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

"It doesn't matter." Virgil shook his head, then grabbed the clothes of a man in black, tore them into strips, and then wrapped them around his shoulders.

"Just deal with it briefly."

At this moment, Virgil suddenly discovered that the man in black whose clothes he had torn off had a wolf head tattooed on his left arm.

Then he ordered all the men in black to be stripped of their clothes, and without exception, all of them had a wolf head tattooed on their arms.

Even the arm of the masked man that Virgil cut off had a wolf's head tattooed on it.

It seems that this should be a professional mercenary organization that was hired by others to capture Litt's adoptive parents. As for what they were captured for, there is no way of knowing.

It’s not that they are unwilling to capture people alive, but once these people lose their ability to fight, they will bite off the poison sacs in their mouths and drink the poison to commit suicide.

After examining several bodies and finding that there were no other problems with their bodies, Virgil nodded.

Then, he opened the curtain of the carriage and saw Andre and Jenny lying unconscious inside.

"Ah." Virgil sighed.

If it weren't for Lit, they would still be living in the countryside like farmers. Although they were not rich, and could even be said to be very poor, at least their lives were not in danger.

"Okay, send them back. I'll negotiate with them later."

As he spoke, Virgil jumped on his horse, turned his horse around, and led the soldiers towards the new city of Antica.

……

On the other side, the masked man turned over and entered the woods. Although his left arm was cut off, he still endured the severe pain in his body and walked towards the depths of the woods.

"Tsk, why were our actions discovered...is there a traitor among us?" He thought so without turning his head back.

They are members of the mercenary organization Iron Wolf Mercenary Group. Although there are countless mercenary groups with the word "wolf" in their names on the continent, the Iron Wolf Mercenary Group, which is able to possess sixth-level strongmen, is obviously one of the best among them.

Moreover, he is not the boss of the mercenary group, but only the second in command.

The real leader of the mercenary group has the strength of level seven.

However, for this mission, the team leader felt that it was a bit of an overreaction for him to lead the team personally, after all, it was just kidnapping two powerless people.

But the other party kept asking the team leader to take it seriously, so he had no choice but to send him to lead the team.

He did not take it seriously at first, until the client repeatedly urged him to do so, and then he made preparations, including scouting the surrounding area a week in advance and planning the best escape route.

But he didn't expect that even though he had done so much preparation, he was still discovered by the Duke's people.

It was obvious that they were just Leete's adoptive parents, and it should have been enough for the Duke to give them some money to settle them down. Unexpectedly, the Duke would actually arrange someone to protect their safety.

As a result, not only did he lose a lot of his brothers, he also almost lost his money.

Now the masked man only regrets that he did not listen to the client in the first place. If the plan had been more careful and the actions had been more cautious and careful, this incident would not have happened.

The origin of the matter dates back to a few days ago.

At that time, Orson suddenly found Virgil.

That day he suddenly recalled an important factor in the original book that led to Leeteuk's dark transformation.

Those are Leeteuk's adoptive parents.

As Leeteuk's white moonlight after he came into the family, his adoptive parents took meticulous care of him. Even though they had no money, they still let Leeteuk spend a childhood full of warmth and love.

In the original book, when Mary gave advice to Orson, it involved Leet's adoptive parents.

The Orson-style killer organization killed Leeteuk's adoptive parents.

When Leeteuk was preparing to return to his adoptive parents' home to visit them in his spare time, he heard from his neighbors that his adoptive parents had been murdered and buried a long time ago.

After experiencing that incident, Li Te turned completely evil and began to secretly investigate the murderer of his parents.

In the original novel, Orson and Lit

In the first battle, like a traditional brainless villain, he mentioned the names of Litt's adoptive parents while gossiping, which made Litt understand the cause of his adoptive parents' death, thus angering Litt. After that, Litt exploded and killed Orson.

And Orson suddenly thought, now that he has changed the world line, will Litt's parents be murdered?

With this idea in mind, Orson found Virgil and asked him to go back for a while to help monitor Litt's adoptive parents to see if they were safe.

As it turned out, by chance, they ran into people from the Iron Wolf Mercenary Group.

Virgil escorted Litt's parents to the new city area, and after asking a few soldiers to protect the surrounding safety, he went to find Lucius.

"Your Excellency the Duke." Virgil said this and bowed respectfully to Lucius.

"Yeah." Lucius was sitting at his desk reading military affairs. When he saw Virgil coming over, he just responded without looking up.

"Your Excellency the Duke, thank you for supporting my army," Virgil said.

Now is the time when the situation on the eastern border is tense and the orcs are ready to make a move. A large part of the troops that the Duke can mobilize have been deployed to the border, and most of the Black Army, the Duke's most elite troops, have also been transferred to the front line. Today, Lucius sent his own troops to Virgil.

"It's okay." Lucius shook his head. "Is the person safe?"

"Well, Master Lit's adoptive parents are safe and sound, but..." Virgil said this with some hesitation, but finally said: "I think that instead of letting Master Lit's adoptive parents live outside, it would be better to bring them to the Duke's Mansion. After all, this is the safest place..."

"And if we add more security outside, they will still be in danger..."

"Virgil." Lucius suddenly interrupted Virgil, then looked up at him with a deep gaze that made Virgil unable to see through his thoughts for a moment.

"Your Excellency, please speak."

"Do you think I am a qualified father?"

"Your Excellency the Duke, of course you are..."

"Then, let me ask you, which father in this world would let his child be closer to someone else?" Lucius asked.

Yes, Litt grew up in the countryside and lived with the Andre couple for eighteen years. She must be closer to the Andre couple, even though she and Lucius are related by blood.

Therefore, although Lucius was grateful to Andre and his wife, he was still unwilling to bring them to live with them in the Duke's Palace.

