Overall, the current situation in the Iradel Empire was not a good one. Compared to the Golden Lion Empire, they weren't as stable, they weren't using the opportunity to its fullest as the royal family was still too scared to allow anyone that they didn't fully control to gain any sort of power and they were too stiff to change a thing.
If things continued the way they were, Lyle doubted that the Iradel Empire would have a good end. Compared to the Golden Lion, the Iradel Empire no longer have a Tier V combatant amongst them, and even though the Empire wasn't afraid to go up against one, as seen during their war with the Golden Lion Empire.
If more Titled Knights started rising amongst the ranks of the bandits or rebels, the empire would truly be in grave danger. Even more, Golden Knights would be enough to cause chaos to erupt in the empire, not to mention anything more powerful.