But handling a company and handling an empire were two completely different things.
Elara looked at the empire's records—it took her three full days of non-stop examination to completely finish reviewing everything. When she looked at all the receipts, ledgers, tax records, military reports, and administrative documents, she found something that made even her emotionless assessment pause.
The empire was completely ruined from the inside.
From the older records and historical comparisons, it seemed like the Empire was like an old porcelain doll from the outside—it looked beautiful, prosperous, powerful. Gleaming white palaces, well-dressed nobles, impressive military parades.
But inside? Completely hollow. Rotten. Damp with corruption that had seeped into every crack and crevice of the governmental structure.
