After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1517

Chapter 1517: Returning Karma

"H-Harold!!" William gasped. "It’s you!!"

The two old men darted to each other, embracing the other with an arm. Tears immediately lined up in their eyes, absorbing the fact that the other was really alive and well.

They parted after a few moments. William patted Harold’s shoulder, though his attention was taken by a little girl holding the other’s hand.

It was an adorable little girl who was looking at him in curiosity.

"Is this little Maya?" he blinked. In retrospect, it had been a few years since he had stayed in the House in Aberdeen City. The child’s height seemed to have shot up to twice as it was.

"Yes!" Harold smiled and then looked behind him. "Say, hello, daughter. Ah, Gina is as pretty as always."

Gina rubbed her cheek in embarrassment. To be honest, the green soap still had some marks on them so their faces had some reddish spots. Nothing major, but not pretty either. It definitely made her self-conscious in front of people she knew from the ’good days’.

"Ah, old guy, you jest," was all she said, blushing though more from embarrassment.

William chuckled and looked at Harold and Maya, seeing as they were nourished and well-dressed. "You live here?"

"Yes! We were fortunate to be among the first inhabitants here," Harold said with a smile. "Do you have any plans?"

"We’re going to the forests to gather resources," he said, and then described the rest of the itinerary.

Harold looked at him and grabbed his shoulder. "I... I’ll help you! Come with me!" he said, practically dragging the former boss elsewhere.

Similarly, Maya held on the Gina’s hand to follow after their dads. The woman flinched at the contact and smiled when she saw who it was, allowing herself to be led elsewhere.

They then said their goodbyes to the others, who could only look on in envy because of their obviously advantaged start.

Anyway, the four people walked several streets, soon passing by communities of midrise buildings.

In anticipation of the large injection of population, a few dormitories and mid-rise buildings were built.

They had to reduce the number of forests and parks by a bit to make room for them, however.

In terms of resource gathering, this was fine because the forests not far outside the walls were still technically part of the territory. This meant that it wouldn’t be too dangerous to forage there, considering there were still plenty of sentries and battlement guards (with the halforcs building a villa) outside.

On the other hand, it also felt sad because many of them had been used to having parks in these places. Of course, they understood this decision, and they just looked forward to the official expansion of the territory.

Anyway, the erection of new dorms meant a lot of openings! Many people from dorms who had been slowly saving up the past few months rushed to rent or pay down payment. In turn, this also freed space among the newcomers to get the dormitory beds.

Alterran dormitories were quite comfortable, especially compared to how refugees lived before coming. However, how could Harold let the former boss live there when he had the ability to do more?

He brought them over to one of the new midrise buildings. Everyone in Althea’s team had at least a property under their name. Even if they weren’t using it, they’d rent it out or reserve it for friends they’d find in the future.

Harold had one reserved for Maya when she grew up (he was very advanced), but he could just buy her one later. Anyway, he had insider information and knew where the next expansions would be. He’d get one in an even better location for future Maya.

For now...this one would be for someone else.

William and Gina gaped at the tall 7-storey building that had no business in a Level 1 Town.

It even had an elevator!

"This..."

"What?"

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