After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 578

Tanod hadn’t been rehired again for a few weeks, so he had no choice but to dorm in the Chancery, paying for the accommodations while waiting to get a job.

This was another risk in the chancery. If no territory chose to hire you, you had no choice but to pay for not-so-cheap accommodations in the Chancery. After all, they had to be accessed quickly if a territory decided to hire them.

It was taking a lot longer than usual though. Typically, fighters would be hired within 1 to 2 weeks, and much longer for auxiliary roles like cleaners, etc.

After all, it was much cheaper for territories to just hire local people and just get them to sign an oath rather than hire people they couldn’t punish or hurt when they wanted to.

At the same time, after some thoughts (while he stared at the ceiling waiting), it wasn’t hard to see why it was harder for him to get hired this time.

Although territories would not see their records, the chancery definitely prioritized hires with ’cleaner’ records—that was to say, lesser turnover rates—than others.

So, he ended up just accepting he would be staring at boring walls and ceilings in this small room for a few more days, or even another week.

His brother Tambai, on the other hand, didn’t have to wait as long. He entered the chancery of the nearby town to him when his brother—hundreds of miles away—had been rotting for weeks.

It so happened that a certain woman had been perusing all the options the past few days and the options before them had been passed over, soon reaching them.

It was Tanod who had been hired first, and immediately after his brother was hired. He didn’t even have the time to absorb the new room when he felt the teleportation array behind him activated again. He found himself turning his body to watch, and his eyes widened when he saw who was standing in the circle.

He froze in place, unable to comprehend that such a good thing happened to him!

Tambai emerged from the array and looked out to see an unusually decorated room. However, the first one his sights zoned into was a man who was standing in front of him.

"Tanod?!"

"Tambai?!"

The two brothers immediately ran to each other to hug, tears crawling down their faces. It had been a few years since they last saw each other! How unbelievable to see family again!

Althea—who was sipping tea on the sofa—watched with interest. When she had unlocked the possibility of hiring more, she naturally decided to use all slots so she didn’t have to repeat instructions. However, this was the first time she actually found 2 decent hires in a day, and they even knew each other!

She let the two sob their hearts out for a bit before speaking.

"Have some snacks while you catch up," she said, making the two men flinch—remembering that not only were they not alone, but the other person was probably the lord!

They bowed a bit, guilty. Although a lot of the lords they encountered were idiots who were weaker than they were, they still knew to show their respect. After all, annoying the lords could get them blacklisted from the chancery!

She shook her hand and then pointed at the seats beside her. "Stop bowing and come eat with me," she said and it was only now they absorbed the sound of her voice—which was too feminine compared to what they were used to.

It was only now that they recognized the lord… was a woman? Although they existed, they were very rare!

The brothers lifted their heads to look, and they couldn’t help but gape.

So beautiful!

"How long are you going to stare?"

"AH! WE APOLOGIZE!" They yelled almost kneeling and Althea rolled her eyes.