YM778.TV Chapter 220:
The new player Lady Aqua, who had the “Master Tailor” talent, sat in a chair, carefully examining three pieces of preliminarily tanned leather in her hand.
She looked very carefully, occasionally picking up tailoring tools by her side to test the toughness of the leather, while the three tailors in front of her were anxious, just like students taking an exam.
The testing of the finished products didn’t take long. After a few minutes, Lady Aqua raised her head with a smile and brushed her hair, saying:
“You’ve done well. It seems you’ve all mastered the new techniques I taught. We can move on to the next stage.”
Hearing this evaluation, the three tailors in front of her immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
They were no longer young, and had been tailors in Kadman City for many years. In theory, they should have the pride of being craftsmen, but at this moment, they couldn’t put on airs in front of Lady Aqua.
The person before them was a true master tailor. On her first day of arriving at Crimson Citadel, she had used her vast professional knowledge to criticize their proud works as worthless.
Not only that, Lady Aqua had personally demonstrated to them how to make superior garments using the same materials.The competition between craftsmen is always simple and brutal, because craftsmanship and works don’t lie.
The gray suit-like work uniform on Professor Malcolm beside them was made by Lady Aqua, and its craftsmanship and design style were highly praised even by the professor who had lived in Shaldor port for many years and was well-informed.
Since their skills were inferior, there was no shame in learning from her.
Especially in Transia, a region with fierce customs, if you’re not as good as others, you have to admit it. If you get hit, you have to stand up straight, otherwise you’ll soon be harshly pummeled by reality.
“Today we’re going to learn about the improvement and making of half-body inner armor.”
Lady Aqua picked up the leather beside her and took out the previously drawn patterns, calling out to the three professional tailors, then carefully explaining this “improved” production method to them.
This wasn’t her original leather-making technique, but her professionalism as a designer and tailor allowed her to easily find this classical leather armor production method in another world, and with a little processing, she could bring it into the game to teach NPCs.
What Lady Aqua was teaching was the “Moloch” leather-making technique originating from the modern Middle East region. Although ancient in origin, it had been improved by countless craftsmen and was now a masterpiece in this field. The finished products, whether in terms of aesthetics or practicality, were several levels higher than the craftsmanship passed down in the Transia region.
This world has only progressed 1111 years from the pre-era to now, which can’t be compared with the thousands of years of historical accumulation in the little player’s world.
In fact, it’s not just leather-making and tailoring. The reason why Master Broken Blade and Hundred Forging Great Horse could become the leaders of blacksmiths in the camp and even bring many apprentices is also due to this kind of historical craftsmanship accumulation.
Just the diverse forging techniques and the use of special methods to remove impurities during the forging process were enough to be called “secret arts”, and had already convinced the blacksmiths in the camp. It’s not that there are no crafts on this continent that can match these “otherworldly techniques”, but they are often held by special groups.
For example, the dwarves’ forging techniques are unparalleled on the continent, with their quality and craftsmanship not inferior to otherworldly techniques.
Another example is that the elves’ leather workers also possess quite powerful leather-making secret techniques. However, the problem is that these groups holding special techniques will not so easily pass on their technology.
Just as Leading Pigeon had complained when learning alchemy, this medieval-background world is still at the level of “technology blockade” and “treasuring one’s own broom”, and various academic fields have no channels for mutual communication.
The “NPCs” in the players’ eyes rarely encounter masters who possess skills and are willing to impart them wholeheartedly. For example, the three tailors in front of them are extremely attentive when listening to Lady Aqua’s explanation, and even take notes of various key points in small notebooks.
This explanation and teaching didn’t last long. Lady Aqua divided her “course” into six lessons. On one hand, she’s a combat profession player, and her little companions are waiting to go out and play together.
On the other hand, Lady Aqua, being a master-level expert in the industry, knows very well that teaching too much at once is not conducive to learning. After she finished her lecture and answered a few questions from her “students”, she announced the end of today’s teaching.
As she stood up and stretched her exaggerated body, Professor Malcolm also came forward timely and said to Lady Aqua in a gentle tone:
“Thank you for your help to the camp’s handicraftsmen, Master Aqua. This is your teaching allowance.”
His assistant presented a small money bag.
Lady Aqua didn’t refuse and took it with a smile.
While other players were still struggling to do quests and earn money, Lady Aqua had already started to fleece the NPCs. Earlier, when Regent Miriam invited her to give lessons to the tailors, it was already agreed that she would be given 50 gold coins for each lesson, and this was promoted in the form of a manufacturing quest, so Lady Aqua naturally regarded it as her due reward.
But that’s not all. Professor Malcolm went on to say:
“I’ve had discussions with Regent Miriam, and we feel that we should have special uniforms made for the administrative managers of the territory to distinguish them from the civilian areas. This is an attempt. Perhaps in the future, depending on the different work shouldered within the territory, more uniforms will be produced.
