The Awakened Empire of the Chauvinist Revanchists, capital "Core," Imperial Palace.
The young emperor and its ministers stared with aching heads at the screen floating before them. Xi Yan's ultimatum was displayed on it.
"What an enormous mess the late emperor left us! No, this is the mess we left ourselves through all these years of arrogance and conceit!"
The Rixi emperor spoke indignantly. It rose from its Throne, shook out its feathers, and pointed at its ministers as it cursed. "How the fuck did our empire end up like this?! We've spent all these years sleepwalking through life, relying on our long history and heritage without making any effort to improve. And now look! Alien races have surpassed us in every respect and hemmed us in on all sides, huh? How am I supposed to govern properly with you vermin?!"
Every dignitary in the court lowered their head in shame or inwardly resented the rebuke, but not one challenged the young Rixi emperor's furious tirade.
-Ever since the emperor sent an envoy to the Sea of Stars Most Holy Human Empire to observe and learn, and the envoy returned with a wealth of books and theories, the young emperor had seemed to awaken some strange new trait, becoming brimming with energy-and ambition.
It swiftly consolidated military and political power, making its word absolute throughout the empire. The late emperor's era of hands-off rule had become a thing of the past.
Under the new emperor's rule, the Rixian Seed Empire finally awakened, and the entire decaying empire began its rebirth.
The emperor sat down again, running its claws over a lavishly bound book. Its title was written in large gilt letters: [Authority and Interests: Why the Sea of Stars Most Holy Human Empire Is the Greatest Nation].
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