After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1721

Chapter 1721: Thebes Family

The Thebes Family was the previous Lord’s maternal family, which was also Rowan’s distant relationship.

Mafo and the previous Lord had different mothers, so Mafo definitely did not have good feelings about this family. He was naturally low-key about it though, at least at first, silently manipulating things so the family’s heirs perished one by one.

The patriarch of this family was also a powerhouse once, but he had long been ill, and this was exacerbated by the continuous loss, let alone his wife, with a much lower level than his.

The old couple just put themselves in isolation in depression, not caring about the world anymore. They also had anti-slave tokens each, so they really didn’t bother with whatever happened with the territory anymore.

A town’s land was vast, and their land was far from the residential areas, nobles’ or commoners’ alike, so it could be said that they had truly detached themselves from the town’s affairs.

It was sad, but they were the only noble family that could help out with managing Voumi.

While Rowan could just ignore this class in general, it was a fact that they were still powerful and someone needed to hold the faction in line. The foundations of noble families, in general, were not so weak that he could just disregard them altogether.

Rowan’s level was too low, for now, and the friction that caused was a bit troublesome.

However, it was also not too hopeless, and he wouldn’t be too dependent on a third party either. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

This was because every noble family had a few people who got addicted—for the most part, they were even important members of the family—and, in Voumi, it was Rowan who held the power behind their cure.

People naturally had to be polite to him and could not be openly hostile. The assignment of a decent noble above them was more for convenience and as a shield because Rowan had much more to worry about than organizing and managing the people from the upper class.

"So you are the new Lord," the man said, surprised at him and his level. "Congratulations, sir, but my masters are too weak to get out of their rooms at this time."

They had no idea about Rowan’s bloodline or that he was their grandchild.

Most people didn’t, in fact, as Rowan didn’t want it spread out. When the Elders who had lost their positions, they didn’t care to spread it out either. Whatever he would do, Rowan didn’t want the glory given to people who had nothing to do with it. It was Alterra’s work, not anyone else’s.

Anyway, today, Rowan visited the Thebes family Lord and was greeted by their steward. The old couple themselves were not there.

Rowan nodded in understanding and took out a basket from his space. "This is a gift from Alterra Town, the new master territory," he said. "We hope the patriarch and his wife can be in attendance for our upcoming gathering next week."

The words ’master territory’ and ’town’ made the steward frown. Rowan understood why.

For those who did not know what happened and had no idea of the context, they would definitely frown and look down on him for allowing their home to be a mere subsidiary of a fellow Town.

Rowan didn’t care for it either. After all, Alterra always proved themselves in the end, usually without having to try.

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The party began a few days later. It was held at the Lord’s palace. It was refurbished and customized in a classy way. It wasn’t too gaudy, but very pleasing to look at.

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