After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 421

"Tell us more about what you know!" Dog said, grabbing the friend’s arms.

"Alright, alright, fine. Calm down," he said, patting his shoulders, "Ah, it hurts, I might not be able to go hunt today…"

A few silver pieces manifested in front of him and he took them all with a smile.

"I know her because we were refugees together. She was fine and sane, but then Higson’s men took interest in her and tortured her to the point she became like… that." The man mumbled with a sneer.

Dog shook his head. "The lord really has a lot to make up for."

Sunny looked at their friend, "And then? How has she been living until now?"

"She just wonders around, basically. We just feed her occasionally but who can care for her beyond that? Everyone else has their own problems. _{freёwebnoѵel.com}

"That’s all I know," he said, before going away.

The trio looked at each other with extremely heavy hearts.

She was familiar because she reminded him a lot of Koo.

They looked a lot too.

They didn’t know Koo or George before so even if they did encounter their mother in the rescue, they wouldn’t have placed her at all.

But now…

What a tragic family…

And Crow… couldn’t help but think that everything would’ve still been a happy ending had George been alive!

It was his fault—

"Hey man, what are you thinking about again? I could feel your dark atmosphere from a meter away." Dog said, patting his shoulder. Similarly, Sunny also wrapped her arms around him in comfort.

"It’s okay," Sunny said, very gentle, knowing that Crow had been fighting depression since George’s death, and he was only still alive thanks to his sense of responsibility with Koo. "There’s us! We’re taking care of Koo, and it’s only right to take in their mother as well!"

This indeed shook Crow out of his dark thoughts, some light finding his eyes again.

That’s right: it didn’t matter. They would take care of her, too, in place of George.

With decided hearts, they approached the woman who was slowly walking around the territory without a particular direction.

However, as they approached Sunny immediately stopped her two friends. "Wait!" She said, and they both looked at her in puzzlement.

She heaved a deep breath. "You’re strangers! Strange men!"

"Ah, right."

So, in the end, it was only Sunny who approached, as they knew victims of abuse didn’t do well with interacting with men—especially strange ones.

Sunny increased her pace so she could stand well in front of the woman, as if they just encountered somewhere along the way.

"Hello there, Miss!" Sunny said with a smile, but there was no response.

"Hello, we’re friends of Koo!" Sunny said, "Would you like to come with us?"

There was not much response, but the mention of the name did make her head tilt up a bit. Sunny saw this as a good sign and continued speaking, "Koo is our roommate! We actually already moved to a very good house in our very good territory. We would love it if you joined us!

The woman just stared at her, blinking, but she could tell there was a slight light in her eyes.

It was heartbreaking to look at.

Sunny slowly placed her hand on the older woman’s and breathed a sigh of relief when she didn’t pull back.