I certainly intend to step down as emperor if I can find someone suitable to replace me. I...do not intend to turn over the reins to just anyone, though I think that I have a successor in mind already.

[She is not going to tell Zelda what is and isn't feasible, as she is right. War...changes things, but prior to the war she had started, Fodlan had been largely peaceful for a number of years.]

I think that fading from public life would be nice, but I do not believe it a likely ending to my tale.