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Besides defeating Ganon, we have another priority mission called Finding Zelda.

When we find all dragon tears and watch Zelda’s memories, we finish the quest The Dragon’s Tears.

And we realize that we finally found Zelda. And also we realize that Zelda cannot return to human again.

We found Zelda but Finding Zelda quest isn’t completed.

But we completed The Dragon’s Tears quest and get this quest log update.

なんとしてもゼルダ姫の想い(omoi)に応えなければ

I must repay Princess Zelda’s 想い, by any means necessary.

想いに応える(omoini kotaeru) means repay someone’s 想い. It is not like physically repaying something, It is more like heart to heart. (I made post about Zelda’s 想い. It is Zelda’s love for Link and Hyrule.)

So if I directly translate that sentence to Link’s thoughts,

“I must defeat Ganon for Zelda, by any means necessary.”

We know the quest logs are Link’s personal journal. Link seems very determined to destroy Ganon for Zelda and he will.

But now we start thinking “what about finding Zelda?” I mean, because we actually found Zelda..

And we see the answer after this cut scene.

Finding Zelda quest is finally completed after Link get true Zelda back. (And with her beautiful smile of course 😉)

This scene shows us that even after Link learned that Zelda cannot return to human again, he was determined to bring her back and didn’t think about losing her forever.

We play this game as Link, but we don’t know what he actually think.

But when we read the quest logs or find elements like this, we can see Link’s actual thoughts.

We know Link uses his sword with right hand, but I think Link is actually ambidextrous.

I think he has been left handed like other Links when he was a kid but he practiced to use sword with right hand.

I found something that show us Link is ambidextrous. And about more Zelink details.

This is a Link’s desk in Hateno house in TotK (same with BotW Hateno house) Now Zelda is living in this house but desk is still for Link’s use (left handed)

This is a Zelda’s secret room in Hateno house and the desk is for Zelda’s use (right handed)

This is a living room(?) in Hateno house (only TotK version) There are pen and papers on the shelf set for left handed (Link)

This is a study room in Link’s Tarrey Town house. The desk is set for right handed (Zelda)

This is a dining room in Link’s Tarrey Town house. We can see Link is using this table alone now. The table is set for left handed (Link)

And also I found another small detail!

We have brown and blue cups in Hateno house. It is same with BotK version Hateno house. But I think Zelda liked that blue cup when she moved in here and it became Zelda’s. Because she used a similar blue cup in her study room.

I checked every house in Hateno Village and there were many different design of cups. So Nintendo didn’t have to use similar blue cup in the study room.

(I found only one house looked like copy and paste of Link’s house but I think it was mistake because it was literally looked like copy and paste)

And you see brown cups on the table in Tarrey Town house. Same brown cups in Hateno house.

So Link has been using a brown cup and Zelda has been using a blue cup when they were in Hateno house.

But there are only Link’s brown cup on the dinner table and we don’t see Zelda’s.

I checked kitchen shelf and I found Zelda’s blue cup on the shelf.

So Link bought the same blue cup for Zelda in his new house!

So… Link has been living in the Hateno house with Zelda. Or he has visited her a lottttttttttttttttttt.

And he built a new house and made a study room for Zelda and prepared Zelda’s favorite cup in the new house.

This is a quest log after we recover the Master Sword. We watched the most tragic cutscene that Zelda sacrificed herself and became a dragon. And then we found Zelda(dragon) and recovered the Master Sword.

マスターソード　ゼルダ姫の想いと共にこの手に還ってきだ

The Master Sword has returned to MY hand along with Princess Zelda’s heart

想い(omoi) means heart. More like thoughts for someone, feeling for someone.

So Zelda sacrificed herself for people of Hyrule and Link. Because she loves them so much. Zelda’s love for Hyrule and Link which made her sacrifice herself, that is Zelda’s 想い. (I will say ‘love’ I don’t care what other people think but I believe Zelda’s feeling for Link is love)

I love this short sentence because Zelda’s 想い, this small word hit me so hard.

Zelda became an unconscious dragon that wander around Hyrule alone for thousand and thousand years for Link and people of Hyrule.

She didn’t even hesitate. When she realized swallowing the stone and becoming a dragon is the only way to help Link to defeat Ganon, she just did it.

Zelda’s love and determination make her such a great character.

Maybe I am thinking too much but I believe Zelink is canon💛 so I will write it down.

