A weary historian dies and finds himself in a different world awakened in a life as the notorious young Duke of a southern state. His nation is weakened, his army underfed, and his neighbors revolve around his lands menacingly. No one believes his land is going to hold out until winter.

But this newfound duke is no naive simpleton his enemies recollect. He carries with him the experience of centuries of war and empire, of starting and ending monarchies. From Caesar to Napoleon, from the Mongols to world wars, he has learned from each of them—and his strategy is to make history his very own arms.

He organizes his smashed levies into well-trained formations, rebuilds his castles, and turns his villages into supply centers. Where others see defeat, he senses opportunity. As he triumphs, rumors spread: of a pennant red as winter snow that shall not go to ground, of a bloody duke who writes his name in gore and flame.

Is he a savior who's constructing a new empire, or a tyrant who's going to bring the world to endless war?

After he arrived back in his room, he immediately opened his system as he sat down on his bed, wanting to see what had happened during his time of absence.


[Kingdom Building System Protocol Activated]


'Incredible... I didn't even have to do anything, yet my capital is still growing in strength.'


Justinian swiped down, seeing a new scroll bar showing up; it meant he had a new system, something that his book of war really liked to do.


'Come to think of it... I still have the horse system.'


He grinned. How many more systems could he unlock at this point? 


Chapter 61 - A Marriage Proposal?