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

While the newcomers scrambled to make announcements (soon barraging everyone’s screens), the twins’ baby walkers finally arrived! It was why only Ansel—who was now watching people making announcements—was the only one who actually went to check on Micheal’s ’surprise’.

The Baby Walkers were still important. People could just find them in their villa if they knew them.

Anyway, the family went to check the new arrivals together with various expectations. Garan and Althea each carried a child in their arms, with Bianca and a few others from the Woodworker team there to explain its mechanics.

When they revealed the walking tools, the babies laughed in glee. Anything new and colorful was fun to them at this point.

Speaking of the babies, they were now wearing simple unicolor onesies, with Pepper wearing a light blue one and Meatball with a red one. The couple happily showed the babies their new toys.

They were lovely intricately carved walkers with differing patterns and colors, making them pop—to make sure the babies were always visible—while being pleasing to the eyes at the same time.

Interestingly, it was also obvious which walker was whose. For example, Little Pepper’s had more cutesy curvy motifs, while Meatball’s had more straight lines engraved onto it.

The couple approached and kneeled down, placing the two kids on the floor so they could look at their toys more intimately. ”Look, your new walkers!”

The couple let them touch the walkers, and they played with the toys and the attachments. For now, they seemed fascinated.

”Mwamhammma…”

”Gogmammm...”

Seeing them so cute as always—and seeming to love their new toys—Bianca had hearts in her eyes. However, she remained professional as she explained the functions of the tool to the family.

”These,” Bianca said, a hand on each tool, eyes staring at the cute babies. ”...are custom-made walkers we made just for you.”

Her voice was soft and higher-pitched as she talked to the children, whose innocent round eyes were fixed on her.

Ah, too cute!

”It’s designed so you can learn to walk and explore more of this world on your own.”

Their seats were made of flexible cloth that would bounce along with their movements. There were also a lot of toys and puzzles built-in and would keep them entertained for hours at a time.

”In front are compartments where you can keep your favorite toys, see?” She said, opening a compartment at the back with cute wooden toys inside. This seemed to have excited the babies and they jumped in place while their parents held them upright.

”Mwamwaaaahhh”

”Googhmmaamma!”

Milky giggles abounded and the adults placed the babies on their seats to test it out.

The children’s feet—now wearing tiny cloth shoes, by the way—comfortably touched the ground. At the same time, the adults could see that they were sitting comfortably and not carrying too much of their own weight (for now).

”It’s perfect,” Althea said with a smile, heart feeling tingly at her babies’ growth. She leaned down to give them both smooches before she stood up and stepped back, wondering what the children would do.

”Mwamwaaaahhh”

”Googhmmaamma!”

Judging by their giggles, the two of them seemed very comfortable. They also started jumping and raising their feet up and down for now, but they’d start moving as soon as they figured out that they could.

”Mwamwaaaahhh”

”Googhmmaamma!”

Swoosh

The two jumped around so much that the wheels moved just by an inch, but this little movement made the babies freeze and blink, wondering if something happened just then.

They proceeded to play by themselves as well as the toys attached to the walker, and soon enough it started moving more and more and the babies soon figured out what they could do with it.

”MWAMAH! MWAMMAAH!!”

”GOOGHHHMA!!”

The babies’ laughter was contagious and the adults happily watched the babies play around like this for a while. Of course, Althea did not forget to record the moment in her phone.

This was a major milestone for them, after all!

Minutes passed without them knowing, simply laughing whenever the kids did something silly like bumping into a corner and looking adorably dizzy.

Bianca chuckled and stopped Meatball, who just happened to bump into his father’s legs.

She kneeled down and held on to the walker, teaching the couple a few other mechanisms. ”You can turn this knob here to increase the height if it becomes too small for them. We all know how fast they grow.”

Bianca definitely placed a lot of thought into this, and Althea’s eyes warmed at the love the other woman was giving her children.

”Thank you,” she said, handing over the promised payments.

”It’s no problem,” Bianca said, accepting the money though she could’ve given it for free if they allowed for it. ”Rather, I should thank you—for letting me part of their childhoods.”

…

A few minutes after Bianca left, the babies started to move again.

”Mwamwaaaahhh”

”Googhmmaamma!”

They’d bump everywhere though, but fortunately the walker was sturdy.

The couple smiled and watched them fondly, sitting on the sofa. As the kids explored their new mode of transportation, the couple started to do their own thing.

Althea finally had the time to look at the population list, especially now that Micheal’s ’surprise’ was in her territory. She would always rank based on abilities for a quick perusal, and she had to admit she was looking forward to the new additions to her territory.

As she did so, her back straightened, eyes fixed on her screen. There were special people this time.

Garan, who was holding her in his arms, naturally felt to change. He blinked and leaned down to kiss her face. ”What is it, wife?”

She turned her head to him. ”Well, I know what Micheal meant by great arrivals,” she said. ”First, I think those old team members of yours are here.”

This made Garan flinch, his eyes bright.

”That’s not all,” she said with a smile, emerald eyes fixed on a name.

After so long, there was finally another green-tagged person in their midst!

A glassmaker!