After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 946

Wiggle, wiggle

Push

Wiggle

It was a tense minute as they watched the two kids struggle to lift themselves up. Their little hands and legs were unstable though, and their diapered bums wiggled as they made their attempts.

Sadly, their tiny legs were too shaky in the end, and they gave out as soon as they lifted their hands.

They flopped down on their butts in the end.

"Aww…" they mumbled, shoulders slumped in disappointment.

What they didn’t realize was that the babies were looking at them, and seeing the adults’ ’heartbroken’ faces affected them very much.

Their little faces scrunched in sadness and tears pooled in their rounded eyes. Their cheeks turned red, and they soon broke into cries.

"Wuuuuuuuuuuu!!"

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"

"Oh, no, babies…" Althea and the others immediately stood up to comfort them. Althea and Garan took one baby each, cooing them to calm them down.

However, when tears flowed, they poured.

"Wuuuuuuuuuuu!!"

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"

"Oh, dear…" Althea mumbled as she rocked the baby back and forth, with Garan following her movements. The other adults also made silly faces and brought out toys in various attempts to make them laugh.

Even after a while though, they were still crying in a way that broke their hearts. They felt extremely guilty for showing such faces. Clearly, they were already doing very good at their age! It was the adults’ mistake for making them think otherwise.

"Wuuuuuuuuuuu!!"

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"

Althea leaned down and smooched the babies’ faces repeatedly as they cried.

Chuu~

She kissed their foreheads and their chubby cheeks. Slowly, their sobbing calmed until they were just sniffling.

Smooch, smooch~

And soon, they started giggling. Their eyes and cheeks were red from crying, but adorable milky laughter came out of their mouths. The adults could even see the babies’ gums and the single teeth they had.

Their shoulders slumped in relief, but they didn’t stop making silly faces and bringing out toys, just in case.

"Babies are known to be much more sensitive than adults give them credit for," Sheila said with a sigh. "Our disappointed faces must’ve affected the little ones."

Althea and the others nodded, smiling at the babies. She gently rubbed their noses. "My babies are so smart and talented."

"You’re too young," she added. "Don’t rush, don’t rush."

In Terra, the average age of walking was 11 months, with the record of the fastest being 9 months. In contrast, her babies were not even 4 months old.

Althea didn’t know how developed their bones were. If they forced themselves to stand now, maybe it’d affect their growth.

They could always check, of course. Dr. Cynthia was a pediatrician and ob-gyn doctor, so she would be the perfect expert to see. However, they’d still need some tests to be sure.