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

Chapter 67: Cross-dressing?

Soon after Orson walked out of the church, he stopped.

There was also the sound of hurried footsteps behind him.

"Master Orson." Lilia followed and came to Orson.

"Your Highness the Saint, what are you doing?" Orson asked knowingly.

"Regarding the noble you just mentioned, could you please tell us who he is?"

"Didn't I tell you this before? You will know when the time comes."

"But... why are you so sure?"

Just at this moment, a team of guards on the street were protecting a carriage heading towards the church.

"Look, I've come to find you." Orson said this with a smile in his eyes.

"Your Highness, please go back quickly. Something big is about to happen."

After saying this, without waiting for Lilia to answer, Orson's figure disappeared in front of her again.

Lilia could only return to the church in frustration.

……

"Did Your Highness the Princess go to the church?" In the military camp outside the city, Arthas was sitting in a tent, playing with the military token in his hand, and replied nonchalantly.

In front of him was the spy he had placed in Saint Laurent City.

"Yes, Your Highness. This afternoon, someone arrived at the gate of the Imperial Court. After he entered, he never came out again. Then, Your Highness the Princess took people to the cathedral."

"who's that person?"

"I don't know..." The spy said, lowering his head. "But what is certain is that the princess' actions this time are definitely related to the church."

"Isn't this nonsense?" Arthas said this and stood up.

"How about this, now prepare the horses, and let's go directly to the Imperial Court to care about the case that my sister is handling. It should be natural, right?"

"Okay, I'll prepare it right away."

Then, Arthas and a few others walked towards the Imperial Court.

With the royal token, he had a smooth journey until he arrived at the Imperial Court, where he was stopped.

"I'm sorry, Your Highness, but Her Highness has ordered that no one is allowed to set foot in the Imperial Court while the case is being handled, otherwise it will affect the investigation of the case."

Standing in his way was Aphrodite, Elsa's confidant and good friend.

Looking at the elf girl in front of him, Arthas asked doubtfully: "I wonder which case my sister is trying. Could you please tell me?"

"Sorry, this is confidential..."

"Do you think I would leak the secret?" Seeing Aphrodite's defensive look, Arthas had a hint of displeasure on his face.

"As a member of the royal family, I cannot enter the Imperial Court. What kind of ridiculous joke is this?"

"That's right. Her Highness the Princess takes herself too seriously. She is only responsible for taking over the judicial system. There is no reason for her to prevent His Highness Arthas from entering."

At this time, a servant behind Arthas also complained loudly.

Afro looked at the scene in front of her and felt a little scared, but she still mustered up her courage and said, "I'm sorry, this matter does concern the future of the empire, and Her Royal Highness Princess is very concerned about it, so the fewer people who know about it, the better. Please don't embarrass me anymore, Your Royal Highness."

Arthas had no way to make things difficult for Aphrodite. After all, Aphrodite was from the elves' side and her status seemed to be quite high. Taking action against her would only damage the relationship between the two races.

But this does not mean that Arthas cannot force his way in.

"Since you've said that this is a matter concerning the future of the empire, then I, as a prince, cannot sit idly by."

Having said this, he made a move to rush in.

In the end, Afro still stood in front of him.

"What? You want to stop me?" Arthas raised his eyebrows and looked at Afro.

"Her Royal Highness the Princess has ordered..." Afro kept repeating the same sentence.

Just as the powder keg was about to be ignited, a familiar voice came from the side.

"Your Highness Arthas!"

Orson came over from behind, also looking like he was in a hurry.

"Master Orson?" Arthas was a little surprised when he saw Orson.

"What a coincidence! You said you had something to talk to me about, but I didn't expect we would meet here." Orson said this and hurriedly walked forward to the side of Arthas and Afro.

"Mr. Orson, why are you here...?"

"Ah, when those nobles were tried before, some materials were left in the Imperial Court. I plan to take them back and publicize them in their territories, so that the people will know how excessive their lords had been."

"I see." Arthas nodded.

"What about you, Your Highness? I remember that the Imperial Court is under the charge of Your Highness the Princess, right? Why are you here, Your Highness?"

"Well..." Arthas hesitated for a moment, then said, "Because someone told me today that Elsa went to the church. I felt it must be a big deal, so I hurried over to take a look."

"It seems that His Highness Arthas is still very concerned about Her Highness Elsa's work." Orson said this, not knowing whether it was a compliment or something else.

Then, Orson turned his gaze to Afro and secretly gave him a wink.

"If I remember correctly, isn't this Afro-san? Why are you stopping here?"

Afro had no choice but to repeat what he had just said.

After hearing this, Orson was silent for a while, and then said: "I think that His Highness Arthas, as a prince, would never do anything that would be detrimental to the empire. Just let us in. After all, His Highness Elsa might make a misjudgment, right?"

"If the empire is put in a disadvantageous position due to Her Highness Elsa's misjudgment, you will not be able to take responsibility, right?"

