A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 788 Make a friend
"Don't worry." He patted Sophia's back gently, comforting the still trembling Sophia.

"How long has this been going on?"

"Tonight." Sophia: "I was talking to them in my dream yesterday about how many wine barrels we should prepare in the manor, but tonight I can't find them."

At this point, Sophia couldn't help but burst into tears again.

"Are there no signs?" Lyon continued to ask softly.

"No." Sophia's voice was trembling. At this moment, countless complicated guesses surged in her mind, but the results of each guess were something she didn't want to accept.

"This"

Leon felt a little overwhelmed by this. He knew nothing about the world of the dead and really couldn't help Sophia analyze why her parents' souls disappeared.

Sophia's condition also made him very worried. After all, the precious experience that was lost and regained disappeared again. The impact brought to Sophia was comparable to the scene when she first learned about the tragedy.

Experiencing the same thing twice is unbearable for even the strongest person, let alone Sophia. If left alone, God knows whether Sophia will choose to go to extremes and go to another world to find the answer in order to pursue it.

"Don't worry, maybe they have other things to do. It's just a sudden situation. Be patient. Maybe they will reappear in your dream tomorrow night."

After comforting Sophia, Leon helped her up.

"Are they really going to be okay?" Sophia looked at Leon to confirm.

"Of course, you have to trust me." Leon answered firmly, then pulled Sophia and headed towards the Blue Moon Vineyard. "Go back and rest first. Tomorrow, I'll find someone to help you find out the situation."

"I, I don't want to go back." Sophia was unwilling to take a step. At this moment, her mind was in a mess and she was very scared.

If she wanted to go home, she would have to pass through the corridor on the second floor and see the direction leading to her parents' room which was blocked by various boxes. This would make her think of them disappearing again.

"Then come to my place. I have prepared a room for you. You can rest there for a night." Leon suggested.

"Can I go?" Sophia asked timidly.

"Of course, you are my family now, how can I not let you go?" Leon reminded Sophia while rubbing her head.

"Yeah." Sophia nodded vigorously, remembering that she had such a relationship with Leon, she felt a lot more relaxed. Although her parents were temporarily gone, her brother was still there, and she was no longer alone.

Seeing that Sophia was in much better spirits, Leon breathed a sigh of relief, and then pulled Sophia out of the cemetery. Although she was reluctant, Sophia still held Leon's hand obediently and followed Leon.

"Well, it's too early to go back now. How about I take you to meet a special friend?"

Thinking of the food he prepared for Krobus, Leon suggested to Sophia.

And Kobros is also special. Maybe we can ask it about the situation in the world of the dead and give Sophia a shot of confidence first.

"A special friend?" Sophia looked at Leon in confusion, not understanding why he described this friend as special. "A very kind Shadow Man," Leon told Sophia in advance. If Sophia was afraid, she would have to postpone her visit to Krobus.

"Shadow Man, is it the kind of monster covered in black?" Although she had no experience in combat, information about monsters was at least public information in this world, not to mention that many villains in entertainment works created by humans were based on real monsters, so she still had some knowledge of Shadow Man.

"Yes, but Krobus is special. He is friendly, communicative, and knowledgeable. Perhaps he can answer your concerns and confusions," Leon explained.

"Okay, I'll go with you." Sophia was immediately moved after hearing this explanation.

"Then you must remember to cover your nose. The place where it lives is not a very nice place." Leon reminded Sophia again.

Then he took Sophia through the cemetery, walked along the river for a while, and came to the manhole cover.

"A shadow man living in the sewers of Pelican Town?" Seeing the large manhole cover leading to the sewer, Sophia finally understood which not-so-nice place Leon was talking about, and her expression became a little strange.

"Yes, it has lived here for a long time, but you should not have heard or seen any disturbances in the town. This is enough to prove that it is indeed very peaceful." Leon thought Sophia was worried that a monster promoted by the government actually lived under the town, so he immediately gave an example.

Sophia shook her head and explained, "No, I just think the sewer environment is too bad. There should be better options."

"It doesn't care about these things. Besides, Shadow People, like Dwarves, hate sunlight. The sewer, where sunlight doesn't reach, is the best environment for it. And it is not sensitive to the smell of sewage." Lyon explained.

"Leon, you know so much." Sophia looked at Leon with admiration.

"It's okay, mainly because I have more exposure to it." Leon replied with a smile. He was actually a newbie too, and even in some common sense knowledge, he might not be as good as Jas and Vincent.

"Contact? Have you ever seen a dwarf?" Sophia asked curiously.

"Of course, I have a dwarven friend. If there's a chance, I can introduce you to him. If you want to buy any gems or minerals, he's the best person to talk to. He can't speak human language, though. If you want to communicate, you'll have to learn the dwarven civilization's unique language."

It's a good thing that Sophia is interested, and Leon will naturally not spoil her fun. If he can use these to divert Sophia's attention, it should make her forget the pain temporarily.

"Yeah." Sophia nodded excitedly, then looked at the manhole cover with a big lock on it: "Then how do we get down?"

"I have the key."

Leon took out the rusty key, opened the lock, and then lifted the manhole cover: "I'll go down first, and you go down later. If you can't catch it, you can just jump down and I can catch you."

The height from the ground to the sewer is more than three meters. With Leon's physical fitness, catching Sofia is easy if he jumps down this distance.

"Okay." Sophia also trusted Leon.

When Leon went down the stairs to the sewer, he looked up and called out to Sophia.

Sophia did not climb down the stairs, but jumped down neatly. Before Sophia landed on the ground, Leon stretched out his arms and hugged her horizontally. Then he held Sophia in his arms and turned a small circle to relieve the impact, and then put Sophia down safely.

(End of this chapter)