After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 263

Chapter 263: Best Friend (Part 2)
Althea was helping the babies roll around when the expected knock came. “I’ll get it,” She said, and Harold nodded to take the babies in her arms.

Harold shook his head with a smile, cooing at the babies who were startled by the sudden separation from their soft and fragrant mother.

“Aww, c’mon kids, let your mother meet her friend.” he gently said, and after a few moments, the babies did stop squirming. The old man smiled, wrinkles forming on the side of his eyes, and he lifted his head to look in the direction of the door.

The boss may not look so excited outwardly, but anyone who knew her could see her eyes brightened at the sound and her steps were faster than usual.

Outside, Althea opened the gates with a bit of urgency. Immediately, she saw the beautiful woman with long golden curls and a curvaceous body. Even if she was a little dirty due to the current situation, she was still very attractive.

Terran had undergone major globalization a hundred years prior, so every country on the planet was of mixed races. However, among all her acquaintances, Winona was one of the more exotic-looking ones with her silvery-gold hair and silvery-blue eyes.

The moment the gate fully opened, revealing her, the girl’s image flashed by and Althea was wrapped in a huge hug a second later.

“Ohh! Altheaaaa!!” The blonde sobbed, and Althea’s eyes twitched as she felt snot on her neck. “I missed y–”

The girl’s words stopped at the realization of something. She abruptly parted with Althea, placing her hands on her shoulder.

The woman looked at her up and down with a pale face, eyes staying on her stomach.

“The babies—”

Althea smiled, gently patting the girl’s shaking hand on her shoulder. “They’re fine.” She said with a soothing voice, but the fact they were ‘premature’ didn’t ease the other woman’s worries.

“Let me show you.” Althea just said, putting her hand on the other girl’s and pulling her in the house. “Rest assured, they’re both very healthy.”

“Well, if you say so…” Winona mumbled, but it did put her heart to rest somewhat. Althea was brutally honest with her and wouldn’t sugarcoat these things.

Anyway, it was only now that Winona managed to appreciate the house and the yard.

Despite her remaining worries, Winona couldn’t help but whistle at the masterpiece-of-a-house she was looking at. “Damn. You really know how to live wherever you’re thrown in, huh?”

This was true. There were plenty of times they had to camp due to work, and somehow Althea managed to live comfortably every time.

Whether it was multifunctional tents, pre-prepared hot foods, ultra-effective mosquito repellants, or whatever, Althea would always look like she was on a leisure outing.

At this point, Winona couldn’t help but make a joke. “Girrrll. To be honest, I always doubted that zombies or monsters could kill you. I just thought the plants here could.”

Althea’s steps paused a bit. Could she say it really almost happened?

Fortunately, they were already at the door and Winona saw the children as soon as she came in, distracting her from this line of questioning.

She squealed at the sight of the babies and their chubby cheeks and rounded eyes.

“Oh my, are these the twins?! They’re SO CUTE I’M GONNA DIEEEE.”

The blonde gasped at the cute-attack and wanted to run to them but was held back by Althea by the collar. “You’re dirty. Take a bath.”

“Oh, whoops!”

She looked at her embarrassing state, a far cry from her usual high-end and always well-put image.

She cleared her throat and looked at Althea embarrassedly.

Althea chuckled and pulled out a small box from the space. Winona didn’t know what to expect but then she saw that inside it were shampoos and soap that Althea got from Terran.

The other girl sparkled, looking at the hygiene products as if they were bars of gold.

Then… tears lined up her blue eyes, making the adults flinch.

The beautiful woman didn’t bother with her image though. She just sniffed, very touched by the gesture, and proceeded to glomp at Althea, hugging her tightly before sobbing again.

“I LOVE YOU!!”

As always, Althea is the best!

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Winona came out of the bathroom an hour later. “Sorry, I just haven’t had a good bath for so loonngg!” She said with a smile, not much of an apologetic expression on her face.

“Your house is amazziinng, you have a water tank of your own! In Vismont, we had to get water from the well on our own for a price.” She said going straight to her and the children. She flopped down the mat and then cooed the babies in Althea’s arm and took one of them.

Her heart softened into a puddle at the baby girl’s softness, kissing her cheeks, before continuing with her rant. “Well, at least Vismont had a well. The first territory sucked big time!”

Althea chuckled at her lively storytelling and stood up, guiding her friend to the dining room. “You seem to have been through a lot.”

This excited the gregarious Winona, setting herself for another long story. “I can’t tell you quick enough, it was sooo unbelievable. When grandma and I migrated, we—”

Her chatter abruptly came to a halt when she saw the food on the table. She had been around the territory for a few hours so she naturally knew the food culture here was unbelievable. If she didn’t overhear Althea’s name as she shopped around, it was estimated she would still be eating at a random stall.

“Okay let’s talk later.” She said, sitting down to eat.

Althea chuckled at this and turned to Harold. “This is Harold, he’s in charge of our food. There are two others currently outside. The other kids are Theo and Harold’s daughter Maya.”

Winona was always particularly polite to people who cooked her meals. She smiled and greeted the old man, as well as the children. This house was filled with children—such cute ones, too.

So Happy.

She always liked children. Too bad she was an only child.

Then she paused and looked at Althea with a rare mood. Although she was living the life now, Winona knew it must not have been easy for a pregnant woman alone in the apocalypse.

When the disaster happened, if her grandmother wasn’t with her, she may have run straight to Althea, her pregnant best friend with a missing husband.

She also knew ‘that guy’ was also on a business trip, leaving Althea alone, which made her even more flustered and guilty.

All this time, even when she and her grandma were suffering, her mind often dazed off in worry for this pregnant best friend.

Still, they found each other in the end, didn’t they?

“I’m glad you’re okay.” She said as she gripped the other girl’s hand, “Truly.”

Althea smiled. “You too.”

There were so many detours, but the two of them were together again, and that meant so, so, much to them both.