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

The two men were searching for information about recent cases in the archives, so they only stopped not far from the door and did not go deeper into the archives.

After all, the cases further inside have nothing to do with Elsa.

On the other side, Arthas was in the office and finally got the answer he wanted.

But this answer did not make him happy.

There was new progress in the previous case of Mudrick's demonization, and Elsa went to the cathedral because of this matter.

Then, Arthas went straight to the interrogation room.

But now the interrogation room is empty and Rody is no longer here.

Arthas looked at the interrogator on duty next to him, and then asked, "Did you interrogate an important person today?"

"Your Highness?!" The interrogator was startled when he saw Arthas, but then nodded. "Yes, his name is Lodi."

"What did he confess?"

"..." Upon hearing this, the interrogator hesitated for a moment, then spoke and told Arthas the content of the interrogation.

When he heard the name Giovanni, Arthas was stunned.

Before he could react, Orson's voice sounded behind him.

"Your Highness, did you get the result you wanted?"

Orson's voice was as calm as water, but to Arthas, it always sounded a little mocking.

"Orson... do you know what happened?"

"I don't know, but I came here this time to show you a document, Your Highness."

As he said this, Orson handed the file he had just borrowed from the archives management to Arthas.

This was a case that happened eighteen years ago.

A large group of people were tried at that time, among whom Rody was sentenced to five years in prison for his involvement in leaking military deployment intelligence to others.

The person he participated in leaking the information was involved in a case that was exactly the case of an insider being cleared out after the war with the orcs ended.

The group that directly collaborated with the orcs was sentenced to death, while those who served as middlemen in transmitting intelligence were all dismissed and sentenced to imprisonment for reasons of poor confidentiality, depending on the circumstances.

In the end, for various reasons, Roddy did not actually serve five years in prison. He only spent one year and was then released on bail for various reasons.

After being released on bail, Lodi immediately began to serve Giovanni, Duke of Naples. It is conceivable who was behind what happened that year.

After reading this, Arthas stood there in a daze.

"Why...why don't I know this..."

"To be honest, I didn't know it before. I just happened to hear someone mention that the name Lodi sounded familiar, and then I happened to find this in the archives."

"Orson, have you known about Lodi's matter for a long time?" Arthas looked at Orson with a frown, with a hint of doubt and confusion in his eyes.

"Maybe." Orson said nothing, bowed to Arthas, and then looked up at him.

"I don't know why Her Royal Highness the Princess doesn't want Your Highness Arthas to know about this, but it seems to me that if Your Highness saw this result, you would make the same decision, right?"

As he said this, Orson moved a little closer to Arthas.

"Sometimes, a heroic act of self-sacrifice and retreating to advance can actually have unexpected results, isn't it, Your Highness Arthas?"

“……”Arthas stared at Orson for a long time, then he burst into laughter.

"The one who understands me best is none other than you, Master Orson!"

"Well said, Master Orson. Indeed, if it were me, I would do the same thing. Those who endanger the stability of the empire must be eliminated without a single one left."

Having said this, he nodded.

"In that case, I'll go back first. Please also inform Elsa for me." After saying that, he left with his people without looking back.

However, this time they were not heading outside the city, but to the imperial palace.

After all of Arthas's people had left, Afro went to find Orson again.

"Orson, what's going on? Don't you know that Giovanni is a supporter of His Highness Alsace?"

"Of course I know." Orson nodded. "So why don't you let His Royal Highness know about this?"

"You think that His Highness Arthas will do his best to protect Giovanni, right?"

"if not?"

"You really should practice your astrology." Upon hearing this, Orson gave Afro a pitying look, which made the latter unhappy.

"If his goal is the throne, then he would never do anything that would displease the emperor," said Orson.

Let him choose, either to cut off one of his arms in exchange for Odysseus' trust, or to insist on keeping Giovanni, so that he will lose power and Elsa will be favored.

"After all, although the two people are fighting fiercely for power, the greatest power in the empire is still in the hands of Your Majesty." Orson smiled and then left.

The city of Saint Laurent is destined to be unpeaceful tonight.

……

On the other side, Orson returned to the dormitory.

After finishing today's work, it was already late at night. The lights downstairs were still on, but Lit was no longer there.

I guess she left the door open for me because she thought I would come back in the evening.

Coming upstairs, he gently pushed open Litt's door, and sure enough, the little girl was already asleep.

He tiptoed to Lit's side.

Looking at Litt's peaceful sleeping face, Orson smiled.

"Lite, all I do is for you. Now it's up to you." Orson said softly.

Regardless of whether Litt heard it in her sleep, perhaps, it was precisely because she was asleep that Orson said this.

In the following territorial disputes on the front battlefield, Orson will not easily take action unless it is necessary. It depends on whether Litt's growth has met Orson's expectations.

"I have set up a winning situation for you. What will you do after you take over the game?"

