Simulation: Starting from Under One Person

Perhaps it was the dwarfs' craftsmanship that made the sailboats they produced last a very long time.

"...You're here!"

Suddenly a familiar voice came from the side. Fang Rui turned his head and saw Kui Na.

"Have you already met Skarug? That's quick!"

Fang Rui looked puzzled. Mother and son hadn't seen each other for a long time; shouldn't they catch up?

Why so fast?!

"I didn't see him. You need an appointment to see Skrug." Quina shrugged helplessly. This situation was unexpected, but it was quite realistic, since Skrug was a big shot in the Kingdom of Philkelon.

“An appointment is required!” Fang Rui sighed softly, then asked with a puzzled look, “Even without an appointment, if someone wants to see Skarug, shouldn’t they notify Skarug and let him decide?”

"Would that be?" Quina asked in return.

"No way?" Fang Rui asked, somewhat surprised.

"No, if you, an unknown person, were to meet a famous and important figure, would the important figure's secretary notify him?" Kuina used a real-life example.

“In that case, it’s true… no.” Fang Rui nodded slightly in agreement.

"Wasn't it wrong of me not to say that?!"

The two were talking when a very loud voice came from inside the factory, which made it clear that the person had a loud voice.

"The voice... sounds familiar." Upon hearing the voice, Kuina's gaze turned towards the factory building.

"Familiar? Shall we go in and take a look?"

Logically speaking, private factory buildings are prohibited from being entered, but if you peek around from the entrance, there shouldn't be anything wrong, right?

“Let’s take a look!” Quina nodded in agreement; she was indeed quite curious.

The two entered the factory and then saw a dwarf shouting something.

“Emmm…” Kuina stared at someone, “A very familiar back view.”

"Is it someone I know? A gamer?!"

Fang Rui raised an eyebrow slightly. Without using his detection skills, he was still unaware of the dwarf's identity.

“No, it should be my son.” Quina’s tone was a little awkward.

Fang Rui raised an eyebrow again upon hearing this, "You seem to have accepted this a little too quickly."

“It’s a fait accompli! I didn’t think that much about it…” Kuina said. “Back in the game, I was raising him like a son.”

"Therefore, it's very easy to empathize."

"Really?!" Fang Rui didn't completely believe Kuina's words.

Although Quina said this, her actual reaction when the three of them called her "mother" was another matter entirely.

With that in mind, Fang Rui prepared to watch the show...

Seemingly wanting to confirm the dwarf's identity, Quina entered the factory and approached the dwarf.

A moment later, the two looked at each other. One was surprised, and the other was even more surprised, their expressions as if they had seen an elder who had stayed at home for hundreds of years come out.

“Kadaz!” Quina exclaimed in surprise.

"Oh oh oh oh oh... Mom... Mom?!" Kadaz was so excited that he couldn't speak coherently.

Upon hearing Kadaz's address, Quina seemed deeply shocked and collapsed to the ground.

Fang Rui raised an eyebrow slightly as his face made intimate contact with the floor, producing a loud thud.

'That sounds painful!'

"Ahhh..." Seeing Quina fall, Kadaz frantically waved his hands, "Are you... alright, Mom? Are you feeling unwell?"

The panicked and loud voices echoed in the factory, attracting everyone's attention. The workers stopped working and turned their gazes toward the two people, full of curiosity.

Fang Rui smiled as he watched Kadaz help Kuina up.

"It's nothing, it's nothing. Should I say it was unexpected, or that the way it's called has completely gone astray?"

Kuina's tone was complicated; knowing something was one thing, but actually encountering it was quite another.

"It's exciting, isn't it!" Fang Rui chimed in, offering a fitting description for Kuina.

"It is indeed quite exciting," Kuina responded softly.

"You are..." Kadaz's tone was somewhat respectful. The man accompanying his mother, and judging from the situation, he and his mother had a good relationship. It was no wonder that he had wild thoughts.

“I am your mother’s friend, you can just call me Fang Rui,” Fang Rui said.

"Yeah, he's my best friend." Kuina added. At first, she treated Fang Rui as a regular game friend, then they were just friends, and now they've become best friends.

Although their relationship progressed rather quickly, neither of them felt there was a problem.

"Hello, I am my mother's second son. You can call me Kadaz."

Upon hearing that Fang Rui was his mother's friend, Kadaz became even more respectful.

"Don't take it so seriously, be more relaxed. Look how relaxed I am with your mother."

Fang Rui put his right arm on Kuina's shoulder and spoke close to her body.

"Don't get so close." Kuina reached out, touched Fang Rui's cheek, and pushed him away.

"That's so unfair! Other people wanted to get close to me, but I didn't agree, and you actually pushed me away."