This is his selfish desire as a biological father.

After all, feelings accumulated over time can only be eroded by time.

If Litt could see Andre and his wife every day, he would still feel that Andre and his wife were closer to him, and he would be like an outsider.

"My Lord Duke, I'm sorry, I was rude!" Virgil understood Lucius's meaning at this time, and then said, "But, my Lord Duke, among those who were plotting against Andre and his wife, there was a man with the strength of the sixth level. Although I tried my best to hold him back and cut off one of his arms, he still escaped..."

"..." Lucius frowned when he heard that.

"How could a sixth-level person appear in my territory without anyone noticing?"

"I don't know about this." Virgil lowered his head. "If Lord Lucius is unwilling to bring Andre and his wife to live in the Duke's Palace, my suggestion is to strengthen the security on the streets and arrange professional personnel to protect Andre and his wife in secret."

"Okay, I understand." Lucius nodded. "You can leave now."

"Okay." Virgil bowed and retreated to the door.

"Oh, yes." Lucius spoke again.

"Is there anything else, Your Excellency the Duke?"

"Is your shoulder injury okay?"

"Thank you for your concern, Your Excellency the Duke. It's nothing serious."

"That's fine." Lucius nodded. "After you finish this matter, you can have a good rest. I will help you take care of the Imperial College."

"Thank you, Your Excellency the Duke..."

Nothing.

Lucius waved his hand, then smiled and signaled Virgil to leave.

After Virgil closed the door, the smile on Lucius's face gradually faded.

Lucius didn't know about Orson's right-hand man before. He only knew that Virgil was Orson's good friend. Orson had asked him to help Virgil a lot before, and the two had met several times because of this.

In this Virgil

After receiving Orson's handwritten letter, Lucius realized that he was a retainer trained by Orson.

Because of this, Lucius also began to care about Virgil.

After all, as Orson's retainer, no matter whether Orson is preparing to inherit the title or do something else in the future, he will always be Orson's right-hand man.

Just like his current butler Albert, and his former captain of the guard Marcus.

It is always easier to have an assistant to help you with your work.

Before, Lucius was worried that Orson would take on everything because he was too strong.

If that continues, Orson will sooner or later be exhausted by various things.

But now it seems that he was just worrying too much. Orson still wanted others to help share his burden.

Then, Lucius opened the map on the table and continued to deal with military affairs.

Compared with the tedious and complicated government affairs, Lucius, who started his career by leading troops in battles, is obviously more familiar with military affairs.

It is precisely because of this that his mood has been very unclear recently.

There are more and more orcs in the east, and the scouts sent out by the Dukedom of Antica have become an extremely dangerous profession. Many scouts never return.

The enemy has begun to consciously capture our scouts and block our intelligence, which means that the enemy will definitely launch an attack soon.

The orc invasion eighteen years ago caused many people in the empire to lose their families and be separated from their wives and children. Lucius was one of them.

His wife at the time, Litt's biological mother, died of miscarriage on the way to escape. It can be said that she died indirectly at the hands of the orcs.

Only one in ten of the personal guards who had followed him through thick and thin remained.

It can be said that he has an irreconcilable feud with the orcs.

Although he later obtained the Duchy of Antica and became one of the most powerful people in the empire after the emperor, if Lucius could choose again in the future, he would prefer a happy family.

"Oh." Lucius opened the desk drawer, inside was the jade bracelet that Litt brought back when he came back, and an old pocket watch. He opened the pocket watch, and saw a portrait of a person printed inside.

"Margaret, your child and I have grown up. I wish you could see him." Lucius stroked the portrait on the pocket watch with his rough fingers, with nostalgia on his face.

At this moment, the door of the room was opened, and Lucius instantly closed the pocket watch and put it back in the drawer.

Standing at the door was Lucius' current wife, Mary.

"Mary..." Lucius looked at Mary coming in without knocking, and his face was dissatisfied. "Didn't I tell you that I would knock on the door when I was busy in the study in the future?"

"I'm sorry, sir." Mary said this with an apologetic look, but she continued, "I just came to tell you something."

As she said this, Mary took out a table.

"The Dukedom's economic situation has been very bad recently. If we continue to prepare for war, we will not be able to make ends meet. We can only pay from our own treasury. But even so, the money in our treasury is not enough to sustain us for long."

"Why are our finances so tight?" Lucius asked directly without saying much.

"Uh...this question..." Mary was stunned for a moment, and then hesitated.

"Master, there are many reasons for this problem..."

"Then I want to know, can we raise enough funds before the war starts?" Lucius asked.

"this problem……"

"Mary, my lady." Lucius said, looking at Mary. "I hand over the financial power of the dukedom to you, I hope you will not let me down."

"I'm sorry, sir, but our finances have been in trouble for a long time. You don't allow us to collect heavy taxes, and our business has not been developed, so..."

"Okay, I understand." Lucius nodded after hearing this, then stood up, walked to Mary, and held Mary's hands with his big hands.

"Mary, we are husband and wife and should work together. I will only be responsible for the military battles, and you will be responsible for being a good wife and managing the affairs of the family and the territory. Isn't this what we have been doing all along?"

"So, this time, I'm counting on you, no matter what method you use." Lucius said this and looked at Mary, with only sincerity in his eyes.

"I believe you." Lucius said, and then changed the subject. "If you really feel that you are unable to do it, then please give way."

Having said this, Lucius opened the door and motioned for Mary to go out.

"Okay." Mary nodded and left the room silently.

……

On the other hand, after returning to the new city area, Virgil arranged security for Andre and his wife. This time he specially arranged two fifth-level people to take turns to protect Andre and his wife.

Virgil then sat next to Andre and his wife and waited until they woke up naturally.