After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 901

In contrast, Lowell was much more uncomfortable. However, he had enough tact not to say anything about it. However, he saw how they seemed more receptive to Hoye and knew it would be a factor.

Easier said than done though. Lowell himself had two wives back home and a few whores outside of it.

"We’re here to buy some insulation materials from you," Hoye said, and Lowell made a grunt in agreement. "Your team in Ferrol and Lord Jonathan recommended we go directly to you."

Silvia nodded at them. "Well, they’re not wrong," she said. "In our case, we have them available at our Alterra shop."

"Alterra Shop?" Lowell asked. "So it’s a shop that sells these things?"

"Correct," she paused, "Among many others."

"We hope you can take us to this shop. I also heard you have purchase limits. My request is to waive this for now. Many lives are at stake."

Of course, this was an exaggeration. The people buying these things from them were nobles, and they tended to be a bit overacting in their discomfort.

Silvia thought for a moment. She and Gill had actually been given enough authority to decide this. In the end, she decided to just show them the shop and see how much they’d order first. After all, the cost to outsiders was not low.

Due to the convenience of connected warehouses (via Althea, of course), resources were transferred between the three very quickly. Of course, the mark-up was huge due to the fact that Althea had to transfer them out herself.

Alterra also capitalized on the demand of their specialized products, adjusting according to the capabilities of their external buyers—who were, no doubt, rich people anyway.

A person who could go to a satellite village a hundred kilometers away just to buy something would not be weak nor would they be poor.

Anyway, the siblings took them to the Alterra Shop, which had just been refilled from orders.

Because there were a lot of people in Alterra, a lot of temporary jobs in production, particularly those open at night, had been opened.

This meant that the production in Alterra had not halted, and they even had a surplus to help out with the other territories. Of course, the focus was on the production of things that only Alterra could make like the various types of insulation they had developed. The food and drinks were left up to the territories themselves.

"So this is the Alterra shop, hmn?" Hoye asked looking around. Lowell’s eyebrows also rose in interest. Because the shop was small, only the two of them were allowed inside while the rest of their team dispersed. Some waited for them, while some went around to know more about the changes before they left again.

The Alterra Shop had a counter layout with most of the items secured beyond a delineation. There were two people behind the counter, both of which were actually guards who could defend it during wars. "You are lucky, we just received a delivery of so many items," she said.

It was literally not long ago and they did not announce it in order to prevent overwhelming the shopkeepers. For the buyers who had noticed first, they kept mum about it and only told their closest friends.

If it had been announced, the store would’ve been flooded by now.

"Most of the items sold are related to the Heat Wave," Silvia said and the shopkeeper immediately started to explain the available products.

She showed them their hats and the sunscreens. There were also thin sheets of insulation now so it could be folded a lot and therefore could get stored more densely.

It was not as effective as the thicker ones, but it was good enough considering everything.

They also sold specially designed fans (both in graceful and masculine varieties) as well as saltpeter.

In the end, the guests bought as much of everything as they were allowed, with a request to buy all the stocks for the portable insulation spray, foams, and blankets.

"We bought several beast carts," Lowell said, indicating they could buy everything they had in stock.