After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1023

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Regardless of the mysterious emotions involved, there was really no reason for Sahara to refuse the invite.

And so, that was settled. They only had to wait until Helios recovered, which would take another day or two even with the healer visiting. Sahara also sent a Post to her family, asking them to prepare the black fluid, and they’d find a way to transfer the goods soon.

Anyway, Helios then entered a wonderful few days with the woman of his dreams taking care of him.

Perhaps she was nice for the sake of her mission, but he didn’t really mind.

He started asking questions about her, and after a day she even started to tell him stories about her place.

She would tell him how they would use sand dunes as slides as children. Then some would fall and get hurt because of the heat, but they’d laugh so much after.

Rather, it was a necessary tribulation they had to go through. The adults called it ’hardening their skins’, and some children would purposely roll around the sand when they fell off their sleds.

The best times in her memory though was when it rained. Everyone would celebrate. They would all go out with not just containers but with their own bodies. They would feel the drop of the rain on their skins, opening their mouths to drink as much as they could.

If one had managed to fill their stomachs with the rain water, then they had managed to maximize it and it was a point of pride. Some even refuse to eat right after to prove that they had, indeed, drunk enough blessed water to get them through the night.

She would tell him how the noble children would play with the commoners, too. Though there was a gap, it wasn’t anything like what she had seen after traveling.

In places like this, if a commoner blocked a noble’s way, then they were likely to get hurt. It was in stark contrast to how it was in her home, where some noble kids would even visit commoner kids in their homes and ask them to play. _{freewёbnoνel.com}

She longed for that simplicity again.

Although life in the desert was harsh, it felt more peaceful.

"You must miss your family a lot," Helios’ said, his eyes never leaving her face. His heart felt full seeing her so… at peace with him.

They were now sitting together at the Gold’s verandah, with Helios close to getting healed and could now walk on his own.

They could roam around as guests in this massive villa, which was a great honor, though Otto and Obi had not lacked the reminder of whatever would come out of the Alterra-Dune deals, they wanted to be in on it.

They already planned their departure early the next day, and now they were maximizing the quiet time they had together—though neither of them worded it out.

"Yes, I do… miss my family a lot," she said, answering his question. She pushed down the blush that never failed to appear wherever Helios stared at her. She cleared her throat and looked at him.

"Tell me more about Alterra," she said. And although she asked to shift the topic away from her, she did feel a bit of wonder at the thought of the mysterious village.