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

Odysseus sighed when he saw that Arthas was determined to do this.

"Arthas, in your eyes, your relatives are nothing anymore?"

"Father, did you ever treat me as a relative?"

Arthas looked at his father and asked back.

"I thought you only had eyes for Elsa."

"Arthas, you have lost your mind."

Odysseus wanted to persuade his son again.

"Anyone with a discerning eye can see who I was biased towards in the past twenty years."

"I gave you military power, and I never said anything when you attended those noble banquets. This was all for the purpose of training you to be the emperor of the empire. You have done a really good job."

"But after seeing Elsa's growth, you gave up your previous investment in me, didn't you?"

"...I just

To compensate her, as her elder brother, you have been exposed to many things earlier than her. If she also wants to be the emperor, it will be unfair to her. "

"Is that fair to me?"

Arthas's questioning was like an iron fist torturing Odysseus' heart.

He finally lowered his head, looked at the contents of the edict, silently raised his hand, and slowly wrote his name on it with a pen.

"Arthas, I know you won't listen to me now, but as a father, I will give you one last piece of advice."

"Don't let others take advantage of you. If others are following you, it just means that you are still useful to them."

"Once your usefulness is gone, you'll be deserted."

"So, if you want to succeed, think carefully about how to keep yourself in the best interests of the majority of the people in the empire."

"Also, I have one last request from you. Please tell Elsa for me."

Odysseus said this, his voice growing weaker and weaker.

After signing the edict of succession, he seemed to have reached the end of his life.

"No matter what, I... don't want to see you two siblings killing each other. At least in the end, please leave each other a way to survive."

Odysseus handed the edict in his hand to Arthas, then his hands dropped weakly and his eyes gradually lost their luster.

Arthas looked at Odysseus losing his life in front of him with an expressionless face.

He walked out of Odysseus's chamber.

At this moment, all the guards in the palace have been replaced by his trusted subordinates, and no one can bring any news out of the palace.

Long after Arthas left, a black cat crawled out from under Odysseus' bed, jumped onto his bed, and after circling around his stiff body for a few times, it came to the window, flipped over and jumped out of the palace through the window.

The next morning, a piece of news that shocked the entire empire spread among the residents of Saint Laurent.

Emperor Odysseus died late last night because of the shock of the last assassination attempt and the fact that his cook poisoned his meals, which caused his health to deteriorate.

The night before his death, Odysseus left a will, appointing Arthas as the new emperor of the empire.

The people of the empire had no objection to this.

Although Elsa has emerged as a rising star recently, she is too young after all. In the past ten years, Arthas has been firmly in control of the succession to the throne. It is still difficult to change the public opinion direction of the empire in a short period of time.

But then, a piece of news caused an uproar in the city of Saint Laurent.

At noon, the police station interrogated the chef who was suspected of murdering Odysseus. The chef confessed that Elsa was the mastermind behind the murder.

If someone knew the situation, they would know that the chef and Elsa didn't even know each other. However, it didn't matter anymore. After hearing the official review report, although the people couldn't believe that Elsa murdered the late emperor, they didn't have much objection to what Alsace would do next.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was a political struggle. If Arthas succeeded, Elsa would be described in future history books as a vicious woman who murdered her father and brother for power.

Likewise, if Elsa succeeded, Arthas would become a buffoon in the history books.

This war concerns the reputation of both camps, and no one wants to lose.

The new Emperor Arthas almost immediately declared all of Elsa's status illegal, ordered his army to take over Elsa's territory, and deprived Elsa of the judicial power she exercised within the empire.

In the city of Saint Laurent, Elsa had no one to rely on except the court magicians and the field magicians in the city defense forces.

After learning the news, Elsa spread the word in the palace magician's residence, saying that all the accusations against her by Arthas were rumors and that it was Arthas who actually killed the late emperor.

She also claimed that Arthas had forged the will in order to usurp the throne.

After Elsa's news came out, even the peasants knew what had happened.

Arthas and Elsa are both extremely ambitious people, and they must have been plotting for the throne for a long time.

When Odysseus was alive, he was able to suppress his brother and sister's thoughts of fighting for power, but when he died, the accumulated conflicts between the brother and sister suddenly broke out.

When the news reached the Duchy of Antica, Lucius was still resting in his room.

After hearing the news of Odysseus' death from his subordinates, Lucius was stunned for a moment, then his hands trembled and he asked again in disbelief:

"You said,

His Majesty the Emperor has passed away?"

"Yes." The butler nodded. "The news came just yesterday, and the magic communication was expedited here. Now Prince Arthas is the new emperor of the empire, and he seems to be fighting for power with Elsa..."

"Okay, you can leave first."

Lucius waved his hand, asking the butler to leave the room, so that he could be alone and quiet.

As the sound of the door closing rang out, Lucius could no longer suppress his grief.

