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

Could it be that he was crying with joy?

They didn't dare to think too much about it. After all, it was their superior's business and had nothing to do with them. They only knew that the war was won and they could finally rest.

Orson held Litt in his arms, patting her back gently until she recovered, then he let her go.

"Okay, Li Te, everything is over. Don't think too much about it. Come back with me."

"Yeah." Litt nodded, stretched out his hand, and took Orson's hand.

There are not so many ifs in the world. She only knows that the only thing she needs to care about now is to do the things at hand well.

The fire continued for several hours until late at night, when the last sparks faded and the night sky returned to darkness.

In order to prevent Giovanni from faking his death, the coalition forces surrounded the Duke's residence.

After the fire was extinguished, the coalition forces went to search and, as expected, found a charred body in the Duke's mansion.

A large part of the temperature generated by the burning flames was borne by the air, and it was impossible to burn Giovanni's body to ashes. The last bit of dignity he sought became a luxury.

After a simple comparison, it was confirmed that the deceased was Giovanni. Thus, with the death of the Duke of Napoli, the war in the south was about to come to an end.

Of course, it would be impossible for Giovanni to be buried in such a decent manner. His body would be wrapped in white cloth and transported to the north. A public trial would be held in the city of Saint Laurent, and then his body would be burned at the stake. At that time, his body would finally turn into ashes.

As for Donny, after being defeated by Leete with the magic removal circle, he lost his power and was no longer like a normal person. With muscle atrophy and dementia, as well as the imprisonment during the subsequent trial meeting, it is unlikely that he will survive this year.

As a result, the position of Duke of Napoli became vacant.

In the empire's inheritance laws, collateral families did not have a much higher inheritance order than outsiders. In many cases, collateral families would even be deliberately excluded to avoid suspicion, and this time was no exception.

A week later, in Saint Laurent City, the Imperial Conference.

Representatives of the royal family, the military, various duchies, cities, the Imperial Academy, and business discussed the candidate for the Duke of Naples. At the meeting, 70% of the votes approved the proposal that Orson take over the position of Duke of Naples.

In principle, the Empire does not allow one family to hold two duchies at the same time. Therefore, two days before the Imperial Conference, Lucius announced to outsiders that Orson would break away from the Stranic family and establish a new family.

This practice was obviously intended to avoid suspicion, but not many people raised any objections.

The reason is very simple. No matter how close the Orson and Stranic families are, they are no longer a family after the separation. The relationship between the next generation may still be very good, but what about the next generation?

Throughout the thousand-year history of the empire, there are countless examples of families splitting up and relationships becoming distant, or even turning against each other.

As long as the two families are not overly close after the separation, after a few generations, the relationship between the two families will sooner or later become dull due to various disputes.

After being successfully elected, Orson came to the stage to give his speech.

Orson walked onto the stage and looked at the crowd, many of whom he knew.

Elsa, the representative of the royal family, the Olivia sisters, the representatives of the Duke, Teacher Triss, the representative of the academy, and Chelinina, the representative of business, these familiar people were looking at him with expectation in their eyes.

Orson cleared his throat and said, "I am honored to be able to obtain the title of Duke of Naples when the Dukedom of Naples is without a master. Here, I sincerely thank your Majesty and you for your kindness."

"However, since I am still studying at the Imperial Academy and do not have the energy to handle the affairs of the Duchy of Naples, after I become the Duke, I plan to set up a cabinet to manage the Duchy of Naples on my behalf. The ministers of the cabinet will be jointly elected by the cities and earls."

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole place was in an uproar.

"This is a political experiment. I believe that a government elected by everyone can better represent everyone's interests. Similarly, if the government is completely dominated by one person, it is easy to ignore the power of the people."

"I will discuss the specific policies with the Duke of Napoli.

It will be gradually implemented during the administration, so please look forward to it." After saying this, Orson bowed deeply to everyone and then left the scene.

In the audience, even those who supported Orson showed disbelief at this moment.

The title of Duke is noble because only these people in the empire can exercise supreme power over large areas of land.

Yet Orson was going to give such a supreme reward to a local in Naples? Was he crazy?

As a foreigner, it was very difficult for Orson to win the hearts and minds of the counts of Naples. Now that he has delegated power, most of Naples will have nothing to do with him in the future.

When Giovanni was in office, he did a good job in centralizing the power of the Duchy. Orson now wants the entire territory of Naples to be autonomous.

At this time, the military representatives all turned their eyes to Arthas.

Arthas also smiled.

Yes, Orson had made his intention clear to him long ago. He would not serve as the Duke of Naples, or in other words, would not exercise the executive power of a duke. The Duchy of Naples would remain autonomous and would not lean towards any side.

This was enough for Arthas.

If Orson wants to remain neutral, then let him remain neutral. When the outcome of his fight with Elsa comes out, he believes that Orson will have the good sense to join him.

When the Imperial Conference was adjourned, Orson was blocked at the door by Litt.

"Orson, although I never question your decision, can you tell me why you do this..."

Lit stood in front of Orson, his face full of confusion.

"We paid so many casualties for this place, just to support you, Orson. Why did you..."

"Leet." Orson interrupted her, and then said earnestly: "Don't forget what our original purpose was. Of course, I can become the Duke directly, but as I said, there are many problems. This is the best solution now."

"Besides, I've already said it. Instead of asking why, I should do a good job of cleaning up the mess."

Having said this, Orson glanced at Chelinina who was waiting for him not far away and walked straight towards her.

