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

As the night came, the guests attending the banquet also arrived.

They are composed of three parts. The first part is the generals of the Duke's direct army. Now that other troops are on standby at the border, they will have the opportunity to come back and attend the celebration banquet.

The second part is the commanders of the troops who came to support from other parts of the empire, but General Gero of Napoli is not seen among them.

The third part is the earls under the Duke of Antica. These people are the ones specially invited to this banquet. Orson specifically instructed that no one should be left out.

"Here, on behalf of my father who is still in bed, I would like to express my respect to everyone here."

Orson said this and raised his glass to everyone present.

“I am grateful to the generals and officers for their collective efforts, and to our allies for their strong support.”

But Orson did not thank the earls under his command.

The earls all thought that Orson had forgotten, so a border earl took the initiative to toast Orson with a glass of wine.

"Oh my, thank you so much, Master Orson. If it weren't for your timely assistance, our territory would have been in danger."

"Yes, yes, thank you, Mr. Orson, I'll toast you a glass." Another border earl also stood up and toasted Orson with a glass of wine.

"You shouldn't respect me, you should respect Count Carls." Orson suddenly said something that ruined the atmosphere.

The originally festive atmosphere of the banquet suddenly turned cold.

Everyone knows that Count Karls is dead, so what does Orson mean by this?

"Master Orson, what do you mean by this?" an earl couldn't help but ask.

"Could it be that Count Kars is not dead yet?"

"No." Orson shook his head to prove to the earls that he was still sober and that what he had just said was not nonsense.

Now the earls were even more confused.

If that’s the case, why does Orson speak like that?

"Oh, by the way, I just forgot to thank the earls." Orson seemed to suddenly remember something at this time.

Just when the earls thought that Orson was trying to ease the atmosphere, Orson's tone suddenly changed.

"You are truly the most loyal subjects of the Duchy of Antica!" His voice turned cold. Anyone with a discerning eye would know that he was being sarcastic to the earls.

"The Duke allocates a huge amount of money every year so that you can train an army that can protect yourselves when the orcs attack."

"In order to avoid military and territorial disputes, the Duke gave you full authority over border defense. Is this how you treat the Duke?"

"But..." At this time, a border earl stood up and said in defense: "We didn't expect that the orcs would attack us with all their best troops this time."

"All the elite troops? Then what did my troops encounter on the front battlefield? A small group of orcs? A small group of orcs is even harder to defeat than the elite troops you call them?" Orson said this, pointing at the duke's nose and began to attack him.

"Do you know why I asked you to toast Count Karls? Because everything you did is treason! You should go to hell to see Count Karls!"

"Mr. Orson, aren't you being too polite?!" At this time another earl also stood up and began to suppress Orson by using his age.

"Many problems are not as easy as you think. We also have many problems within the Earldom. In short... you are still too young. For some things, you will understand us when you become a real power holder."

"Ha." Orson smiled when he heard that.

"In that case, why don't you tell us about your difficulties?"

"I found an account book in Count Carls's house. He spent all the money he used to maintain the border garrison on himself. Could the difficulty you mentioned be that your mansion is not luxurious enough?"

"Will you be satisfied only if your house is built like a palace?"

"Don't say that!" Another earl slammed the table and stood up. "Master Orson! We praise you because you helped us resolve the crisis, but there are some things that are not your business.

Don’t worry about it!

"Once the money is in our hands, it is our territory's business. Even if you are the Duke himself, you cannot interfere in the affairs of our territory."

"That's right. We are willing to come here to give you face. Who do you think you are? Are you the Duke himself? I tell you, even if Lucius himself came, we should still say this."

"Don't say you haven't become the Duke yet. Even if you want to become the Duke in the end, don't you still have to look at our faces?!"

"Oh? I heard you were calling me?" At this time, a voice suddenly sounded outside the door. The count present was stunned when he heard the voice.

"Duke... Your Excellency the Duke, didn't Master Orson say earlier that you were ill in bed? How come..."

"My Lord, are you all right?"

The nobles who had just been bullying Orson became servile in front of Lucius in an instant.

Orson has no power to punish them, but Lucius has the power.

The reason why they dared to say this in front of Orson was that they were threatening Orson.

After all, Orson is not the only heir to the Dukeship now. If they are pushed into a corner, they will turn around and support Litt. When Litt becomes the Duke, Orson will be nothing.

But now that the Duke himself had come, they could no longer speak like that.

"Heh, do you really want me, an old man, to die?" Lucius said this, walking past the crowd and coming to Orson.

"Orson has already told me everything about you. None of you can escape today."

He stretched out his hand and pointed at the nobles in the audience with a stern look on his face.

"You are responsible for the defense of not only the earldom, nor the dukedom, but the entire empire. You made a mistake in the defense. Do you think that even if I let you go for the sake of our past friendship, will His Majesty the Emperor let you go?!"

It has to be said that Lucius had been the Duke for more than ten years after all, and as he was a military man, he still had a strong aura. Even though he was ill now, he still intimidated all the nobles present, making them dare not even breathe a single breath.

"I... Your Excellency the Duke, I am very sorry. I have betrayed your trust, but I was forced to do this by others..." At this time, seeing Lucius speaking about the Emperor, an earl finally couldn't stand the pressure and began to beg for mercy.

With one person taking the lead, the others also knelt down and begged for mercy.

Lucius just snorted coldly when he saw this.

"Your crimes will be judged by someone."

At this time, Elsa walked in from outside the house.

"Your Highness! Your Highness, please have mercy!"

"Your Highness, do you still remember me? I was your bodyguard when you were young. Please give me some leniency!"

