The Second-in-Command of the Providence Dynasty (2)

Oh, country road. Take me home.

It was the first thought that came to Duke as soon as he saw the capital’s walls.

His memory was from roughly two hundred years ago, so he wasn’t sure, but he remembered most of the lyrics.

‘Was it East Virginia?’

Of course, since someone might overhear him, he stopped at thinking it rather than humming it aloud.

Having returned to his spiritual homeland, Duke breezed through the checkpoint and stepped inside the city walls.

Normally, once he crossed these walls, known as the outer walls, he should have seen the truncated inner wall.

It was a sight Duke had created in the past, but it had never been restored because the expense seemed wasteful while the domain was still growing rapidly.

Then they missed their chance, and the citizens came to see it as a symbol of communication, so the truncated inner wall had become a symbol of the duchy.

Inside that inner wall, he saw a new castle he had never seen before...