Tripoka.
One of the heroines from Yog-Sothoth's Yard, known as the Little Death, or the Lord of Night.
However, unlike most people currently in Stardew Valley, Tripoka's personality can absolutely be described as the most "pure."
Whether it is the seemingly naive and ignorant "Tripoka," or the Great Death God who dominates the Kingdom of Night, "Nyx."
She is neither good nor evil, neither righteous nor wicked.
She doesn't even possess the moral values and outlook on life that normal people have.
To her, human life is no different from insects—perhaps not even as beautiful as the butterflies that insects transform into.
Her eyes see only the "Protagonist," and she is even willing to let the Kingdom of Night destroy the entire world just to keep the Protagonist by her side.
Everything about her stems from the Protagonist's shaping of her in the story, like a blank sheet of paper waiting for someone to draw on it.
Looking at the white-haired, emotionless girl who was lying prone against the bus door, her face pressed tightly against the glass yet unable to exit the bus, Suke felt that something was off.
If he remembered correctly, the setting of the protagonist in Yog-Sothoth's Yard was supposed to be an avatar of Bubbles (Yog-Sothoth), right?
So why was she calling him "Your Holiness"? Shouldn't she be calling for Boss Mabel?
Suke couldn't help but recall Meltryllis, whom he had met previously in the Deep Sea Cyber Paradise. That child was the same, ignoring Fujimaru Ritsuka to call him "Master" instead.
Could it be that he was born with the traits of a blond-haired NTR protagonist?
Suke temporarily suppressed the urge to shout for Boss Mabel to come and take a look.
He leaned closer to the bus and slid open the glass door, but Tripoka's face remained pressed against a layer of invisible "glass."
Suke reached out to touch her, but his fingers passed directly through her figure, as if she were merely an illusory projection.
However, the scorching gaze she cast upon him could not be faked.
Suke clearly saw that the eyes of the little ghost floating beside Tripoka's head—which served to express her psychological activities—were shining brightly.
It was as if she had finally found the possession she had been seeking for so long.
Suke: ...
He had a foreboding premonition.
There were already enough "Heavy" women here; please, could you not add another one?
"Are you Tripoka?"
"Un."
"Do you know Little Leaf and Xialu Ling?"
"I know them."
"Then why aren't you at the Yard? How did you end up running over here?"
Suke asked a few basic questions first.
This allowed him to confirm that the Little Death before him was indeed Tripoka herself, and not some apprentice reaper with the same appearance that had split off after Nyx was backstabbed.
"Your Holiness's questions are so strange."
"It was clearly Your Holiness who took the initiative to abandon everyone at the Yard, leaving quietly without saying a word."
"In order to find Your Holiness, I almost turned the world upside down, but I couldn't find traces of Your Holiness anywhere."
"If not for that purple star pointing out the path for me, perhaps I would never have been able to find Your Holiness."
Tripoka stared intently at Suke, her expressionless gaze causing panic in one's heart.
Under the Little Death's exquisite, doll-like features, one could almost feel a bit of the Uncanny Valley effect.
Suke had the illusion that Tripoka was like Qin Xianglian pursuing her husband for a thousand miles,
While he was the Chen Shimei who had found a new love abroad and forgotten his old one,
All that was missing was a Judge Bao to execute him with the Dog-Head Guillotine.
No, wait, young lady, did we know each other before?
[Conscience Farmer: Boss Mabel, I know you can see this. The innocent young girl you abandoned is here. Come to the Bus Stop and take a look, quick!]
[Conscience Farmer: If you don't come out, I'm going to start spreading yellow rumors about you!]
[General Store Owner: ???]
Following Mabel's three question marks,
It wasn't long before Mabel, holding a feather duster as if she had been tidying up the shop, came huffing and puffing to the front of the Bus Stop.
"Farmer, what are you doing this early in the morning? It's very disturbing to people's dreams, okay!"
Upon arriving at the scene, Mabel first glared at Suke.
But immediately, when she noticed the rejuvenated bus and Tripoka trapped inside it, Suke noticed an emotion clearly named "surprise" revealed in the depths of her eyes.
Good heavens, there are actually things in this world that can surprise Haji-Mabel!
Suke felt the severity of this matter might even be above the "Great Collapse" faced by the world Tsukishiro Yuki originally came from—it was as horrifying as one plus one not equaling two!
Oh, Tsukishiro Yuki's world already had one plus one not equaling two. Never mind then.
"Very strange. Although you have a familiar feeling about you, you are not Your Holiness."
"Are you... Your Holiness's 'clothes'?"
Before Mabel could say anything, Tripoka narrowed her eyes and spoke:
"Your Holiness, rest assured. Even if you take off your clothes, Tripoka will still recognize you."
