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

"And if you break the rules, you need to be punished."

Having said this, Giovanni stood up.

"Come on, Donnie, follow me to the rooftop balcony and see what we should do."

Donnie nodded quickly and followed Giovanni.

Coming to the balcony, Donny could see that a huge group of people were crowding at the gate of the manor. One of the young men was saying something to the guard at the gate with righteous indignation, but the guard simply couldn't hear him.

On the other side, in the crowd of demonstrators, the leader was stating his demands righteously.

"We just need the Duke to come out and talk to us, to give an explanation to the victims and to give an explanation to the citizens!"

At this time, a man wearing full body plate armor walked out from the Duke's Mansion.

He walked on the ground, and the plate armor made noises with his steps.

When he came before the leader of the citizens, he said only six words.

"Get out or die."

The other party obviously didn't care about this threat and still didn't back down.

Then, a sword pierced his heart.

Then, the guards of the Duke's Palace rushed out and began to disperse the crowd by force.

The demonstrators instantly fled in all directions, uttering all kinds of cries of fear.

However, at this moment, on other streets, part of the troops originally guarding the city gates also came to suppress the crowd.

For a moment, everyone fell into despair.

Donny stood on the balcony, looking at the hell on earth outside the Duke's door, and looked at Giovanni in disbelief.

"Father...you really...don't care about your future reputation?"

"Donny, you have to know that reputation is far less real than rule," Giovanni said earnestly.

The corners of his mouth were even slightly raised, as if he was enjoying it.

Donny just felt that his father was probably crazy.

Chapter 110: Title in Exchange for Alliance

Giovanni was very cunning. The soldiers who suppressed the citizens of Romulus were not locals. Most of them were soldiers from other areas of the Duke of Naples. Therefore, when facing these strangers, they were willing to execute orders firmly and wield the butcher knife.

As for the soldiers who were citizens of the city, they had no chance to find out what was happening in the city. Their attention was completely attracted by the siege outside the city, and their superiors did not allow them to leave the barracks on the grounds of keeping military secrets.

This bloody crackdown ended at minimal cost.

Among the tens of thousands of Romulus citizens who participated in the demonstration, 50% died. Although the rest managed to escape with their lives and return to their homes, after witnessing the Duke's tough tactics, they dared not launch demonstrations again.

After all, the Duke really doesn't regard them as human beings.

The besieging troops outside the city were unaware of the tragedy that had occurred inside the city and were still carrying out the siege orders step by step.

After this incident, the public security in the city of Romulus stabilized. Because many people died, even the supplies that were originally in short supply became slightly more abundant.

This was not a bad thing for the Duchy of Naples, at least not for Giovanni's reign.

At this moment, outside the city of Romulus, the siege equipment had been set up.

Traditional engineering equipment such as catapults, siege towers and ladders are all ready. From today on, the walls of Romulus City will never be peaceful again.

"According to the time, we're almost there." That day, standing by the window on the top floor of the Duke's Palace, Giovanni looked at the city wall on one side and sighed.

The North Wall of Romulus.

The soldiers were still guarding the city wall as they had done in the previous few days, with a sentry post every five steps and their positions were very dense.

Because since this morning, a large group of imperial soldiers have gathered in front of the north city wall, along with the siege equipment they have built over the past few days.

Standing on the city wall, the soldiers with good eyesight could see siege equipment being built in the military camp outside the city every day. However, due to the difference in the number of troops, Napoli did not dare to leave the city to obstruct the enemy. They could only watch the enemy assemble the big killer step by step, calculating their own death.

The soldiers under the city were obviously preparing to seize the city wall after the ammunition of the first round of siege equipment was used up. The soldiers of Naples did not dare to relax at all. Although they knew the danger on the city wall, they could only obey the orders of their superiors and guard the city wall.

At ten o'clock in the morning, under the command of Scaloni, the besiegers concentrated all siege equipment at the north gate, and then dozens of catapults fired at the same time.

