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

Seeing Owen coming back, Orson raised his head and then looked into his eyes with some surprise.

"Why, are you wondering why I didn't leave?"

"Yeah." Owen nodded.

"Just now, I gave you a lot of time. With your ability, you would have been able to escape without anyone noticing. Why didn't you leave?"

"Because someone will beg me to leave."

Orson said with a smile.

He had no sense of urgency at all as if disaster was about to happen. Instead, he was completely calm and composed.

……

The next morning, soldiers from Saint Laurent surrounded the entire police station and the Imperial Court.

There was even a long queue formed at the gate of the palace, demanding that the royal family release Orson.

At first, the royal family was quite firm in their attitude and refused to release the people, but as more and more people gathered, the royal family was forced to resort to other means.

First, the royal family sent people to communicate and coordinate with the protesting citizens, saying that they would release Orson, but the citizens did not buy it.

Under the instigation of those with ulterior motives, the citizens only knew that their savior, the hero of the empire, was envied by the emperor and subsequently locked up. As for other reasons and explanations from the royal family, they all believed them to be conspiracy theories.

It is very similar to the last siege of the public security station.

However, after what happened last time, the citizens were even more excited this time.

Many citizens even raised the slogan "Don't release Orsen, don't recognize the emperor."

During the day, at the police station, Owen received a "letter of appointment" from Alsace. (Monthly fee group)

Alsace transferred Owen to a foreign army as a mid-level officer and replaced the highest officer of the police station with his confidant.

This

Of course, changing his confidants now is just a show. What Arthas really needs to do is to build momentum for the subsequent Inquisition.

After a round of dismissal and replacement of disloyal officials, the city of Saint-Laurent has now almost become a place where Alsace himself has the final say.

However, at this time, the dissatisfaction of the people and local nobles also turned into armed conflicts.

In the morning, led by a group of mercenaries, angry citizens rushed into the police station and threw the newly appointed sheriff out of the window. The sheriff was then executed by the angry citizens and mercenaries with ulterior motives.

This action instantly angered Arthas, and he quickly ordered the royal guards to rush to the police station, disperse the citizens, and officially transfer Orson to the palace. However, a magical scene happened next.

Previously, a considerable amount of funds "disappeared out of thin air" from the Lison Chamber of Commerce every month. This money was actually used by Chelinina to recruit mercenaries.

Chelinina filled the mercenaries' schedules so that they didn't have to do anything but wait in Saint Laurent City.

And the opportunity we have been waiting for is for this day.

As the saying goes, distant water cannot quench a nearby fire. If we wait until the truth is revealed and then transfer troops from the Naples area, it will definitely be too late. Therefore, directly using the military force that can be obtained in the city of Saint Laurent has become the most important preparation that Orson instructed Celinina to make.

It was for this reason that when the imperial guards arrived at the police station and prepared to disperse the crowd, they were surprised to find that...

The "citizens" in front of him were not only fully armed, but also looked quite elite.

If nothing else, it's more than enough to resist them.

At this time, Orson was also rescued by the citizens.

Finally regaining his freedom after so many days, Orson looked at the citizens outside who were waiting for him and smiled sincerely.

His purpose was achieved.

Even if it is a military coup, it is best to win the hearts of the people.

Wherever the people support us, we will be victorious.

Standing at the entrance of the police station, Orson looked at the people and mercenaries waiting for him and said:

"Everyone, I believe you already know my story, so I won't go into details here."

"However, since you have chosen to believe in me, I will definitely not let you down. From now on, defeating the false emperor Arthas and supporting Her Highness Elsa is our goal."

"Our flag is to save the empire and to save all the people!"

As Orson said this, his speech immediately aroused the morale of many citizens and mercenaries.

Everyone was filled with righteous indignation and wanted to rush out and fight the imperial guards to the death.

And at this moment, Owen also stood silently beside Orson.

After being fired, he did not leave immediately, but planned to stay here for another day.

Then this situation occurred.

In the end, Owen chose to follow his heart and join the side of justice.

So, he stood by Orson and helped him.

……

In the palace, Arthas heard the report from the imperial guards and was so angry that he slammed his fist on the table.

"These untouchables, don't they even think about who feeds them!"

Arthas huffed, then glanced at his men.

"Go outside the city and transfer part of the troops back to the city to quell the rebellion before the situation escalates."

"As for this battle, if we encounter Orson..."

Arthas took a deep breath and then said:

"Kill without mercy."

Chapter 53: How to stand? Think carefully

The royal territory was originally under the control of Elsa.

Scaloni is not in a very good mood at the moment.

After Arthas ascended the throne, Scaloni, as the father-in-law of the emperor, was re-employed and led the army to retake the cities that were originally controlled by Elsa.

