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

"Of course I remember, and I gave you my answer then."

"Have you changed your mind now?"

Orson heard a hint of threat in Arthas' tone.

If he was willing to join forces with Arthas, Arthas would be able to clear him of suspicion, and then the two of them could work together to successfully overthrow Elsa, and Arthas would be able to regain power.

By then, Orson will be able to become a person second only to one person and above everyone else. This condition is very tempting.

However, Orson just shook his head calmly.

"I'm sorry, but I'm a pretty stubborn person. At least, I won't change my mind in such a short time."

"So that means we have nothing to talk about?"

"Of course not. We can still discuss cooperation elsewhere, right?"

Orson said this, stood up, and looked at Arthas at eye level.

"You are a royal family and can freely handle many affairs. This is your advantage."

"But, Your Highness Arthas, don't forget that you are not the only member of the royal family. What you are doing now has touched my bottom line."

Having said that, Orson laid his cards on the table.

"In the dormitory for me, Olivia, and Lena, you arranged twelve sentries to watch the entrance day and night."

"Me, Lit, Olivia, Lienka, Chelinina, Lena, and Virgil, you have arranged at least three teams of spies around each of us to monitor our actions."

Arthas showed a look of surprise when he heard Orson accurately report the people who were monitoring him.

"I have endured this situation because I know you are suspicious of us and want to find something to hold against us so that you can weaken the local forces. I understand."

"But, Your Highness, what you have done has seriously disrupted the lives of my friends, my relatives, and my lover."

"Guess what, after I come in today, will your sentries still report back to you?"

"Orson!"

Arthas stared at Orson, with a hint of ferocity in his eyes.

But then, he suppressed his outburst and became amiable.

"It's okay, Orson. I apologize to you for this incident. After those sentries are caught, I have no objection to how you deal with them."

Arthas made a rare concession; those sentries were nothing more than pawns to him.

"However, my conditions remain the same. You can either join me or refuse. The former will allow us to work together and achieve a win-win situation."

"The latter, I will not allow others to sleep soundly beside my bed."

This is already a naked threat.

But Alsace has the confidence.

The strength Orson showed last time was level eight, and he is also level eight.

In addition, several eighth-level commanders of the Royal Knights, Imperial Guards, and City Defense Forces, as well as Owen of the Public Security Bureau, all are loyal to Arthas.

In addition, there are dozens of seventh-level masters who are also loyal to Arthas. Now they take turns guarding the security station. It is impossible for Orson to escape, and no information will be leaked.

As long as he waits a few days and successfully becomes the emperor of the empire, everything will be easier to control.

Directly fabricating false evidence and labeling Orson a traitor to the empire seemed to have offended three duchies at once, but as long as he gave up some of his interests and made verbal promises, the royal duchies would still be safe.

After all, even if Orson is the link between the three duchies of Naples, Antica and Prussia, he is only among the new generation.

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The Duchy of Western Asia is still under the rule of William, an old fox.

The Duchy of Antica and the Duchy of Naples, which has been half-crippled by the war, together would not be a match for the royal family.

And after Orson is eliminated by myself and I keep a low profile for a dozen years, the environment of the empire will undergo earth-shaking changes, and it will be okay to make plans by then.

In fact, Arthas was ready to give up most of his interests to ensure that he could sit on the throne of emperor.

After all, if he didn't do this, he wouldn't even be able to keep his position as emperor.

If you can't become an emperor, how can you talk about your ideals?

Therefore, although his idea seems naive, it is the only feasible option at present.

"..."

Orson and Arthas looked at each other. Their auras were equally powerful and neither could suppress the other.

"Your Highness Arthas."

Orson suddenly spoke.

"Most of the records I broke at the Imperial Academy were held by you."

"The most outstanding freshman, the highest total score in a single academic year, the youngest to be re-elected as the student union president, the highest total experience score, the highest student union vote poll..."

As Orson said this, he told Arthas about the records he had broken one by one.

"Although I don't think I'm a particularly outstanding person, at least in front of His Highness Arthas, whose records I have broken many times."

"I think you're still no match for me."

Hearing Orson's blatant mockery, Arthas suddenly became furious.

His face was as gloomy as water.

"Well, let's end it with this move. After today, you and I are no longer friends."

As he said this, he threw a punch at Orson, who took it lightly.

This seemingly ordinary punch and palm strike created a large amount of airflow in the entire room out of thin air.

The decorations on the cupboards were also shaken to the ground.

After a long time, the two men's fists separated.

"I'll have this cleaned up, Orson."

Arthas said this, turned around silently and left the room.

Orson turned his head and looked in a direction outside the window.

Sure enough, the secret sentry there met Orson's sight.

