HyruleSoldier

Lock up...the princess?

Yes, Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

Urgent news!

The rifts! They're causing serious trouble!

Ah, of course, Your Majesty!

Firstly, we received word that someone from Suthorn Village was swallowed up by a rift.

Then we also received news of dark monsters attacking people in Hyrule Field.

Yes, Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

Are you all right?!

Halt! Intruder!

Princess Zelda?!

But Princess Zelda was the one creating the rifts, wasn't she?

General Wright believes there's an echo hidden among the soldiers in Castle Town.

You...haven't by any chance decided to help me investigate, have you, Princess Zelda?

Sure, I'll help! Maybe another time.

How do I begin to narrow this down...

Your Highness! I...was just muttering to myself.

Uhh... I suppose I could confide in you, Princess Zelda.

My name is Beecher. General Wright has asked me to look into a highly sensitive matter.

You see, after the rift was mended, we noticed there was one extra soldier in Castle Town.

General Wright believes this to mean one of them is an echo—hidden among our ranks!

But my investigation has hit a wall.

When I started looking at them more closely... they ALL seemed suspicious!

You're not a soldier—so I know you're not the echo. You could help me figure this out!

Sure, I'll help! Maybe another time.

Ah, thank you so much! I've been tying myself in knots over this, I tell you.

All right. What we know so far is that there's one soldier too many in Castle Town.

Would you mind interviewing them all and trying to suss out the echo?

At this point, I'm so mixed up that I'm seeing echoes everywhere I look!

You w-won't help me?

But...the real Princess Zelda would've offered to help... Could she be...

You want to know if any equipment has gone missing?

Nope! All accounted for!

Except...hm. There was that set of damaged equipment a soldier gave me.

I had set it outside to be disposed of, but I don't recall anyone actually getting rid of it.

I hate to say this, but someone could have taken it.

Your Highness! It's Beecher again.

You came to ask about the equipment too? Hah! Two steps ahead of me.

Beecher? What's going on?

The princess and I are investigating whether one of the soldiers in Castle Town is an echo.

What?!

If it were true, it would follow that there's a missing set of equipment.

Right...

I was speaking with the princess about that.

There is one set of equipment missing—one we set outside for disposal.

I see! That's worrisome.

A missing set of damaged equipment, and an extra soldier in Castle Town.

The equipment that's missing is a used set that another soldier traded in.

Meaning...it should show signs of damage!

OK. Time to bring this interloper and their dinged-up gear to General Wright.

Remember, our suspect is a suspicious soldier with damaged equipment!

Princess Zelda! Thank you for helping with my investigation into the, ah, "echo."

You'll be continuing on your journeys, I wager? Please be so careful out there!

May I suggest you seek audience with the king of Hyrule?

I'm sure he'll be overjoyed to hear that you have returned safely.

We're looking for Princess Zelda, by order of the king of Hyrule.

I don't want to believe that she really made the rifts, but we're ordered to catch her...