After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1354

Terrans were relieved and touched that they could still see people with good hearts, unconditionally helping other people.

If Terrans were like this, imagine how the aborigines would see it. They definitely did not have an easy time absorbing such practice. Most people would not bother at all, after all.

Of course, there were tens of thousands of people in the associated territories, so there were naturally some bad apples who took advantage of this feature.

There were cases where some family members—some of whom were distant and hadn't talked to the deceased for years—found out about Alterra's beneficiary system and tried to take advantage.

For instance, some, after doing what they could to travel to Alterra, tried to take away the money and points of a dead person.

Some even harassed the official bereaved, especially when the person wasn't blood related to the dead.

Lines like "I am his cousin, you are just someone he met a month ago! Give me the money!" or "Who cares if I haven't seen him in ten years!? I am his MOTHER!!" and so on were commonly said amongst these people.

There were even heavy allegations like: It was the beneficiary who got their 'precious family member' killed so they could get the money.

Alterra sent various warnings of harassment to these people, and some served a few days' sentence in the manual prison, depending on the severity of the crime. If they even made up and spread lies to affect the person's reputation, they would even have an additional libel case.

Other than these things, Alterra also included some news about other territories.

For example, the article also included news about Limestone Valley's war two weeks prior. Newspapers were still a costly thing, so an edition was only published once every two or three weeks, so this was the first time they were publishing about the other war.

The highlights in this one were how Terrans were treated in the aborigine territories, highlighting the fact that they were considered as nothing more than tools that could breathe.

They emphasized this in order to discourage potential betrayers, particularly among Terrans who would side with aborigine territories.

The article also included some experiences of the slaves, with some accounts from Sarah and Gurnam, albeit their names were censored out just in case.

It also highlighted Alterra's course of action, which included sending a letter of request to Voumi Town, asking to sell the slaves back for a fair price. However, as of this time, there was no response.

In any case, Alterra was doing its best for the deal to be as amicable as possible. They didn't want to go through another Town-level war, and not one with a lot of their Terran slaves in the front line.

Unexpectedly, shortly after delivering the newspaper, they received a letter from Rowan when the bird returned!1

Apparently, Rowan's hometown was actually Voumi Town!

In the letter, he indicated some basic information about himself. This was really the first time they knew so much about him.

Rowan did not have parents (his mother died giving birth to him) and he grew up with his grandmother, who was currently staying in a house he was renting.

Before being sent to the Chancery, he had paid for more than a year's worth of rent, and it was about time for him to go back to Voumi to check on her and take her to Alterra. This was why he was about to ask for a month off, anyway.

The only reason he couldn't get her earlier because he was not confident he'd be able to keep the target off his grandmother when he returned prematurely, but now he could, especially if he could get some assistance from Alterra.

He said that his career as a guard there was actually quite decent. He was still young, and his level was acceptable despite not having much of a background.