Fang Rui said in a very affected manner, his whole demeanor was somewhat cheap.

"Do you know what? You look really awful right now!" Kuina said expressionlessly. "If you want to get intimate, go find someone who's willing to get intimate with you."

"Don't say that!" Fang Rui's attitude remained unchanged.

"Let's get down to business." Kuina stopped discussing trivial matters with Fang Rui and looked at Kadaz. "Let's go somewhere else."

Feeling a little uncomfortable being stared at by so many people, Quina led Kadaz outside the factory to one of the sailboat docking spots.

The factory workers hid near the entrance, eavesdropping on the three people's conversation.

Seeing that Kuina didn't react, Fang Rui didn't say anything either. Under the cover of the wind, the three of them spoke in hushed tones, so that they wouldn't be heard.

The conversation between Kadaz and Quina revolved around Quina's three children.

Fang Rui had no chance to interrupt, so he listened quietly and observed his surroundings...

Chapter 610 A Commission

Logically speaking, such a wide river should have a rich variety of fish living in it, and the same applies to the number of monsters.

However, during his observation, he did not see any trace of monsters. It was because there were too many sailboats in that section of the river, making the water too noisy, which made the monsters refuse to live there.

After all, an overly noisy environment is terrible for both monsters and humans, and is not suitable for living.

Of course, there are magical beasts in the water. They live in deeper waters, but unless there are unforeseen circumstances, they are unlikely to rise to shallower waters, so there is no need to pay special attention to them.

Meanwhile, Quina and Kadaz's conversation had ended.

"What are you looking at?" Kuina asked, a hint of curiosity on her face as she looked at Fang Rui's serious expression.

"I'm wondering how many magical beasts are in the river?" Fang Rui answered the question truthfully.

“I’ve lived here for decades and I’ve only seen a few monsters in the river.”

Kadaz provided the answer, dispelling Fang Rui's doubts.

"It's a safe zone after all, so it's normal that there are no monsters." Kuina explained using game terminology, explaining that the town was a no-combat zone, so it was normal that there were no monsters causing trouble.

In reality, this means that the monsters here have been cleared out several times, resulting in this place being designated as a forbidden zone by nearby monsters, and ordinary monsters no longer dare to approach it.

"Right."

After saying goodbye to Kadaz, Fang Rui and Kuina left the island in the middle of the lake. Instead of traveling on water, they took a small boat arranged by Kadaz to travel between the island and the towns on both sides of the lake.

"What should we do after we get ashore?" Fang Rui asked.

"Go register with the Adventurers' Guild. After all, we're very familiar with how adventurers work."

Accepting and executing tasks is like playing a game.

"Alright! Consider this a way to earn money during the investigation, and also a way to kill time..."

If you spend all your time investigating tedious things while traveling, it can affect your mood to some extent, so it's necessary to distract yourself with other things.

After all, the Adventurers' Guild's missions mostly involve capturing, seizing, protecting, hunting monsters, and investigating disasters...

"After registering, let's go to the food street! I'm quite curious about the cuisine."

"I have no objection. Speaking of which, is there a food street?"

Listening to their conversation, Kadaz muttered to himself, "Such a high level of understanding? I should tell my older brother and sister about this."

For some reason, Kadaz's expression was a little strange.

After registering with the Adventurers' Guild, Fang Rui and Kuina started accepting quests; there weren't many quests listed in the quest log.

Most of the tasks were routine. The two, who had just arrived in the capital, didn't have the energy to wander around, so they accepted a task to get a potion.

To be precise, it was Kuina who accepted the mission, since Fang Rui didn't have the corresponding potion.

As Kuina handed over the mission items, Fang Rui's gaze swept across the crowd in the mission hall. There were many humans and demi-humans, roughly three to one.

Subhumans are mostly cats and dogs, with a few being tigers and wolves.

As for dragon people and snake people, etc., not a single one was seen in the mission hall.

It seems that there are differences in the types of demi-humans, in terms of both quantity and individual value.

"What...are you looking at again?" After receiving the mission reward, Kuina came to Fang Rui's side and asked him this question.

"I'm checking if there are any players..." Fang Rui's answer was part of what he was thinking.

"You can spot it directly?" Quina asked, somewhat curious.

"The detection skill can reveal the target's level," Fang Rui explained. "Generally speaking, ordinary people's levels are below one hundred, while elves, dwarves, dragonkin, and other special races have higher levels, above two hundred..."

"If no one meets the criteria, it's likely a player, or a non-player character created by a player. While we can't guarantee 100% accuracy, it's at least 70-80% likely..."

“Is that so…” Kuina agreed with what Fang Rui said. Ordinary people do not level up as quickly as players, so this selection method is reasonable.