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

Veronica patted her friend’s back but flinched when she felt some dampness.

Cassandra was crying.

”You know… sometimes, I wonder if going to Alterra was good for us,” Cassandra said. ”If we didn’t know about it, would our lives feel this… bad?”

Veronica’s eyes lined with tears, grabbing her friend’s shoulders. ”No, I don’t believe that,” she told her. ”At least we have such good memories to hold on to, right?”

Even if it was painful, at least there were memories that made them smile. It was far better than just cruising through this life, day after day, without any color.

Cassandra sighed and opened her mouth to answer her friend, but her words were pulled back as bile crept up her throat.

She took out a wooden container from her space while Veronica soothingly patted her back. Fortunately, nothing happened and Cassandra was fine after a few moments of gagging.

Veronica was really not comfortable with letting her out like this. ”You’re so ill. Tell them to delay it. What if you end up puking on the groom?”

Veronica asked this in concern for her reputation, but Cassandra ended up chuckling instead.

Vomiting on that man’s face in public?

How nice would that be?

She must’ve been so disgusted with the idea that she just felt like throwing up so often lately.

”I wish there’s something I can do…” Veronica said, feeling bad that she was so powerless even after everything.

The purple-haired woman shook her head. ”You also have a whole territory that’d suffer if you get targeted,” Cassandra said. ”Even if we make a scene… nothing will change. We will only make ourselves suffer more…”

Cassandra felt emotional. Her body felt so bad, and her heart felt so heavy. She just didn’t have much energy to fight anymore.

Veronica wanted to cry. Not long ago, Cassandra’s entire aura was completely different.

It was hard to imagine that, just before the heat wave, the two of them arrived at Jacoba Town with apprehensive hearts, but they were mostly excited.

After all, the potential for the products were really high. If they established themselves as the source of best-selling products, then their positions would change!

They showed off the dresses, apparel, make-up sets, and each one was received very well. Of course, Cassandra wasn’t the type to take a loss when she couldn’t help it and they sold all items for a high price.

These were nobles after all, how could she not take advantage!

She easily sold the items for 20 times the cost.

She smiled and, for a while, she thought her wish would come true—that she could be free by virtue of her capabilities. She was slapped right on the face not long after that.

Even when she showed the money and resources she made, her family refused to cancel the engagement and even expedited the marriage instead.

Rather, they took her money and forcefully took her remaining items and kept it to themselves. They even pleaded with her to stop shaming them by selling goods as a noblewoman.

They appeared so sincere that, if it was the previous her, she might have believed that it was her fault.

Don’t follow Olga, they said, she was too strong and weird, no wonder she hadn’t been married after so long even with all that money.

She was planning to fight tooth and nail, recalling the life Alterra women lived, but then they threatened to find the source and cut it off in the nub—

Blueerrggghh

Veronica was fast and had an earthenware bowl ready to catch it. ”This really can’t be left alone!

”Why don’t you let me call a doctor?” Veronica mumbled. ”I’ll make him sign a confidentiality oath.”

In Xeno, it was rare to get ill due to their physiques. It was common to get injured, yes, but illnesses rarely appeared.

However, when they did appear, it usually meant something very serious.

Even the seemingly harmless symptoms could actually mean something deadly.

Not to mention, all doctors were male. Seeing one in private could cause a few tongues to waggle. However, Cassandra was so ill. What else could they do?

”Fine…” Cassandra mumbled in defeat, though she was more concerned if she get her friend sick since she was always so close to her.

Veronica heaved a sigh of relief and called Vivi, her trusted maid, to discreetly call on a doctor. She asked her to pay a hefty amount, and make him make a confidentiality oath before telling the symptoms so they could better prepare for a visit.

”Again: Be discreet,” Veronica said, handing several gold pieces to her maid. Vivi obediently nodded before heading out to the most reliable doctors she could find.

The doctor arrived some hour or two later with all his tools. He was an old man over a hundred years old named Kero. He and Vivi had worn cloaks, though they were blocked by the lord’s men.

They could only say that Cassandra was so ’beside herself’ that she fainted. It was nothing serious, but they decided to call a doctor anyway.

They checked the man’s credentials before allowing them to go in, no doubt reporting the encounter to the lord and his family.

As for what they’d make of this, they really didn’t care anymore. How much worse could it be?

”Hello, Miss Cassandra,” Kero said with a gentle tone. He moved a bit slowly due to his age, but he was one of the kinder doctors around so he was the one Vivi found.

Most of the time, doctors and pharmacists were extremely arrogant. They might not even look at Vivi, and they would require the masters to go to them personally. If the client wasn’t a noble, then some would even require them to beg.

Kero was a rare exception to this. Probably because of his old age, he had already seen everything.

It was said that he was also there when the previous lord was still ruling, though no one dared to ask him about it.

Today though, he was about to tell them some very big news.