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

Orson lowered his head and pondered for a while, then walked out of the tent. Finally, he found the person who was most different from the other cultists among yesterday's captives.

When Orson approached the other man, he was still tied to a tree stump. When he saw Orson coming, his face was full of fear.

"Andrew, right?" Orson came up to the other person, squatted down and asked.

"No...you, you've got the wrong person..." The other person said this and shook his head quickly.

However, the nervous look on his face betrayed him.

“Oh, that’s a pity. I only plan to let Andrew survive this time. Since you are not Andrew, goodbye.”

As he said this, he reached for the sword at his waist.

Andrew saw this and said in a panic, "Well, I am Andrew, I am Andrew, please put the sword away first, we have something to talk about..."

“Oh? How can you prove that you are Andrew?”

"Uh...this..." Andrew didn't know what to say for a moment after hearing this.

"Let's do this." Seeing the other party's anxious look, Orson gave him a way out.

"I am very interested in your powerful soldiers. Can you tell me how they were trained?"

"I..." Andrew's eyes lit up when he heard this, as if he had found a life-saving straw, and then he started talking.

"I recruit all of them. Those soldiers are trained using the secret method I taught. The secret method I taught can make ordinary people become strong men with fourth-level strength. So this army is difficult to deal with in your opinion."

"Oh? Then what's the secret method of yours?"

"If you want to use the secret method, you must first believe in my religion!" Andrew said, raising his head.

"How about it? If you are also interested in power, why not convert to us? I swear, with my help, you can become the emperor of the empire."

Andrew saw an opportunity and even began to turn the tables and started to instigate a rebellion against Austria.

Sen.

"That's not necessary." Orson shook his head. "I don't want to become a living dead, just following your orders."

"But I feel like you seemed to be hiding something from me just now?" Orson said this and looked at Andrew.

"You haven't told me the price of the secret technique yet. If you don't tell me the truth, I have someone here who is very good at torture. Do you want to try his torture skills?"

"This... this is not necessary..." Andrew laughed, but his trembling legs revealed his current mood.

"I...every word I said is true. If there is even one lie...my Lord will punish you immediately."

"Alas, it seems you are not going to tell the truth." Orson sighed regretfully and turned away.

"Um... no, sir, we can still discuss it properly, don't be like this..."

……

"Doctor, are the results of the interrogation out?" At night, when no one was around, Orson talked to the doctor alone in the woods.

"Yes." The doctor nodded. "That guy has a weak willpower and confessed everything in a short while. I don't know how he became the leader of a cult."

"It's normal. Some people rely on flattery to get to the top, and then they hand over all the hard work to their subordinates. When they are used to a life of luxury, it is easy for them to develop this kind of personality." Orson said this and shook his head. "So, tell me about your findings, doctor."

"Well, their so-called secret method can indeed make people stronger, but it will also make them lose their minds and turn them into monsters that only listen to their manipulation."

"The conditions for the secret method to work require that the person being controlled cannot resist at all. Moreover, the probability of success is extremely low, only about one in ten."

"What happens if it doesn't work?"

"Brain damage, death."

"..." Orson fell silent after hearing the result.

"That is to say, behind the approximately 10,000 troops they controlled, there were at least 100,000 dead bodies buried?"

"Yes." The doctor nodded.

"The reason why they were able to do this is obviously because they had Giovanni's consent. Otherwise, in other parts of the empire, even if only a hundred people disappeared, let alone a hundred thousand people, it would be enough to attract local attention."

“Giovanni…” Orson couldn’t help but clench his fists when he heard the analysis.

He had never wanted someone dead as much as he did now.

If everything Giovanni did before was understandable because he wanted to satisfy his ambition, then everything he did now had crossed the line.

You know, after the war broke out, the population of the entire Romulus city did not exceed 300,000. Coupled with the previous armed suppression, the population of Romulus city was reduced by nearly half.

The war crimes committed by Giovanni were enough to get him sentenced to death ten thousand times by the laws of the empire, and he was completely nailed to the pillar of shame.

"So what did you do with him in the end?"

"I arranged an expedited express for him to go to be judged by God as soon as possible."

"I'm afraid the church won't be too satisfied with what you're doing..."

"Anyway, you'll hold up the sky if it falls, I just need to do what I should do."

"Okay." Orson sighed helplessly.

……

Since hearing the news of Andrew's defeat, Giovanni seemed like a different person. He ordered his troops to return to the city of Romulus, and then spent the whole day drinking and having fun in the Duke's Palace, no longer caring about defense. Only a few officers who were still loyal to him took over the military power and began to arrange the city's defense.

After a few days, the coalition forces attacked the city of Romulus. This time, the coalition forces learned of the tragedy that occurred in the city, and their morale was boosted. Everyone wanted to rescue the citizens in the city who were in dire straits. In addition, with the support of court magicians and other humanoid war weapons, the city of Romulus was only defended for one day before being forced into the street fighting stage.

"Your Excellency Duke, the enemy is less than two kilometers away from here. We can't hold on any longer. Please think of a solution!" The officer defending the city shouted as he entered the Duke's mansion. However, he only saw Giovanni, with disheveled hair, sleeping soundly on the sofa.

