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Ongoing, First published Jan 13, 2024
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« Nothing will never do us part. »

It's been six months since I fell in love for the first time of my life. All of this because of him. 

Him, Link Farore. A gifted fencer, ready to do his third Olympic Games in Paris . A twenty years-old reckless man from Hateno with incredible blue eyes, the eyes I fell for, the eyes that made me break all the rules my father obliged me to follow my whole life. 

A man that has nothing in common with me, Zelda Bosphoramus, an eighteen years-old student in Hyrule University who spent her whole life in her books, too scared to face the world. Too scared, because of Father, Rhoam Bosphoramus, the most powerful man of the world, the leader of a kingdom named Bosphoramus' Industries, a kingdom I didn't want to be the heir to. And, maybe I had no choice, but I chose to follow my beloved Mother's one and study archeology and economy at the same time. 

A girl who had dreams, a girl who was scared. A girl chained in a world she didn't belong to. 

A girl who changed thanks to him. 

My Hylian Champion.

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This book is the sequel to « Lighthouse ». 
Make sure you read the first book before you start Candlelight.

Nintendo own the characters.
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