After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 77

Aberdeen City, 16 years prior

Little Althea looked around her new room in awe. It was very cute, even bigger than the dormitory room she shared with four other girls.

It had pink walls, a large bed, a table so she could draw and study, and a play space with toys! So many toys!!

She counted and there were fourteen stuffed toys. Fourteen!

And ’mom’ and ’dad’, when they showed it to her earlier, told her she had it all for herself!

She turned her little head to look up at the young Garan, who had been watching her reaction.

She grinned and her feet pattered in his direction, opening her arms to his arms.

"Is it our new home?" She asked Garan, who embraced her back, who was feeling sad that it took her so long to find one.

"Hmm…" he said after a while, "Yes. You can now eat all the delicious food you want until you’re full." He paused, apprehensive she’d eat too much and hurt herself.

"As long as it’s healthy." He said, touching her tummy without baby fat, not like the other kids, and his heart broke, "Or else you’d have a tummy ache."

"Okay!" She said, as she hugged him. She couldn’t help but notice how her feet felt the boards warm, unlike the cold tiles of the orphanage.

"So warm…"

Garan smiled. It was now in the middle of fall, and the weather had long gotten colder. They were just too used to the cold and adapted, that she didn’t realize the warmth sooner.

"It’ll be warm, even in winter?"

She lifted her head to look at him in awe, "We won’t get cold in winter anymore?"

He smiled, a little heartbroken, and nodded.

"Hmmm~" she mumbled, burying her little head in his arms. "How nice…"

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Altera Village, present.

As soon as they woke up, the residents of the house except Althea (who was still sleeping rather deeply) had been walking around their new house to see more of their new home.

After all, it was already dark when they settled and they could barely appreciate a thing.

The total floor area of each floor (combining the floor space of 2 modules) was about 240 square meters, not including the added verandahs and balconies strategically added outside certain fenestrations.

Eugene explained that it was to maximize natural ventilation and shade. He even went on to the details (something like temperature siphoning et cetera) which more or less passed by their heads.

However, he did look like he was really enjoying leading them on this little tour around the house.

The coffee-skinned man was very much unlike his depressed self a few days prior, and it could be seen he really liked what he’s been doing for the territory.

"I thought you were a mechanical engineer…"

"I wanted to be an architect too, but I couldn’t draw very well…" Although they could use programs to draw now, there was something special about drawing free hand.

In that aspect, Althea was far superior. He had seen her notebook of plants, and it was admirable.

Harold just smiled and continued asking questions about the house, which Eugene gladly answered.