After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 379

Chapter 379: Anniversary (Part 2)
Althea stared blankly, absorbing, and Garan waited patiently for her to do so. When it occurred to her, her eyes widened. “What?”

He laughed and repeated, “Happy anniversary.”

He kissed her cheek as he took out a beautiful wooden box, obviously bespoke from Baron’s specialty craftsmen.

Althea was startled, she had completely forgotten!

She didn’t open the gift immediately, feeling guilty.

Although it was always Garan who celebrated it more back when they started dating, she had at least never forgotten about their anniversary.

And this was only the second year after marriage!

“I’m sorry, I—”

Some tears lined up her eyes, feeling heavy, and Garan kissed her eyes to stop it. He truly didn’t mind.

“It’s fine, my love. Besides, the dates here are different,” He said. Garan had calculated this date according to the Terran years, and they would celebrate their next ones according to the local calendar, which would be in about a couple of weeks.

He shifted to sit behind her, placing his protective arms around her and holding her arms, encouraging her to see her gift. “Open your gift.”

Althea tried to push down the guilt and sadness, knowing it was rude to the gift-giver to show a frown when opening the gift. She sniffed, slowly opening the box to see its contents.

Her eyes dilated at the unique gemstones the size of her thumb. It was amazingly beautiful, shimmering and endless.

It was like a universe was inside.

Immediately, she used her ability to see what it was.

[Space Stone (Lv3): A stone that naturally contains compressed space. Gives 50 cubic meters unmerged and 25 cubic meters if merged with existing space]

“!!”

Her eyes widened into saucers and she whipped her head to look at her husband, who had been watching her reaction with an amused smile.

Space stone!! She had heard of these treasures! She thought only Eagle got lucky!

And it was just as she needed, too! After all, the warehouse was only accessible within territory grounds. She often had to go outside!

She looked at her husband with so much wonder and admiration that Garan’s body had a reaction.

It had to be said: Receiving admiring gazes from the woman they love is very, very, useful to men’s ego.

Althea gave her husband a sweet peck on the cheeks and a loving hug, before parting with him and looking down at her hands, returning her attention to the stone.

[Would you like to merge Space Stone (Lv3) to your current space?]

Yes.

As she selected the option, the dusty screen exploded and expanded around her. Soon, a faint image of a bigger box overlayed over her existing space.

She saw the arrows indicating the axis of expansion. She naturally chose to merge with her integral space.

She mused what items she’d be placing to maximize the space and what axis she needed to prioritize more.

For instance, there would be times when she’d need to uproot trees and shrubs and it would be lovely to get them in the space.

Of course, she knew she couldn’t keep them there for too long before they died. Terran trees could more or less last without light, water, or carbon dioxide for a couple of weeks at most, so she reckoned a day or two in the space would be fine for the local vegetation.

In the end, she settled for a floor dimension of 2.5 meters by 5 meters, with a height of over 2.5 meters—which was just about enough height for young trees.

With this, she could fit in 3 or 4 small trees, and even more smaller plants.

As for why she chose the exact dimensions, it was because she wanted to be a nerd and wanted to apply the golden ratio. Anyway, it seemed to be just about what she’d needed anyway.

Without further ado, she absorbed the stone and felt a slight force surround her, immediately compressing towards her.

Her emerald eyes watched as her small 1 cubic meter space slowly expanded to a 25-cubic-meter one, and it was fascinating.

She excitedly looked at a random large item—the chaise lounge—in the room and placed it in the corner of the new space to test.

Her eyes widened in amazement when it settled without any problems and her naked self jumped into her husband’s arms.

“My husband is amazing!!!” She yelled, giving him continuous pecks on the lips, which he enjoyed very much.

“That’s not all,” he said, struggling not to jump at her. He dare not disrupt his own gift-giving.

“There’s more in the box,” he said with a smile.

Althea paused and turned to look at the box and opened it. She saw a beautifully crafted metal ring. Embedded on it was the most beautiful gem in the universe—the space stone.

Another one?

!!!

“H-Husband, I—”

This is too precious.

And this detail… she wondered which craftsman he got—

But the thought stopped as she recognized this particular type of steel with her appraisal skill.

It was her husband’s.

Immediately, she knew that he must’ve crafted it himself.

Tears lined up her eyes and she immediately felt herself being embraced.

“You’re more precious,” he said as his chin rested on her head. He then parted from her and she looked up to see his warm smile. He took the ring and placed it on her other ring finger.

She buried her head in his arms, incredibly touched. She sat comfortably on his leg as she raised her hand to look at the stone.

Her hands were very beautiful and well-sculpted. The gorgeous ring and stone complimented it too well.

Garan stared closely and thought in relief that he finally found it: The gem that could complement his wife’s hands.

Garan grabbed her hand and placed it against his warm lips. His other arm wrapped around her naked torso, hugging her tightly.

“It can be enclosed like this,” He said, showing a little contraption to cover the gem. “To guard from coveting eyes.”

Indeed it was a treasure, it could be dangerous to show it off. With this thought, Althea decided to try to place it in the other space, just in case.

[Unmerged Space could not be integrated]

Alas.

So it was a very good thing that she could hide it as needed.

Then, she seemed to have realized something.

“Space stone…what about yours?”

“My space is enough for me. You having it is a relief to me.”

“But…”

He chuckled and kissed her lips, “My space is rarely full. It would be a waste on me.”

Althea looked at him and determined he wasn’t lying. She still felt guilty, though.

Althea changed positions so she could straddle her husband and she wrapped her arms around him.

She placed a soft kiss on his lips. “I wish I prepared a gift,” she mumbled, absentmindedly placing several pecks on his face. “Don’t worry, I will—”

Before she could finish, her back was already on the soft bed and she was staring up at her husband.

He leaned down and licked her ears. “You are already the greatest gift,” he said, voice hoarse from lust.

His hands slid to her thighs, opening them up. He didn’t do anything for a while and only looked at her in her most vulnerable form.

She covered her face, embarrassed, and unconsciously tried closing her legs. Garan just found it so cute and he chuckled as he bent over to hover over her, supporting his weight with his arms, keeping her legs open with his thigh.

He freed a hand to take hers off her face, and he admired her shy beautiful face. They had always been open with their affections and they had made love so many times, but she still showed her occasional shyness like this.

He lifted both hands above her head,and leaned down to taste her lips. He took it slow, as if sampling, and they just felt each other’s simple presence like this before allowing things to heat up more and more, until Garan couldn’t take it anymore.

“Hnng~” She moaned as she was skewered, and he groaned as he felt his wife’s warm folds take hold of him, sucking out his soul.

Garan just thought he could stay here forever.

“Wife…” he panted, burying his head on her soft shoulders as he drowned in pleasure. Her arms wrapped around his wide shoulders for support, squeezing her softness against his hard chest.

She shut her eyes as she felt his length throb inside of her, sending pleasing electricity down her spine. She could only gasp and moan as he started to move his hips in plunder.

Very soon, the erotic sounds of groans, moans, and slapping skins would echo across the room—the symphony made by a beautiful couple performing nature’s most intricate dance.

They wouldn’t get out of the room until well after sunrise the next day, with a level 8 Althea’s hips—to her gruntlement—feeling quite uncomfortable the whole time.

In annoyance, she thought: Body upgrading is a scam!