A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 957 The Innate Ox-Horse Sacred Body
Leon opened his arms calmly and turned around so that the two girls could see his situation from all angles.

After seeing the satisfaction in the two girls' eyes, Leon finally spoke: "Have you found the Junimo named Apple?"

"I don't know if it counts as found." Abigail shrugged and said, "But confirming the little guy's safety makes Yuzu quite happy."

What do you mean by not knowing whether it counts as finding it? Leon looked at Abigail in confusion, then thought for a moment, and found that there were only two girls here who hadn't seen Yuzu, so he immediately asked: "Where is Yuzu?"

"Yuzu is dancing at the very back of the room," Sophia added.

"Dancing? So what happened while I was gone?" Leon was even more confused after hearing this answer. He could only ask Abigail and Sophia.

Abigail pondered for a moment, and finally pushed Sophia in front of her: "Let Sophia explain it to you."

Sophia sighed helplessly, but still told Leon what had happened before.

After Leon finished listening to Sophia's explanation, he finally understood why Abigail said she didn't know whether it could be considered found.

When the two followed Yuzu to this abandoned farmhouse, it was not as dilapidated as it is now. Although it looked a bit old on the outside, it was still well preserved.

So Abigail knocked on the door first, and when she was sure that no one in the house could help open the door, she chose to use a magic peeping type of magic to explore the situation inside the house to determine whether the apple was in the house.
But what Abigail didn't expect was that the magic power generated by this spell actually conflicted with an unknown barrier in the house. Although Abigail removed the effect of the peeping magic immediately, no one had maintained it for a long time, and the barrier in the house, which was barely supported by the remaining magic power, dissipated directly.

The dissipation of the barrier also completely eliminated its original protective effect. The entire farmhouse began to decay and age rapidly, becoming the dilapidated state it is today.

This scared Abigail and Sophia, but the thing had already happened and they had no way to remedy it for the time being. They could only go into the house with an apology and prepare to look for the trace of the apple first.

Later, they did find Apple, but they could only meet Apple briefly, and then watched Apple blend into the house.

Abigail was originally panicked when she saw this situation. After all, she felt that it was her fault that Apple suffered some unknown impact. However, Sophia guessed that Apple might not be in danger based on Yuzu's happy expression and the way she waved her arms to greet the house. She used this to comfort Abigail, which made Abigail feel much better.

But because the two girls couldn't understand Yuzu's language, they couldn't know what Apple had experienced. Yuzu didn't know how to use actions to express Apple's situation. In the end, she simply gave up explaining and started dancing a strange dance in the room in the house, which should be the master bedroom, and no longer paid attention to Abigail and Sophia.

So the two of them could only temporarily come to the door and wait for Leon's arrival. Only in this way could they understand what was going on.

"I'll go ask Yuzu about the situation. Don't worry, it should be fine."

Looking at Abigail who was standing aside with a guilty expression, Leon gave her a hug to comfort her, and then found the room where Yuzu was under Sophia's guidance.

This little guy is indeed dancing, and the movements he makes are jumping left and right, which looks a bit like he is performing a shamanic dance.

"Yuzu, do you have time to tell me what happened to Apple?" Instead of rushing into the house, Leon just stood at the door and shouted at the dancing Yuzu.

"Apple and the old house signed a contract." Hearing Leon's voice, Yuzu immediately stopped dancing, then jumped in front of Leon, jumped directly onto Leon's shoulder and spoke excitedly.

"Signed a contract? Was it the kind of contract where you accept the gift and then repair the house to its original state?" Lyon immediately thought of the situation at the old community center and asked.

"Yes, it's an honorary position. Apple is now a reserve architect! Apple is amazing!" Yuzu boasted to Leon with a look of pride. Leon hadn't expected this to be considered an honorary position among the Junimos. Clearly, the Junimos in the old community center hadn't volunteered to move in. Leon felt like they couldn't wait to return to the spirit world.

However, Leon didn't know much about Junimos, so he followed up on its question and asked, "Are all Junimos proud to sign contracts with dilapidated houses?"

"Yes, the biggest dream of everyone in the village and Yuzu is to find an old house where they can sign a contract." Yuzu replied.

"Your village is in the forest in the spirit world?" Lyon noticed the blind spot when he heard it.

"In the forest, we have always lived in the forest. The spirit world is our hometown, but it is no longer our home. The forest is." Yuzu explained.

"So, you are a group of Junimos who migrated and settled here? Why did you migrate?" Leon became even more curious.

"Well, the spirit world is inhabited by young Junimos, and everyone in the village is an adult, so they can't live in the spirit world." Yuzu nodded in confirmation.

"I see, I've learned something new." Upon hearing this, Lyon immediately thought of a lot and understood a lot.

For example, why is Yuzu so much bigger than the Junimos in the old community center? It seems that there are also different ages among Junimos.

Moreover, when they become adults, they have to move out of their hometown and live on their own. It seems that the Junimos are under a lot of pressure. After all, when they become adults, they have to work hard outside.

At the same time, he signed a contract with the old house and regarded repairing the house as a job full of honor, which perfectly overlapped with the image of cattle and horses.

"What are you going to do after that? It seems Apple won't be able to return to the village in the short term." After confirming that Apple was indeed fine, Leon asked Yuzu about its next plans.

"Yuzu is going to go back and tell everyone the good news. Once Apple has stabilized the situation in the old house, we can come and visit Apple's new home," Yuzu explained.

"Then congratulations on completing the mission." Hearing Yuzu's answer, Leon breathed a sigh of relief. This time, the "Junimo Lost and Missing" incident had a good result.

"Well, Yuzu is going back. Yuzu also wants to invite you to visit the village." Having said that, Yuzu looked at Leon with anticipation, as if wanting to get Leon's approval.

Leon didn't answer immediately. Instead, he looked at Abigail and Sophia standing outside the door and asked, "Yuzu invited us to visit Junimo's village. Do you want to go?"

After seeing the two women nodding repeatedly, Leon nodded to Yuzu, which made Yuzu happy and somersaulted several times on Leon's shoulders.

"Welcome, big guys! Yuzu will go back and tell everyone that there are guests coming to the village!"

After saying that, Yuzu actually disappeared directly from Leon's shoulder, and nothing was left.

"Ah, I don't know if these little guys are naive or just don't know the details of inviting guests. They just ran away like that. Aren't they afraid that we won't be able to find the way?"

Regarding Yuzu's sudden disappearance, Lyon complained, holding his forehead with a headache.

(End of this chapter)