Elsa stood at the door and looked at Orson.

The latter smiled and nodded.

Then, Elsa closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and waved.

"take away."

Then, a group of soldiers came out of the door and arrested all the earls one by one.

The next process is interrogation, investigation, verification and conviction.

The lightest punishment for this crime is to temporarily take back the territory for ten years.

The most severe punishment may be direct conviction for treason and the person may be beheaded.

This time, the Duchy of Antica is really going to have to undergo a major reshuffle.

Only after the group of dukes were sent away did Orson and Lucius sit down.

"Okay, everyone, all the people who are in the way have left. Now is the time for the real celebration party."

Orson's approach of clearly distinguishing between rewards and punishments and being moderate in both internal and external matters made all the generals see his ability, and everyone had a higher opinion of him.

……

On the other hand, Lit returned to Antica City ahead of time.

In a private room of a tavern, she and Chelinina sat opposite each other.

"Sister Chelinina, thanks to your financial support, you helped us get through the most difficult times." Lit said this and bowed his head to thank Chelinina.

For this war, the Lison Chamber of Commerce almost emptied out all of its working capital, and even sold its assets in the Naples area.

However, thanks to Cellinina's timely sale of assets in the Napoli area, Giovanni's subsequent attack on the Lison Chamber of Commerce was avoided.

"It's okay." Chelinina smiled and shook her head. "Your brother helped me, so it's only right for me to help him back."

"correct,

Sister Chelinina. "When Lit heard Chelinina mention Orson, she suddenly remembered something and asked, "What do you think of Orson?"

"Eh?" Chelinina was stunned for a moment. "What do you mean by that, Lit?"

Chapter 7: Boys should also be careful when they are outside (K)

Chapter 15: How to explain it?

The spring night is worth a thousand dollars, and the flowers are fragrant and the moon is cloudy.

At night, Olivia stood on the balcony of the Duke's mansion, drinking tea with Litt.

"This time it's all thanks to you, Senior Olivia." Li Te said with a smile.

No matter what, Olivia must have contributed to the Duke of Prussia's strong support in this war.

"It's rare that you, Lit, would praise me." Olivia pretended to be surprised when she heard it.

"But it doesn't matter, after all, we will be a family in the future."

"Sister Olivia, has Orson ever told you his opinion on the title?"

"Hmm?" Olivia looked at Litt in confusion. "Orson did tell me a lot of private things, but he still didn't talk about inheritance rights. I'm not very interested in this matter."

"Leet, you suddenly mentioned this, what's wrong?"

Litt listened to Olivia's words, and for some reason, he felt a little unhappy. Then, she said:

"Orson is going to give up the inheritance of the Duke of Antica and give the title to me." Litt said this and looked at Olivia.

"Is that so?" Olivia nodded helplessly. "That's fine. My family doesn't mind having a son-in-law. And maybe I'll give up my title to Li'anka and go traveling with Orson. I heard there's a beautiful sea of ​​flowers in the free city of Drest in the East Continent. Orson and I are going to go there for our honeymoon."

She really did it on purpose! Otherwise, why would she always mention her and Orson's future plans in front of me?

You and Orson haven't gotten married yet, can't you worry about what you would do if someone comes to snatch the bride from your wedding?

Li Te thought so, trying hard to suppress his emotions that were about to explode, and his face remained calm.

Olivia looked at Litt's performance and nodded secretly.

As a person in a superior position, it is an essential skill to learn to suppress your emotions at appropriate times.

No matter how much the little boy likes his brother, she will only believe in Orson's choice if he is truly capable of inheriting the title.

"Then, Senior Olivia."

"Call me sister-in-law~" For some reason, Olivia suddenly wanted to tease Litt and said this.

"...Senior." The corners of Li Te's mouth twitched, and his expression almost couldn't hold back.

"Since you already know the plan for the future successor of the Stranik family, I hope to officially establish cooperation with you starting today."

"After all, although Lianka is also the heir of the Eisenberg family, I think you have more say in the family than her."

"In the same vein, do you think that you or Orson have more say in the Stranik family?" Olivia said this while covering her face with her sleeves, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed so that Litt could not see her expression.

But from those charming wine-red eyes, Litt could clearly see the hint of mockery in Olivia's eyes.

"Orson will eventually leave the Stranik family. Senior Sister Olivia, you should understand this. What I am thinking about has nothing to do with Orson. I just want our two families to maintain long-term cooperation."

"Little brother, you have really grown a lot." Olivia said, put down her hand and smiled. "Now you have started to take care of the family affairs."

"I can't help it. I really want Orson to stay by my side, but he will leave eventually." Lit sighed. "Senior Olivia, I have let it go now. My feelings for Orson are just the kind of dependence I have for my brother. No matter who Orson is with, that feeling will never change. It was me who misunderstood that feeling as love, and that's why I did something that made you unhappy, Senior Olivia."

"Eh? Litt, have you come to terms with it? Is that true?" Olivia looked surprised when she heard Litt say that.

"Of course it's true. I'm a boy, and Orson is also a boy. There's no possibility between us. I'm just wishful thinking." As Litt said this, he deliberately looked at the bright moon in the sky, sighed, and looked very sad.

"This..." Ollie

Wei Ya looked at Li Te, and at this moment she really couldn't guess what Li Te was thinking.

"I'm sorry, Senior Olivia, I will only treat Orson as my brother from now on, and I won't call you sister-in-law until you become Orson's wife."

"Why?" Olivia asked.

I like Orson and Orson also likes me. Isn't this unstable?