Iridium Star Luck Day

It was late.

Daeren undressed and climbed into bed, turning several place names over and over in his mind.

"Highgarden, Pentos, the Vale, Skagos Island..."

All were locations known to have Dragon Eggs or suspected Dragon Eggs.

Clinging to his determination to find Dragon Eggs, Daeren fell peacefully asleep.

2:00 a.m.

Dragon Tongue Farm was silent. The night sky was profoundly dark, without the faintest trace of light.

Suddenly, the faint flutter of wings broke the silence, and a glimmer of light rose and fell in the night sky.

As if sensing something in his sleep, Daeren's furrowed brow gradually relaxed.

The light revealed its true form.

It was a well-proportioned Sprite wearing a pink dress, no larger than an adult's palm.

"Hee-hee."

The pink Sprite flew over the Farmland where the seeds had been planted. Appreciation flashed through her clear eyes, and she let out an innocent, bell-like laugh.

She waved the Magic Wand in her hand. With two sparkling flicks, she scattered powder brimming with Life Force.

Then she vanished swiftly into the night sky.

The next day, early morning.

Daeren got up punctually at six. After eating some simple rations, he was full of energy.

"Time for the old farmer to water the crops again."

Filled with fresh anticipation for the farm, he pushed open the cabin door.

Daeren froze. "Hm?"

The nine ungerminated seeds in the 3×3 patch of Farmland outside the door were gone, replaced by nine fully mature crops.

"Did I sleep for several days?"

Daeren hurriedly opened the System Panel and checked the time in the upper-right corner.

Spring, Day 2. Sunny. 6:05.

"No problem there."

It was his first time experiencing this, and Daeren's mind could not process it at first.

These aren't my crops. Mine couldn't have matured this quickly.

"No, a Sprite event must have triggered during the night."

Shaking away the strange thoughts in his head, Daeren found the truth.

On farms in Stardew Valley, there was a small chance of a random event triggering every night.

Witches, Sprites, meteors, Owl Statues, and the like.

The Sprite event was undoubtedly the most helpful one. It could instantly mature immature crops within a certain range.

"What incredible luck."

Unable to suppress his rising grin, Daeren rolled up his sleeves and began harvesting.

Pop~ Pop-pop~~

He pulled out a parsnip-shaped Parsnip with his bare hands, then uprooted two round Cauliflowers. The crops made a pleasing muffled sound as their roots came free from the soil.

The Green Beans he picked were not single beans like in the game, but a handful of ten from each cluster.

"Reasonable. It would be strange if a Bean Pole only produced one at a time."

Daeren nodded vigorously.

After storing away the three crops for the offering, he continued digging up the Potatoes from the remaining five plots of Farmland.

Potato: Matures in 6 days. One-time harvest. Has a chance to yield multiple crops.

"Hope I get a few extra Potatoes." Daeren bent down and started digging.

As he unearthed the fourth Potato, a gentle warm current filled his entire body, causing him to freeze in place while still bent over.

[There are some things you would like to think about at the end of the day.]

An inconspicuous line of small text appeared on the System Panel.

"My Farming level went up."

Daeren regained control of his body and felt that his understanding of Life Force had deepened.

He brought up the farm System Panel.

[Farmer: Daeren Targaryen]

Farming: Level 1

Mining: Level 0

Foraging: Level 0

Fishing: Level 0

Combat: Level 0

Sure enough, Farming had reached Level 1.

After going to bed tonight, the crafting System Panel would probably unlock new items.

"Harvesting a batch of crops on the second day means I can sell them, buy more seeds, and speed up the accumulation of funds."

Daeren stretched his body and continued digging for Potatoes.

It had to be said, his luck seemed genuinely good.

One plot yielded three, three plots yielded two each, and the last plot yielded one.

Ten Potatoes in total, exactly double the amount he had planted.

Feeling the crops' abundant Life Force, he discovered that three of the ten Potatoes were even Silver Star quality.

"Please don't tell me I'm on some lifespan route."

Daeren's expression changed slightly, and he hurried back into the cabin.

Looking throughout House Targaryen's history, none of its members named Daeren Targaryen had been ordinary. There was Daeren the Daring and the Young Dragon before him, and Daeren II, who put down the First Blackfyre Rebellion, after him.

But without exception, all of them had died young.

Back inside, he turned on the Old TV.

After a crackling burst of reception noise, two program channel options appeared on the snowy screen.

He checked the Weather Forecast first.

[Welcome to... tomorrow's forecast... It will rain all day tomorrow.]

Rain on Spring, Day 3. No problem.

"I just wonder how large the affected area will be."

Daeren instinctively considered whether he could use advance knowledge of weather changes to achieve some unexpected results.

But first, he checked the other Divination Channel.

Fortune-telling:

[The Sprites are very happy today! They will do their best to bring good fortune to everyone.]

"Great!" Daeren let out a long breath.

As long as it was not a lifespan route, he was destined to live to a hundred.

To explain the TV, it had two regular program channels: the Weather Forecast and fortune-telling.

The former was easy to understand. The latter predicted the Farmer's luck for the day.

Without outside interference, the upper and lower limits of luck ranged between (+0.125) and (-0.075).

From best luck to worst luck:

The Sprites will bring good fortune to everyone > Today will be a lucky day > The Sprites have no emotional preference today > The Sprites are very cold today > You will have bad luck today > The Sprites are extremely displeased today.

Among them, "The Sprites have no emotional preference today" was the most special. The change in luck was not fixed; it could mean good luck or bad luck.

Judging from the divination program, today was definitely the very best Iridium Star Luck Day.

In addition, the TV occasionally broadcast Living Off the Ground and Food Queen, which respectively provided useful knowledge on running a farm and taught cooking methods for various crops.

"More useful than the Forest Witch's prophecy."

Daeren decided that whenever he was away from the farm in the future, he would bring the old TV with him.

A person's fortune could reveal far too many things.

Since there was nothing else to do, he left the cabin and continued working.

There were too many types of harvested crops, and Potatoes of different qualities occupied two inventory slots. Daeren picked up his Axe and chopped down two trees in succession.

Unable to distinguish oak trees from maple trees, he simply targeted the conspicuous pine trees.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Amid a series of heavy, powerful chopping sounds, two large pines as thick as a man's embrace toppled over.

Daeren was strong, and the Axe was especially effective against trees, so it was only natural that he worked quickly.

A battered old Axe like this would be considered a divine artifact known as Tree Bane outside.

Including the trees from yesterday's farm clearing, the two pines gave him a total of 77 Wood, 17 Stone, 27 Fiber, 38 Sap, and one Pine Cone.

He opened the crafting System Panel and used 50 Wood to make a Chest.

The next instant, an antique bronze Wooden Crate shaped like a pirate treasure chest and roughly a meter long landed on the ground.

The Chest was System Panel black technology, containing space equal to 36 inventory slots.

When empty, it could be carried around.

Once it held items, it could only be slowly moved by striking it with tools such as a Pickaxe or Axe.

Daeren gave it a try.

Only he could use the Chest. Others could neither open it nor carry it away.

"If I take this outside, I can call myself a Wizard too."

Amused by himself, Daeren stored the various materials and offering crops inside the Chest.

There was still plenty of work to do later.

Buying seeds, petting the chickens...

Oh, right.

He still had to check the Mailbox for a letter inviting him to the beach, so he could obtain a Fishing Rod.