After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 1723

Capítulo 1723: Dealing with Addicts

Thaon and his wife, Weyan, had already accepted that they would be isolated forever, just waiting for their deaths. Neither even bothered to try and elongate their lives anymore, not bothering to level up and never using their remaining aether crystals.

For the longest time, they thought they’d just die quietly, forgotten. They did not hear the news that there was a new Lord.

They disliked Mafo, but they could not prove that he had anything to do with their grandson’s fall, and on the surface, the brothers were indeed close. Further, there was too much to lose if he died.

They also disliked Hesso, for some reason, so they never got close to him despite the latter’s effort.

However, finding out that there was a new Lord, completely unfamiliar to them, they were unsure what to feel. At the same time, since they had already given up on life, they didn’t care to know more either.

That was, until the new Lord visited himself.

When they saw his flaming red hair that was so much like their late grandson’s, they immediately asked the steward to investigate after he left.

Then they found out…that he was actually their great-grandson! Why didn’t he say anything?

That said, they still had a few aether crystals left in their home, unused and ignored. Should they give them to the child?

…

Before the party ended, the topic about the drug was raised.

It wasn’t a blocked topic at all. Rather, Alterra didn’t mind the conversation spreading, as long as the tone was one of dislike, without any hint of glorification, and people must know what its actual effects were.

Also…,they also spread the cost of actually treating the ‘disease’. Nothing could deter people more before delving into something than a slap of the potential costs.

Anyway, at this time, the rehabilitation for commoners was happening in the old midrise residences the Terran elementalist guard-slaves were placed in before. The facilities were not bad, and were even better than the accommodations most commoners and slumfolk were used to.

Here, while there was still no medicine, their bodies were slowly being primed for it. The withdrawals were intense, but they were handled well, especially with the powerhouses around.

If anyone decided to be violent, they were immediately settled down. Sometimes, they’d be thrown in prison because of the attacks, and they’d be brought back out on bail, to be charged to the patients at a later date.

The higher the level of the victim, the less intense their withdrawals were, so people around level 15 had already calmed down a bit, though they were still suffering the extreme pain of the withdrawals.

If people passed through the buildings, people would see someone shivering or vomiting on themselves. They were swiftly taken in by hired assistants and also bathed by the nurses hired in Voumi, to be released to their rooms later.

This was much better than being left alone, leaving people until they went insane, but it still wasn’t easy to go through.

Overall, it was a very messy situation.

The nobles saw this, and would oftentimes be aghast.

They were stuck up and did not think their sons and husbands should mingle there. All of the assistants there were also commoners and below, so they were definitely affronted by how their ‘dirty’ hands handled their sons and their husbands!

These people were then promptly kicked out of the facility, with some people telling them that the fastest would be a cure, but they were expensive and would not be readily available to them, a territory that had been hostile to the origin.

As such, the nobles found out that there was actually a cure that would greatly hasten the process of healing, just that they weren’t given the priority for it, so many challenged Rowan and Silvia, as if it had been their duty to procure that medicine for them.

“Since you talked big about helping us recover, how come Flaret had the cure while we are left to handle the ill with such primitive methods?”

Although Rowan was the Lord, his level wasn’t special, so many patriarchs had much higher levels than he did. The Lord Token was also handed to them rather than being something he earned himself. He was not even in Voumi when the war happened, right?

Unconsciously or not, they looked down on him, and their language reflected that.

He was also very impatient. His only son and heir was so addicted that he ended up biting people like a beast. And when he was deposited in the so-called rehabilitation center, he was practically thrown down and tied down so often by commoners, and it felt humiliating!

Silvia smiled at them. While Rowan had Elron, there was Leez next to her. Leez was the temporary guard assigned to her personally for this mission.

“The cure is very expensive and in short supply. How can it be supplied to us for free? Voumi is also very poor because the Lord and his cronies bought so much of the drugs. You know this, right? You watched them buy bags yourself.”

“This—”

This patriarch had indeed done so. He was also given a bag. His level was high so he wasn’t as affected, not to mention his son stole most of it, so he did not get as addicted as many were.

“But…it’s not like there is no other way.”

She paused, and everyone stared at her.

“They can stay in Alterra and get treated there. Their facilities are much better, and they would have faster access to the cures. There are also minor cures, which are much more accessible, but they had to be given in small doses, and in the hospital.”

“Of course, it would not be cheap.”

It was a good source of income while slapping these nobles. At the same time, in a sense, they could also gain some ‘hostages’, to make sure these nobles would remain behaving properly.

Further, although the noble families in Voumi were truly a mixed bag of scumbags and the occasional decent person, if they could fall in love with Alterra, too, then they could be a conduit of admiration to Alterra, as well.

At the same time, they’d be enlightened that they could not fight it and give up any excessive greediness. There was a saying ‘a newborn not being scared of a tiger’ which meant some people were brave simply because they did not know the dangers. Since Alterra had shed off its low-key status, it might as well show off and scare off future threats.

If one thought of it that way, there was more to gain than to lose.

Silvia looked at everyone. In retrospect, because Alterra was a bit far away and they were a public enemy declared by the Lord for a while, none of these nobles had been to Alterra at all.

Silvia smiled. That said, it didn’t just have to be the addicts heading there. Their families could also take a look. They would then be reassured that their family would be safe and taken care of, while at the same time would have a better cooperative attitude when they returned to Voumi.

“Well, I can open up a trip where you all can see Alterra…” she said. “I promise that you will be…enlightened.”

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