After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1161

A few minutes later, the children’s hands were full of snacks they happily munched on. Satisfied with their loot, they finally excused themselves to leave the adults with their own space.

Bianca smiled and patted the boys’ heads (Gururu’s head was now semi-bald). "Come back home before midnight."

"Yes, mum!"

And the little kids scurried away, no doubt intending to explore as many games as they could before their curfew.

"Ah, kids," Eloi smiled, placing his hands on his hips. Bianca chuckled and looked at him. "How was the trip? Was it very difficult?"

She looked at the bandages he tried to hide, but she saw them anyway.

"Took forever," he said. "Wanted to see you as soon as I can."

Bianca blushed a bit and punched his arm, making the big man laugh out loud. Then his jovial face morphed to a serious one. It made the woman’s heart skip a beat. "Did you miss me?"

Bianca’s eyes flickered and she looked away.

The two of them were still in the courtship phase. It had been many months since Eloi professed his feelings, and while there had been some progress, there was little indication Bianca would actually accept his feelings and formalize their relationship.

Bianca was just particularly guarded—especially since Eloi was an aborigine man.

A Terran man and an aborigine woman had higher chances of working out primarily because the man was more likely to have more enlightenment about equality, having less chance of taking women as toys.

It could even be the ideal situation and dynamic for both parties wherein the women—perhaps for the first time in their lives—would find a man who could see them.

For the men, they would have a partner made to become homemakers—women who would take on traditional roles in the house. Strong independent women were very attractive—but not every man could handle them.

Aborigine men were different. Most of them were raised with low views of women. Men like Rowan were very rare, and the vast majority of them would have difficulties accepting women working outside the house, perhaps doing even better than they were.

The aborigine men of Alterra were different, but that was mostly after months of being integrated with their own culture. Aborigine men from other territories were not the same.

A Terran woman would have to be careful in case they ended up falling for someone they’d regret. This was not to say that all aborigine men outside Alterra were bad and all Terran man inside were good, but the statistics were there and could not be ignored.

Polygamy was also a common practice here, especially if the man was strong or had a good status. Infidelity was already horrible back in Terran, one could imagine how it was in a world where it wasn’t even looked down on—even encouraged.

Bianca herself was a victim of infidelity. A few years before the Migration, she caught her fiance with his female best friend. That man was the model of a good man on the outside, and she was completely blindsided by his betrayal.

What more of a man from this continent?

If Eloi had another family in Twinwave Town, it wouldn’t even be a surprise. However, when she thought about it, Bianca would feel bad and her heart heavy. She would emotionally push him away, which naturally hurt Eloi a lot.

Still, even after so long, he was still following after her.

It was unfair to the man, especially after he told her he did not have any other woman, but it was difficult to trust blindly in this world when it could literally mean one’s life.

However, through time, Eloi showed his grit and sincerity in his own way, considering how few opportunities he had.

He would always visit whenever they were there, and at some point, he even asked to be based there. He just had to leave a few weeks back because he needed to escort some goods, returning as soon as he could.

About a month ago, Bianca had tried testing him out by telling him what she wanted, how she wanted to keep working even after marriage, to do what she loved. His face did morph into a frown, which made her heart hurt.

However—

"What if you get pregnant?" he asked. "Woodworking is quite dangerous—" _{fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com}

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