After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1993

Chapter 1993: Post-War Reunions

While the preparations were ongoing, the territory slowly recovered more and more. While there was a lot of tragic news and a lot of depressed households, there were also plenty who received their happy endings.

For example, the half-orcs. Maomao and Nana had been pretty much inseparable since they met, holding each other’s arms with tears on their faces, catching up on the past two years they were apart.

Nana’s two children were hanging out with Gochi while they peacefully followed after the two women.

While the two reunited like this, Baku and the rest handled the other newcomers. They brought them over to the Half-orc villa, shocking them with how big it actually was and how much it was customized for them.

Sephra, the snake-orc, was assigned to a room on the second floor. Some rooms were plain because they did not know how to customize them or who would use them. It was an open plan, though, and the new room owner could find a way to make it their own.

Baku looked at the snake and smiled, happy to see a new half-orc face there. "There are companies that could help you with your interior design needs," he said. "We can guide you later."

Amazingly, the designers could really do things in a way that even the clients themselves did not understand. After all, how many could actually verbalize what they wanted? How many actually knew what they would need in a space? Not many.

What was more amazing was that they also got some ’animal experts’ in the teams dealing with half-orcs, because they realized that some animalistic habits were good to consider.

For example, Gochi hated completely enclosed spaces. So his room was very open and had two extra windows. His bed was also in an elevated area, like a small mezzanine.

As for Maomao, she had a lot of alcoves, niches, and seating bays. It occupied the space of her room, but she found it more comforting than a completely open space.

The walls were soft and covered with fabric panels with acoustic properties. It was quite cozy.

Although Gochi and Maomao were a couple, they didn’t get into the habit of sleeping together every day. It was simply not their instinct, unlike how humans handle romantic relationships.

Half-orcs still preferred their own space at night, only mating whenever they were in heat, which was every few weeks in their case. The fertility potion from Cheman did, however, temporarily increase their libido, so those months they had been actively trying to conceive were the exception.

Anyway, after settling Sephra, Baku then helped out Freya with her own room, which was located next to his. The ground floor bedrooms had high ceilings, specifically made for bigger half-orcs like them.

"This is your room," he said, looking at his own room across the hall. He cleared his throat, repeating what he said about designers. "Your friend will likely use their services, so you can go together. I will take you."

Freya looked at him and then his bulging muscles, making Baku flinch, flush, and heat up. Freya looked away, seemingly confused as well.

He also looked back at the woman he ’hated’, vaguely realizing that he didn’t hate her at all. In fact, his instincts were telling him to keep her close by.

Very close by.

Baku was also very confused. What’s going on?

...

Other than Nana, Freya, and Sephra, there were also other new half-orcs. However, unlike them, who immediately had a nice place to live, the others became prisoners of war.

Even if they were slaves, they were still part of the enemy forces, so they’d have to serve their time.

The plus side was that, because their interrogation revealed they were not bad seeds, their required atonement points weren’t too high.

Rather, because they were skilled half-orcs, it was estimated they could get the option to free themselves within the next few months.

...

Back to the Half-orc villa, the orcs went to have a little picnic in their large garden area.

They got food delivery for now, boxes and boxes of them, and Gochi decided to let them adjust in the new place first before showing them off outside (though there had indeed been quite a few inquiries).

Unlike them, these half-orcs had been used to derisive or hostile stares whenever they were in a human territory. It was naturally going to be a work in progress.

Even if Alterrans were very friendly, there was still a sense of discomfort and unreality. However, Gochi and the rest knew it was only a matter of time before they got used to it.

They initially came here because Nana wanted to see her friends, whom she heard about from the dwarves. However, it didn’t mean she believed she’d live peacefully and freely inside a human territory. It was simply not in her imagination.

Unlike many of his introverted colleagues, he, who had won Mister Congeniality back in College, was sent out to seduce the dwarves so they willingly worked with them— permanently.

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