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

"If his goal is the throne, then he would never do anything that would displease the emperor," said Orson.

Let him choose, either to cut off one of his arms in exchange for Odysseus' trust, or to insist on keeping Giovanni, so that he will lose power and Elsa will be favored.

"After all, although the two people are fighting fiercely for power, the greatest power in the empire is still in the hands of Your Majesty." Orson smiled and then left.

The city of Saint Laurent is destined to be unpeaceful tonight.

……

On the other side, Orson returned to the dormitory.

After finishing today's work, it was already late at night. The lights downstairs were still on, but Lit was no longer there.

I guess she left the door open for me because she thought I would come back in the evening.

Coming upstairs, he gently pushed open Litt's door, and sure enough, the little girl was already asleep.

He tiptoed to Lit's side.

Looking at Litt's peaceful sleeping face, Orson smiled.

"Lite, all I do is for you. Now it's up to you." Orson said softly.

Regardless of whether Litt heard it in her sleep, perhaps, it was precisely because she was asleep that Orson said this.

In the following territorial disputes on the front battlefield, Orson will not easily take action unless it is necessary. It depends on whether Litt's growth has met Orson's expectations.

"I have set up a winning situation for you. What will you do after you take over the game?"

……

On the other side, in the palace.

The palace is not quiet tonight.

Odysseus, Arthas, Elsa, Levi, and a group of military and political leaders all gathered together.

According to Lodi, he has always worked for Giovanni, and the bottle of potion that Mudrick had before was given to him by Giovanni, who asked him to pass it on to Mudrick.

At first everyone was reluctant to believe it, but when Lodi accurately told the details of everything Giovanni instructed him to do, everyone could no longer sit still.

"Is Giovanni planning a rebellion?!" General Scaloni, the army's representative, said with a frown.

"A duke actually resorted to such despicable means!" Pope Levi was also very angry.

The war eighteen years ago brought huge losses to the human border areas at that time, especially the eastern border. Levi was the archbishop at the time. He went to the front line in person and saw all the tragic conditions there.

And now, they learned that the source of this tragedy was actually the Duke on the human side. How could they not be angry?

"Is this information reliable?" Arthas suddenly asked at this time.

"If Lodi is really that important, then why didn't Giovanni do anything after he was captured or disappeared?"

As Arthas finished speaking, the field immediately fell into silence.

"Of course, if Giovanni really made a mistake, we can also take this opportunity to weaken the local forces headed by Giovanni." Seeing that everyone was looking at him with strange eyes, Arthas quickly stated his position.

"I don't think there is any room for doubt." Elsa said at this time.

"It can be seen from Giovanni's previous attitude. He contributed the least when fighting against the orcs. In addition, his son had many conflicts with other noble descendants before."

"This kind of alien will only become a scourge if it stays in the empire."

"However, if we resort to military force, it will definitely destroy the stability of the empire for thousands of years. Other dukes may then take the opportunity to launch an attack..." a civil servant said worriedly.

"Don't worry about this." Elsa looked at the man and said:

"We can just limit the war to Naples. And when Pope Levi excommunicates Giovanni, we will have a legitimate reason to fight."

At this time, Odysseus, who was sitting in the center, finally spoke.

"Contact Lucius."

This sentence basically means Odysseus' attitude.

Indeed, Giovanni did too many things that crossed the line.

"By the way, Arthas." Odysseus turned his gaze to his son at this time.

"I heard that you and that Giovanni have a very good relationship?"

"That's not true, father. These are all rumors." Arthas shook his head. "Besides, even if I had a good relationship with him before, that was before I knew he had done so many bad things."

"He is now a scourge to the empire. Let alone a good relationship, even if he is my best friend, I will not show mercy."

"That's good." Odysseus nodded with satisfaction and then sat up from his chair.

After giving everyone instructions on what to do, Odysseus looked at everyone again.

"It's getting late. You can go back and get ready. As for Elsa, you stay. Father has something to tell you."

"Yes." Elsa nodded after hearing that.

Arthas glanced at the two of them, opened his mouth, and was about to explain something, but in the end he said nothing. He just quietly followed everyone away.

Only after everyone left did Odysseus turn his back. He looked at the bright moon in the sky and slowly said, "Elsa, I know you have someone to help you."

Elsa's pupils widened.

"But, Elsa."

"Sometimes, don't be too smart. If you use others as pawns, aren't they also using you?"

"Okay, that's all I have to say. You can go back now."

After saying this, Odysseus left.

Chapter 69: They Won’t Sit Back and Do Nothing

In the following week, several major events occurred in Saint Laurent City.

First, Odysseus invited Giovanni to come to Saint Laurent, but Giovanni refused to come to Saint Laurent on the pretext of being ill.

After receiving a response from Giovanni, the Imperial Court of Saint Laurent held a trial in Giovanni's absence.

