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+====== I. Imperator's Flame-Chase Path ======
+----
+==== 1-1 ====
+{{ :readable:saga:chessmaster.monarch:cerydra1-1.png?200|}}
+<color #993333>Who would win?</color>\\
+A young girl emerging from her sheath and showing her edge,\\
+Or a tyrant who has emerged victorious from a hundred battles?
+The black and white legions squared off on the battlefield,\\
+Golden and crimson blood converging into a coursing river.
+//<color #efe4B0>"The leader herself actually dares to step forth and face peril?"</color>//\\
+The tyrant charged toward the exposed gap in the king's flank,\\
+And instantly fell into a trap of raging flames and iron rain.
+//<color #993333>"On the board, the King is too but a chess piece.\\
+If the king does not lead, how would any dare to follow?"</color>//
+She lifted the <color #993333>king of the crystal pieces</color> high,\\
+As though proclaiming the ascension of a new king.
+----
+==== 1-2 ====
+<color #993333>Who would win?</color>\\
+The holy city that has stood for a thousand years,\\
+Or the foreign city-states from a thousand miles away?
+Hollow hatred ignited the flames of war,\\
+The besieged walls of dawn tottered.
+//<color #efe4B0>"Only a miracle can save us now..."</color>//\\
+The cowardly elders barred themselves behind closed doors,\\
+While the trembling citizenry knelt and prayed.
+//<color #993333>"There is no need to panic, the miracle is already here."</color>//
+Under the banners dancing like waves,\\
+The burning crown shone bright as the wheeling constellations.
+----
+==== 1-3 ====
+<color #993333>Who would win?</color>\\
+The general who saved the city,\\
+Or the high and mighty with their privileged authority?
+The guillotine fell, severing the elder's life.\\
+The whispers dissipated, and the scales of victory tipped.
+//<color #993333>"From this day forth,\\
+I shall bring justice to the holy city."</color>//
+The people cried out her name and knelt in reverence,\\
+But were stopped by the sound of the scepter of authority striking the ground —\\
+//<color #993333>"Do not lower your heads beneath my crown."</color>//
+This was the first,\\
+And also <color #993333>the only Imperator</color>.
+----
+==== 1-4 ====
+<color #993333>Who would win?</color>\\
+The heroes bursting with ambition,\\
+Or the omnipotent gods?
+//<color #efe4B0>"The Imperator issued the decree:\\
+The start of the Flame-Chase Journey is at hand!"</color>//
+Perhaps drawn by the grand design to welcome the Era Nova,\\
+Or perhaps convinced by that king's great renown,\\
+Righteous warriors from across the land gathered before the Imperator's throne.
+On the day the journey began, the sky was an expanse of fluttering banners.\\
+The people gazed upon the overwhelming military alliance,\\
+A golden city reflected in their eyes.
+----
+==== 1-5 ====
+{{ :readable:saga:chessmaster.monarch:cerydra1-5.png?200|}}
+As for the end of that chess game,\\
+The scholars debate endlessly,\\
+But such discussions always end with a sigh.
+The invincible Imperator faded at the pinnacle of power.\\
+The crown's flames extinguished in the lake.
+The banner once revered by the people,\\
+Along with the broken spears of the heroes, now a tomb.
+The people said,\\
+//<color #efe4B0>"Even the sovereign that conquers all before her, is no match for fate."</color>//
+Yet she said,\\
+//<color #993333>"In a war with fate, has there ever been any justice?"</color>//