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

Oslo could feel his siblings’ teasing grins.

Oslo cleared his throat. ”Everyone here is very casual.” He said, ”Try to be arrogant and you won’t get anywhere.” He said, looking pointedly at Obi, who sneered at him.

”What are you looking at me for?” Obi asked. He was obviously very polite!

Olga shook her head at the idiot little brothers, but she was quickly distracted by the shops abutting the sidewalk. They had been through a few of them, but there were just so many shops she reckoned a week wouldn’t be enough!

She looked at Oslo, wondering if the place they were taking the was really all that. ”Where are we going again?” She asked. She wondered if maybe—maybe—they could go look around these shops first!

”The supermarket,” he said, ”It sells most of what I brought you.”

This effectively pulled the others’ attention from the shops and their pace quickened to the market street.

On their way there, they saw the corner store being prepared for an opening. They knew this because there were beautiful flower arrangements being set up.

Also, there was a large sign saying ’Grand Opening’, so there was that.

”Oh? This is a nice location,” Otto said, admiring the prime piece of real estate.

Their pace slowed down a bit as they looked at the preparations, and the babies in the stroller started shifting as reached out in a direction, as if trying to reach out to the shop.

”Mwamamama…”

”Googmamaaa…”

The babies cooed passionately from the strollers as if calling for someone. Ansel smiled, poking their chubby faces. ”So you know your mama is often here, eh? Smart babies~” he paused, ”Sadly, she’s not here today.”

”Ah,” Oslo mused, suddenly remembering, ”Miss Althea’s beauty shop would open later in the day, right?”

”Yep!” Ansel said, before shifting to the only woman in the group. ”They sell beauty products—whether it is for smoother skin, lovely fragrances, you name it—I guarantee you’ll love them!”

Olga was naturally very interested in the shop and they promised her they’d pass by later during its opening in another hour.

Speaking of women-friendly stores, they also had to drag Olga (and Otto) from the fascinating clothing stores on that street. They had released new designs and the twins were hell-bent on having a few copies.

Anyway, after many adventures, the group eventually arrived in view of the supermarket, albeit having to stop a bit far because of the queue. New products were out today after all, and everyone wanted to make sure there were some stocks in their houses—whatever the products were!

As always, opportunistic stall owners brought their products near the customers and they happily ate the finger foods while they waited.

”Here, here! This is delicious!” Mimi said, putting something in Honda’s mouth. He flushed a bit, but he forgot about his shyness when he tasted a different type of sweetness.

”It’s mini gouji fruit tanghulu!” Mimi said with a cute smile. ”It’s delicious!

”Do you like it?” She asked and the little blonde boy nodded in response.

Yes, he did.

…

The group entered the building and the newcomers were immediately hit and fascinated by the plethora of products.

It was their first time with such an arrangement and they immediately followed what the others were doing, taking their own carts and getting what they wanted.

There was a new products display area up front though, so they ended up there first.

Otto looked at the sign, which was written in Xenoan Universal Language, but odd alien symbols were right below it. ”Soy and Peanut products?”

There was someone manning the new products area, and he had a small table with leaf cups in front of him, there were also bite-sized breads with light brown jam on top of them. ”Peanut products! Peanut snacks and peanut butter! Free taste~!”

People loved free taste, so his yell naturally attracted even more shoppers to congregate where he was. The Golds followed curiously and took a bit.

It was a curious taste, the jam was soft, but very addicting, especially when placed on a small piece of bread. The chewy snacks had a similar aftertaste and were a pleasure to eat. It also had a mixture of sweet and salty taste, an interesting combination.

They all bought several sets of each.

Right next to the peanut butter section was the soy section, which also had a stall for free taste. The queue was long by this time, but they patiently waited.

Oslo told them many times their noble status meant nothing here (except maybe they were rich and were more attractive to merchants), so they shouldn’t expect a lot of special treatment.

Anyway, they wanted new experiences, so why not do stuff like everybody else?

”Soy milk, soy cheese, soy butter!” the salesman yelled and they looked at Oslo, who also shook his head because he had no idea.

Ansel chuckled, though he didn’t know how to explain ’milk’ or its different kinds to them. ”Just taste it later. It’s delicious and healthy for you.”

Not far from them, people in the queue also began to chatter. They were especially easy to listen to because most people in the line were ogling at the Golds, Ansel, or the children. They were enjoying themselves for the most part but it was getting a bit awkward since they had to stay in place to line up.

The best way to take away their attention was to eavesdrop.

”I hear the bloats are also producing every day,” someone said. His companion gasped and looked very excited.

”Really?”

”They only supply Harold’s restaurant for now though…”

Otto’s eyebrows rose and he looked at Ansel. ”Bloats? That animal with barely good meat?”

”Hmn,” Ansel said, ”You’ll see it when it becomes available, but we know how to handle the infamous white juice.”

”The white juice?” The Golds exclaimed a bit, surprised.

Even Oslo looked at him weirdly.

Altera was really creative, but was the white juice really edible?