Next to Giovanni, a black figure appeared.

"His Excellency the Duke is resting now. Return to your post, officer."

"But, but in two hours at most, the enemy will arrive here. If we don't think of a solution, the Dukedom will be destroyed!"

"What nonsense!?" At this time, Giovanni seemed to have heard the key words, and he sat up from the sofa and shouted loudly.

"Who said the dukedom will perish? Naples will never perish!" He screamed loudly. "Get back to the battlefield and fight! I have raised you for so long, you should repay me with your lives, get back to the battlefield!"

"Yes, sir!" After being scolded by Giovanni, the officer could only lower his head and rush back to the front line in disappointment.

"Your Excellency the Duke, do you need my help?" The black shadow also spoke at this time.

"You? If you go out, who will be responsible for my safety?"

"But the front line is short of manpower right now. If I don't go, it seems they won't be able to hold the front line."

"You can hold the front line if you go there? If you really have that ability, the position of Duke will be given to you."

Giovanni said this unhappily, and then burped again.

"Raven, you have followed me since your father's generation. Over the years, I have never asked you for anything. After completing the last mission I gave you, you can go wherever you want, okay?"

"Your Excellency the Duke, don't you want me to stay with you?" Raven asked doubtfully.

"No need, I know you've already intended to leave."

"So, tell me, Your Excellency the Duke, what is the last mission you give me?"

"Don't be anxious yet, Raven. Let me ask you, is there anything that you value most in your life? It can be a person or an object."

"Of course I have." Raven nodded. "But what I value most now is my own strength."

"It's a very good idea. Once a person puts all his thoughts on himself and has no external concerns, he will be invincible."

Giovanni picked up the bottle in front of him and drank another bottle of wine.

"Do you know why I have been targeting the royal family and Antica?"

"Is it... still because of that incident?" Raven asked tentatively.

"Yeah." Giovanni nodded dejectedly.

"I thought you had forgotten her, Your Excellency."

Raven said this with a hint of regret in his tone.

"How could I forget? That's the biggest regret in my life." Giovanni sighed.

"She was born here, grew up here, and never came back from the time she was driven away until she died in a foreign land. Tell me, how can I not hate them?"

"So, in order to let him experience my pain, Raven, your last mission is to help me kill Lit."

"Only if he has lost his own flesh and blood can he understand how I felt at that time, right?"

There was a hint of ferocity in Giovanni's eyes.

At this moment, unlike the drunkenness just now, he was extremely sober.

Raven nodded, said nothing more, and walked out of the Duke's Mansion alone.

Giovanni took out a pocket watch from his arms, looked at the portrait inside, and stared at it for a long time.

"I'm sorry I disappointed you, Margaret...sister."

After a long moment, he murmured.

Chapter 4: Disappeared into the Sky (K)

"Father, why did you kick Sister Margaret out?"

Inside the mansion, a young child looked at the middle-aged man in front of him and asked in confusion.

"Giovanni, I've said this many times, she's not your sister. She was just a servant I found to take care of you. It would be the same for anyone else. If you say she's your sister again, don't blame me for putting you in solitary confinement!"

The middle-aged man was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, and then he just yelled loudly.

"Now, I have to go take care of things, Giovanni, get out of my way!"

"But..." The boy mustered up his courage and stood in front of the middle-aged man. "I need you to give me an explanation, father!"

"Explain?" The middle-aged man smiled.

"You're not that old, but your tone is not that young."

As he said this, Giovanni was greeted with a heavy slap in the face, and he was knocked to the ground.

Giovanni covered his burning right face, endured the pain, stood up, and stood in front of the middle-aged man again.

"Father..."

"…Okay, since you want to know so much, I'll tell you what happened."

"She is the bastard born by your mother and a man outside before she married me!" The middle-aged man said this, his pupils trembling, and the shock in his heart could not subside for a long time.

"But... all this should be my mother's fault. It has nothing to do with Sister Margaret..."

"Oh, so what you mean is that I have to feed and nourish your mother's lover's child, right?

"

"No... that's not what I meant."

"There's nothing more to say, Raven. Send Giovanni to the detention room."

"I see."

Giovanni never saw Margherita again after that day, and when he saw her again, she was standing next to another man.

And that man was his long-time rival in the Imperial Academy.

Lucius.

That noon, Giovanni spotted this familiar figure in a restaurant in Saint Laurent City. Even though he hadn't seen her for eight years, she was still as dazzling and charming as before.

Giovanni walked into the restaurant, came up to the two of them, and stared at Margherita blankly.

Lucius looked at Giovanni, frowned slightly, and said in a not very friendly tone: "Student Giovanni, what are you doing here?"

However, when he saw Margaret, who was sitting opposite him, with the same surprised expression, he realized that something seemed to be wrong.

"You guys know each other?"

"Yeah." Margaret nodded, then looked up at Giovanni who was staring at her.

"Master Giovanni, long time no see..."

"What young master? Just call me Giovanni as usual." Giovanni said this, and he, who was usually sarcastic, rarely smiled.