Orson gave a playful smile.

The next second, a golden figure flashed by, and the secret sentry who was distracted by looking at Orson instantly disappeared into the shadows.

Orson witnessed all this, then sat back in his chair and started looking through his book again.

"Arthas, you and I may have similarities in military affairs, and I have also given you the opportunity to retreat to the second line."

"But since you value the throne so much, then you must be prepared to lose everything in order to fight for the imperial power."

"The thread is tightening step by step. The more you struggle and the more you want to resist, the easier it is for you to fall into the abyss."

Orson muttered to himself, as if he already knew Arthas' fate in advance.

Chapter 4: Usurpation (K)

In the police station, Elsa wanted to meet Orson, but was stopped by several high-ranking knights.

"I'm sorry, Your Highness Elsa, His Royal Highness has ordered that in order to prevent Orson from colluding with outsiders again, Orson must not see anyone other than His Royal Highness."

Seeing this, Elsa put her hands on her hips angrily and looked at the knights in front of her.

"Oh, so it means that my brother is now trying Orson 'alone', right?"

"That's right."

"Can I understand this as a coup d'état, or a persecution of meritorious officials?"

Several knights lowered their heads and no one dared to speak.

"I repeat, the power of justice was given to me by my father. Not only the police station, but also the court is under my control. If you stand in my way again, I will ask the people in the court to take you away and convict you of treason!"

"We cannot ignore the orders of His Royal Highness the Prince." said one of the knights.

"If Your Highness Elsa insists on doing this, then we can only wait for you to call the people from the court."

"Okay." Elsa nodded repeatedly after hearing that.

Her anger was almost uncontrollable.

She didn't expect that her father was just unconscious, but her brother seemed to be unable to sit still.

She turned around and walked out of the police station, but did not go to the court.

to.

She knew that in this situation, there was no point in going to court anymore. She could only gather all her forces in Saint Laurent City to prevent her royal brother from launching a surprise attack on her.

Fortunately, Odysseus had left her the leadership of the court magicians before. The fighting power of these magicians was not weak at all. With their help, at least she was not powerless to resist.

As for Orson, she would just have to wait to rescue him later.

The next period of time will determine the fate of the empire for at least the next few decades.

It was midnight, and the army outside the city received orders from the generals and began to march towards the city of Saint Laurent, while the army in the territory ruled by Alsace also began to march towards Elsa's territory.

He had to resolve everything within the next forty-eight hours.

Before that, the first thing to do is to make everything you do legal.

Arthas came to Odysseus's bedroom. At this time, Odysseus had become a little more awake, but his body was extremely weak after eating only liquid food for several days.

Hearing the footsteps of Arthas coming in, Odysseus turned around and looked at his son.

"Father, I came here this time to ask you for advice on something."

"you say……"

Odysseus's tone was very weak.

Seeing Arthas's current expression, he already knew what had happened.

"We have already found out the reason why you fainted. Elsa ordered the chef to put a slow-acting poison in your food. She saw that she had a chance to become the heir, so in order to prevent you from changing your mind, she could not wait to murder you and put the blame on me in order to consolidate her position."

Unexpectedly, when Odysseus heard this, he just smiled.

"You said this... do you believe it yourself?"

Of course, Arthas knew that Odysseus would not believe his one-sided words. He originally planned to take the opportunity to gain his father's trust when he just woke up, so that everything he did would not be too troublesome.

When the time comes, he will get rid of Elsa and let Odysseus be a puppet emperor for a few years, and the throne will naturally pass to him.

Of course, he was also prepared for Odysseus to not believe him.

"Of course I didn't expect Father to believe my one-sided words. I didn't come here to gain your trust. I just wanted to get back what I lost."

Arthas said this and took out a gorgeously decorated edict.

This is the edict that can only be found in Odysseus' study, which specifically conveys the emperor's personal will.

"This is the decree of succession. Father, you are in poor health right now. For the future of the empire, please decide on the successor to the throne now. Otherwise, the empire will be unstable, and there may be a conflict between Elsa and me. I don't want to see a breakup between brother and sister."

Hearing Arthas' words, Odysseus nodded and stretched out his hand.

"Give me."

Arthas handed the edict to Odysseus.

The latter took the edict and glanced at its contents.

As expected, the so-called establishment of an heir was just a means for Arthas to force the emperor to abdicate.

Odysseus looked at the contents and smiled.

"Do you think that if you do this, others will believe in you as the legitimate emperor of the empire?"

"And, of course, your scepter. I haven't forgotten that."

Arthas took out Odysseus's scepter again.

"You can actively pass it to me, or you can wait until your father passes away, and it will automatically become ineffective, and then I can reactivate it."