate at the bookcase.

A red,, blue, orange, and yellow beam shot out of the Slate and connected with the bookcase. The bookcase glowed the same colors as the beam had simultaneously, and I took a step back, the Slate coming with me.

The bookcase shot out of its previous place and flew over my head. It landed about five feet behind me, and Zelda was shocked.  "What's that room?" She asked. "Exactly what I wanted to show you!" I said with a nervous grin.

"Just... be prepared all right?" I said. "Of course," she responded with a small smile. I could see the nervousness in her eyes. I watched as she walked into the room.

I decided to walk around the library and wait for her to be finished.

I pulled out the Slate again and used on another bookcase. Then, I had to love the box out of the way so I could actually get into the room.

This one led me to a small area with some ore deposits, and one of those giant pillars. Now, instead of blood red, the dots shone a bright blue.

This made me happy. It was another sign that Ganon was well and truly gone. I walked over to an ore deposit, and pulled out the Boulder Breaker. The weapon of the Great Daruk.

I gripped it with both hands, to be sure I didn't hurt myself. With the Boulder Breaker, it only took 1 hit to shatter it. Most other heavy weapons, like the Cobble Crusher.

I got 2 pieces of flint and one piece of amber. This wasn't awful, but not amazing either. I moved onto the next one. It was another regular ore deposit, and yielded a similar result. The results were flipped this time though, 2 pieces of amber, 1 piece of flint.

I moved onto the final and best ore deposit. I broke it, and got an amazing return. 2 rubies, 1 diamond, 3 topazes, and 2 sapphires! I didn't even know that so many ores could be in one deposit! I would have to show Zelda this!

I walked out of the room, and I moved onto the bookcase that leads into the Docks. I walked moved the boxes out of the way so I could continue down the path.

I saw the shrine, and it was not completed. I knew this because the top was blue, but the bottom was orange.

I knew exactly what this shrine was. It was a major test of strength trial. Maybe I could show Zelda this one. I hadn't finished every shrine, just about 90 of the supposed 120. The monks had told me this a while back.