Lydia Martin is not, let it be said, always prepared for anything. In particular, Milliways is difficult to prepare for.

She sighs, but takes a seat next to the obvious royalty.

"Hello. Which kingdom do you come from?"

"I am from the Kingdom of Hyrule. It's a pleasure to meet you. This is such an interesting place, isn't it? Interesting people, an interesting bar. Plus, it's a wonderful break. Where are you from?"

"The United States of America, on planet Earth. It's a republic. Is it nice being queen? We mostly did away with those."

"Who said I was Queen? Perhaps our princesses get crowns as well, not just the reigning monarch." Sigh. "But, yes. I am princess regnant. I'm not a queen. Not until I find a husband. Which is, most unfortunately, urgent. I have nothing against republics, but they are not what the people of Hyrule need at the moment."

"That is one benefit of a republic; a woman president wouldn't need to be married. Why is Hyrule so in need of a queen?"

"We are rebuilding after Calamity Ganon was finally sealed away once again. There is much to gain by restoring law and order, rebuilding roads, promoting trade and education, exterminating monster infestations... Left alone, the inhabited regions of Hyrule would not prosper as well as a light touch of royalty can help them to. And nobody is really prepared for a republic. I tried to propose an advisory parliament at the first meeting of the chiefs, but Chief Yunobo wanted revenge for a thousand-year-old insult from the Zora and the Zora wanted me to forbid certain cultural practices of the Gerudo but the Gerudo would have none of it and the Rito said if the Gerudo didn't have to abide by a parliament they didn't see the point and the mayors of middle towns all wanted lots of royal services and no taxes which is just not possible..."

Headshake. "Perhaps later, when things are more settled. Plus, I'm rambling and should stop complaining about how life is hard. It's not, compared to ten years ago."

"I'm sure changing over to a republic is hard. I was born after the work was done. What kind of monsters? I might know people who can help."

Smile. "I am on the lookout for this sort of thing. Bar, can I have Link's book?"

Here's a book called Monsters Of Hyrule And What To Do If You See One.

...The monsters are physical creatures, perfectly vulnerable to mundane swords, arrows, and the like. Some of them are very tough and scary, but none are curiously invulnerable, apparently. The problem is there's a lot and they keep coming back during "blood moons", which are not entirely understood but are probably Calamity Ganon's fault.

"Our world has werewolves. They're perfectly ordinary most of the time, but they can take a more powerful, destructive form at need. They're stronger during full moons. We also have magic, but I know less about that. If I convince at least one werewolf to move to your world, would that help?"

"We have enough strange, magical things already. The Royal University has its work cut out for it. I am hesitant to recruit outside factors. But thank you for offering."

"Fair enough. How many strange, magical things do you have?"

"Easily dozens. And yourself? How does your republic work, anyway? Perhaps it will help me set up one of my own, eventually."

"Everyone who's registered to vote can vote for representatives, who vote on laws. We also vote on a president, who approves or vetoes proposed laws. If you want to take a look at our constitution, I can go over what I remember."

"That would be interesting, but, it's not urgent. I think Goddess Hylia is giving me a hint to take a break, showing me a place like this..."

"I guess being princess is busy even during the best of times. What do you do with your free time?"

"I love riding through nature! Too dangerous, bah. There aren't so many monsters around lately, and if I have an escort... And I like studying magic. The chiefs say I should focus on statecraft, that's why I pay researchers, but it's interesting and directly useful. I wrote a book about optimal elixir mixtures from common ingredients and people actually use it! What sort of things does an American do for fun?"

"Does most of magic involve elixirs? It sounds interesting. I use most of my time to throw parties and learn math. The math is more interesting, but networking is important."

"Not most, but it's an important field. Parties can be fun, but the networking can be annoying, yes. Math! Math is almost magic on its own. Is this math more like, say, accounting? Or optimizing things like how to place roads? Or estimating things like how much opal the Goron mines will produce from such-and-such a vein of ore?"

"If I do anything practical with it, it'll be physics. Closest to the last one, but not really. Our world runs on physics. Is that translating?"

"We have a fair understanding of the physical world's rules. The laws of motion, gravitation, the motion of the planets around the sun, the atomic principle... How magic interacts with and breaks those rules is often a confusing subject, however."

"I can imagine. Nothing we have fits our models yet. That might be my contribution. Not enough physicists know about werewolves."

"Are they very obscure or something?"

"They're in hiding. I'm working on dismantling the whole conspiracy, but the werewolves want to stay hidden as much as the werewolf hunters want them to."

"That seems... Sucpicious. The Yiga Clan tried to maintain secrecy. And they wanted to free Calamity Ganon and destroy the world."

"Werewolves aren't anywhere near that organized. It seems to be mostly inertia, and the fear of a...murderous arms race."