After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 105

Aberdeen City, 22 years prior

"Upgrade, upgrade!" A sweet milky voice chanted, excited, putting a small smile at the faces of the people around her.

They were currently in a small but colorful snack store. It was quite popular, as shown by the occupied tables even in the dead hours of early afternoon.

At this time, the young cashier chuckled at the hyper adorable little girl below the counter, waiting for her grande order of ice cream.

Although she and her brother were dressed a bit shabbily, they both had clean temperaments and good looks that people would think they were child actors wearing costumes.

Anyway, the clerk just felt she was adorable, and added a few more fries into her order. "Thank you for your patronage."

"Yay! Thank you Mister~"

The tray was dutifully taken by an older boy, very handsome, and the girl tottered to follow him to their seats. "Thank youuu Wanwan~"

Garan smiled as he placed the tray on the table, leaning down a bit. On cue, the little girl gave the older boy a slimy peck on the cheek which only made him happy.

He patted her head and served her her food, placing them neatly in front of her and easy to reach, leaving just a bit for himself.

The young Althea noticed this and frowned, placing more food on his plate "Wanwan is much bigger than Althea. Wanwan must eat more." She said with finality and the young Garan couldn’t help but pinch her plump cheeks.

He did not reject her kindness. His angel had always been very kind.

"Ok, okay. Thank you Althea." He said, picking up a bite to eat under her stare.

Satisfied with his obedience, Althea cutely nodded in approval before eating her own food, happily chewing this rare treat.

Her already chubby cheeks puffed as she chewed and her bright eyes lit up brighter every bite.

Garan already felt full watching her satisfied. If he could afford treating her more, he would, sadly he was a kid and there was a limit to how much he could earn.

In any case, he thought cleaning up the mess hall everyday to get a few more bucks was too worth it.

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Guia Village, subsidiary village of Ferrol Town, Present

Garan looked through the scope, one of the few surviving tools during the transfer, and stared at the direction of the fog, trying to see if there were any changes whatsoever.

Seeing that there was none, his strong jawline tightened and his eyebrows furrowed deeply.

Garan frankly didn’t know what to feel.

He couldn’t eat well since he found out she could be in this place, perhaps getting chased by monsters, suffering from hunger.

The image itself made his heart hurt so much that he massacred an attacking mob of monsters by himself.