Beyond the second layer of the city walls lay the true heart of the imperial capital.
It was fascinating, of course, so different and yet… somehow not entirely new.
If Li Shen ignored the carriages pulled by strange beasts and the occasional passerby with animal ears, everything else felt oddly familiar.
The elegant mansions and the paved streets is different but not by much and the rows of two- or three-story buildings with well-crafted storefronts all reminded him of something he had seen before.
If not for the glowing magic circles that flickered here and there in the air, it could easily have been a historical European city back on Earth.
"It's strange," Li Shen murmured while watching the passing streets through the wide carriage window. "It feels like I'm just traveling abroad."
