Just as Scaramouche had said in the game's story.
Though Eternity could stretch time out for ages, it was terribly fragile within.
The god pursuing Eternity had created a puppet to govern in her stead, while she retreated into her inner world to meditate.
But a puppet ultimately worked according to predetermined rules, and wherever there were rules, there were bound to be loopholes.
In some matters, puppets simply could not compare to humans.
Previously, the Tri-Commission had only been responsible for carrying out the Raiden Shogun's orders, but that changed once Ei retreated into the Plane of Euthymia and left everything to the puppet, the Shogun.
Because the puppet's capabilities were limited, more authority had been delegated to the Tri-Commission.
Human desires knew no end.
Delegating power could sometimes breed conflict instead.
As a result, corruption had run rampant among Inazuma's officials over the years, from top to bottom.
Two of the three commissions had even outright betrayed her.
The extent of Inazuma's internal corruption was plain from what Ellin had experienced when she first arrived in Ritou.
Even the lowliest officials had turned accepting gifts and extorting people into an art.
With Inazuma managed by people like these, how could its citizens ever be happy?
"The Domineering Electro Archon Falls for Me!"
Ei did not know who had written that book. Though she had indeed become consumed by her obsession, she was not incapable of sensing others' concern for her.
She could feel the author's care and attention in its pages.
Though she did not know who the author was, she had already come to regard them as something of a close friend.
The author had written those things for no other reason than to let her know about them.
In that case, she would go and see