My villain wants to save himself, but the yandere heroine disagrees

If the emperor knew about this abuse of power and abuse of power, not only the Chief Justice, but also the family and forces behind the Chief Justice would be affected.

If it is confirmed that Orson sent someone to murder Drizzt, since both of them are nobles, although Orson's noble rank is far higher than Drizzt, the case will still be handed over to the Imperial Court for trial.

By then, it will not be the time for Elsa to help Orson.

Therefore, Orson knew that if Elsa wanted to help him, she would have definitely helped him, and she was talking here now purely to get his verbal promise and make him agree to help her compete for the position of emperor.

In fact, Orson's attitude towards Elsa is quite conflicted.

If we respect the original work and follow the development of events in the original book, Elsa is undoubtedly a member of Lit's harem, and I should help Elsa.

Because Elsa was able to successfully ascend to the throne, she must have received help from Leeteuk.

But let's not talk about whether Lit can help Elsa now. Just talking about the harem is completely unreasonable.

No wonder when I deliberately tried to bring Lit and Lianka together, nothing happened between the two of them, and Lit even got a little mad about it.

I'm still talking about the concave and convex. It seems that there's no way two concave shapes can be put together.

"Your Highness." Helplessly, Orson simply tried to change the subject. "What do you think of the Law for the Protection of Nobility?"

"Me?" Elsa was stunned for a moment, then said, "I think this law is pretty good. The royal family's control over the directly governed territories is stronger than that of the Duke. After the introduction of this law, it is basically equivalent to cutting off the Duke's illegal expansion."

"Yes, from a political perspective, this law seems to be a good one." Orson nodded. "But it has given rise to a group of unscrupulous nobles, isn't that a problem?" Orson stared at Elsa, trying to read something in her eyes.

"Uh... Orson, what do you mean?"

"Your Highness, you should know, right? There are many nobles like Drizzt in the current empire. In fact, there may be many nobles who are even more extreme than Drizzt. It's just that we haven't got that information."

Orson's words basically confirmed that he was the one who did it.

But Elsa came with a determined attitude.

It's not at all a copy of Orson's words, and Orson simply doesn't want to act anymore.

"Those scum, apart from their noble status, they can't even make a living in this society with their own abilities. But just because their ancestors made more or less contributions to the empire, they have become so unscrupulous."

"The harm they have done to society by remaining here has actually far exceeded the contribution their ancestors made to the empire. They are like woodworms in a piece of wood. If their numbers are allowed to continue to grow, the entire empire will be destroyed by them sooner or later."

"Those merchants would lose all their wealth due to their descendants' poor management, and their social class would slide down within a few generations. However, for most nobles, more than ten generations have passed since they first owned this land!"

"When they commit crimes, the Empire helps them clean up the mess, and they just need to sit in their own castles or manors, drink wine, sing songs, and watch plays every day, and they can live a life like the best."

Orson's words are actually applicable anywhere and in any organized country.

After all, once class stratification becomes serious, the probability of jumping classes becomes extremely low, and there is a lack of social mobility, the entire society can be said to be in an extremely dangerous situation.

"But the nobility is the foundation of the empire..." Elsa said.

"I know, Orson, you may think that ordinary people are more important, but don't forget that according to the education the nobles have received so far, if the people want to start a rebellion against the nobles, they can even suppress it directly by force."

Indeed, if Elsa hadn't reminded him, Orson would have almost forgotten that this was a different world full of magic and various fantasy elements.

Here, there are many things that cannot be solved with the previous thinking.

Just like what Elsa said, when the nobles controlled 70% of the country's wealth and 90% of the armed forces, they seemed to no longer care what the people and merchants thought.

"I also hate those nobles who have done bad things, but if I want to get to the top, I need their support. This country, after all, is still a country of nobles."⑥③④③③⑥①④⑤

"Yes...a country of nobles." Orson sighed.

Elsa seemed to notice Orson's expression and felt that there was an opportunity. She said directly: "Orson, believe me, if I become the emperor, I will definitely improve the problems of the nobles in this regard."

"Your Highness Elsa, can I understand that you are making big promises for me?" Orson looked at Elsa expressionlessly. "Anyone can make big promises, but to make a promise you need to have enough strength."

"..." Elsa was silent.

She knew that there was nothing about her right now that Orson would appreciate.

After thinking for a long time, Elsa looked up and said:

"If, if I become the queen, let you be the royal husband, and give you enough power to let you do this, will you agree?"

When Orson heard this reply, he was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Elsa: "Your Highness, you should know that I am engaged, right?"

"So, if you choose to believe me, Orson, you can cancel the engagement. I will immediately discuss your engagement with my father."

"No." Orson shook his head. "That's still too unrealistic."

Let’s not talk about whether Orson is willing to get engaged to Elsa.

Orson thought he was not a scumbag because he was separated from Olivia, with whom he had semi-confirmed his relationship.

Moreover, it would not sound good if this matter were to get out. Others would think that Orson was a sycophant, and they would also think that Elsa was stealing someone else's man, which would easily have a bad influence on both of them.

After thinking for a while, Orson said, "Well, Your Highness, I want to ask you a question. If you can answer me, I will consider whether to help you."

"Okay." Elsa nodded. "Orson, ask."

"Your Highness, can you tell me why you are so obsessed with becoming the emperor?"

As he said this, Orson stared at Elsa, his eagle-like eyes seemed to see through Elsa's heart.

Elsa was stunned when she heard Orson's question, and then said: "I... this is the education I received since I was a child."

"My brother and I seemed to have a good relationship since we were young, but both our father and our palace teachers taught us a concept since we were young, that is, the royal family is like a row of saplings planted together."

