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

Of course, among this group of participating magicians, there are very few half-baked first- and second-level magicians. Most of them are third-level professional magicians hired by Chelinina through the Adventurer's Association.

In order to enhance the reputation of the Ministry of Construction, Chelinina spared no expense and specially hired a sixth-rank magician as the commander-in-chief of the construction magician team.

As a result, in just a few months, a brand new urban area of ​​Antica was built, and several urban problems originally faced by Antica were solved almost instantly.

At first, Mary was worried that the citizens of Antica would be unwilling to leave their hometown, but later it was proved that Mary was just overthinking.

Citizens would definitely be more willing to move to a location with a more comfortable environment and better overall atmosphere, right next to their original homes.

At the same time, after this round of new urban area construction, the city of Antica, whose population growth had been gradually stagnating, has regained the motivation to attract immigrants.

The original reason why the Duchy of Antica could not develop was because the core city of the Duchy was too small.

As a ducal capital, Antica can only be regarded as a medium-sized city in the empire. After this round of expansion, Antica can barely be considered a large city, but it is still far from the capitals of other duchies.

In the ranking of cities in the empire, the first place is undoubtedly the capital Saint-Laurent. Then, in the first tier of big cities are Romulus in the Duchy of Naples, Brandenburg in the Duchy of Prussia, Parry in the Duchy of Orleans, Navarre in the Duchy of Aragon and Neva in the Duchy of Lucia.

The second tier of big cities are the second core cities of the royal territories and other duchies, that is, a large city that spontaneously formed far away from the capital of a duchie.

The next city was Antica.

After all, it has a lot to do with the fact that the Duchy of Antica was established relatively late.

The western part of the Duchy of Antica, including the city of Antica, was divided from the royal direct jurisdiction at the time and was not an economic center. In the eastern part, many cities in the newly conquered territory were previously independent city-states and it was difficult for them to unite for common development.

Developing the core city of the Duchy of Antica this time will drive the development of the entire Duchy of Antica.

This is how Orson persuaded Lucius and Mary to adopt Celinina's construction.

Reasons for team building Antica Nova.

At first, when Orson proposed to build a new city district, Mary also agreed, but Mary only saw that the new city district could alleviate the old problems of Antica City, but ignored the new hope that the new city district could bring to Antica City.

At this moment, when the role of the new urban area was gradually revealed, Mary was surprised by Orson's foresight.

But what followed was a deep fear.

I originally thought that Orson was only good at both civil and military strategies, but now it seems that Orson also has insights into state governance that far exceed ordinary people.

If this is the case, when Orson graduates and comes back, will there be no place for me in this family? Should I then hand over the financial power?

After all, although Mary has firmly grasped the financial power of the Duchy over the years, she has only ensured the smooth development of the Duchy without any accidents, and has not allowed the Duchy to make any substantial progress.

And Orson, with just this one plan, seems to be able to revitalize the economy of the entire Duchy of Antica.

This kid has never touched money since he was a child, so why is he so capable?

So smart that it's like living two lives.

Mary thought so and walked to the door of Lucius' room.

Pushing open the door, Mary saw Lucius lying on the ground in a pool of blood.

She fell to the ground in shock.

"Hurry... someone come quickly! The Duke has been assassinated!" Mary said this and hurriedly shouted behind her.

The first one to arrive was Randall. He came to the door, saw Lucius lying on the ground, and hurried over to pick him up.

Then, the butler Albert also ran over.

"Master! Master!" He said this, came to Lucius, checked Lucius' breath, and after finding that he was still breathing, he hurried out to call a doctor.

The entire Duke's Mansion was extremely busy today.

……

On the other side, at the border of the empire, at the junction of the Duchy of Antica and the orcs, in recent months, more and more orcs have gathered at the border.

The reason is that the orc population has grown explosively, and the food in the desert cannot supply the huge orc group, so the orcs have set their sights on humans.

Orcs have green skin and sharp fangs. They are born warriors.

This world is unfair, just like the relationship between humans and orcs, a human needs twenty years of growth to transform from a powerless child into a strong warrior, while an orc only needs half the time, and his strength far exceeds that of ordinary untrained humans.

Moreover, orcs who grow up normally make a living by hunting in the desert and have more combat experience than humans.

Although they were also a hastily assembled army, three thousand orcs were able to defeat thirty thousand conscripted soldiers.

But compared with the paid standing army, the threat posed by the orcs is not that great.

It can even be said that in terms of high-end combat power alone, the elite troops of humans can even crush the orc army with the same number.

But the price paid is certainly not small.

On the border, a tall orc with dreadlocks and wearing a fur coat looked up at the sky.

In the sky, a giant eagle circled down and slowly landed in front of the orcs. A letter was hanging in its beak. The orc leader took out the letter, read the contents, and then nodded with satisfaction.

"The time has come, it's time to attack." He said this in Orcish, and then rode on the strong giant wolf and ran towards the rear.

On that day, all the orc tribes gathered at the border received orders from the joint chief Baru to launch an immediate attack and plunder food from the human territory.

The soldiers guarding the border have been ready for battle for a long time. After more than ten years, the young soldiers who participated in the battle have now become officers.

An officer stood on the city wall of the border acropolis, frowning as he looked at the endless desert before him.

There was a sandstorm in the desert at the moment, making it difficult for the soldiers guarding the city to see the scene in front of them.

All they heard was a slightly mournful horn sound in the distant desert.

The new recruits did not understand the meaning of the horn, but when the veterans heard the horn again after more than ten years, their whole bodies subconsciously tensed up.

They reminded the new recruits around them to be ready for battle.

Then, everyone saw what might be the last scene they would see in their lives.

In the dust storm, groups of orcs rushed out and headed straight towards the Acropolis.

