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

Alterra.

At this time, the Gold siblings were walking around, eating and drinking various juices with bamboo straws. They still looked like tourists even after so many days.

Well, except for Honda, who was playing with his new friends somewhere…

Apparently, a so-called school will start the next day, and the children’s time to play will be limited. So now, the group of youngins were running around, doing every game they could think of.

To be honest, it was a heartwarming image. They had never seen Honda so… carefree before.

Other families might see this as too loose and improper, but the Golds had always been open-minded. In fact, the more they stayed, the guiltier they felt that the other family members were not here. It really felt like they were slacking off…

After walking around for a bit more, their feet paused when they saw a crowd in front. They seemed to be forming in front of a store by the plaza. There were sounds and music and cheers and they knew for sure the was a new shop opening.

This was one of the larger shops left unused for quite some time, which was really obvious because the rest of the area was very lively.

It seemed like it was finally put into use.

There were also plenty of stalls and walking merchants around, selling food and drinks to the people watching the show and waiting for the store’s opening.

They were selling typical food that the Golds had tasted many times (not that they’d stop anytime soon) but this was why when an unfamiliar snack appeared, they knew it was a new one.

”Popcorn! Popcorn!” they yelled. ”Celebrate the opening of the new Territory shop with POPCORRRNNN!!”

Many people turned to the shop with sparkling eyes.

”Whoa, wait! We have it now!”

”FINALLY!”

These shops were immediately mobbed, the citizens practically throwing money.

Popcorn kernels had been made available in the grocery store (in limited quantities) a few days back. Now, a few days later, at least ten stalls all around the village had begun selling the goods.

There were some classic flavors like cheese (made from Broat Milk), barbeque, and sour cream. There were also innovative flavors like Gouji flavor and the minty Papra flavor, among many others.

”GAH SO COOL!”

The excitement naturally made the guests very curious. They lined up with everyone and they soon got close enough to be seen by the person manning the stall.

”Oh my, it’s our gorgeous golden guests!” The stall owner yelled, very sincerely, and it made the Golds blush a little.

There was something about loud sincere compliments that made even the thick-skinned Otto shy.

The owner’s smile was wide as ever, selling his products with pride.

”Try our soft chewy snacks that you would never get tired of! Various flavors available! Taste one to see which one you’d like the most!”

He waved his hand over the various bowls attached to his shop sill.

The Golds looked curiously at the different bowls with small puffy things of differing colors inside. The Golds tentatively took a piece of each and tasted.

They blinked. It was nothing really mind-blowing at first—not like the other food with an explosion of flavor that characterized most Alterran cuisines—but they found the taste and texture very, very interesting!

They could see the appeal, especially after a few specific flavors.

Its flavours were lovely, and its texture soft and chewy at the same time. There was also a great combination of salty and sweet that could be very addicting.

”I can eat this all day…” Otto said in wonder.

The salesman caught his comment and brightened. ”Indeed! That’s what is so special about this food.

”It doesn’t have a strong taste and it may even be underwhelming at first, but it captured the so-called bliss point: the balance of salt and sweet, soft and crunchy.”

The Golds had definitely tried all flavors and had decided on their own favorites. Each one took a bucket and they mindlessly placed one after another, watching the program in front.

The program was even livelier than standard performances which usually had a simple singing or dancing number (the Golds made it a point to watch every one during their stay).

The ’production number’ as locals would call it was quite big— one that included the biggest ’star’ Fable.

With just this, one could tell that this was a very, very, important shop.

They watched the performance aptly, incredibly curious what the shop was about. Fable was magnificent as always. His strong yet flexible movements were in the beat, and it was matched by the dozens of dancers moving in-sync with him.

Fable had already translated his songs into the local language, so now the Aborigines could sing along and he already got quite a number of fans, especially those who came from Ferrol.

When the program finished, boisterous cheers resounded. The Golds were already used to this and had long joined the applause.

Some of the other aborigines who hadn’t seen enough programs weren’t though. For instance, the Ferrol guests and the new aborgine hires.

However, their hearts beat loudly at the energy and it excited their souls. Safe to say, they’d be joining the boisterous cheers very soon as well.

The program soon ended and Fable raised his arms, signalling another set of wild applause to resound.

(He was panting a bit and a little sweaty, so in response a lot of his fangirls threw handkerchiefs at him, hoping it would be used.)

”Welcome to the newest addition to Alterra!! This one is not like any others—and it will be found only in Alterra!” he yelled, before putting on a mysterious smile. ”What’s the shop, you ask?”

”It’s the contribution store~! Where very specialized items would be sold.”

The Golds looked at each other. They had naturally heard of this store—a lot of their products would be sold here.

This increased their interest in the store, wanting to see what else was available as well as the market reaction to their products.

Will Alterra surprise them again with this one?