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

To be fair, although Sean is not very capable, the most important thing for a regent is not to covet power, and Sean has done a good job in this regard.

If nothing unexpected happened, Sean could have made a peaceful transition to growing up with Henry.

That night, as soon as Henry met Sean, he told him why he was there.

"Father will be assassinated tonight and may not survive the night." He said these terrifying words in an extremely calm tone, and Sean was unable to react for a moment.

"Henry! How can you curse your own father to death like that?"

"This is not a curse, Uncle Sean, you have to believe me, I was reincarnated from the afterlife, and now the only two people I can save are you and me!"

Sean didn't believe it at first, and even thought Henry was crazy, so he quickly sent someone to send Henry back.

But an hour later, the news coming from Saint Laurent City made Sean dumbfounded.

Then, he quickly invited Henry back. After listening to Henry's story about his previous life, Sean was silent for a long time.

In the previous life, neither he nor Henry had a good ending. Henry eventually died from a glass of poisoned wine, and Sean "accidentally" died in a hunting trip after being deprived of his regency.

In the end, Sean chose to believe Henry. He didn't want to repeat the same mistake, even though everything was just what Henry said.

So, that night, Sean helped Henry run around all the prominent families in Paris, conveying the news of François' death and making Henry the legitimate wife.

Afterwards, the few of them rushed to Saint Laurent City almost non-stop.

Henry had witnessed his father's death once in his previous life. This time, he did not shed tears, but stood silently in the middle of the crowd.

In the previous life, the cause of his father’s death was also unclear. In the end, the royal family hastily gave the results of the investigation and did not find the real murderer.

Even if Henry wanted to investigate afterwards, it would only be a waste of effort as he had lost a lot of intelligence clues.

Having died unclearly in his previous life, Henry vowed in this life to take back everything he had lost.

No matter whether it was the regent who killed me or the cause of my father's death, I must avenge all this hatred!

With this idea in mind, Henry quickly began his revenge plan after coming to power.

The first one was the regent in his previous life. Sean trusted others too easily, which gave the regent an opportunity to take advantage of him. But now, the other party has been framed with a series of crimes by him and put in jail.

What awaits him will be what he once did to Henry.

Chapter 79: Will You Be Disappointed?

But as Henry learned more and more about the information in this world, he felt more and more that something was wrong.

The first is Orson.

In his original memory, this leader of the younger generation of the empire, an absolute prodigy, should have been disgraced long ago because of the breakdown of his relationship with his brother Litt and the exposure of his secret tricks and conspiracies against Litt before his father was assassinated. However, he actually saw Orson and Elsa sitting together.

Henry knew Orson, of course. Before Mary got into trouble, the two families were in-laws and had frequent dealings with each other.

The relationship between the two families had always been quite good, until Orson got into trouble and Mary was also exposed and expelled from the family, after which the two families severed ties.

Henry remembered every detail of what happened to Orson. In the battle in front of everyone, with the future inheritance of the family at stake, Orson used the power of the devil.

Even so, he failed to defeat Leeteuk.

After the defeat, Orson lost all his strength and his final whereabouts are unknown.

Henry was very confused. Although he had traveled back in time, the world line seemed to have changed.

During these few days, he learned that Orson and Litt were not enemies like in the previous world line, but worked together to develop the Duchy of Antica and repel the attack from the orcs.

Thanks to this achievement, Orson did not fall into disgrace like Henry in his previous life. Instead, he became a great hero of the empire, even surpassing some dukes in reputation.

But all this was gained by Orson giving up his inheritance rights.

This made Henry very puzzled.

In his previous life, Orson had an irreconcilable conflict with Litt over the duke's inheritance rights, but now not only has that not happened, the relationship between the two brothers is very good.

Could it be that this Orson was also reincarnated?

This thought stayed in Henry's mind for a brief moment, and he finally shook his head.

That shouldn't be possible. It's just that the world line I traveled back to has changed.

Thinking of this, Henry got up and went to the basement of the Duke's mansion.

At this moment, the basement has been converted into a cell, and a middle-aged man is having his limbs bound by iron chains, curled up tightly in a corner of the cell.

He was the man who had cast a deep shadow on Henry, Count Fulton of the Dukedom of Orleans.

"Earl Fulton, how are you?" Henry looked at the man in front of him with a smile.

"How are you, Your Excellency Duke Henry." The middle-aged man named Fulton no longer had the decency of his previous life. His beard and hair were messy, and he hadn't taken a bath for a long time, emitting an unpleasant odor.

"I never thought that you would have such a miserable day." Henry snorted coldly.

"I don't really understand, Your Majesty, why do you want to trap me here? There are only two of us here. Let's not beat around the bush. You know what the charges are." Fulton said this, raised his head, and looked at Henry calmly.

"It's normal that you don't understand." Henry said this and sat in front of Fulton.

"I'll tell you straight away. I plan to instigate Uncle Sean's regency in the future, and then take control of the entire Dukedom of Orleans. Even when I come of age, you will still hold on to power and be unwilling to give it up."

"You said, if I don't trap a powerful official like you who is so ambitious and capable before you develop, do I have to wait until you gain the trust of Uncle Sean and use me as a puppet before I rebel?"

"Oh, Duke Henry, aren't you a little too pessimistic?" Fulton was full of disdain when he heard Henry say that.

Only a three-year-old child would believe this kind of reason, right?

Not to mention that he was only an earl now, even if he really gained Sean's trust in the future as he said, how could he override the duke? Was he blind to be the emperor?

"Duke Henry, do you think what you said is reliable? You are not reborn from the future."

"Oh, is that really the case?"

"Do you really think that I was not reborn from the future?"

Fulton's eyes suddenly widened.