The Regent hopes that you can take the lead in completing the design and production of new uniforms.
Of course, we will give you the remuneration you deserve.”
“Ding”
The Computation Bead on Lady Aqua’s wrist rang, representing the refresh of another new manufacturing quest:
【Manufacturing Quest – ‘New City, New Atmosphere’ has been triggered!
Quest Objective: The Regent of Crimson Citadel and her deputy hope that with your outstanding professional knowledge, you can design work uniforms for administrative managers of the burgeoning Crimson Citadel for identity distinction.
You can complete this quest alone, or guide your current three apprentices to complete it.
Basic Quest Reward: 300 gold coins.
Advanced Quest Reward: Additional rewards will be given based on whether your finished product can be approved by Count of Kadman.
Quest Time Limit: 72 hours.】
“Aren’t other people complaining on the forum that gold coins are hard to earn in this game? Why have I already earned nearly 500 gold coins in just three days since I entered the game? Is it possible that other people’s way of playing the game is not quite right?”
Lady Aqua accepted this quest and made a small complaint in her heart.
She chatted with the erudite Professor Malcolm for a few sentences, and after collecting various elements needed for this design, Lady Aqua, in a good mood, hummed a song and left the tent, leaning on her thorn staff.
The apprentices of the busy NPC tailors around all stopped their work and saluted this tailor master with a monstrous figure.
Lady Aqua waved her hand to indicate that these hardworking children need not be so courteous, and even stepped forward to correct some incorrect techniques of leather tanning by a few apprentices.
After doing all this, she finally left here humming a song. Her four companions were already waiting for her not far away.
“Here, my wages for today, all handed over to the team accountant lady.”
Lady Aqua giggled and threw the money bag to Sister Pomegranate, who accepted it with a wooden face. Lady Aqua’s gaming career over the past few days had completely overturned Sister Pomegranate’s perception of 《Reality Realm》.
If other players are playing in normal mode, then this lady in front of her is definitely taking the VIP channel.
As soon as she entered the game and passed the professional skill assessment, she was personally summoned by the territory’s regent, then given professional quests to teach apprentices, earning wages without spending a penny herself. The most BUG thing was that Lady Aqua, without being in an administrative profession, was still specially assigned two female Witch Hunter veterans with Master stealth action skills as bodyguards for “close protection” by the Crimson Regent.
The reason given was also simple.
Lady Aqua, this rare master tailor, is an “important asset” of Crimson Citadel. Both she and Lord Murphy cannot allow such a manufacturing master to encounter dangers during adventures.
This treatment.
Just say, who wouldn’t be envious seeing this?
We’re all playing the same game, why is your starting point already beyond the endpoint that we old players have struggled to reach?
“This is unfair!”
Sitting by the carriage, Little Ashina chewed on a fruit-flavored lollipop and complained bitterly:
“It’s one thing that you’re being kept as a lady by a rich husband in reality, but how come you’re even being actively supported by NPCs in the game? You big-boobs fairy.”
“Perhaps because I can make clothes and I’m beautiful and kind-hearted?”
Lady Aqua laughed, bent down to poke Little Ashina’s cheek, then put her hands on her hips and asked:
“So, my darlings, where are we adventuring today? I need to log off early today. Besides making dinner for my husband and baby, I also need to spend some time collecting clothing design drawings that fit the game’s background here.
I just accepted a quest to design uniforms for the territory’s officials, with a basic reward of 300 gold coins.
Although I don’t know what the advanced reward is, I’m unusually full of motivation.”
She looked back at the busy people in the camp behind her and said:
“I’m starting to like this virtual world. The people here are very simple and eager to learn. They have respect for skills and pursuit of knowledge. Most importantly, they are made very realistically.
I always feel like I’m in a real otherworld.
On a land waiting to be revived, passing on my knowledge to more people who need it.
Wow, this feeling is really great.
It’s like going back to when I was still working. If I hadn’t met my husband, I might have become a professor in the design department by now? Oh my, although I haven’t worked for many years, I still have a heart for teaching and nurturing people.
However, speaking of leather-making, I’m indeed not an expert. Helping them improve their leather armor making is already my limit.
To achieve a real breakthrough in craftsmanship, we need to find professional people.
I think I still have contact information for a few colleagues”
“What? Are you also going to drag people into this pit?”
Lumina, who was polishing her beloved instrument on the carriage, grinned and said:
“Weren’t you the one who was full of doubts about this game before? You even said we were dragging you into a fire pit, but now you’re enjoying the career of being a master in the game.”
“That’s right.”
Lady Aqua didn’t mind her companion’s teasing.
