A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 572 Hunter and Prey

As the teleportation array lit up, when Lyon could see his surroundings clearly again, he had already arrived in front of the castle built of sea-blue crystal. Looking closely, Lyon noticed how big the castle was. It was several times larger than what he had seen before.

This made Leon realize that perhaps he had previously thought that the Mermaid Embassy was not far away and the hotel was not really that close. He had fallen into visual misleading and psychological illusion, which is commonly known as "looking at the mountain and running to a dead horse".

However, the portal does not lead directly to the inside, so Leon can only stand on the periphery at this moment, with a translucent bubble covering the entire castle in front of him.

"Come with me, don't stand here stupidly." Rasmodesm's voice appeared behind Leon again, and then Leon felt himself being pushed, and then he staggered into the bubble.

The moment he passed through the bubble, Lyon felt that the humidity in the air had increased several times, and the temperature had dropped a lot.

"Master Rasmodes, why don't we go back? My injury isn't serious. I think I'll recover after a night's sleep. I really don't want to cause trouble for the mermaids, and I promised Abigail I'd come with her."

Forced to enter, Leon was still reluctant to move forward, so he turned around and said to Rasmodes.

But Lasmodes just stretched out his hand expressionlessly and clamped Leon's arm, half pulling and half dragging Leon inside. As they got closer and closer to the large archway at the entrance of the castle, Leon became more and more confused as to why Lasmodes' attitude today was so tough and awkward.

"By the way, weren't you shopping with Abigail in the shopping district? Why did you suddenly appear in the arena?"

"After I finished shopping, someone asked me to go to the Arena to handle some matters. On my way back, I happened to meet you." Rasmodes explained.

"Oh." Leon pretended to understand and reminded Rasmodes: "Then you can't let me go. I will walk by myself. It's very uncomfortable for me to walk like this."

When Lasmodes heard this, he naturally let go of his hand. At this moment, Leon stepped back suddenly, then took out the Galaxy Watermelon Knife with his right hand, and took out the real teleportation crystal given to him by Lasmodes with his left hand.

The previous question about Rasmodes going to the shopping street with Abigail was just a random question from Leon. He wanted to see whether this 'Rasmodes' in front of him would follow his words or directly refute his answer of when he said he would take Abigail to the shopping street.

But the 'Ras Modes' in front of him chose the former. It was obvious that this guy was not Ras Modes.

So Leon, who noticed something was wrong, immediately distanced himself and planned to crush the crystal in his hand to summon the real Las Modesto. After all, a stranger who disguised himself as Las Modesto and insisted on taking Leon into the Mermaid Embassy was very dangerous no matter how you looked at it.

All sorts of schemes like using a knife to kill someone, shifting the blame to someone else, and framing others were flooding into Leon's mind. No matter which one it was, Leon felt that this imposter had grand intentions.

But at the moment when Leon was about to crush the crystal, Leon felt as if all the strength in his body had been drained away, and he collapsed to the ground. Not to mention crushing the crystal, he found that he didn't even have the strength to stand.

This feeling is very familiar, like being anesthetized.

"You are vigilant, but you underestimate the gap between you and me." The pretender sneered at Rasmodesmodis's face, looking like a real villain.

Leon wanted to complain, but he couldn't even open his mouth. He couldn't even think clearly now. His eyelids were heavy as if filled with lead, and sleepiness came like a tsunami.

The moment he lost consciousness, Lyon's last hope was to rely on the protection of nature.

"It's a good thing I cast a spell on him beforehand, otherwise I would have been caught red-handed."

Seeing Leon fall, the pretender quickly stepped forward and collected the summoning crystal and Galaxy Watermelon Knife, which Leon was weakly grasping. Then, not caring about the dust and sweat on Leon's body, he lifted him up in his arms like a princess and strode into the castle. As soon as he took the first step, the disguise of Las Modes began to fade. The robe disappeared, replaced by a sea-blue dress, long hair, and a delicate and beautiful face. It was the blue-haired lady who played cards with Maria earlier.

"Your Majesty, Hello."

As the blue-haired lady holding Leon walked to the castle gate, the gate was automatically pushed open. Behind the door, two mermaid warriors holding Neptune's greatsword greeted the blue-haired lady with a smile.

"Continue with your work. If the guardian comes, notify me immediately." The blue-haired lady instructed the two mermaid warriors.

"Yes, Your Majesty." After the two mermaid warriors responded to the order, they curiously cast their eyes on Leon in the arms of the blue-haired lady, but they only took a glance and then consciously looked away.

The blue-haired lady didn't care about it and continued to carry Leon forward. She walked through the hall and the crystal corridor familiarly and came to the high tower in the center of the castle.

"You two, help me guard the gate. Don't run around without my summons. If the guards ahead come to announce the arrival of the guardians, you don't have to come to me directly. Just use the conch shell to notify me."

Looking at the other two mermaid warriors in front of the tower gate, the royal sister gave orders.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The two mermaid warriors nodded seriously, then opened the door for the blue-haired lady, and then looked ahead and continued to perform their guard duties.

The blue-haired lady nodded in satisfaction, then carried Leon into the tower, walked up the spiral staircase, and finally stopped at the gate at the end of the stairs.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing?"

As if sensing the presence of the blue-haired lady, the door was opened from the inside, and a tall figure walked out. Although the mermaid's tail had turned into a pair of thick legs, if Leon had remained awake at this moment, he would have recognized that this was the elder of the mermaid clan whom he had met once under the sea.

"Hehe, I brought back the prey, Charlotte, you go back and rest first." The blue-haired lady said to the elder with a proud look on her face.

"Your Majesty, I have no objection to you choosing a human male as your mate, but this boy, if I remember correctly, is the farmer who has a close relationship with the Guardians, right? If you kidnap him like this, the Guardians will hold you accountable, and I'm worried it will turn into a diplomatic incident."

The elder's expression was very complicated at the moment, but he did not forget to explain the interests involved to the blue-haired lady.

"Don't worry, I won't do anything to him. I just saw that he was injured and brought him back to the hot springs. And even if the guardian knew about it, he wouldn't care. After all, he knows more about the relationship between me and Leon than you do."

The blue-haired lady explained.

"Then I won't bother Her Majesty the Queen." With this assurance, the elder said no more and his expression became much more relaxed.

After watching the elder leave, the blue-haired lady brought Leon into the room.

Instead of putting Leon on the soft bed made entirely of crystals and corals, nor placing him on a chair beside him, the blue-haired lady took Leon directly into a small compartment in the room. Behind the small door, there was a different world.

(End of this chapter)