The boulders launched by the catapults will be strengthened by the magician, and will explode when they hit obstacles, creating an effect similar to that of a cannonball.

In an instant, casualties appeared on the city wall.

Although the catapults had a low hit rate, they still caused considerable casualties to the Naples army due to the numerical suppression.

Fortunately, Giovanni has been working hard to build the city of Romulus over the years, and the city walls have been repaired several times, so there are no gaps after several rounds of bombardment.

It took three hours to use up all the stored stones. At this time, although the walls of Naples looked dilapidated, there was no collapse at all.

Therefore, the siege troops still had to climb up the city walls using ladders and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.

"I never expected that although Giovanni made a mess of Napoli, he never neglected the management of the base."

In the military camp, Scaloni listened to the report from the front line and couldn't help but complain.

"If Giovanni is really that incompetent, he wouldn't have caused us so much trouble before." Lucius said on the side.

"Indeed." Scaloni nodded.

Scaloni had great respect for this battle-hardened general. If he had not brought the order of His Royal Highness the Prince with him on this trip south, Scaloni would have preferred to hand over the command of the army to Lucius.

But he also knew that if he wanted to become the next Lucius, he couldn't just follow him, he had to surpass him.

"Let's send 5,000 men to the city wall to test the enemy's will to resist. If they are still determined, we will surround them for a while longer and then make a breakthrough."

After briefly determining the strategy for this stage, Scaloni called in a messenger to convey his orders to the besieging troops in other directions.

……

Just half a month ago, Arthas used his military power to hold a generals' meeting in the army without the participation of the emperor.

"Everyone, the current situation in the Duchy of Naples is still unclear. I am worried that Duke Antica will not be able to capture Naples in a short period of time."

"As you all know, Duke Giovanni of Napoli is likely the one who plotted the murder of Duke Francis and sent people to assassinate my father. In order to bring him to justice as soon as possible, we have to send troops to help Duke Antica. Fortunately, the situation on the border is not so tense now, so we can spare some time."

After hearing what Arthas said, the generals present more or less understood what he meant.

It is time to choose one of these people to be the Duke of Naples.

As a result, many people looked at each other and began to think about who to nominate to lead the troops south.

Arthas looked at Scaloni and said:

"The last time we discussed sending troops internally, it was General Scaloni who was the most determined to send troops. So, I think General Scaloni should be the commander-in-chief of this southern expedition."

After saying this, many generals nodded.

Except for Scaloni, the generals of the empire were either too senior and had already been awarded titles, making it inconvenient for them to occupy the title of Duke of Napoli, or they did not have enough seniority and ability.

After deciding who would lead the troops, the generals discussed how many soldiers to lead.

After the meeting, Arthas found Scaloni alone.

"General Scaloni, I have high hopes for you." Arthas looked at him, his eyes full of admiration.

"You are the next person who can become a pillar of the country like General Lucius, so please win this battle beautifully."

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will do my best."

"Well... and, General Scaloni, your daughter is very nice. I admire her very much. I hope to invite her out more often in the future. I heard that you are quite strict about this kind of thing, so I came here specifically to ask you."

When Scaloni heard what Arthas said, he was stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter.

"Your Highness, you are joking. I did this just to prevent my daughter from coming into contact with some questionable people. Your Highness personally invited her, so how could I refuse?"

"That's good." When Arthas heard the other party say this, he also smiled.

In this way, he had completed the task that Rosaline had entrusted to him.

Chapter 111: Being used?

Milton is dead.

When the guards from Saint Laurent City broke into his temporary residence, Milton had already hanged himself in the room.

All this is thanks to a cleaner.

The place where Milton died was an inn. He had rented a room in this inn earlier, but did not live in it until the incident in Saint Laurent City, when he secretly moved into this inn.

