Cremia looks surprised but is flattered by what he has offered her.
"What?" she utters. "You want to help me with my milk delivery? That's actually very sweet of you, but I can't imagine why a stranger like you would want to help me out. I was actually just about to ride into town now to deliver the milk. Want to head out?"
Link nods and accompanies her to the wagon where he helps her load all of the jugs of milk inside. Once they were all ready, Link and Cremia boarded the wagon with her at the reigns. She sighed and smiled to herself. "This is great. Tonight I'm kind of lonely... I welcome company." With that the farmgirl shook the reigns for the mule to start pulling the wagon.
When they got to Milk Road, Cremia decided to open up a little to Link.
"You seem like a nice boy Link, helping someone like me out like this. I guess it's been a while since our father died. I'm trying to take care of the ranch, but things have been getting unstable lately..."
Link looked at her with a little concern.
"The cows always seem bothered and frazzled, and I'm finding broken bottles everywhere... Who's doing it, I don't know... My sister Romani has been worried, too. She's been practicing using a bow. She says it's to stop the 'ghosts.'" Cremia decided to chuckle. "Yeah right, as if ghosts are real."
A short while later, the wagon came up to a fallen tree in the road, causing Cremia to become more alert. Seeing as Link had a bow with him, she turned to him and said quietly, "Boy, get your bow..."
After Link had his bow at the ready, Cremia pulled on the reigns to make the mule turn to right, taking an alternative path to town, something she didn't want to do as the sun was setting.
The continued down the road. Night had come and both Cremia and Link watched their surroundings intently. Something had pushed that tree over and wanted them to come down this detour. But who? Or what?
"First Milk road was blocked by a boulder and now we have to take this route through ugly country." She then turned to Link. "Are you ready, boy? I'm going to try and get us through here as fast as I can! If any pursuers come from behind, chase them off with your arrows."
Link was very alert now.
"Yes, they may be after the milk. Do you understand?"
Link nodded.
"Thanks! I'm relying on you," she said with a smile. "If we can get through here, I'll have to give a big thanks for you!"
That sentence caught Link's attention. A big thanks? What could that be? If he had any choice in the matter, he could only think of one thing that he would want from her; her feet. This could be his chance!
"Yah!" Cremia said as she snapped the reigns, causing the mule to start galloping as fast as it could.
Suddenly, two riders appeared from behind. they were both wearing hoods and carrying pitchforks. it was true, they were after Cremia's milk. They were bandits. But Link wasn't about to let that happen. He knew what he had to do. He equipped his arrows and began firing at the pursuers, not hitting them but close enough to scare them off. It seemed to work, After a few arrows zipped past the cheeks of the rides, they gave up their pursuit. There was no way they were taking their chances and didn't count on someone like Link to be with Cremia. Defeated, the two galloped away, much to Cremia's delight.
"You did it, Link!" she cheered for him. Soon they were back on the main road and made their way to town.
When they arrived in town, Link helped Cremia deliver the milk to Mr. Barten at his bar. Once the job was done, Link met up with Cremia by the wagon.
"Mr. Barten was happy to get his first delivery in quite a while!" said a happy Cremia. She then blushed at the young boy in front of her who had been such a hero to her on this ride. "Thank you... You were pretty cool... By doing one good deed, a child becomes an adult. I know acknowledge you as being an adult!" she giggled and then gave him a big hug. Link couldn't help but blush red at this; his face was really close to her boobs. After the embrace ended, Cremia told him, "As soon as we get back to the ranch, I owe you a big favor so think really hard about it on the way home, okay?"
Link got anxious upon hearing that. This was his big chance. He knew what he would ask her. Soon they got back on the wagon and made their way home to Romani Ranch.
It was very late when they returned but both Cremia and Link were still wide awake, Cremia from the excitement of the ride and Link for the reward he was about to get. Once they were back, they both got off the wagon and Cremia noticed the quite state of the farm. "Hmmm... Romani must be asleep. Guess we were gone a lot longer than expected." She then turned towards Link and gave him a big smile, sighing with relief that they were home. "Well, Link. I made you a promise. Now, did you think of what type of reward you want. anything at all. You've done so much for us. Just name it."
With that, Link approached her anxiously and whispered what he wanted in her hear. Upon hearing his request, Cremia's eyes got big.
"Huh?" she asked, surprised. "Really? You want to do that?" Cremia nervously looked around her farm, not knowing what to think by the young boy's request. "Well... I suppose it's alright... But... let's go somewhere more private, okay? Follow me." She then took Link by the hand and the anxious boy followed her into the barn, knowing that this was a place they would be undisturbed. there was nobody in there but sleeping cows. She led Link to a clean corner of the barn and sat down on a stool she used for milking cows. "Okay, you ready?"
Link eagerly nodded. Shortly afterwards, Cremia began removing her boots.
"I have to admit Link, when I agreed to give you a reward, I never thought you would ask for something like this. I was sure you would want some rupees for your trouble. Not this weird request. But since you helped my sister and I out a lot with this delivery, here you go." She then presented to Link her bare feet, causing the boy's jaw to drop and his eyes to widen with anticipation. He couldn't believe that his efforts had led him to thing he desired most.
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