After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 854

Badjau’s eyebrows furrowed, but saw no harm in telling in the end.

"Her name is Bousa," he said, and Gaudí couldn’t help but gasp a bit. Bajdau saw the old man’s eyes reddened as if he was about to cry, but he shook his head in the end. "No, Bousa is a common name—"

He stopped talking and stood up. He grabbed his arm and practically dragged him somewhere.

"Let’s go to Miss Althea," he said. "She has a way to test."

Now, Badjau was really confused, but he couldn’t find it in himself to reject an old man on the verge of crying.

The Miss Althea was in the Research Center at this time, helping out with the studies. They waited at the lounge area for a while, with the older man pacing back and forth, while Badjau looked awkward as he sat on the comfortable chair in a large reception room.

It was his first time going here. To access, he had to make an oath in the Village Center (paid for by Gaudi) that he would follow all the rules in the Center even during wars. It was very strict, and rightfully so. From what they heard, this place was one of the mysterious places in Alterra.

Anyway, they waited for a while and Miss Althea arrived some minutes later. The two of them stood up to greet her, with Gaudi almost entering her private space in his hurry.

"Miss Althea!" he gasped, softening his voice when he realized he was being presumptuous. "I… can we ask for a favor? We can pay…"

"What is it?"

"I…" he paused, looking around. He realized that he only knew of this because he had stayed with the soldiers for a while.

Looking back, he wasn’t sure if it was public knowledge, especially when there was a non-citizen in the area. Suddenly, he felt guilty for being too rash.

"What is it?"

"I… I heard that the Research Center has a way to determine relatives?"

"Well, yes," Althea said. "Want me to test your blood?"

She could study components of plants, so of course she (or rather, Tori) could do blood tests.

Althea’s green eyes fixed on him, and then shifted to the other lad behind him. Her eyebrows rose when she noticed their similarities, and there should be some other clues that led them to come to her in such a rush.

She nodded in the end and took a clean pin from her space to get their blood samples.

They were asked to wait in the reception area for about 20 minutes or so, with Althea heading back out with the results. The two of them stood up as soon as she entered the room, looking at her with nervous eyes.

She had a blank expression on her face for a while, though it broke into a smile a moment later. "You have 25% shared DNA," she said. "This usually means blood relations like uncle or nephew, Grandparent or grandchild, half-siblings, or double first cousins." _{fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com}