On this day, after the hotel's cleaner cleaned every room as usual, he suddenly smelled a foul odor at the door of this permanent resident.

Although the other party has rented this room for a long time and has generated a lot of income for the hotel, it is a hotel room after all. If it cannot be used in the end due to the other party's reasons, the hotel will also suffer the loss.

So the cleaner knocked on the door.

After receiving no response, cleaners and hotel staff began to pay attention to what was happening in the room.

Finally, when they opened the room, they saw only a man hanged in the middle of the room.

The female receptionist screamed immediately, while the cleaner and the store manager turned pale.

They called the guards from the police station. After the guards reported the information, Sherlock immediately took it seriously, and then she personally led people to the scene.

After intelligence comparison and witness verification, it was confirmed that the person who committed suicide by hanging was Milton.

Milton's alias in the hotel was Alan, and the hotel room had been booked long ago, which was why he escaped the official search of the empire.

But this matter seems strange no matter how you look at it.

First of all, having someone who can bribe someone to kill the Duke is considered to be in a very high position even in the underground or in a heretical cult. Such people generally value their lives very much and will never commit suicide out of fear of crime.

To take a step back, even if the other party really committed suicide, he should not choose a place with a large flow of people and easy to be discovered.

The other party's death seemed to be arranged, as if the man couldn't wait to end the case.

Investigators from the sheriff's station found several letters on him, and the evidence from the letters eventually pointed to one person.

That was the Duke of Naples in the south.

Giovanni seemed unaware that Milton was a believer in a cult, and Milton seemed to be just an ordinary person who resold information in Saint Laurent City. Therefore, he was able to have close contact with Giovanni, Mudrick and others.

According to the compilation, in a recent letter, Giovanni sent to Milton, saying that he would send his top combat forces to Saint Laurent City and asked Milton to be ready to receive them.

It is obvious that Giovanni was the mastermind behind this assassination, and Milton was an accomplice.

The case could actually be closed at this point in the investigation. Giovanni's death was a foregone conclusion, regardless of whether he was charged with murder or not. In this case, Giovanni, the most likely suspect, could be made the criminal.

This is the fastest way to close the case. Anyone with a higher level of political thinking would immediately have his men close the case.

Therefore, when Shylock presented the investigation information to the Chief of Police and Emperor Odysseus, the response he received was that the result of the case could be announced.

……

"Thank you for your hard work these days, Miss Charlotte."

In a restaurant somewhere in Saint Laurent City, Orson looked at Sherlock sitting in front of him and spoke with a smile.

"No, no, it's all the information provided by you, Master Orson. I'm just responsible for following the clues you gave me."

Sherlock managed a smile.

"It looks like you're not very happy, Miss Charlotte?" Orson asked puzzledly when he saw the expression on Sherlock's face.

"Through this incident, you have been promoted to a high-ranking official. From now on, your career will be smooth and you will have more opportunities to display your talents. Why do you show such an expression?"

"Mr. Orson, I started out as a detective after all. For me, nothing makes me happier than knowing the truth."

"So...you mean that the results of the case that have been announced now are not the truth?"

"Yeah." Sherlock nodded. "Obviously, someone committed suicide in a hotel, and 'just happened' to have letters on him that showed him the real mastermind. If it was you, do you think it would be possible?"

"..." Upon hearing this, Orson fell silent.

He thought for a long time, then shook his head.

"It is indeed as you said, there are still many strange things in this case, but..."

"but?"

"Well, Miss Charlotte, the royal family, the Duke of Orleans, and all the people directly related to this case, what they need so far is not the truth, but the result."

"Maybe at the beginning of the case, what they needed was the truth, but now, they just need a result that is favorable to them." Orson said this and explained the complicated political issues to Sherlock.

"Perhaps there is a bigger and deeper power behind Milton, but now he is linked to the common enemy of the Empire, the Duke of Naples. As long as the criminal is identified as the Duke of Naples, a lot of trouble can be saved."