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

In the palace.

Arthas frowned as he looked at Langdon, who was standing in front of him and reporting on the progress of last night's negotiations.

After Rosalin came back last night, she locked herself in a small room alone. It seemed that the previous bloody scene had left a deep psychological shadow in her heart.

Arthas listened to Langdon's report in silence.

"So... our method of disintegrating the enemy has failed?"

"Yeah." Langdon nodded.

"Then if I take the risk of forcibly taking the money out of the vault, what will I use it for?!"

Arthas suppressed his inner anger and asked Langdon in front of him.

Of course he knew that Langdon was not the one to give advice, and it was useless to ask him, but right now he just lacked an outlet to vent.

Langdon naturally knew that after being a knight for so long, he had some understanding of the nature of the royal family.

Therefore, he simply took all the blame for the incident.

"I am responsible for what happened. I felt someone was watching us, but my first thought was to protect Her Majesty the Queen."

"I didn't expect that the enemy's real target was the mercenary leaders. If I had discovered it in advance and let them return to their control area to die, even if I couldn't achieve the goal of disintegrating the enemy, I could have caused unrest within the enemy. So... this time it was all my fault. I wish I had noticed it earlier."

When Arthas heard Langdon's sincere apology, he didn't know how to start for a moment, so he could only nod.

"Yes, it is indeed your problem, but now that things have come to this, there is no other way."

Arthas said this, looking at Langdon in front of him and sighed helplessly.

"Now that things have come to this, you should go to the front line. After all, those mercenaries are just a mob. Rosalin should only be able to stay in the palace for the time being. There is no need to send you to protect her all the time."

"Yeah." Langdon nodded after hearing that, and after thanking Arthas, he turned around and left.

After Langdon left, Arthas sat down on the chair, his whole body limp and powerless.

He was really tired these days, and even had a lot of white hair on his temples.

He was barely thirty, but already approaching fifty.

Of course he knew that all this was thanks to his arch-rival Orson.

If it weren't for Orson, he would have been able to successfully sit on the throne now.

Whenever I mention Orson, I feel so angry.

As expected, when I was at the police station, I should have ignored their previous friendship and imprisoned Orson forever or simply killed him. Although this would have led to a stronger wave of resistance, at least I would not have such a shrewd opponent as Orson.

Arthas felt regretful when he thought that such a powerful person could not be used by him.

At this time, a guard came in from outside and brought a message to Arthas.

"Your Majesty, our informant at the Imperial Academy sent a message that our actions have been effective. Now the students of the Imperial Academy are asking the court magicians to withdraw from the Imperial Academy."

"it is good."

Finally hearing the good news, Arthas felt much relieved.

When these annoying magicians come out, I will definitely catch them all and cripple Elsa's right-hand men.

At the same time, after the guard finished telling the news, he did not leave, but continued:

"They also sent a message saying that Orson is going back to the Imperial College."

"Let him go back if he wants." Arthas said indifferently.

At this moment, he suddenly thought of something and raised his head abruptly with an anxious look in his eyes.

"Wait a minute! Orson wants to go from his control zone to the Imperial Academy. He should need to pass through our control zone, right?"

"That's right." The guard nodded. "The people over there said that we can ambush a large army on the road that Orson must take to get to the Imperial Academy, and take the opportunity to kill Orson."

Upon hearing this, Arthas nodded, and when he was about to do so, he suddenly thought of something.

"That's not right... Orson is so smart, there's no way he doesn't know that we will ambush the army on the road he must pass..."

"But this is the only option we have now, Your Majesty."

After hearing what the guard said, Arthas made up his mind.

"Okay, then pass on my order and send a legion to kill Orson!"

"Yes!"

……

The time came to the next morning.

Although the street fighting in Saint Laurent City was fierce, both sides fought with considerable restraint, and even a neutral area was left between the controlled areas.

Because it is a war zone, the border security on both sides is usually quite thorough, but today the royal family's security is even tighter, with the aim of stopping Orson who is about to cross the control zone to the Imperial Academy.

As expected, in order to protect Orson, the mercenaries launched attacks in several places in succession, trying to attract the attention of the royal army.

Taking advantage of the slack guard of the defenders, Orson sneaked into the royal army's control area from a corner.

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The street was empty at this moment. He was wearing the armor of the royal army, with his helmet pulled down, walking alone on the street.

When he met soldiers patrolling back and forth, he said that he was returning from the front line to submit a report to his superiors. For a while, no one noticed that Orson was abnormal.

The deeper you go into the controlled area, the fewer patrolling soldiers there are.

Finally, when he was three streets away from the Imperial College, Orson stopped.

In front of him, a fully armed elite army appeared at the entrance of the street.

There were many soldiers at this moment in the alleys next to him, the streets behind him, and even on the roofs on both sides.

They seemed to know that Orson would definitely pass this road, so they were waiting here.

And in front of Orson, the person surrounded by the army at the street entrance was none other than Arthas.

