After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1165

Drake knew where it was going and gently escaped the women’s claws. Since they weren’t walking anymore, it was fairly safe to do so. He just walked over without looking back at the women.

He sat down next to Brandon and the two women looked at each other, suddenly awkward.

This got the two girls to think about whether or not they should still follow him to the table. The men (except for the dense Drake and Brandon) felt sorry for them.

"Come, join us if you don’t have any other plans!" Santos said, gesturing at the open spaces around the large table they rented.

"Yeah, sit here~" Mao said. He and a few others had already started bar-hopping even before so he was the one who seemed a little drunk already.

It so happened that his loss to Lea (and her subsequent ignorance of him) made him want to drink a few more bottles. "We’re good men who won’t take advantage of you~"

"That makes you more suspicious," Orz said, rolling his eyes before turning to the girls. "Someone sit next to Santos and Loki over there, and another between Brandon and my brother," he said. "They’re the safest."

The two women paused and stared at the spots he pointed at. After a moment, Jona awkwardly sat next to Santos, while Yen took the other spot because it was nearest Drake with just Brandon in between.

"You two women are really admirable," Orz said, filling their cups up with fruit-flavored light-alcoholic drinks as soon as they settled down.

"Your grit and perseverance is historical—did you know that you are being used as examples when referring to suitors who gave up too early?"

This was true. When, for instance, a suitor gave up early when the girl was just being coy, she would tell him ’What a shame! Even Jona’s more of a man than you’ or ’Yen has bigger balls’.

The two women just smiled, a little shy and awkward, unconsciously turning to the said subject of perseverance.

It was just that Drake ignored them and had proceeded to hang out with the boys, completely forgetting his two suitors there.

At this point, he was already in a conversation with Brandon and Loki about the latest development in weapons (that was public knowledge) and had obviously entered a zone.

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After an awkward pause passed by, Santos smiled and pushed a plate of snacks toward Jona. "Perseverance is indeed impressive," he said.

Jona saw it was Santos and flushed. "I… thank you…"

She would demurely take a snack and eat like with a small flush on her face, very much unlike her gregarious self a few moments ago.

Yen saw this and blinked, narrowing her eyes at the two. Wait a minute, she mused. Something’s going on here…

She tried to recall if there were any outward signs that she had missed. As Jona’s rival for nearly a year, Yen believed she knew Jona like the back of her hand!

There were only a few times that she had seen them together but, in retrospect, there seemed to really be a spark??

For example, Jona—a member of the guards, albeit she hadn’t been promoted yet—was once injured on duty. Yen, who was in the hospital for a wound she got from one of the Research Center experiments, saw Santos carrying her to the emergency room.

Another, during a beast mob, Yen was there on the battlement as one of the civilian defenders. She saw Jona and Santos’ team on the ground, clearing the dense group of monsters aiming to bite their heads off.

At some point, Santos was surrounded and—suddenly—a monster jumped up from behind him, ready to bite.

Yen saw Jona gesture to rush to him as if she would be able to help with anything—which she wasn’t.

Fortunately, Santos was strong and avoided the attack, killing the surrounding mob with his elements in the process.

From these two memories, Yen came to a conclusion:

Jona… was actually attracted to Santos! And Vice versa!!

Yen smiled, feeling a eureka moment and she decided to take advantage!

To be honest, neither of the women knew why they were still bothering Drake when he was obviously not interested in them.

Perhaps… they could’ve imprinted on him for saving their lives back then. Technically, he was the first one to do so, and it was hard not to fall for a ’handsome yet unattainable’ hero.

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