Uh — ! [ Wow, way to call him out. Link shakes his head vigorously and raises his hands up in protest. ] No, no! I don't go to school. I mean, I don't need to go to school! Any school. And I just got here.

[ He flails for a moment internally, worrying about whether she's going to make him go inside the school, and then he remembers the symbol embroidered on his clothing. That counts as proof, right? He pulls back the shawl around his shoulders to show the embroidery on the right side of his tunic shirt. ]

See? [ He still doesn't know what this specific symbol actually means, so hopefully it isn't anything bad. ] I was just passing by on my way to the market. I wanna find some work.