Little Tyrant Doesn't Want to Meet with a Bad End Chapter 443.2: Temporary Parting (2)

The Seze Ducal House was a powerful noble house in the Austine Empire that wielded considerable influence on the Sia Continent. It had a long heritage that could be traced back to the Second Epoch’s Ancient Austine Empire.

Similar to the Miltons, it was one of the few powers that commanded great authority during the mass migration at the end of the Second Epoch, and it eventually became one of the founding noble houses of the current Austine Empire.

After the fourth war against the deviants, the severely weakened Theocracy and Austine Empire decided to de-escalate their conflict. Thus, they held a political marriage between the Elrics and the Sezes, who happened to be direct neighbors.

In that sense, the two houses were technically related to each other. It was just that such bonds of marriage were common in the circle of nobility and suggested nothing at all.

“Decades have already passed since the political marriage between the Elrics and the Sezes. Even if the Elrics did request help from the Sezes, it’s hard to imagine that the latter would dispatch troops for their sake, especially when the Elrics are in collusion with evil cults.”

“I think so too. Bryan was someone who had no qualms about killing his own child. The Sezes wouldn’t have been able to trust someone like him.”

After browsing through all of the reports, Nora placed them back onto the table and gave her analysis. Roel agreed with her judgment.

The Elrics were still holding on, but they were already on the verge of collapse. With Bryan’s death, there was little to earn from offering a helping hand to the Elrics.

It had only been two months since the abrupt disappearance of Tark Stronghold, and many countries were keeping an eye on the matter. It was a sensitive period, which made it perplexing as to why the Sezes were interfering at this juncture. The blame would be too much for them to bear if their intervention were to spark a war between the Austine Empire and the Theocracy.

Going down this route of logic, could this be suggesting that the Austine

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