So.. I farmed the Light Dragon materials for upgrading my Champion’s tunic (Sorry Zelda…🙄)

And I read descriptions of materials and here is a scale description.

ほのかに温かみがあって懐かしさを感じる

It is faintly warm and I have 懐かしい (natsukasii) feeling from it

We use 懐かしい (natsukasii) like

This photo reminds me of the time we spent together.

I smelt her winter coat and it made me miss her.

So that material description as Link is like

“This scale is still little warm.. I don’t know why but it makes me feel sad.. Why do I feel like I’ve felt this warmth before..?”

And scale is the dragon’s skin, isn’t it?

So it is like Link touches Zelda’s skin and wonders why he feel familiar and sad.

Zelda.. How did she recognize Link in the Light Dragon form?

Once that despicable disaster had ceased

to plague Zora’s Domain, a distinguished

yet humble lady paid us a visit.

This young woman who appeared with

Link at her side was none other Princess

Zelda of the royal family of Hyrule.

“I beg forgiveness,” she said earnestly.

“Because of the royal family, Princess

Mipha…” She paused, unable to continue.

Small, silent teardrops tumbled down her

cheek and hit the floor, one after another,

each saying a thousand unspoken words.

She gently wiped her eyes and lifted her

gaze and meet thy the king’s, speaking kind

words of gratitude for Mipha’s sacrifice.

We knew well that what had transpired

was the result of a decision shared by the

Zora and by Princess Mipha herself.

There was no need for the Princess of

Hyrule’s apology, and even less so for

Her sorrow.

King Dorephan, along with the rest of

the Zora, we’re moved by the depth of

Princess Zelda’s sincerity.

She had held that unthinkable disaster

at bay for nearly 100 years with nothing

more than the sheer force of her own will.

Yet she was not prideful. She dutifully set

to work, traveling across Hyrule to secure

cooperation for the kingdom’s restoration.

She was adored by all, yet so humble.

She possessed an inner strength that

shone like a star in the night sky.

I used to think that inner strength could

be forged by building physical strength,

but now I am not so certain.

I feel a strong calling to one day acquire

There is Zelda’s diary in the Hateno house bed room.

When we read it, we can see Zelda has been very concerning that there are not a lot of teachers in the school of Hateno village.

And she wants someone who is very good both inside and outside to become a teacher in the village and teach children.

There are two side quests that Link can teach children at Hateno school.

And once you finish the quests, Link becomes a new teacher of Hateno school!

Kids start calling Link a teacher and they even draw Link like they did for Zelda 💛

Inside of one guy’s house in Lurelin village, there is a Lover’s Pond picture that Zelda painted.

The guy who owns this picture tells Link that princess Zelda went to the Lover’s Pond at evening whenever she was in town.

When you go to the Lover’s Pond at 5pm, you can see 5 fairies fly around the pond like in the picture Zelda painted.

And if you check Zelda’s secret diary in her secret room inside of the well of Link’s Hateno house, she says that whenever she leaves the town, Link followed her as an escort.

So basically… whenever she visited Lurelin village, Link must followed her. And whenever she visited Lurelin village, she went to Lover’s Pond.

We can find a hair band in Zelda’s secret room in Hateno house.

When I found it first time, I thought it is Link’s hair band and Zelda has been keeping it.

And I read item description and it said

これで髪をまとめると　どこか懐かしさを感じる。

It means, Wearing it makes me feel something 懐かしい

(懐かしさ is sentimental feeling about a person or a thing or time you miss, like a special memory that makes your heart feels warm)

After I read this description I thought this hair band reminds Link of his past when he was wearing it.

And I talked to Purah while I was wearing this hair band and she said

その髪留め姫様が持ってたんじゃなかった?　(Isn’t that the hair band that princess Zelda had?)

なんか懐かしい感じがするわね (That hair band makes me thinking about her)

And I started thinking actually this hair band was Zelda’s and Link is wearing Zelda’s hair band and feeling sentimental. (Probably missing Zelda)

There is a girl working at the stable near Tarrey Town. When you talk to her, she starts talking about Dream homes Link can build in TotK.

We can tell Dream homes are for people wanna start their lives with someone. (Marriage)

In the Dream home Link built, there is a big dinner table for 4 people. But Link set the table for two people and we can see he is using it alone now.

There is a cute makeup vanity near the bed.

You can build a study room (definitely for Zelda)

There are a lot of photos of Hateno Village in Link’s Dream home.

There is a pretty little pond right in front of Link’s Dream home. (This place looks perfect for picnic)