"Because Tripoka is Your Holiness's unique cup."
Suke: "?"
As expected of the Little Death, her choice of words truly exceeded that of normal people.
There were no humans left in his Stardew Valley—though there never had been any to begin with.
"Told you not to listen to Mabel-chan's storytelling before. Farmer, now you're dumbfounded, right?"
Mabel patted the feather duster. Turning to look at Suke, she revealed a mocking expression, looking as punchable as a Mesugaki:
"But speaking of which, you really are dense. I thought you could have deduced it yourself."
"Count carefully. Similar situations should have happened around you many times, right? And you didn't have any thoughts about it?"
What thoughts could I have?
If you riddlers were just a little less riddled, the truth would have been out long ago. Is it fun to string people along like this?
Suke took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the urge to give the Mesugaki version of Boss Mabel a belly f*ck correction.
"Forget it, forget it. I won't tease you anymore. I'll just tell you."
"The answer lies in the riddle itself. The person this Lord of Night is looking for is you. As she said, I am merely the 'clothes' draped over your body."
"I told you about 'Essence' before, right? That part—the clothes—is my Essence, while you possess an Essence that belongs solely to you. Its distinctiveness is unique."
Seeing that Suke's expression was off, Mabel naturally didn't dare to provoke him further.
But Mabel-chan held grudges very well.
Just don't let her catch an opportunity outside this broken place. When that time comes, Mabel-chan will definitely toy with this Farmer until he dies!
"Anyway, the one she's looking for is you. Just admit to it. Weren't you worried about the combat power issue regarding avenging your little lover before?"
"Now it's solved. With my niece here, who can borrow the power of my complete Essential Divinity, leading three incomplete Divinities to beat up another incomplete Divinity... I don't even know how I could lose with this advantage!"
Mabel spread her hands, looking like she had the game in the bag—implying that if the Farmer lost this kind of match, he should just consciously slit his own throat and return to heaven.
"'Lover'...?"
"Your Holiness, did you abandon everyone just to find a new woman outside?"
Tripoka's face changed instantly. To put it in colloquial terms, Suke felt she looked like her forehead was darkening with bad omens.
The little ghost beside her looked particularly terrifying, its entire face blackened as if it would begin a "Massacre" in the next instant!
Blood is flowing; leave no one alive!
If this weren't Stardew Valley, Suke might actually have been shaken by this aura.
But the problem lay in the fact that Suke truly had no sense of reality about it, whether it was the words spoken by Meltryllis or the current Tripoka.
He wasn't the type of existence who was crazy enough to call a character his "wife" through a screen.
Could it be that he was actually just like a certain unlucky conceptual fusion of a writer, Black Souls, being set up by someone all along?
Suke cast a slightly suspicious gaze at Mabel behind him. Mabel responded with a bright, flawless, sunny smile.
Suke secretly made a note in his little notebook, raising Boss Mabel's suspiciousness level by one star.
He also reminded himself that if he saw a green flying fairy, he must immediately throw her into the Statue of Yoba to refine her!
"Let's put these matters aside for now. I'm more concerned about what you can make the bus do, Tripoka."
"Junimo Chili said you can go to other worlds to pick up people who don't have the qualifications to come here. Is that true?"
"...Yes. In order to find Your Holiness, Tripoka made a deal with that purple star. This bus is now under my management."
"Tripoka can indeed bring people from worlds this bus has traversed to this place. But Tripoka is very unhappy right now, so I don't want to agree to Your Holiness's request."
"Tripoka, wait a moment..."
"Hmph!"
Suke had a sudden idea. He immediately took out a few beautiful small dresses from his backpack—spares that were originally made for Tsukishiro Yuki by the legendary designer Hikami Meruru—and "Gifted" them to Tripoka.
If he remembered correctly, this Little Death didn't have many hobbies, but collecting beautiful clothes was one of them.
Accompanying a visible heart bubble popping up over Tripoka's head, the symptoms of her darkened forehead abruptly disappeared!
[Character: Tripoka]
[□□□□□00□□0·□0□□ (Gift a Wedding Ring or Mermaid's Pendant to unlock the limit)]
"Tripoka will forgive Your Holiness for now. But Your Holiness must compensate me again later."
It was unknown why Suke couldn't touch Tripoka's body, yet the small dresses he gifted could be received by her.
The white-haired girl draped in the Reaper's cloak returned to the bus driver's seat, skillfully releasing the handbrake and stepping on the gas.
Vroom, vroom...
The newly refurbished bus drove away just like that, leaving Suke, who hadn't yet reacted to the situation, standing in place.
Suke: ?
No, wait, sister.
He hadn't even said which people he wanted to pick up yet!
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