She climbed onto the carriage and sat next to Little Ashina. As the carriage started, she sighed and said:
“Although I’m satisfied with my life, having a husband who loves me and a pair of lovely babies, the knowledge I learned in the first half of my life is obviously not useful in the housewife profession. I don’t mind that knowledge being sealed in my mind, but now having an opportunity to teach it to people who need it is also very nice.
Even if they’re just NPCs
Even if it’s just a game test, this experience of revisiting the past is quite good, and they have many things here that I’m very interested in.
For example, the unique aesthetic style of vampires, and the exotic charm formed by the unique culture of the Nordtov Kingdom. These designs different from Earth, I find it hard to believe how the development team could create such diverse aesthetic characteristics.
They don’t seem to be borrowing and reorganizing, but rather designing a complete set of social humanities and customs from scratch.
Frankly, I don’t think this is possible through purely technological means”
At this point, she paused.
Fatal Orchid Huahua, driving the carriage in front, grinned and said to Lady Aqua in private chat:
“So, what exactly do you want to say?”
Lady Aqua glanced at Fatal Orchid Huahua and replied in private chat:
“Character modeling can be made realistic, gameplay can be continuously updated, and even language systems can be created through special methods, but the details of folk customs and social humanities cannot be entirely based on virtual foundations.
No matter how advanced their technology is, they can’t achieve this.
It’s equivalent to creating a world from scratch, which no one can do.
Because we humans cannot imagine colors we’ve never seen, naturally, we cannot create an otherworld that has never existed out of thin air.
So, Fatal Orchid Huahua, do you think there’s a possibility.
I mean, are we really in a completely real otherworld right now?”
“Smart!”
Fatal Orchid Huahua shrugged and said in private chat:
“But I can return to reality just by closing my eyes, and there’s even a player interface and quest system, even a game-like leveling system.”
“You’re overlooking a very important point. Your thinking has entered a misunderstanding. Is what you see necessarily true? You should know that the current quest system is based on the Computation Bead.
I specifically asked Lumina, the first batch of testers didn’t have these when they first entered the game.
I guess, you’ve been deceived”
A glint of wisdom flashed in Lady Aqua’s big eyes beneath her gentle smile. She stroked the Computation Bead on her wrist and replied to Fatal Orchid Huahua in private chat:
“I suspect it’s a conspiracy. Someone has specially created a virtual otherworld for us! Of course, it’s also possible that their technology level is indeed very high, high enough to be indistinguishable from reality.”
“Yes, we lack various evidence now, we can only guess.”
Fatal Orchid Huahua sighed and said:
“Has Concrete Heart contacted you offline? She warned me yesterday to stay away from this thing.”
“Yes, she did.”
Lady Aqua snorted and said:
“But I can’t be bothered with her. She just knows how to show off her wisdom all day, it’s so boring. If my daughter grows up to be like her, I’d really be devastated. I heard she found someone in the group to help her explore the truth, that guy is hiding in the forum now.
But honestly, this game is really nice for entertainment, so you don’t plan to AFK, right?”
“If I leave, what about the three of them?”
Fatal Orchid Huahua replied helplessly:
“Especially Little Ashina, you know her situation, she can’t possibly leave this. So, I suggest, let’s pretend we didn’t discover anything and keep our suspicions buried until more evidence appears, okay?”
“Alright.”
Lady Aqua brushed her hair and said to Fatal Orchid Huahua:
“But you need to help me find something.”
“What?”
“A dictionary!
The dictionary that children in this world use to learn writing. I want to spend some time learning the writing of this place. I guess if we can understand the history of this world and communicate with the natives of this world without relying on the Computation Bead, we’ll definitely be able to find more evidence we need.”
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“Oh my, letting smart people into the game is indeed risky.”
In the Blood Vulture Halls, Murphy, who had just finished fencing with the “Evil Master”, overheard the complete conversation between Lady Aqua and Fatal Orchid Huahua through the core orb. This made him realize that these two clever ladies have started to doubt the authenticity of 《Reality Realm》.
He could kick them offline now and permanently block their login permissions.
But Murphy ultimately didn’t do so.
“It can’t be hidden.”
He reached out to grasp the Necessary Evil floating beside him, twirled the sword in the darkness of the corridor, and muttered softly to himself:
“One day, all truths will be revealed. I never doubt the wisdom of my compatriots in this regard, let alone these elite human females. However, discovering the truth is one thing, understanding the facts is another.
Concealment is just a means, cooperation can achieve a win-win situation.
I’m also looking forward to the reactions of these super-intelligent beings after knowing the truth. Will they flee in panic from this real world?
Or will they enthusiastically embark on a truly unique adventure?
Hmm, I’m looking forward to it.
Before discovering the truth and making a decision, lend me your strength and wisdom! I need you, this land needs you, this world also needs you.”