The grandeur of the Empire's founding seemed to have been but a fleeting bloom. Aside from the people of Australasia, who were still celebrating, the senior government officials and royal families from abroad had already begun their journeys home.
Of course, many countries' government representatives and royal families had chosen to stay behind, preparing to celebrate Arthur's birthday.
This was Arthur's first birthday after becoming emperor. It also marked the moment he officially turned forty-five, gradually advancing toward the threshold of fifty.
Although representatives and royal families from various countries constantly praised him as being in the prime of his political life, Arthur had long since been exhausted by the endless government affairs he handled every day.
If William had not grown up and taken over a considerable portion of the affairs of state, Arthur truly would have felt that being king was anything but easy.
Especially now that he was approaching fifty, Arthur had no intention of holding the imperial power in his hands until the day he died.
Handing the throne to William at the proper time would be the choice most beneficial to the nation's stability and the succession of the throne.
In fact, Arthur would not be the only one. He would also teach and require future monarchs to voluntarily relinquish the throne at the appropriate time, considering their successors and descendants.
The clearest example was right before them: Queen Victoria, who had once ruled Britain during the Victorian Era.
Until the day Queen Victoria died of old age, she remained the sacred Her Majesty the Queen of the British Empire.
Arthur had no particular objection to this, but it could not be denied that the frequent changes of the British throne after Queen Victoria, as well as the gradual loss of the King of Britain's