He looked at Orson in front of him with a smug smile and said with a smile:

"You never expected it, Orson, but now you're in my hands again."

Having said this, he led his army towards Orson.

Orson seemed to be panicked at the moment, standing there at a loss as to what to do.

Until Arthas walked in front of Orson.

He patted Orson's shoulder, as if he was feeling sorry for him.

"You may be smart and have found the safest way to get here, but, I'm sorry, this is the way we deliberately left for you."

"I gave you a chance before. Now, I won't give you another chance. Before you die, you still have some last words to say."

At this time, "Orson" slowly raised his head.

When Arthas saw his face, his eyes widened in surprise.

This guy is not Orson at all!

So, where is the real Orson now?

Chapter 3.6: Back to College (K)

Imperial College, Dean's Office.

After Orson returned to the Imperial Academy, he first went to the office of the dean Luca.

"Dean, I'm back."

"Orson, you should have received the letter written to you in the name of the board of directors." Luca looked up and said as he watched Orson walk into the office.

"Ah."

Orson nodded and sat down.

"That letter was probably not what Dean Luca intended."

"You can see it."

Hearing this, Luca smiled bitterly.

"There are indeed many royal family members on the Council side. They are very dissatisfied with your behavior, so through this incident, they want to confine you to the Imperial Academy and prevent you from commanding the battle outside."

"I know, but now the overall situation has been decided. It doesn't matter whether I am the one commanding the battle outside or not."

Orson waved his hand.

"Right now, I would like to talk to Her Highness Elsa about the future."

"Elsa is in her dormitory. You don't have to worry about her safety. We are the Imperial Academy. Although we have grown to where we are today with the emperor's blessing, we no longer have to act according to the emperor's wishes."

Luca spoke traitor-like words so openly, but Orson just smiled.

After all, the two people are in similar situations now, and both are standing on the opposite side of Arthas.

Luca stood up and walked over to Orson.

"The next council election will be in a month. If the war drags on for too long, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect Elsa by the time the council election comes."

"It doesn't matter. It won't get to that point."

Orson spoke with great certainty.

There are two main reasons why Orson said this.

First, the war would definitely not be delayed until that time. If it was delayed until that time and the outcome was not yet decided, it would no longer matter whether Elsa stayed in the Imperial Academy.

Because if it came to that, it would prove that Arthas had already revealed his trump card and successfully repelled the mercenaries in Saint Laurent City, or at least delayed the situation.

If it comes to that, the royal army outside will also withdraw to Saint Laurent City to attack and destroy the mercenaries in the city from both sides.

After all, this is the only way for Arthas to go. Once he successfully stabilizes the situation in Saint Laurent, the offensive outside will become insignificant.

After all, all the important figures are under the control of Arthas, and he can use this to accumulate bargaining chips.

Second, if the war reaches that point, the people in the controlled area will be the first to become anxious due to the lack of supplies, which will lead to rebellion. In this way, the coalition forces will be forced to withdraw from the city of Saint Laurent.

In short, the next month will be the month when the war ends.

If the war is not over within this month, it can basically be considered that Elsa's side has suffered a temporary defeat.

With so much support, if Arthas cannot be quickly defeated, those who support Elsa will begin to reconsider whether Elsa is a monarch worthy of their support.

Once they have this idea, even if Elsa wins the war, her royal power and prestige as an emperor will certainly be greatly reduced. Even if Orson is willing to support her, they will think that Orson is usurping power.

After exchanging a few more pleasantries with Luca, Orson left the council's administrative building.

Orson first went back to his dormitory, changed his clothes, and then came to the Student Union.

At this time, a row of students had already sat in front of the door of the Student Union. Compared to the previous time with Li Te, the number of people was much smaller. This was also because most of the students had gone home for the holidays.

Of course, there was no student present who didn't know Orson, so after they saw Orson for the first time, someone immediately came to Orson. They looked at Orson and said:

"President Orson, please give us an explanation!"

"President Orson, we know that you are now on the opposite side of the emperor, but we do not want to get involved in this fight."

"We agree that Erza should stay here, but the others, those court magicians, have killed several students."

The classmates came up one after another, wanting to ask Orson for an explanation.

Of course, Orson knew that this incident was deliberately instigated by someone, but in order to stabilize the students' emotions, Orson could only speak:

"Classmates, I am still trying to understand the specific cause of the incident, but the information I have now is that the deaths of those classmates have nothing to do with the court magicians. They died because of their own reasons."

"Of course, I know you will definitely not be satisfied with this result, so I plan to negotiate the transfer of the court magicians out of the Imperial Academy, and will also compensate the victims of this incident."

Orson's repetitive words obviously failed to convince the public, but this was the only way out under the current circumstances.

When the other students heard this, although they still expressed distrust, they could only accept it at this moment.

Orson's reputation in the Imperial Academy is still enough. Even the last incident of Litt was handled quite well. Otherwise, that incident alone would have been enough for Orson to be impeached.

Seeing that everyone's emotions had been calmed down, Orson took the opportunity to return to the Student Union Building.