A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 772 Thief
"I have something, but it's not urgent. You go first."

Lyon was completely confused by the urgent matter Lewis mentioned, but he still chose to stop and listen.

Lewis immediately explained after hearing this.

"Look, next weekend is Stardew Valley's Hawaiian Luau Day. It's a traditional festival in Pelican Town. Everyone in town will attend the party, and the governor is very enthusiastic about it. At the party, everyone will sing and dance and enjoy delicious food.

The most important thing is the core item of the Hawaiian party, where everyone contributes ingredients to make a pot of potluck soup that is a fusion of everyone's thoughts and blessings.

"So, what's the problem?"

Lyon suddenly realized that he knew about this festival and had participated in it many times. In his impression, Lewis really attached great importance to this festival. After all, it was a festival that could entertain the governor, and Lewis wanted to make progress too much.

So since Lewis mentioned this, there must be a problem in some preparation process.

"There is indeed a problem. I asked Marnie to prepare the soup base of Baile in advance. This is a secret recipe passed down from generation to generation by the mayor of Pelican Town. To blend various foods without causing a conflict of taste requires a lot of skills and selection of ingredients. The trouble we have now is that the frozen thick soup cubes that have been prepared in advance as the soup base are missing." Lewis whispered to Leon.

"It's too late to boil it now. After all, it takes four days to boil, and then it has to be frozen for another week to completely solidify the soup. But there are only eight days left before the banquet."

"It's not appropriate to ask me about this. I'm a farmer, not a detective." Although Leon felt that the situation was serious, he could do nothing to help. After all, his profession was not related to the subject.

"I didn't plan to look for you at first, but then Marnie and I discovered that the thief didn't seem to be from Stardew Valley, or rather, it wasn't a human."

At this point, Lewis’s face looked a little ugly: “We saw a shallow footprint in front of the refrigerator in Marnie’s house. The footprint was obviously not a human foot, nor did it look like an animal’s.”

Lyon frowned when he heard this. It was neither an animal nor a human, which made it very special.

"Are the footprints still there?" Lyon asked.

"Keep it, but it's more convenient to look at the photo." Lewis hurriedly took out a photo from his jacket pocket. It was a photo of the wooden floor in front of the refrigerator in Mani's house. The most conspicuous thing was a shallow mud footprint.

It is not complete, but the general outline can be seen. The sole of the foot is not big, and the front and back feet have very different shapes. The front foot is round, while the back foot is an inverted triangle. The appearance of two completely different shapes intersecting and pieced together is extremely strange.

"Have you contacted the Explorers Guild?" Lyon continued to ask.

"Not yet. The Explorers' Guild doesn't open until two in the afternoon. This matter is urgent. The sooner we find the thief, the better. And you're an explorer too. I believe you, Leon." Lewis explained, shaking his head.

"Then I'll ask around for you." Lyon accepted the commission.

Involving this kind of non-human creature, it is no wonder that Lewis would look for him. It seems that some things can be put aside temporarily today.

"Please." Lewis handed the photo to Leon: "If you need, you can go to Marnie's house to investigate. If you find the soup, not only will Pelican Town owe you a big favor, I will also personally give you a reward."

"Let's make preparations for both situations. If the soup is stolen and used up by a thief, there will be no point in finding the thief. Let's make another pot now. As for the freezing process, maybe I can find a way to speed it up." Although he accepted the commission, Lyon still didn't say too much.

“Yeah.” Lewis also felt that what Leon said made sense, and immediately headed towards Marnie’s ranch.

Lyon, on the other hand, took the photos and headed straight for the northern foothills.

"Why are you here again?" Linus, who was sitting on the grass meditating, opened his eyes when he saw Leon appear, and complained helplessly.

"I have something urgent to tell you, and I'd like you to take a look." Leon sat down opposite Linus, handed the photo to Linus, and explained the meaning of the photo and the commission he had accepted.

"The Baile soup base was stolen?"

After hearing what Leon said, Linus frowned, then his expression became serious. He took the photo and looked at it carefully. After a moment, he gave the answer.

"The thief was a goblin. Although the footprints are incomplete, the shape is so unique that I can't think of another possibility. If you go to the scene, you should still be able to smell a lingering foul odor."

"Goblin?" Leon immediately thought of the one in the Witch Swamp and confirmed it with Linus.

"Could it be the goblins active on the railway line?"

"Well, goblins originate from the northeastern forest on the other side of Mount Brumaire. They have green skin and bright red eyes, and their appearance is very scary to ordinary people. However, goblins actually possess intelligence and emotions similar to humans, and have no problem learning our customs and language. In some ways, they can even be considered a friendly neutral race.

However, due to their appearance and the foul odor that lingers all over their bodies due to their living habits, goblins are not accepted by humans and are mistaken for evil monsters. Therefore, goblins who have left Mount Brumaire can only choose to serve under evil people such as wizards, sorcerers, necromancers, etc.

However, due to the existence of the peaceful coexistence treaty, goblins will not set foot in areas where humans live, and their eating habits are very special. Most of the traditional food of goblins consists of maggots and meat. What is delicious food to humans is like garbage to them, and they despise it very much, so it is impossible that they do this to satisfy their own appetite.

But this one entered Stardew Valley and stole soup base from someone else's refrigerator. It was clearly under duress."

Linus, as usual, explained the situation and characteristics of the goblins to Leon, his eyes full of helplessness.

"So, I think this matter may be related to an old friend of mine."

"Rasmodes' ex-wife?" Leon asked tentatively.

"It should be Miranda. After all, she is the only one in Stardew Valley who has goblin servants and is keen on causing trouble for everyone." Linus looked at Leon in surprise. He didn't expect that Leon knew such a secret.

"Just to cause trouble?" Leon thought about it a little more: "Isn't it to attract Rasmodes' attention and make him go see her?"

"Well, that shouldn't be the case. After all, after that incident, Rasmodesmos didn't dare to see Miranda again, and Miranda also deliberately avoided Rasmodesmos." Linus shook his head, but he was not sure whether what Leon thought was right or wrong.

(End of this chapter)