Saren stared at the blank-faced Link before him, then quickly came back to his senses.
"Lord Hero—"
"Hero? Are you talking about me?" Link instinctively opened his own panel. "I really am!"
He crouched down, helped Saren sit up, and glanced over the other man's interface while he was at it.
The writing on the panel was blurred, and the health bar had thinned to a single sliver.
"Your condition looks terrible. How am I supposed to help you?"
Saren gripped Link's hand and met his eyes.
He did not know why Link had lost his memory, but at least right now, those eyes did not hold the worst madness he had imagined.
That was enough.
"My Lord, don't worry about me." Even with his lamp all but burned dry, Saren still did his best to keep his words clear. "Please go defeat the Demon King and save humanity—"
"Wait, even if you suddenly tell me to save humanity—"
"I beg... you..."
Link looked troubled and was about to refuse, but then he stopped.
The panel of the man named Saren before him had just vanished.
He checked. He really was dead.
Link watched Saren helplessly for a good while before closing his eyes for him.
He stood and looked around. In the small secret chamber, only he and two corpses remained.
"Ugh, what even is all this?"
Faced with everything unknown, he did not stay where he was, but chose to head out and explore.
Only, when he reached the door and tried to pull open the small door of the secret chamber, a ring of runes suddenly lit up around the edge of the frame. This secret chamber door had to be unlocked before it could be opened.
Link frowned. Having lost his memory, he did not recognize