Little Tyrant Doesn't Want to Meet with a Bad End Chapter 524: Confession Counterattack

Years of socializing had led Roel to a conclusion: Interpersonal relationships are complicated.

Most relationships looked simple enough at first glance, be it the relationship between lovers, archnemeses, or comrades. However, a quick delve into the details of these relationships would uncover many subtler nuances that might explain the quirkiness of their behaviors.

The relationship between parents and their child was a good example.

A child was likely to be a huge mental and financial burden to their parents, but the parents still doted on them because of the blood ties they shared. Similarly, taking care of one’s elderly parents was a burden to a working adult. Still, they might be willing to shoulder the responsibility because of the love that was showered upon them in their younger years.

This was an example of how pragmatism might not be the best gauge of the dynamics within a family unit… and such was the case between Roel and Alicia.

When Alicia asked whether she had been useful to him, Roel’s body immediately stiffened up. He failed to comprehend what Alicia was getting at.

Sensing his confusion, Alicia began explaining her point.

“Lord Brother, you should be able to sense my strength, right?”

“Yes. Congratulations for reaching Origin Level 3.”

Roel could see himself smiling in the mirror when he offered his congratulations, but those were not his earnest feelings. It was not that he was envious of her or that his dignity as the older brother had been undermined, but that he simply didn’t think that her swift growth was a good thing.

Despite being the face of the golden generation himself, he had only made his breakthrough to Origin Level 3 just last year. It was the same for Nora too, and that was due to the awakening of her Angel Bloodline. Charlotte was half a year slower than the two of them. The exceptionally talented Lilian wasn’t able to ride on the waves of the mana flood, so she only became a high transcendent at sixteen years old.

In comparison, Alicia was only fourteen this year, but she had al

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