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

For months, they had maintained a status quo of sorts. She’d train, he’d help her out in his ’free time’, and maybe they’d grab a simple meal afterward.

She was satisfied with this and didn’t dare ask for more. She didn’t have the courage to do so.

However, she found out that Penny—who had been trapped with her there and experienced even harsher treatment than she did—was pursuing him!

At the time, Penny had already started with the acting troupe and was gaining popularity, and it sent alarm in Aditi.

She didn’t want things to change. But if they did start going out, then it’d change anyway!

So Aditi used up the courage of a lifetime and confessed.

Surprisingly, he accepted it, and they became a happy couple since then.

They were really a normal couple with normal personalities. Their dates would be just as any other—going out for dinner, watching shows, going on walks, and so on.

However—like any other couple—it was not without challenges. First, Aditi’s friendship with Penny strained a bit after her news.

They didn’t become enemies or anything, but their interactions had become a little curt. Fortunately, this improved when Penny invited them to her shows and even treated them to meals.

Another, Aditi’s two brothers—Ramil and Raj1—were quite protective.

They also knew of what Aditi had experienced during this time, and were worried that Chris would mind her ’impurity’.

However, Chris easily proved his character and showed his sincerity. After a couple of months, the two were completely steady. Anyone who knew them could tell it wouldn’t take long before Chris proposed.

Surprisingly, that date happened to be that day.

Aditi was flushed in happiness and eating her carrot cake, not knowing the surprise.

”Eat it all,” he said, and she nodded, happily doing as she was told. It was her favorite cake, after all, and it was even more delicious than usual.

She cleaned up the plate and belatedly noticed there was a note underneath the cake. She blinked, and then she froze.

’Will you marry me?’

Her eyes widened as she whipped her head up to look at him, though at this time he was already kneeling on the floor.

She said Yes—of course she did—and she threw herself to him as she sobbed.

Unexpectedly, a lot of people—despite their corner, more private position—were actually watching them.

And when she accepted, they burst to cheers.

”Wooooo!”

”Congratulations!!”

”Ohmygosh finally!”

And so added a set of happy news just before a complicated one.

…

Other than Nightlife Street, all other places with commercial establishments flourished. Basically, people only slept deep into the night.

They actually didn’t need as much sleep anymore with their improved physiques and the longer days here. For people past level 20, they only needed a couple of hours of rest and they’d be completely charged.

In Alterra, they were sure to profit on this by keeping the territory awake all 28-hours of the day.

Not to mention, the day was pretty much a holiday so everyone had proper rest.

Anyway, while a few of their soldiers were going on lovely dates, the couple of the singles decided to have a drink at the tavern.

”We’re upgrading to Town soon, and I still haven’t found a girlfriend,” Mao1 mumbled, sniffling.

He was privy to Chris’ proposal, and he had seen Luis with his girl not too long ago! Then there was also the happily married Captain and Boss Gill, as well as those good-hair-guys Turbo and Jake.

When would he find his own happily ever after?

The thing was, during the disaster, the majority of the people who died were children, old people, and women. The ratio of the women here was 1 is to 3 or 4, which worsened even more after the Migration due to the various abuse of some men.

After so many things, many of the good women simply weren’t looking for love—some even abhorred it, particularly those who had been abused. They were too busy improving themselves and training.

Who had the time to date when you could control an element and needed to train hours a day in order to master it?

Anyway, this meant even a few of the stronger guards looking for love, like Mao, might not have a successful dating life.

Okay, it was just Mao.

Everyone else had either found their pair or was simply not looking for it. As such, Mao dragged Brandon 1(who was focused on his weapons) and Loki 2(who was a major introvert) to drink with him at the bar.

Of course, as guards, they were allowed to drink off-working hours but not get plastered (which wasn’t so easy anyway due to their improved physiques) so they drank moderately.

”Sigh. Obviously ladies like funny guys, right? I’m funny. Why can’t I find the lady for me?”

Loki was sipping like a gentleman while Brandon seemed to be listening to Mao’s rant, but in reality he was already thinking about the next cannon design.

Mao couldn’t help but look at Brandon. This guy… he wasn’t looking, but he was still getting so many looks! When stationary became a thing, the number of love letters sent to him was not small!

There was also the gorgeous Veronica. Though… in retrospect, he hadn’t seen her for a while. It seemed like it had been a few months, right?

”When did you last see Veronica?”

He blinked, before thinking about it for a second. ”That’s Miss Cassandra’s best friend, right? A while, I suppose.”

”...”

Seeing as there was nowhere going with that topic, he just sighed, wistfully looking at the ceiling of the tavern.

”Sigh… should I just go find an aborigine woman? I mean, at least they weren’t outside the territory all the time…” he said, in the tone of finding a ’woman who would stay at home’.

Loki gave him a look. ”Don’t say that in front of women,” he said. ”They’ll hate you.”

Mao blinked. ”Really?” he asked, and Loki nodded very seriously, though he didn’t bother explaining anymore.

Mao’s eyes twitched. Darn introvert!

Before he could push the reticent man for details, the familiar ding of an announcement sounded in their heads.

[Announcement: Thank you for waking up in the middle of the night! Now... it is a few hours past midnight, and our anniversary celebration will be held as an opening show instead. The fireworks display will begin in an hour. Get to the best locations while you can!]

”Oh?” Mao blinked, taking another gulp of his beer. They had been wondering about the odd timings.

After all, counting the time, the fireworks would be held at... 3am? Is that a new auspicious time or something?

”I wonder why,” Mao mumbled, but didn’t think too much.

Hey! Maybe he’d find ’The One’ while watching.

Maybe she’d still be too sleepy and it would be too dark for her to see him clearly!

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