……

On the other side, in the palace.

Tonight's Emperor

The palace is not quiet.

Odysseus, Arthas, Elsa, Levi, and a group of military and political leaders all gathered together.

According to Lodi, he has always worked for Giovanni, and the bottle of potion that Mudrick had before was given to him by Giovanni, who asked him to pass it on to Mudrick.

At first everyone was reluctant to believe it, but when Lodi accurately told the details of everything Giovanni instructed him to do, everyone could no longer sit still.

"Is Giovanni planning a rebellion?!" General Scaloni, the army's representative, said with a frown.

"A duke actually resorted to such despicable means!" Pope Levi was also very angry.

The war eighteen years ago brought huge losses to the human border areas at that time, especially the eastern border. Levi was the archbishop at the time. He went to the front line in person and saw all the tragic conditions there.

And now, they learned that the source of this tragedy was actually the Duke on the human side. How could they not be angry?

"Is this information reliable?" Arthas suddenly asked at this time.

"If Lodi is really that important, then why didn't Giovanni do anything after he was captured or disappeared?"

As Arthas finished speaking, the field immediately fell into silence.

"Of course, if Giovanni really made a mistake, we can also take this opportunity to weaken the local forces headed by Giovanni." Seeing that everyone was looking at him with strange eyes, Arthas quickly stated his position.

"I don't think there is any room for doubt." Elsa said at this time.

"It can be seen from Giovanni's previous attitude. He contributed the least when fighting against the orcs. In addition, his son had many conflicts with other noble descendants before."

"This kind of alien will only become a scourge if it stays in the empire."

"However, if we resort to military force, it will definitely destroy the stability of the empire for thousands of years. Other dukes may then take the opportunity to launch an attack..." a civil servant said worriedly.

"Don't worry about this." Elsa looked at the man and said:

"We can just limit the war to Naples. And when Pope Levi excommunicates Giovanni, we will have a legitimate reason to fight."

At this time, Odysseus, who was sitting in the center, finally spoke.

"Contact Lucius."

This sentence basically means Odysseus' attitude.

Indeed, Giovanni did too many things that crossed the line.

"By the way, Arthas." Odysseus turned his gaze to his son at this time.

"I heard that you and that Giovanni have a very good relationship?"

"That's not true, father. These are all rumors." Arthas shook his head. "Besides, even if I had a good relationship with him before, that was before I knew he had done so many bad things."

"He is now a scourge to the empire. Let alone a good relationship, even if he is my best friend, I will not show mercy."

"That's good." Odysseus nodded with satisfaction and then sat up from his chair.

After giving everyone instructions on what to do, Odysseus looked at everyone again.

"It's getting late. You can go back and get ready. As for Elsa, you stay. Father has something to tell you."

"Yes." Elsa nodded after hearing that.

Arthas glanced at the two of them, opened his mouth, and was about to explain something, but in the end he said nothing. He just quietly followed everyone away.

Only after everyone left did Odysseus turn his back. He looked at the bright moon in the sky and slowly said, "Elsa, I know you have someone to help you."

Elsa's pupils widened.

"But, Elsa."

"Sometimes, don't be too smart. If you use others as pawns, aren't they also using you?"

"Okay, that's all I have to say. You can go back now."

After saying this, Odysseus left.

Chapter 69: They Won’t Sit Back and Do Nothing

In the following week, several major events occurred in Saint Laurent City.

First, Odysseus invited Giovanni to come to Saint Laurent, but Giovanni refused to come to Saint Laurent on the pretext of being ill.

After receiving a response from Giovanni, the Imperial Court of Saint Laurent held a trial in Giovanni's absence.

The content of the trial is Jova

The case of Ni collusion with the enemy and treason.

From the first orc invasion eighteen years ago to the second orc invasion half a year ago.

At the same time, Giovanni was sentenced for participating in a secret society and attempting to transform living people into demons, a case of Mudrick's demonization.

When the news came out, the whole country was in an uproar.

Afterwards, Pope Levi also announced that Giovanni was excommunicated, and Levi's rule became completely illegal.

Afterwards, Duke Lucius of Antica gave an order and the Antican army immediately marched into the Duchy of Naples.

In response to this situation, the Imperial College's Board of Directors and Student Union also held a joint meeting.

"Due to various reasons, teaching was delayed for half of the last semester. Although this incident has a great impact, I don't think we should suspend classes directly." A representative of the board of directors stood up and spoke, expressing the board's thoughts.

The representative of the Student Union is obviously Orson.

"I understand the board's feelings, but under the current situation, it may be difficult to maintain fair and normal teaching," Orson said.

"After all, according to the student files we have entered, 20 percent of the students are from Antica and Naples. The outbreak of this war involves the hometowns of these students."

"But what about the other 80 percent?" the representative from the council asked in return.

"The majority should obey the minority. We cannot stop taking classes for all students just because these students have problems."