After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 258

Chapter 258: Medical Tour
Melissa’s side, on the other hand, was having quite a lot of fun as everyone else. Her brother gave her a lot of gold as pocket money. However, she was not careless about it. After all, even if Matthew said it was ‘pocket money’, she knew it was a good portion of his savings.

Her custom tour joined with some other groups at first, and she ended up eating quite a bit from the stalls. She had also talked a lot with different people, chatting about the most mundane things.

It had been a long time since she engaged in small talk with strangers.

They passed through several parks, especially the spot old people frequented to exercise together. It was both amusing and heart-warming: the way old people could still live normally in this situation.

Her guided tour, however, soon segregated from the others because she took a personalized medicinal tour, which would end up in two places: the clinic and the pharmacy.

They soon reached the clinic and Melissa couldn’t help but study its structure for a bit. Melissa looked up and saw the large carved signage both in Terran with in an unfamiliar language as a subtitle.

She also noted that the clinic had a similar architectural style as the others. The difference was there were more windows and its facade was relatively wider than the other buildings as it occupied a few more lots.

It was also bustling with activity.

Of course, a clinic having so many people was not a good thing, but the patients themselves seemed to be laughing at themselves and she couldn’t help but smile as she watched.

“So… did you get Betty to agree on a date with you?” A man asked his friend as they exited the building.

The other blushed. “No. I want to at least be her level first!”

“Well, courageous!” His friend said, patting his shoulders. “To the Training Hall!!”

“To the Training Hall!!”

And so they went in a direction, presumably to this so-called Training Hall, even with their bandages.

The guide watched the exchange with her with a similar smile, before turning to look at Melissa to explain. “Our healer is… very beautiful.”

“Hmm, I understand.”

Melissa’s current target was Betty, the NPC healer who was supposedly in here at the moment. And now she just learned that this healer was also very beautiful.

Not knowing what to expect, she entered the health center and was a little startled at the flurry of activities. However, despite the fast-paced actions, Melissa still felt that it was organized and reminded her of modern efficiencies.

There seemed to have been a little accident, and this caused the staff to be particularly busy.

As such, the two of them had to walk near the walls to avoid disrupting the activities. At the same time, the two of them discussed its interior.

“It seems a bit small, especially now that our population is growing. However, I heard another clinic would be built soon. It’s expected to be opened within a week or so,” the guide explained. “It’s to be located near the Southwest gate. It was apparently to deal with the injuries of Beast tides and wars.”

“That’s amazing…” Melissa couldn’t help but say, and the guide looked flattered as if she was praising her directly.

“Yes, yes it is.” She said. If the girl had a tail, Melissa mused it would be wagging now.

It was amusing how the citizens identified so much and so deeply with their territory even only after a couple of weeks. It really took care of them, it seemed.

“Well, I’ll stay here and go around on my own.” She said, standing in front of the clinic. “You can go now, thank you.”

She then handed him some silver. “Keep the change.”

The girl blushed and stuttered a little. “A-Are you sure? You paid for my day.”

Melissa smiled beautifully, her white skin glimmering under the youli stone-filtered sun. “It’s fine, you’ve done more than enough. Thank you very much.”

Seeing that she was serious, the female guide succumbed and just thanked her repeatedly before leaving.

The health center was about 300 square meters large, and it was separated into different areas that handled different urgencies. It was really like a small clinic in Terran, but with a bit more energy.

It was a curious sight. Although a facility like this was normal in Terran, most territories would not have this facility at their level, let alone to this degree. Melissa felt it was amazing. This territory was amazing.

Settling in a corner seat like a wallflower, Melissa continued to observe everything with great interest. There were about a handful of doctors and nurses ambling about and shifting from bed to bed.

On the beds were a combination of civilians and a few guards. She knew they were guards because she saw some with the same uniform making rounds.

She just assumed the guards that came with them wanted to be low-key.

(Although Melissa wasn’t wrong, what she didn’t know was that the uniform was a new thing.

With the advent of Lenny, the guards now enjoyed leather uniforms with special effects as a special benefit. Also included were cotton undergarments with special effects.

This was just released the day prior so the guards that went outside didn’t get to wear them yet.)

Anyway, while Melissa had taken the stance of an observer, she couldn’t help but still worry a bit at the state of the people. Although there wasn’t much blood, they really seemed to be in pain.

There was an amicable woman next to her, seeing her concerned look, told her what happened without her asking. “I heard a party accidentally chanced upon a nest of Fire Ants.

“The guards managed to rescue them, but they also sustained damage.” She shook her head. “Children. They think because they’re not so old like us that they could just amble about anywhere.”

The old woman sighed, “Fortunately, the ants were all level 0s, and there were no casualties, but I heard the bites hurt like hell.”

Melissa’s lips twitch upward a little. How long has it been since she had been spoken to so casually, so randomly, by a stranger she literally just met? “Well, it would teach them a lesson.”

The old woman laughed. She turned her body to face Melissa. “You’re very sensible.” She said, “My name is Mathilda, by the way.”

Melissa was very busy with her job after dropping out and became a shut-in after marrying Higson, so she didn’t know much about current affairs.

She had no idea the woman in front of her used to be a regular on the news.

“Melissa White,” She said with a smile, “I’m here to see the Healer NPC.”

“Oh same as me.” The older woman smiled, “Are you new here?”

“Ah, yes, visitor.”

This interested Mathilda a lot. Most visitors wouldn’t hang around the health center. However, she didn’t pry, instead, she asked about the territory.

“Well, what do you think of it so far?”

Recalling what she had seen so far, a gentle smile graced Melissa’s pale face.

“It’s an amazing place,” She said, “It’s a place that could allow people to be what they can be.”

Melissa paused, looking at everything with a smile. “And that is such a wonderful thing.”