They were shouting something in Orcish, and the sound of killing was deafening.

Feeling the shaking sound from the earth, it seemed as if the city walls were shaking. The new recruits had never seen such a situation before and they could hardly hold their weapons steadily.

The officers guarding the city also drew their swords at this moment.

"Soldiers! You are now participating in the most glorious and greatest battle in history! You are protecting tens of millions of people from the empire behind you. For the sake of the empire, keep these barbaric orcs out of the city!"

……

"What? My father was assassinated?" On the third day after the midterm exam, Orson received the news that Lucius had been assassinated. He looked at the little maid in front of him with great surprise.

"Yes, Master Orson!" Vivian nodded. She looked extremely anxious at the moment. After she learned the information, she rushed to the imperial city as soon as possible.

"The master is not in danger of death now, but he can only lie in bed to recover from his injuries. I heard that the front line has been attacked by orcs..."

"..." Orson frowned when he heard that, and then he looked at Vivian.

"Well, Vivian, wait for me outside for a while. I will ask for leave from the academy and go home to at least stabilize the situation on the front line."

Orson certainly knew, as the commander-in-chief on the front line, what Lucius's fall at this moment meant.

Although Lucius arranged a deputy for himself, Lucius was a general who had participated in the last war after all, and his absence was bound to deal a major blow to the front line.

Then, Orson returned to the dormitory and started packing his things.

Lit looked at the anxious Orson and asked, "Orson, what happened?"

"My father was assassinated, and the orcs took the opportunity to attack." Orson said briefly.

Although the words are few, the information conveyed is very substantial.

When Lit heard this, he also covered his mouth and showed a surprised look.

"Orson, why..."

"I don't know either." Orson shook his head, and then he went to the dean's office.

"Dean Luca, I'd like to ask for leave to go home." As soon as Orson entered the office, he stated his purpose directly.

"Is there a problem at home?" Luca also knew about the recent problems in Antica, but in his opinion, with Lucius in charge, the front line might not be foolproof, but at least it could hold out for a while.

But who would have thought, Orson said: "My father was assassinated, although his life is not in danger, but the orcs took advantage of this period to attack, the front line is leaderless, and we urgently need someone to stabilize the situation."

"Ah?" Luca also frowned when he heard the news that Lucius was assassinated.

This should be the first time in his life that he heard the news of the Duke's assassination.

You know, in the empire, apart from the royal family, the most honorable person is the duke. Even in the local area, the duke has much more say than the emperor. It is unheard of that a duke would be assassinated.

"I understand. This leave is approved. In addition, if Lit also wants to go back, I will approve his leave as well." Luca said this and wrote two leave notes on a piece of paper and handed them to Orson, one for him and one for Lit.

"Go back as soon as possible to stabilize the situation. The board of directors will make a decision soon, and everyone in the academy will go to the front line to support you."

"Thank you, Dean Luca." Orson said this and nodded. Then he hurried to the Student Union with the leave note.

He called Olivia and Manuel together.

"President Orson, what happened?" Manuel asked in confusion when he saw Orson's anxious look.

"I have to take a leave to go home for something. Before the board of directors discusses the tasks for the second half of the semester, the work of the student union will be handed over to you."

Of course Olivia knew what had happened that made Orson so anxious to go back, so she didn't ask any more questions and just nodded.

"Orson, take care of yourself." As she said this, Olivia walked forward, stretched out her hands, and hugged Orson.

"...Yeah." Orson nodded after hearing that.

Then he and Olivia separated and left the student union building.

When she returned to the dormitory, Lit had packed her things. She looked at Orson and said, "Orson, I want to go back too."

"Yeah." Orson heard this and did not refuse Litt's request.

In his opinion, as a member of the family, Lit also has the responsibility to take some responsibility for Lucius when he is injured and cannot go to the front line.

"Lite, please help me contact another group of people." Orson said this and whispered a string of names in Litt's ear.

"Please help me talk to them about this. I need their help."

When Litt heard the name Orson said, he was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

……

Three hours later, at the gate of Imperial College, Orson and Litt walked out.

Vivian was standing at the door, waiting for them anxiously. After seeing the two of them, she waved to them.

"Master Orson, Master Lit!"

"Let's go back." Orson said this, using the magic flying carpet to take the two of them towards the Dukedom of Antica.

Chapter 1: Going Home

Antica, Duke's Palace.

Orson traveled day and night, using magic to speed up the magic carpet, and finally shortened the original two-day journey to one day.

At this moment, four days had passed since Lucius was discovered and assassinated.

Orson couldn't figure out who the Angel of Death was referring to when he told him in Saint Laurent City that someone would attack someone around him in three days.

It was clear from the information he heard from the assassin that the target should be Lit. After he instigated the assassin to defect, he indeed relaxed his vigilance and thought that the matter was over.

But now he told himself that something had happened to Lucius.

This made him start to doubt what the hidden meaning of the words that the Angel of Death said to him that day was.

You know, as a general of the empire, although Lucius' main expertise was in commanding troops and fighting wars, his martial arts value was not low at all, and he had the strength of the seventh level.

The assassin who was able to make the seventh-level Lucius fall in a pool of blood obviously had a strength above the seventh level.

Generally speaking, for someone with this kind of strength, if they really wanted to kill Lucius, it would be very easy and they would not give him any chance to breathe.

But when Vivian found Orson, she told him that Lucius' life was not in danger.

This is very strange.

It was already afternoon when Orson returned to the mansion. Because of the assassination, the Duke's mansion temporarily added a lot of guards.

The guard at the door let Orson and others in only after verifying their identities.

As soon as he entered the house, Orson saw the old butler Albert standing in the living room waiting.