After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 781

Chapter 781: Various Marriage Customs
“Next agenda: Weddings.”

The aborigines looked at each other, quite intrigued by what this implied. Althea wondered if they had a different concept of what it was. She knew they had it, as there were husbands and wives here.

“I’m referring to Weddings as in the official union of man and woman into a single family unit,” she said, though she was certain something similar existed since they had words for it.

“How are the ceremonies in your places?” She asked. Since places were relatively isolated except for wars, she assumed there would be different customs for weddings.

She was right.

“In our region around Bleulle, the main ceremony is done with symbolic tying of the hands of the bride and groom, using braided hair from both of them. There are other ceremonies signifying their vows.”

Bluelle was around the middle area of the Human territory, and it was safe to assume this was one of the more common practices.

“In our region, Gouji fruit wine is exchanged in a familial setting,” Brenda said, “We also do the hair knots, but it’s done with ropes tied by the couple before the wedding.”

Brenda’s Glaston Town and Clutch’s Village were more on the far South.

“Well, in Terran we simply hold ceremonies inviting friends, family, and maybe acquaintances depending on the couple.

“Then a reception party would be held afterward.”

“I want things inclusive so people would hold weddings as they wanted and simply register to the Civil Affairs Office.

“The Officiators would be any respected individual per culture,” she said.

The aborigines smiled. After being affected by Alterra for so long, it wouldn’t be a surprise if people decided to follow everything Alterran. They identified so much with the place already, after all.

Althea didn’t know yet what was going on in the aborigines’ heads and they continued with the discussions. “Now I ask, in Xeno, what’s the difference in dynamic upon marriage?”

Oslo thought for a while, “The woman would become a part of the man’s family, as she was in her maternal family,” he said. “She would then be obligated to serve that family as its daughter-in-law and make sure the children grow and are raised well.”

“As far as I know it’s pretty much the same all over,” he said, looking at the others, who nodded in agreement.

It’s similar to Terran, especially those of ancient times, where women were just following whatever man they tied with. From young, she’d be following her family or the patriarch, then her husband after marriage, and then to her son after her husband passed.

The variances between the regions would be the strictness, but overall it was the same patriarchal society. Althea nodded, looking at Mathilda who was no doubt making drafts of family laws in her head.

“Adjourned.”

…

The meeting ended early in the afternoon. “Should we pick up the babies?” she asked, wondering if they should fetch the babies in the clinic or if it was too early.

When she got no answer, she realized her husband was in a daze. “What are you thinking?”

“In this world, we’re not married yet,” he mumbled without thought, making her blink. He seemed to have realized what he blurted out and his steps paused. They stared at each other, and silence passed between them.

“Althea!” the moment was broken when someone called her name. They turned to see Mathilda approaching. “I have some inquiries about the new rules…”

“I need to go to the barracks,” Garan uttered next to her and she turned to stare at him. She was fairly sure he had already delegated the work done there. “The barracks had an emergency meeting,” he said with a straight face, as if to answer her unasked question.

He leaned down and kissed her forehead. “I’ll be late. Don’t wait for me,” he said, finally heading away.

Althea’s emerald eyes watched the figure of her husband disappear—her mind reeling in thought—though because Mathilda was there for a short discussion, that topic was pushed aside for now.

On the way home, his words rang in her ears and made her blink, so she locked herself in her lab for the remainder of that day, making sure to finish before he returned home.

There was something different about Garan when he went home late that night. “How was the meeting?” she asked. She was sitting alone on the sofa, reading on her tablet.

“It’s okay,” he said, looking at her with such dark eyes it felt a little burning.

“Where’re the others?” he asked, voice a little raspy, and she looked at him to answer his question.

“Everyone’s in another villa,” she said, and Garan’s breath deepened, the ember in his eyes now burning forests. Althea squirmed in her seat, obviously affected.

“Take a bath first,” she said, though instead of just heading away, Garan approached her and lifted her up from the sofa.

“Join me.”

The entire villa was locked, left for the couple the entire night.

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AUTHOR’S NOTES

I found out that the reason why a lot of you hadn’t joined the discord Reader Lounge is because discord is an alien species to you. I was the same. When I first downloaded it for a game, it confused me so much I deleted it immediately.

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