Actually, I had no intention of returning either.
If I hadn't found evidence of Skyler's crimes, he would have been held back for at least another half a year. Deliat still needed my touch.
Isn't that true? Imagine a new governor taking office in this situation.
"If I don't put some safeguards in place, things will go back to being a mess like before," I thought.
Now that there's a lot to exploit, they're going to want to make a good living out of it.
I can't allow one of my accomplishments to be treated like that.
I had to put the system in place so that it could run properly no matter who sat in that seat. Of course, that would require the Emperor's help.
"The governor's powers must be limited."
That can be done after everything is in place. For now, it was important to increase the capacity of the Deliat Autonomous Region.
"Come to think of it, there was a problem with the Duke's order too?"