After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1457

Chapter 1457: Cousin Liaroa

The Alterrans left the two toolmakers with an invitation, letting them think about it, until the day they’d leave. They did not forget to say, of course, that they’re looking into other toolmakers too.

This was a classic way to entice people into making rushed decisions. As long as the offer was tempting, it’d make it more likely for them to accept.

Of course, even if their offer didn’t appear completely trustworthy, the Alterrans were confident these people wouldn’t regret taking their offers—and that showed in the way they talked and how they handled themselves.

Well, wise men did say: The best salespeople are the ones who are 100% convinced of what they are selling!

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Meanwhile, at the hotel, the siblings really couldn’t sit still. Well, Veronica couldn’t, but her brother couldn’t leave her roaming around on her own, so he joined her.

To protect their identity as associates of Alterra, they simply didn’t work so obviously with Sean and the others. They looked more like two tourists from Towns wanting to know more about Cities. This was completely normal and nothing suspicious at all.

What they found out more about was the ‘end’ of the Golds, which was still a pretty hot topic. As long as it was not discussed in a tone rebellious or questioning of the lord, the Golds were apparently fine to discuss.

They could hear a bit of pity in their tones—especially when referring to the mess that came after—but no one dared voice it out loud.

Another news was that their target Toolmaker Kalfene had been kicked out! They knew Sean and the others went to him, and it increased the chances of a successful recruitment. Now all they had to do was to extract them safely while keeping their destination a secret.

According to the instructions, the ideal scenario was to keep ‘everything under the radar’, whatever a radar was.

Anyway, when the siblings headed back to the hotel, they encountered none other than Liaroa, who was waiting in the lobby area with her maids.

She had tea and a basket of biscuits respectfully offered by the hotel management. She was graceful and looked quite at home being served.

Liaroa was never the prettiest in the bunch, but she did have a good face. She also trained herself very well to carry herself gracefully, adding to her charm.

At this time, she was wearing a pastel-colored dress that was somewhat conservative but form-fitting and showed her curves.

“Cousins,” she said with a smile, and the siblings realized that she had come here for them.

The two looked at each other, confused. What’s the bride doing here a day before her wedding?

Lia could tell what they were thinking and forced a smile. “The wedding has been delayed, my husband was mobilized by the family to look for some people.”

“I apologize for the delay and the change of plans,” she said. “Let me make your wait worth it. As a future Sephon, let me guide you around, cousins.”

Lia went directly because they still represented a useful town in the end, and she needed a good relationship with them. Also, they’d find out about the delay soon enough and she needed to show that she was not affected—that she was a proper noble woman.

Veronica and Vaughn sighed, knowing they couldn’t escape this without offending anyone.

It would’ve helped if Lia had hidden her distaste of Veronica’s new short hair, of course. Even when the woman wasn’t saying anything, that look of distaste couldn’t be missed at all.

“Can you tell us what happened?” Veronica asked, as if just concerned. “Would this affect our Town?”

“Hmn, the Golds have been found, and the two families want revenge on them.”

Veronica flinched and acted genuinely surprised. “Why would they want to hunt them?”

“All I can say is that they deserve horrible deaths,” she said. They would naturally not spread the fact that the two families’ ancestors were missing. “They had also partnered with Holt City, not caring about their home city’s well-being.”

“I see…” was all she said, even when she knew the truth. “So the wedding will be delayed until he returns?”

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