A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 40 Time Stops
With the help of forest magic, the intermittent mysterious text was transformed into a language that Lyon could understand and read out loud. Then Lyon compared the gift icons on the scroll with the things needed for the sacrifice in his memory, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he found that there was no change.

He was afraid of changes, so if something new appeared in this real world, he would have to spend some effort to find it.

He looked at the scroll again. The icons drawn on the first row of the scroll were four wild plants that only appear in spring: leeks, wild wasabi, dandelions, and daffodils. There was no quantity marked on them. Lyon took out these four collectibles from his backpack, one of each, and put them into the basket.

After the things fell into the basket, there was a muffled "puff" sound, and four apple-sized Junimos appeared beside Leon, jumping around Leon, and then crawled under the basket together. Their slender hands like bean sprouts lifted the basket, and they jumped together to carry the basket containing the four spring collections out of the craft room.

Lyon couldn't help but smile when he saw this scene. These Junimos actually looked quite cute, and the sounds they made were a kind of humming that could not be described in words. It was very unique and pleasant to the ear, which made Lyon want to catch these little guys and put them in cages to listen carefully to how many different tones they could make.

Seeing these little guys carrying baskets, Lyon followed them. However, just as he and the little guys came out of the craft room, Lyon noticed that these little guys seemed to be frightened by something, and disappeared with a puff, leaving only the basket containing four kinds of spring collections in its place.

This sudden situation made Leon a little confused, but the next second he noticed Hayley's figure, who was tiptoeing towards him, and immediately understood why the Junimos ran away.

Looking at the cautious look of the girl who looked disgusted with the dirty environment around her, Leon was speechless. He didn't expect that even though he ignored her, she still saw him and followed him out of curiosity, disturbing his sacrifice.

So Leon suddenly became frightened and noticed that Haley seemed only concerned about whether the place where she stayed was safe and clean. She didn't see him, so Leon hid directly in the process room and listened to the other person's footsteps with his ears perked up.

The moment the footsteps approached the craft room, Leon suddenly jumped out of the craft room and yelled: “Ah!”

“Ahhhhhhhhh!”

The sudden shouting really scared the unprepared Haley. After subconsciously letting out a series of shrill screams, Haley, who had been very concerned about whether her clothes would get dirty, gave up her reserve and turned around and ran. Not only was her speed astonishing, but her movements were also very agile.

Seeing this, Leon couldn't help but give her a thumbs up. With such sharp movements and exaggerated stride distance, he would believe that Haley was a sprinter. This was when she was wearing a skirt. It turned out that the potential that people can unleash under the pressure of extreme fear is enormous.

But before Leon could laugh for long, he noticed that Haley was running too fast and didn't pay attention to her feet. Her ankle was tripped by a raised wooden board and she fell straight to the ground.

There happened to be some sharp gravel at the place where he fell. If he fell there without any protection, he would definitely be seriously injured.

Haley obviously realized this and tried to save her out-of-control body, but because she ran too fast and had too much inertia, she was unable to make effective adjustments in the extreme time of falling.

Fear made her mind race, but she could do nothing except watch the rubble getting closer and closer to her face and imagine the horrific future it would bring her skin and face. Leon looked at Hailey nervously, wanting to help, but the distance between them was a full five or six meters. In such a short time, Leon couldn't cross that distance to help, and could only watch helplessly as it all unfolded.

But at this moment, two Junimos appeared on Leon's shoulders, accompanied by a series of incomprehensible strange tones coming out of the two Junimos. Leon found that Hayley's falling movements began to slow down at this moment, as if the slow play button was pressed on the video.

Without thinking too much, Leon immediately started running towards Haley. Compared with the slow-moving Haley, his speed had no effect at all. The distance of five or six meters disappeared without a trace in Leon's two big strides. When he arrived in front of Haley, he even had time to appreciate the fear on the other's face.

But now is not the time to watch the fun. Leon directly stretched out his hands to hold Haley's waist, trying to stabilize her tendency to fall forward. At the moment when Leon held Haley's waist, the time around Haley, which was as slow as a PPT, resumed again.

The inertia of falling made Haley continue to lean forward, but unlike before, Haley felt a pair of strong arms on her waist. Before she could react, the power burst out of these arms directly reversed her falling trend.

With a beautiful turn, Leon and Haley, who was in his arms, turned around in place, breaking the deadlock that might have put Haley in the ICU, and also allowing the two of them to stick close to each other.

Perhaps because what she had just experienced was too terrifying, Haley subconsciously hugged Leon tightly. This made her feel a little safer, just like a drowning person grabbing a piece of driftwood that could make him float.

Leon looked awkwardly at the girl in front of him who was hanging on him like a koala, sniffing the perfume coming from her body, and raised his hands awkwardly to show that he was a serious person.

After getting over the fear, Haley also smelled the scent coming from Leon. It was a strange smell she had never smelled before. It was not fragrant, but it was unusually pleasant. It made people feel nervous and their heartbeats accelerated when they smelled it.

"Is this what they call masculinity in TV dramas?"

This thought subconsciously popped up in Haley's mind, but the next second, she realized that she was too close to Leon. The girl's shyness and reserve made her quickly loosen her hands that were hugging Leon and her legs that were wrapped around Leon.

But because she was too anxious and didn't pay attention to the safety of her feet, Haley tragically found herself unable to stand firmly and fell backwards.

Fortunately, Leon was right beside her this time. He reached out and grabbed Haley's hand, allowing Haley to stand firm again.

(End of this chapter)