"..." Upon hearing this, Afro could only nod, then made way and let a few people enter the Imperial Court.

As soon as Arthas entered the Imperial Court, he went straight to Elsa's office.

By the way, he also assigned two people to go to the archives on the way.

This posture no longer looks like concern, but rather a direct search.

Even Orson couldn't help but speak up to dissuade him, "Your Highness, I understand your concern for Her Highness Elsa, but shouldn't you be more restrained in your actions at this moment? Otherwise, it will give others an excuse to accuse you, which will be bad."

Upon hearing this, Arthas nodded.

"Thank you for the reminder."

Afterwards, Orson did not follow Arthas directly to the office, but went to the archives instead.

Then he was stopped by Afro.

After making sure that no one was around, Afro asked in confusion: "Orson, what's going on?"

You know, she knew about the cooperation between Orson and Elsa, and Elsa also told her that if she was not there, she would listen to Orson.

But now it seems that Orson has betrayed Elsa. How can he let the wolf into the house?

"You don't have to worry about this." Orson said this with confidence.

"Do you really think you can stop His Highness Arthas?"

"Instead of this, it's better to let him in. Anyway, he can't find out anything."

Having said this, Orson smiled and walked past Afro and into the archives.

Chapter 3: Don’t Be Smart (K)

In the archives, Orson made his way past Arthas' men.

The two men were searching for information about recent cases in the archives, so they only stopped not far from the door and did not go deeper into the archives.

After all, the cases further inside have nothing to do with Elsa.

On the other side, Arthas was in the office and finally got the answer he wanted.

But this answer did not make him happy.

There was new progress in the previous case of Mudrick's demonization, and Elsa went to the cathedral because of this matter.

Then, Arthas went straight to the interrogation room.

But now the interrogation room is empty and Rody is no longer here.

Arthas looked at the interrogator on duty next to him, and then asked, "Did you interrogate an important person today?"

"Your Highness?!" The interrogator was startled when he saw Arthas, but then nodded. "Yes, his name is Lodi."

"What did he confess?"

"..." Upon hearing this, the interrogator hesitated for a moment, then spoke and told Arthas the content of the interrogation.

When he heard the name Giovanni, Arthas was stunned.

Before he could react, Orson's voice sounded behind him.

"Your Highness, did you get the result you wanted?"

Orson's voice was as calm as water, but to Arthas, it always sounded a little mocking.

"Orson... do you know what happened?"

"I don't know, but I came here this time to show you a document, Your Highness."

As he said this, Orson handed the file he had just borrowed from the archives management to Arthas.

This was a case that happened eighteen years ago.

A large group of people were tried at that time, among whom Rody was sentenced to five years in prison for his involvement in leaking military deployment intelligence to others.

The person he participated in leaking the information was involved in a case that was exactly the case of an insider being cleared out after the war with the orcs ended.

The group that directly collaborated with the orcs was sentenced to death, while those who served as middlemen in transmitting intelligence were all dismissed and sentenced to imprisonment for reasons of poor confidentiality, depending on the circumstances.

In the end, for various reasons, Roddy did not actually serve five years in prison. He only spent one year and was then released on bail for various reasons.

After being released on bail, Lodi immediately began to serve Giovanni, Duke of Naples. It is conceivable who was behind what happened that year.

After reading this, Arthas stood there in a daze.

"Why...why don't I know this..."

"To be honest, I didn't know it before. I just happened to hear someone mention that the name Lodi sounded familiar, and then I happened to find this in the archives."

"Orson, have you known about Lodi's matter for a long time?" Arthas looked at Orson with a frown, with a hint of doubt and confusion in his eyes.

"Maybe." Orson said nothing, bowed to Arthas, and then looked up at him.

"I don't know why Her Royal Highness the Princess doesn't want Your Highness Arthas to know about this, but it seems to me that if Your Highness saw this result, you would make the same decision, right?"

As he said this, Orson moved a little closer to Arthas.

"Sometimes, a heroic act of self-sacrifice and retreating to advance can actually have unexpected results, isn't it, Your Highness Arthas?"

“……”Arthas stared at Orson for a long time, then he burst into laughter.

"The one who understands me best is none other than you, Master Orson!"

"Well said, Master Orson. Indeed, if it were me, I would do the same thing. Those who endanger the stability of the empire must be eliminated without a single one left."

Having said this, he nodded.

"In that case, I'll go back first. Please also inform Elsa for me." After saying that, he left with his people without looking back.

However, this time they were not heading outside the city, but to the imperial palace.

After all of Arthas's people had left, Afro went to find Orson again.

"Orson, what's going on? Don't you know that Giovanni is a supporter of His Highness Alsace?"

"Of course I know." Orson nodded. "So why don't you let His Royal Highness know about this?"

"You think that His Highness Arthas will do his best to protect Giovanni, right?"

"if not?"

"You really should practice your astrology." Upon hearing this, Orson gave Afro a pitying look, which made the latter unhappy.