After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 284

Chapter 284: Leaving (Part 1)
Soon came the time to finally leave, and Althea saw them off to the gates. Kimmy hugged her goodbye, while Micheal shook her hand.

Matthew also extended his hand to shake her hand, though his eyes were fixed on her occupied ring finger.

“Where’s… your husband?” He asked but paused immediately, regaining some of his lost tact. “I mean if you don’t mind me asking.”

“We were not together when the migration happened,” She politely responded, “But he will come for me.”

Althea said so with confidence. Don’t ask her why she knew, it was her intuition.

Matthew stiffly nodded, pushing down the sadness, and politely said goodbye. He then turned his body to join the other two.

The three Lords once again thanked her profusely before heading away, minds still bugged by the plethora of worries they’d have to face, among many other things.

As they walked far, nearing the center, they agreed to separate and meet with their respective teams.

Of course, not without a tad of flirting, courtesy of Kimmy. “If you ever want to have fun, call me~” She said, winking, already figuring out how to upgrade the Village Center to do so.

The two men nodded stiffly, and Kimmy—seeing as neither man wanted to speak with her (for now)—reluctantly went away.

Watching Kimmy leave, Matthew finally couldn’t help but ask Micheal. “I have a question.”

“Ask away.” The other man said with a cool smile as they walked.

“You said before that you know of her family.”

“Did I?”

“Did you know her husband?”

“Maybe.”

“How is he? I mean…”

“I know what you’re trying to ask,” Micheal said with an unchanging voice and Matthew flushed in embarrassment of being seen.

“No one is better, unfortunately.” He made a rare sneer. “Even in his job, he could be said to be the best.”

Matthew paused, blinking. This guy looked so impassive but he really felt very palpable annoyance coming out from him at this moment.

Hey, could it be…Michael had a beef with Althea’s husband?!

“You… have an animosity with him?”

Micheal shrugged. “Well, in our previous life. But not much of that matters now, right?”

Matthew sighed, nodding, though he couldn’t help but feel a bit curious about the details.

The two then reached the inn and separated with their own thoughts, putting other things aside.

No matter what, they had already built their home.

Now they had to do everything to protect it.

….

Some time later, on the side of the inn where the Bellugans stayed in, Raine greeted the Lord when he received news of her return.

“Was the harvest good? Did we get a lot of information?” He paused and thought of the topic that interested their lord the most.

“Did you get close to any of the two lords, milord?”

Kimmy’s shoulder slumped but it was only because she remembered all of Althea’s warnings.

Raine saw her sad and was not surprised, assuming her flirtations didn’t click. Those were powerful men, after all, so he just assumed Kimmy was rejected and hurried to comfort her.

Raine patted her hair and spoke, “Well, Fable did mention a lot of handsome men here. I have indeed seen someone with different hair colors—”

“We have no time for that.” Kimmy cut him off.

Raine was quite startled by Kimmy’s rare seriousness and was even more surprised when she started giving rational orders one after another.

“Buy all the resources you can, we’ll go back to the territory today.” She said, in stark contrast to her plans to stay for a long time and shop her heart out.

Although Raine was a bit confused, he nodded and followed her orders to a tee.

Something serious must’ve happened during that meeting.

…

On Matthews’ side, he met up with his sister at the inn. She was looking at him sheepishly and he was frankly a little scared.

“What is it?”

What he didn’t expect was that Melissa would pull him for a guilty surprise.

She brought him to the luxury area. It was the first time he saw it up close, and he found it difficult to believe other people had luxury areas when his people were just meeting their basic needs.

They passed by the gorgeous gardens with plenty of families and lovers having fun and knew this must be the garden Althea was talking about.

Such a beautiful woman creating such beautiful things…

While it wasn’t to the point that he never had a girlfriend or two, his experience disallowed him to put too much into relationships. It was just that he was not innocent and he knew that he was very attracted to the woman.

Too bad she was already married. And with children.

“We’re here.”

They stopped in front of a villa with a garden, which reminded him of Althea’s house a bit. “I bought it, I paid for the downpayment with the money you gave me.”

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“WHAT?!”

Melissa flinched and hurriedly put her hands together. “Don’t be mad! I’ll pay you back I promise, and I won’t bother you with the monthly payments. I already partnered with Eugene —”

“Who?”

He raised his hand to stop her and breathed in, trying to understand.

He already suffered huge amounts of information overload today, he had to take time to absorb this new thing.

As far as he knew, one could not own real estate in Altera unless they were permanent residents!

“First off… you decided to immigrate without telling me?” He asked, trying to sound calm, but his voice croaked a bit regardless.

Melissa held his arm to comfort him. “No, no. Rather than immigration, think of it as Vismont opening a… branch in Altera.

“I’m planning on making it into a homestead of sorts, renting out the other rooms for an expensive fee. Not everyone can buy these villas after all, and a lot of people would want to experience it.

“Besides, wouldn’t you want to live in such a nice place when you visit? You’ll come often for business won’t you?”

Matthew looked at his sister who’s eyes were wide in apprehension. It calmed his heart a bit, feeling a bit guilty for making his sister—who was five years older than him—so fretful.

It would be a lie to say he wasn’t shocked and a little betrayed, but he had seen how Altera was.

His sister would live here well and safely.

Not to mention the things he heard this morning; Altera was definitely the best Territory to be in after the Protection Period.

But… who’s Eugene?

“He’s…. My new colleague.” She mumbled, unconsciously twirling her hair. “He used to be my senior brother (though we are about the same age)… he is also one of the most important people in the territory!”

“Oh?” He asked, arms crossed.

How could he not see his sister’s flustered state? But he didn’t point it out. She was obviously still very shy about it.

Unexpectedly, her shoulders slumped more, and began to feel teary. His eyebrows furrowed, but he patiently waited for her to speak.

Then, she told him the true reason she decided to stay.

“I… I feel too ashamed to face the people of Vismont.”

Ah.

For a while, the two of them just stood still, one absorbing the surprise and the other thinking of ways to calm him.

In the end, Matthew just sighed. He looked up at the sky as he calmed himself down.

A few moments later, he held his sister’s hand like he always did.

“You did the right thing.” He told her after a long pause.

“As long as you’re happy.”