"Cherinina, regarding the revitalization plan for the Duchy of Naples, shall we discuss it then?"

"Okay~" Celinina agreed. "Napoli is my hometown after all, and I am not comfortable seeing the mess it is in now."

"Besides, my money is yours now." She smiled and didn't care that Lit was following Orson.

"Then~ we need to discuss the reward first~"

"I will recommend you to be a cabinet minister. As a native of Naples, with your current business status and my recommendation, I can give you the executive power you want."

"Haha, Orson, do you think I'm too snobbish?" When Chelinina heard Orson say this seriously, she couldn't help laughing.

"I don't care about those things. You know what I care about most."

As she said this, she glanced at Li Te next to her, and then said, "Okay, I have something else to do, so let's not talk about it for now. Just tell me what specific resources you need when the time comes."

"Yeah." Orson nodded and watched Chelinina leave.

"Orson..." Lit looked at Orson who was standing beside him. "Why do I feel like you're being kept by sister Chelinina?"

"Don't talk nonsense, it's nothing."

"But I see that the relationship between you two seems a little unusual. Do you want me to report it to Sister Olivia?"

"Girl, when did you become a member of Olivia's camp?"

"Hey~"

Volume 3: Snow Country Tales and Imperial City Storms

Chapter 1: A long-awaited date

After the war in the south ended, Orson and Litt returned to the Imperial Academy.

Not long after the two returned to the dormitory, there was a knock on the door.

"Big brother! And Li Teuk brother, are you back?"

Outside the door came Lena's energetic voice. As soon as Lit heard Lena's voice, he hurried to the door and opened it.

You know, military life in the South can be pretty dull, and Virgil, who went to the South with Leeteuk, was too serious most of the time.

Now that he sees Lena, the happy girl, again, Litt naturally can't wait to meet her.

Opening the door, Lena came straight to

Rushed in.

"Hey, Brother Li Te is really back!"

She came to Litt and hugged his waist directly, and Litt also hugged Lena in return.

"...Brother Lit, have you gained weight?" The two of them were hugging each other, and Lena suddenly spoke out.

"Ah?! No way!" Litt quickly denied it and then let go of Lena's hand.

"But... why do I feel that Li Teuk's body is softer than that of my big brother? Isn't it because he has more flesh that he becomes softer?"

Lena asked in confusion, pointing her hand at her chin.

Only then did Litt break out in a cold sweat, fortunately he didn't hug Lena for too long.

Although my clothes are loose, I can still feel something strange when they stick to me.

At this time, two more people walked in from outside.

"Sorry to bother you." Lianka saw that it was Lit who greeted her politely.

"Well, it's okay. Long time no see, Lianka." Seeing this, Litt quickly changed the subject, while secretly thanking Lianka in his heart.

If it weren't for her, Li Te wouldn't know how to change the subject flexibly.

"Thank you so much for taking care of Lena these days." She said this and gestured for the two to come in.

Orson had just changed his clothes upstairs. He had an appointment with Olivia to go out tonight, so he needed to prepare in advance.

No matter how stupid he was, he would still feel guilty after being separated from his fiancée for so many days, so he wanted to give Olivia a surprise on the date tonight.

When he changed his clothes and came down, he happened to see three women chatting on the first floor.

After this period of training, Li Te has become able to handle such social interactions with ease, although a big reason for this is that everyone is acquaintances and knows each other.

After seeing Orson coming down, the three women all stared at him.

"Um, why are you looking at me?" Orson looked at the girls in front of him puzzledly.

Lianka blushed and looked away.

Litt still stared at Orson.

Only Lena spoke first:

"Big brother, you are dressed so handsomely today, are you going out to date a girl?"

It's no wonder that several people think so. Orson is a minimalist in his dressing style. He doesn't like to wear fancy clothes. He chooses the most conservative style of dress, just like a middle-aged man.

But today he changed into a light blue formal suit, which was unusual for him, and he deliberately styled his hair. Compared with his usual calmness, his whole style had changed - if you ignored his still expressionless face.

"Huh? You know?" Orson asked confusedly.

"You're so good, Orson. It turns out that you have always been unfaithful to your sister!" At this time, Lianka suddenly spoke with a blushing face.

"..." Orson looked at Lianka who was pointing at him angrily and sighed helplessly.

"No, Lianka, don't I know who you are?"

As he said this, Orson pointed to his temple.

"Use your cute little brain and think about it. If I go out to date another girl, it definitely won't be Olivia, right?"

As a result, Li Te was not happy to hear this.

"Orson, you just came back, why are you so anxious to go out on a date with Olivia?" Litt said this and clicked his tongue in a regretful manner.

"Alas, what a pity! Even a hero cannot resist the temptation of beauty."

"That's right, I thought big brother was a very career-oriented person. What's the word... Oh yes, obsessed with beauty!" Lena also echoed.

At this time, Orson came to a few people and tapped Litt and Lena on the head lightly.

Seeing this, Lianka subconsciously closed her eyes and waited for Orson's chestnut to fall.

But Orson didn't dare to knock on Lianka, he just skipped Lianka's process.

"What are you little guys thinking about all day long?" Orson said this and explained his reasons.

"Your sister Olivia is my fiancée. Because of the empire's affairs, I haven't been able to accompany her these days, let alone exchange letters with her. I must make up for it."

"Think about it, if you have someone you like in the future and they are willing to give so much for you, won't you feel guilty?"

Upon hearing this, Li Te curled his lips.

“I wish he could be that proactive.

a little. "

Orson could only pretend he didn't hear this.