After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 153

Mathilda opened the door to see a beautiful woman and extremely adorable children staring at her.

She couldn’t help but give out a large smile. "What are you doing here?" The older woman asked, pleasantly surprised.

Matilda then leaned down to take a closer look at the babies. "Did you miss grandma?" She asked, kissing them.

She often visited Althea and the babies in their house, of course, but she was excited to see them at her own house.

"Come in, come in." Mathilda smiled, leading them inside.

The farmvilla Matilda was living in was occupied by her team of 12. Most of them were young people, like Drake, who had found either employment or business in the territory—a lot of whom were in the hunting/meat supply business.

Only two old women with Mathilda stayed at home to care for the garden and do the housework.

At this time, they seemed to be planting Fuyu, a vegetable similar to cabbage. "Old Yana was well known for her pickled vegetables." Matilda, seeing where she was looking, said with a smile.

"Although we’ve sold one batch so far, they sold out quickly."

The two old women noticed them and didn’t care much, until they saw the babies and their eyes sparkled.

As they approached, their eyes shone with bright light and—after asking permission— they washed their hands and carried the babies with them to the lush garden.

They absolutely adored the children with the third woman, Lola, lifting up Little Meatball as if she didn’t have back problems, and the other Yana, was talking to Little Pepper and cooed every syllable as if the baby could understand.

"Don’t worry about them." Mathilda said, knowing full well Althea, who had an extremely busy schedule, wouldn’t be here just for a visit.

She then led the young woman to her veranda, which had the required set for tea.

Mathilda turned her head to the younger girl and led the way. "Shall we?"

…

The two women sat around a circular table in the verandah. A few earthenware tea cups were there, and Mathilda made her a simple cup of tea.

"Is there anything I can help you with?"

Althea nodded. "Actually, the territory is getting bigger. Other than administrative staff, the territory will also need a… face."

This was another function of the administrative team.

From what she gathered from the gossip about refugees and NPCs, contact with other territories was inevitable.

The village center was limited to within the territory. She could not make announcements in the name of the system somewhere else, at least not in her current level. This would cause a lag of communication between territories.

"May I assign you as the territory spokesperson? I will announce it in the name of the territory system."

Mathilda was a bit surprised. "Is this alright?"

Althea nodded. She definitely didn’t want to be released as Lord for now. After all, how could she charge so much if people had a face they could haggle with?

Besides, Mathilda wouldn’t be in danger of being mistaken as the Lord during territory wars because she was with many people when the territory was established. It was not possible that she built the territory under their noses.

As soon as Mathilda nodded, the familiar magical screen appeared in front of her.

[Altera Village System determined you are eligible for the job of ’Elder for Internal and External DIplomacy’

Wage: 500 copper/day, free residency,

100 contribution/day

Do you accept?

YES | NO]

"Oh?" Mathilda’s eyebrows rose in interest. "What’s my job description?"

"Basically you represent the territory outside. Inside, when there are conflicts, I hope you can settle them. Anyway, Drake follows your orders a lot. Just right."