After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 330

At this time, Althea was lounging in her living room, bonding with the children.

"You grow up so quickly…" Althea mumbled as she rolled her babies on the cot. Clearly only a month old, but they were already on the verge of crawling. (Well, if dragging one’s little butt to move counted as crawling).

"Hnghbgmm…" Little Pepper mumbled, her clear blue eyes looking at her, while Little Meatball drooled all over.

"Ghamnnngh…" Meatball drooled so much some started to flow to where Pepper was.

Little Pepper felt the wetness and her face scrunched, rolled over, dragging her body—almost crawling—stomach down.

Althea giggled.

She leaned down to place kisses on the two babies and pondered whether to guide them on their crawling journey or let nature take its turn.

Before she did so however, a blaring alarm sounded around the whole territory, followed by vibration of the walls getting hit.

Althea frowned, her spine straightened in tension, whipping her head to face a direction—

They’re here!!

…

"I’m counting on you…" she told Lola, who took her babies into her arms. Yana was already preparing the place they would place the kids.

It was located in the living room, but with a clean new cot added. It was filled with toys they bought a day prior, just for babysitting duties.

At this time, Mathilda had already gone out to her team, handling their scope, leaving the two old women there wanting to contribute somehow.

Fortunately, Althea knocked on their door, asking them for help, allowing them to do a bit more for the territory. Or, to be more accurate, one of the people carrying it on her back.

"No problem," Lola said, but she couldn’t help but look at Althea worriedly.

She heard from Mathilda before she left that the monsters outside were far stronger than what they had encountered so far. No one was certain how they would truly fare against these monsters.

"Be careful out there," Lola said, and Yana—who just returned from setting up the play place—nodded in agreement. She also took one baby in her arm, and Lola did the same.

"Please try not to get hurt."

"Of course." Althea said with a smile, "Thank you for always being available to care for the kids. I can only fight with little worry for them because of this."

"We love the children don’t worry," Lola shook her head, feeling that they didn’t deserve so much praise. She then looked at the babies and let them face their mother.

"We are all waiting for you to get back safe and sound. Aren’t we, little kids?" She said, and the two old women held the babies’ hands to help them wave at their mum.

The babies had long been teary, as if sensing that their mother was risking her life.

"Mmmahmanggg…"

"Googmmmgmmm…"

Althea smiled and wiped the babies’ tears. They were so well-behaved to not be making a scene despite wanting to.

"Mommy will come back very soon~" She said, kissing them many times before reluctantly walking away, this time without turning back.

The two old women listened as the little babies whimpered, but were otherwise well-behaved.

It was amazing and it also broke their hearts.

The old women sighed as they watched Althea’s back—so lithe and brave—go farther and farther until she was no longer in sight.

"Such a wonderful woman," Lola said, heaving a deep breath and lulling the baby in her arms to relax and not be too sad.

Yana also lifted a baby up and gestured to take him to the play place, hoping to distract them a bit.