Because the troops in Elsa's territory were mostly city defense forces, they were far from comparable to the royal standing army in terms of both quantity and quality. Therefore, in the early stages of the war, Scaloni conquered several cities in succession.

However, seeing this, other cities not only did not surrender, but instead strengthened their city defenses and recruited soldiers, as if they had already stood firm with Elsa. Even after he shouted slogans like "The emperor will forgive the past if you surrender", no one surrendered.

As the war progressed, the situation became less optimistic.

Elsa

The area under the system is closer to Prussia, Naples and Antica, and the closest one is the Duchy of Antica.

Just the day before yesterday, Scaloni had received intelligence that Antica's army had entered the royal territory.

Even though this move had seriously damaged the relationship between vassal and monarch, these local dukes seemed not afraid of failure and continued to ignore the emperor's authority.

At this moment, other cities controlled by Elsa have more or less won reinforcements from the Antica region.

This was not what worried him the most.

What worried him most was the attitude of other dukes.

Although the Duke of Aragon and the Duke of Lucia had declared neutrality, they still gathered a large number of troops on the border, ready to take advantage of the situation.

After experiencing the war, Naples also formed an army and marched north. Although the number was small, it was still quite difficult to deal with.

The Dukedom of Orleans has also dispatched 30,000 troops to attack the western border of the royal territory.

Of course, if the above can only be regarded as minor fights, the move of the dormant tiger in the north this time really gave Scaloni a headache.

Duke William of Prussia sent an army of 100,000 and marched directly towards the city of Saint Laurent.

Now, Prussia's 100,000-strong army has crossed the border and penetrated deep into the empire.

Scaloni had only one choice, which was to return to defense and wait until the political turmoil in Saint Laurent was resolved. The emperor and other dukes would compromise and give up some of their interests in exchange for his continued rule.

Scaloni felt extremely upset when he saw that the territory that was about to be obtained had to be given back again.

He only had 150,000 soldiers available, and the remaining troops of Prussia, Orleans, Antica, Naples and Elsa totaled more than 300,000. This battle was simply impossible to fight.

However, just as he was about to withdraw, he received an order from Alsace.

"General!"

The messenger rushed to the front line from Saint-Laurent City, bringing the order from His Majesty the Emperor.

"what's up?"

Scaloni looked at the messenger in front of him and asked anxiously.

"Your Majesty ordered you to withdraw your troops and return to defend Saint Laurent City. There is a fight going on in the city!"

"what?!"

Upon hearing the news, Scaloni looked at the messenger in front of him in disbelief.

"There was a fight in the city? How is that possible? Didn't His Majesty leave enough troops? What kind of trouble can a bunch of citizens cause?"

"Yes... they are mercenaries!"

The messenger said so.

Hearing this, Scaloni tightly gripped the hilt of the long sword at his waist.

"Okay, withdraw!"

……

"I knew that these mercenaries would become a serious threat to the empire sooner or later!"

In the palace, Arthas had smashed countless cups.

Although mercenaries are not good at large-scale field battles, street fighting can just bring out the advantage of their tacit cooperation among groups.

"These mercenaries were hired by the Lison Chamber of Commerce, right?"

After smashing a few cups, Arthas calmed down, looked at Rosalin who was sorting out the accounts, and asked.

"Yes."

Rosalyn nodded.

"what are you doing?"

At this time, Arthas asked doubtfully.

"I'm sorting out all the money we can get at the moment."

"The reason why those mercenaries followed the Lison Chamber of Commerce was nothing more than money. We just need to give them enough money. We don't ask them to turn against us, but just make sure they stop being our enemies."

"So how much money did you find out?"

"The late emperor didn't seem to be good at managing money. The royal treasury has a total of 30 million gold coins, but most of them are not cash. The only cash we can use... is the treasury of Saint Laurent City."

Rosalin raised her head and looked at Arthas and said.

"treasury……"

Arthas certainly knew that because of its previous credibility, the royal family and local forces would never forcibly withdraw money from the vault, so the vault became the place where most wealthy people stored their savings.

Touching the money in the vault at this time is definitely a timely help.

But at the same time, if the action is taken, the empire's economy will definitely be seriously damaged, and it is not impossible that it will even regress a hundred years.

It is very difficult and slow to restore the lost credibility.

but

In this critical situation, the only way to consider the future is to protect yourself. So Arthas agreed with Rosaline's idea without even thinking about it.

"I'll take people directly to the vault to withdraw the money. Rosalin, you arrange for some people to contact the leaders of those mercenaries."

"Row."

……

On the other side, Orson called a meeting of all the mercenary leaders.