The trial was about Giovanni's treason.

From the first orc invasion eighteen years ago to the second orc invasion half a year ago.

At the same time, Giovanni was sentenced for participating in a secret society and attempting to transform living people into demons, a case of Mudrick's demonization.

When the news came out, the whole country was in an uproar.

Afterwards, Pope Levi also announced that Giovanni was excommunicated, and Levi's rule became completely illegal.

Afterwards, Duke Lucius of Antica gave an order and the Antican army immediately marched into the Duchy of Naples.

In response to this situation, the Imperial College's Board of Directors and Student Union also held a joint meeting.

"Due to various reasons, teaching was delayed for half of the last semester. Although this incident has a great impact, I don't think we should suspend classes directly." A representative of the board of directors stood up and spoke, expressing the board's thoughts.

The representative of the Student Union is obviously Orson.

"I understand the board's feelings, but under the current situation, it may be difficult to maintain fair and normal teaching," Orson said.

"After all, according to the student files we have entered, 20 percent of the students are from Antica and Naples. The outbreak of this war involves the hometowns of these students."

"But what about the other 80 percent?" the representative from the council asked in return.

"The majority should obey the minority. We cannot stop taking classes for all students just because these students have problems."

"I know, so I have a suggestion." Orson said this, expressing his thoughts.

"Teaching will continue as normal, but if students take leave for family reasons, their credits will not be deducted, and if they fail the first exam after returning to school, they will have a chance to retake it without penalty. How about this proposal?"

As soon as these words came out, the members of the board of directors nodded one after another.

In the end, everyone agreed with Orson's plan.

Afterwards, the joint meeting ended and everyone left the conference hall.

As Orson walked out the door, he was surrounded by several members of the news agency.

"President Orson, we heard that there was a war in your hometown, and the enemy is the Donnie family, who you have been at odds with before. So, will you take a leave to go back and deal with this matter? If you go back, what will happen to the student union?"

"I won't go back." Orson said this and added, "I will stay in school and the student union's affairs will not be neglected. At the same time, my classmates don't have to worry. There will be no forced suspension of classes."

After saying this, the members of the news agency were satisfied with the result and decided not to keep Orson.

Back in the student union office, Olivia sat in the office.

"Orson, are you really not going back?" Olivia looked at Orson worriedly.

Given the strength of the Duchy of Antica, if Orson doesn't go back, the cost of taking over the Duchy of Naples might be a bit high.

"No need, just let Litt go back. I believe in Litt." Orson said and shook his head.

"I have laid such a good foundation for Li Te. If he can't play chess well, I will be really disappointed in him."

Having said this, Orson sat down on the chair.

"Besides, I'll stay here with you, isn't that good?"

"Of course." Olivia smiled and walked behind Orson, gently squeezing his shoulders.

"But I'm a little curious, are you here to accompany me~ or do you have other intentions?"

"Of course I'll accompany you."

"Then I'm so happy." Olivia said this, increasing the strength in her hands.

"I just wonder if you are so smooth-talking to Lianka as well?"

"Ah?" Orson was stunned.

"Olivia, what...what are you talking about? I don't quite understand."

"Huh, you really don't understand?" Olivia said this and told her what happened that night.

"Lianka's dance partner, is it you? You're so brave, Orson, you actually hid it from me. So you still have feelings for Lianka?"

"No, no." Orson shook his head solemnly. "It was Lianka who approached me, and she's your sister, so I couldn't refuse."

"So, it's my problem?"

"It's not your problem." Orson felt a headache when he heard Olivia say that.

"Anyway, you and Lianka danced, didn't you?"

"..." Orson was silent for a while, then nodded.

"Besides this, you didn't do anything else out of the ordinary, did you?"

Orson nodded again.

"Okay, then, dance with me~"

"Eh? Jump here?"

"Yeah." Olivia nodded.

"But, use your tongue~"

As she said this, she leaned down and put her face close to Orson's.

……

Duchy of Naples.

Giovanni looked at the information from Saint Laurent City and was so angry that he threw the cup to the ground.

After Mudrick's affair was exposed, he had a bad feeling.

But since Rody kept writing back to him, he didn't doubt it.

After all, Rody had been doing this for me for such a long time, and he was very efficient.

Afterwards, in order to prevent Lodi from being exposed, Giovanni's communications with Lodi became less frequent, but he did not expect that Lodi would betray him directly and give him away.

If Giovanni had known that something had happened to Lodi, he would have reacted sooner instead of just sitting there and waiting for death like he is now.

"You are all a bunch of trash! Rody, how dare you betray me? Who gave you the courage?" He was angry in the office, and all kinds of valuable and exquisite decorations were smashed and broken by him.

It was not until half an hour later that the door of the room was opened again.

Standing at the door was his son Giovanni.