Little Tyrant Doesn't Want to Meet with a Bad End Chapter 459.2: No Two Tigers Can Coexist On the Same Mountain (2)

Roel sat alone in a restaurant along the commercial street as he gazed at the bustling scenery outside. Alicia was finally willing to part ways with him to mix around with the other freshmen, giving him some private time to think about Lilian’s anomalous behavior.

He could tell as much that there was something off about Lilian and her mood, and the cause of that could likely be traced back to the Austine Empire. The biggest evidence of that was how Lilian wasn’t present at the International Crisis Management Symposium.

It was an unspoken tradition of the symposium for the attending rulers to bring their chosen successor with them. There were two reasons behind that.

One, it was to allow the next generation of rulers to familiarize themselves with their counterparts so as to facilitate future discussion.

Two, if a mishap were to happen to the incumbent ruler, his successor would be ready to carry out the agreement made during the symposium, thus minimizing any lapses in defense.

By no means were these measures excessive.

There were precedents of reckless rulers marching onto the battlefield as a show of strength, only to be sent into Sia’s embrace. There were also cases of rulers slowly succumbing to stress and exhaustion from having to deal with many years of fighting and crisis.

In Eyes of the Chronicler, the International Crisis Management Symposium was a crucial stage for the female capture targets to rise to prominence. Lilian should have attended the symposium together with Emperor Lukas as representatives of the Austine Empire, and the deviation from the plotline signaled that something had happened.

Roel knew deep down that he was the only one who could have caused such a rippling change.

Is this over the Challenger Cup?

It was the most significant event involving both Lilian and him prior to the symposium, making it the most likely suspect behind Lilian’s current plight. However, after careful consideration, he shook his head and refuted that thought.

While Lilian’s loss in the Challenger Cup would have dim

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