After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 825

Chapter dedicated to Lotuslin’s latest castle~! Love you~! WN decided to move my promotion to October, and the castle really helped keep up the story’s exposure! *hugs*

And it’s part of the plot lol, not a filler. Had to clear this out before the Extreme Heat comes in.

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Bleulle City

The City of Blu was as lively as it had always been. It was bustling with activity and thrummed with the daily rhythm of its hundreds of thousands—if not a million—of inhabitants.

In every part of the territory, money flowed, whether it was direct transactions or taxes, gold and silver were added to the City treasury.

At this time, commoners bustled through the system streets. They peddled goods and served patrons. They sold their products or hunted as per usual, each transaction contributing to the city’s rich economy… and the pockets of its nobles.

In contrast to the commoners, in more opulent districts, the upper class gossiped about the latest news within their class.

For instance, in The Prestige House, one of the upscale restaurants in the city, was currently bustling with well-dressed individuals just passing their day.

This was owned by the affluent Trion Family, and one of the nobles’ favorite places to spend their day. _{frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓}

Here, in one of the intricately-designed corners, a group of women were chattering about various things. They gathered amid the ambiance of fine drinks and food. They exchanged pleasantries and rumors, bodies with the aura of those used to luxury.

They ate snacks and had cold drinks from rare ceramic cups only found in high society. They were also using intricate-looking fans to cool themselves down from the ambient heat, and looking fabulous while doing so.

In Xeno, Women might not have much say in front of men, but noble women could still enjoy a lot of perks, especially if their families or the family they married into was well-off.

As for the men, they were in their own ’play spaces’, hopefully not in The Allure, the top-class brothel, but what could they do? At least their husbands went back to them in the end of the day, and that was what mattered in the end.

They would often bring each other down subtly, without directly offending, just to feel better about their own lives.

One might even raise the topic of a mistress. "Sigh, I don’t know what he sees in that woman when you’re still so beautiful and young," a woman said, appearing genuinely concerned for the other woman.

In response, the other woman would reply, "I’m not sure either, but I am relieved it is only one," she said, making a jab at the other’s husband, who famously had his own harem.

They drank cool drinks and fanned themselves gracefully throughout, and if an Alterran was there they’d wonder if these women were masochists.

However, while there were several groups comprised of middle-aged women with nothing better to do when their men weren’t around, there was also a group of unmarried young women.

At their center was the beautiful Estra Trion, one of the Trion Family’s many daughters. As one of the city’s top families, she was naturally pandered on. She had blazing red hair and curvaceous form. She was one of the most sought-after women in the territory and had received countless proposals through the years.