"But... even if you, Duke Henry, have returned from the future, I haven't done anything wrong right now, right? Imprisoning me like this is against the laws of the empire, right?"

"Well, maybe that's true." Henry nodded, "But I don't regret it. After all, I came here for 'revenge'."

He emphasized the word revenge, then stood up.

"Earl Fulton, you should just wait for death in this dungeon. No one will come to save you."

Henry only intended to let Sean and himself know that he was a reborn person. After he told Fulton that he was a reborn person, the implication was very obvious.

There was no way he could make it to the outside world alive.

Just as Henry walked up one floor from the dungeon, Sean was already waiting for him in the living room.

"Your Excellency, the Fulton family members are causing trouble outside the palace.

They said Fulton was wrongly accused and they would not leave until Fulton was released.”

"Ignore them." Henry waved his hand. "The crime is obvious. He must be punished."

"If they insist on rebelling, let them experience the consequences of disobeying the Duke."

"I see." Sean nodded. "Then, the next question is about Francois. The royal family often reported the progress to us in real time during the investigation, but for some reason, they haven't reported in the past two days. They said there is no progress."

"How is it possible that there is no progress!" Henry said this, and his emotions suddenly became excited.

This was the case in the previous life. The royal family was investigating but suddenly there was no news, and the case was finally closed as an unsolved case. This became a knot in Henry's heart that he was never able to resolve.

"They are covering it up, that must be the case! Hurry up and contact Saint Laurent City and have our people take action quickly. We must not wait until the royal family destroys all the evidence before investigating."

"Yes, I understand!"

……

On the other side, Saint Laurent City.

Orson stood at the door of the Imperial Court.

Just yesterday, Odysseus personally ordered the disbanding of the special task force responsible for investigating François' assassination, on the grounds that there had been no progress for too long, and a new investigation team was established.

And now, a group of soldiers are standing at the gate of the Imperial Court, moving boxes of documents out of the court, preparing to transport them to the palace for storage.

"It seems that His Majesty is determined to protect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Orson said slowly.

Next to him, Elsa also sighed.

"I can't help it. This matter is too sensitive. Even if I don't want to protect my brother, I have to force myself to get through this period of time for the sake of the royal family's reputation."

"This is the royal family, Orson. Are you disappointed with your father and the royal family?"

Chapter 80: The Enemy Attacks

"It is precisely because the royal family is like this that it is necessary to let Your Highness Elsa come on stage." Orson stood beside Elsa and said softly.

"Your Highness Elsa, you are different. I believe you are the right person, both for the rule of the empire and for the people under your rule."

His voice was only heard by himself and Elsa.

As expected, after hearing these words, Elsa was obviously stunned for a moment.

"You...what do you mean?" Elsa seemed to have misunderstood the meaning of Orson's words, and her cheeks blushed slightly.

"It's obvious, Your Highness Elsa, I believe you." Orson said this, turned his head to look at Elsa and smiled.

"The road ahead is long and difficult, and this matter will not end so easily, believe me."

After saying this, Orson turned around and left first.

……

Back to the front line of the war, the city of Florence is about to fall. This city is the second most important city in the Duchy of Naples.

As can be seen from the name of the ducal family, Florence, this city is where the Florence family made their fortune and has been the capital of the Duchy of Naples for a long time. It was only hundreds of years ago that due to a natural disaster, the capital of the Duchy of Naples was moved to the city of Romulus.

Now, all the defenders of Florence have left the city. They have built a line of defense outside the city and will never let the enemy cross the line to attack their homes.

At this moment, in the Naples military camp outside Florence, Martin was sitting outside a tent warming himself by the fire.

Although the Duchy of Naples is in the southern part of the empire and not as cold as the Duchy of Lucia in the north where people can be frozen to death during the winter, it is still very difficult to endure.

The biting cold wind accompanied by moist water vapor rushed straight into people's limbs and bones, making people shiver uncontrollably.

In this kind of weather, the only way to feel comfortable is to warm yourself by the fire.

These days, thanks to his heroic performance in battle, he has been promoted by the commander to the commander of a force of a thousand men. At this moment, his troops are responsible for the front-line defense of the entire team.

If the enemy chooses to attack, he will be the first unit to engage the enemy.

Whether the commander valued him or treated him as cannon fodder, Martin didn't care.

All he asked was to choose a few of his companions as his adjutants.

Anyway, he was fighting to resist the invasion, so it was just what he wanted to do to let him stand on the front line against the invaders.

"Martin." Just as Martin was still warming himself by the fire, a man came over.

He was with Martin.

The companions who participated in the conscription were also comrades who had always been fighting with Martin on the front line.

"What's wrong, Wertz?" Martin looked at the other party and asked in confusion.

"Do you think we have a chance of winning?" Wirtz sat next to Martin, took off his gloves, and then put his hands by the fire to warm them.

When they first set out, the enemy was still several days away from Florence, but now they have been retreating to the outskirts of Florence, and behind them are the people they are supposed to protect.

"How is it impossible? Good will never prevail over evil." Martin said this without changing his expression.

"They are invaders, so we will definitely be able to repel them."

"But... I heard that they didn't do anything excessive to the people, and the reason for their attack was our Duke... He..."

"Wilts!" Martin interrupted.

"If you say something like this in the army, you'll get beheaded. Do you want to die?!"

"But..." Wirtz said anxiously, "I really don't know what we are fighting for now."

"Don't talk nonsense about fighting a second war for the Duke. You are a noble, you should understand these principles better than me. These crappy nobles are not worth our lives, and the enemy will not do anything to our relatives. It seems that they really only want to punish the Duke..."

"And then?" Martin listened to what Wirtz had said, raised his head and looked at him silently. "And then? Just because the enemy doesn't mistreat civilians, we can give up the land that has been passed down from generation to generation?"