"Among the saplings in this row, only one will be able to thrive and grow into a towering tree, bringing blessings to the others around it.

His young trees provide shade.”

"Sounds good, doesn't it?"

"But the towering tree has actually taken deep roots in the ground. Its roots have penetrated deep into the other saplings, absorbing nutrients that should have belonged to the other saplings. This has created a situation where one tree protects many others."

"This superficial warmth is actually cruel to other young trees."

"If some saplings can only grow that big, don't need more nutrients, and stay under the shade of the big tree their whole lives, that's fine."

"However, if some small trees can grow into towering trees, but when they need more nutrients, the big trees cut off their sources of nutrients and sunlight, and they will gradually wither and die."

Orson listened to Elsa's words and nodded thoughtfully.

"So, sometimes it's good to be willing to be a small tree," he said.

"Orson, do you really think so?" Elsa asked back.

"After all, with the shelter of a big tree, I don't have to face the sun and rain, isn't that great?"

"But if that's the case, can it still be considered a tree?"

"..."

"If my brother becomes the emperor, given his political ambitions, I will most likely be used as a tool for political marriage and marry someone I don't like."

"I don't want to be like this, so I want to change my destiny."

"Also, don't be fooled by my usual nonchalant appearance. In fact, I care about rankings more than anyone else. I think I am no worse than my brother."

Hearing this, Orson nodded.

"I understand you, Princess."

"You said before that sincerity will be exchanged for sincerity, right?"

"Then let me tell you directly. Actually, in this matter, my position has always been on your side, Your Highness. However, due to some reasons, I cannot intervene directly now. I hope you can understand."

"You just need to know that I will help you, that's all."

Elsa's eyes lit up when she heard Orson's words.

"really?"

"Yeah." Orson nodded.

"You know, I'm not a liar."

"In that case..." Elsa extended her hand towards Orson. "Then I wish us a pleasant cooperation in advance."

Orson reached out his hand and held Elsa's hand.

Cool, delicate skin, soft and boneless touch, this was Orson's first feeling.

As expected of Her Royal Highness the Princess, it seems that she takes good care of her skin.

"Well, it's a pleasure to work with you."

Li Te stood at the corner of the stairs, looking at the two people chatting downstairs with a thoughtful expression.

……

"So, Orson, why did you agree to help Her Highness Elsa?"

After seeing Elsa off, Orson went back upstairs.

At this time, Lit also changed back into the men's clothes that she usually wore, and she asked Orson in confusion.

"Li Te, when did you start eavesdropping?" Orson did not reply directly, but took a sip of water first.

"Uh... probably when you were talking about the Noble Protection Act, I had already changed my clothes and was going to come down directly, but when I saw you were discussing something, I didn't dare to disturb you."

"Oh." Orson nodded and told Litt their entire conversation.

This time he did not hold back because he wanted to let Lit know where his side would be.

"Eh? Drizzt? Why does this name sound familiar to me?"

"Well, the doctor told me about the contracts he saw in the Iron Wolf Mercenary Group's office. One of the contracts was for kidnapping and imprisonment. The doctor and I speculated that there might still be people who could be saved, so I sent the doctor over."

"Now that Drizzt is dead, the people should have been rescued."

"I see..." Li Te heaved a sigh of relief after hearing that.

When Litt first saw the content of the contract that Trist gave to the Iron Wolf Mercenaries, he was shocked by the content.

Now that he heard the news that the person had been rescued and the criminal had been executed, Litt felt a little better.

"Although I don't know how Her Royal Highness the Princess learned about this, it is obvious that the other party came here to seek cooperation."

"As the saying goes, if you take something from someone, you should give it back. Since we have received help from Elsa, we must give something back and lean towards Elsa."

"But..." Litt thought for a moment before speaking, "Nobles who participated in the disputes in the imperial family usually did not have a good ending unless they stood on the winning side..."

“So I told her that I couldn’t stand on her side for now, but just leaned more towards her side.”

"Then... Orson, do you believe that Her Highness Elsa will win in the end? In my opinion, Her Highness Arthas is obviously more worthy of investment."

"I don't know, but I'm sure that Elsa is definitely not as weak as you think." Orson said.

"And Prince Arthas is not as scary as you think."

“In the struggle for power throughout the dynasties, the one who laughs last is usually not the one who laughs the loudest at the beginning.”

"Okay, let's not talk about this." Orson said, and then continued, "Leet, how are you preparing for the midterm exam? This midterm exam is actually similar to the final exams of previous years. You are student number 001, so you can't lose face."

"Don't worry about this, Orson, I'll be absolutely fine!" Litt said this, patted his chest and made an OK gesture.

"That's fine."

Chapter 6: Lily Alliance (K, monthly ticket requested)

"Orson, Orson." In the classroom, Olivia poked Orson's arm.

"Huh? Ah, what's wrong, Olivia?" Orson woke up and looked at Olivia with a puzzled expression.

Then Olivia pointed to the podium.

On the podium, a well-dressed old gentleman was standing there, looking seriously in Orson's direction.

Orson had just dozed off.

"Mr. Orson, can you tell me where I was just now?"

"Uh..." Orson stood up, not sure what to say.

He had been quite busy these days, and he had a midterm exam tomorrow. He was so tired that he couldn't help but fall asleep in this usually useless Imperial History class.

Although Orson got full marks in the subject of Imperial History, the teacher of Imperial History was very serious and did not give face to this "favorite student" at all. If he dared not to attend class, he would ask Triss to call him to the office.

At this time, Olivia pushed out her book and placed it in front of Orson.

She deliberately drew a horizontal line on the content of the book with a pen so that Orson could see it at a glance.