To him, Odysseus was undoubtedly his benefactor.

In order to reward his military achievements, Odysseus risked weakening his royal power by establishing the Duchy of Antica and conferring him the title of duke.

Later, in order to establish prestige for his family, he was brought along to host banquets many times.

Originally, no matter how great his military achievements were, there was no precedent for awarding him a dukedom. After all, all other duchies were "ancient trees with tangled roots" that had existed for hundreds or thousands of years, and Odysseus could have rewarded him in other ways.

It can be said that Odysseus is the founder of the Stranic family's current status.

Therefore, the relationship between the monarch and his subjects has always been good, and the Duchy of Antica has always been jokingly called a "direct jurisdiction without direct jurisdiction."

Brother and sister feud?

Lucius suddenly thought of his own Orson and Leete.

If Orson had not been as understanding as before, his own children would probably be the first to get into conflict, right?

After a few minutes of silence in memory of Odysseus, Lucius took out a dusty letter from his drawer.

This was what Orson kept for himself after the Battle of Naples.

Let yourself open it when something major happens in Saint Laurent City.

And now is undoubtedly the best time to open the letter.

Lucius opened the letter and looked at its contents, stunned for a moment.

There were only four words in the letter.

"Help Elsa."

At this moment, a cabinet meeting was being held in the newly built Duke's Palace in Romulus, the capital of Naples.

It has become a consensus in the Duchy of Naples that the Duke does not attend cabinet meetings. In this case, the ministers can speak freely and have a free discussion.

Celinina, the chief cabinet minister, presided over the meeting.

"I believe everyone has heard about what happened in Saint Laurent City." said Chelinina.

The ministers present also nodded.

"This is a struggle within the royal family. The Duke of Napoli has always been at odds with the royal family. I think not interfering in this matter is the best time for us to ease our relationship with the royal family."

A minister spoke up at this time.

Chelinina nodded.

"What you said makes sense. If there were no special circumstances, I think Duke Orson would agree with you, but the situation is different now."

After hearing what Chelinina said, the ministers present looked at her with puzzled looks in their eyes.

"Can you tell us what happened?"

"Duke Orson was arrested in Saint Laurent City. Yes, not even a few days after he was released last time, Orson was arrested again, and at such a critical time. I think you all should understand, right?"

"The new emperor doesn't like our duke."

"There is only one thing we have to do."

"Either make him change his mind, or let Elsa take the stage."

Chapter 2.6: Means and trump cards (K)

"Have you asked?"

In the Duchy of Orleans, Duke Henry sat in his office, listening to the report from the current regent Sean.

"So, Uncle Sean, what is Antica's attitude now?"

Henry asked.

The current world line has changed so much that he can hardly recognize it.

But there were no problems with the several key nodes he knew about.

Litt became the legitimate heir to the Duchy of Antica, and at the same time, a succession struggle broke out between Arthas and Elsa.

And he knew that the result of this succession struggle was that Elsa won and became the empress of the empire.

Therefore, adhering to the idea of ​​standing in the right position, he chose to stand on the side of the protagonist of the original world line, Lit, that is, to support Elsa.

Even though there are still many people in the Dukedom of Orleans who are dissatisfied with Henry, as long as he expresses his support, at least no one will choose to support Alsace.

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In order to get closer to Lit, he also considered being the first to stand up and support Elsa, but in order not to steal Lit's limelight, he chose to wait for Antica's action.

……

In the Duchy of Prussia.

The old Duke William sat in a chair, looking at the documents in his hands, frowned slightly, but after a moment, he raised his head and looked at the guards standing in front of him.

"What do Olivia and Lianca say?"

"The eldest and second young ladies are currently in the Imperial Academy. Their safety is guaranteed. They probably want us to support Her Highness Elsa."

"I understand." William nodded.

"The future belongs to the young. As a father, I cannot act recklessly against my daughters' wishes. In this case, let them do as they please."

William sighed as he said this.

"One hundred thousand troops should be enough, right?"

"That's definitely enough. We can use the remaining troops to guard against Lucia."

However, almost at the same time, the two duchies of Lucia and Aragon also held an emergency meeting and decided to remain neutral in this incident.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Orson was arrested and investigated again at this time, and it was obviously done by the current Emperor Arthas.

Orson and Arthas are on opposite sides, which means he and Elsa are allies.

What does this mean?

Orson is the son of Lucius, Duke of Antica. He has a close relationship with Litt. He is the Duke of Naples, and his cabinet ministers are his closest friends. At the same time, Orson's fiancée is the eldest daughter of the Duke of Prussia.

To dare to touch Orson would mean offending at least three duchies, and there are only six duchies in the empire.

Arthas has offended half of the duchies.

Although Antica and Naples had just experienced fairly large-scale wars, Antica even experienced two, they still had some strength to spare.

Not to mention that half of the royal territory is now in Elsa's hands.