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

"The conflict between the royal family and the Duke of Orleans will be transferred to the Duke of Naples. At that time, the royal family only needs to take some compensation from the Duke of Naples and give it to the Duke of Orleans. The conflict can be resolved without having to make new enemies. This is a very good thing for the royal family."

"But... the real criminal may still be at large. If they take action again at that time, it will be another blow to the dignity of the royal family."

Hearing Sherlock's concern, Orson just smiled softly.

"Miss Charlotte, do you think the royal family will admit all their mistakes?"

"When the time comes, the royal family will have many ways to deal with it, and their authority will definitely not be damaged. You can rest assured about this."

After hearing what Orson said, Sherlock shook his head helplessly.

She doesn't care much about political struggles and doesn't want to understand them. After the investigation of the Saint Laurent City case is completed, she will resign.

Anyway, I have done my job for the emperor, so I have a suitable reason to retire.

At this time, Sherlock suddenly looked up at Orson.

Orson saw Sherlock's actions and looked at her in confusion.

"Do you have any other questions?"

"Mr. Orson, are you treating me as a pawn to help you solve the case?"

When Orson heard Sherlock say this, his expression paused slightly, and then he immediately returned to normal.

"No, I did this only because when I met you that day, I felt that you were capable. After all, you are the only one who is different from other detectives."

Upon hearing this, Sherlock nodded, accepting this statement.

Being used as a pawn was not a good thing, and she didn't want to assume the worst of someone.

Chapter 112: That’s definitely not what he meant

Sherlock had thought about the possibility that Orson was using her as a tool to help him get the results he wanted, but it was just a guess after all.

If Orson really thought so, then he had a certain purpose in approaching Sherlock from the beginning, and he was just acting in front of everyone when he got injured after chasing him out.

At least in the Empire's reputation, Orson would never be such a person.

However, if Orson really deceived Sherlock, she would not forgive Orson either.

The relationship between the two did not deteriorate because of Sherlock's suspicious words, at least on the surface.

……

Duke of Orleans, Paris.

"Your Excellency the Duke." Sean hurried back to the Duke of Orleans from Saint Laurent City. He was so exhausted that he had no time to rest. He went directly to the Duke's mansion and told Charles, Duke of Orleans all the results of the investigation into the Saint Laurent City case.

"So, what you mean is... all this is a conspiracy by the Duke of Naples to alienate the royal family and local nobles?" Henry listened to Sean's report and added the intelligence he had compiled over the past few days comparing the present life with the past life, and began to think about it.

Judging from the variables, there are two major changes in the empire between the past and the present.

The first is the status of the Duke of Naples.

In his previous life, the scandal of Giovanni, Duke of Naples, was exposed a long time later. After Litt successfully avenged Giovanni, there was no news that Giovanni had hired a killer to kill someone. It might be that this information seemed unimportant at the time, or because of the hasty judgment of the case due to his father's death, others did not link Giovanni to the matter.

The second is Orson.

To be honest, Orson is still alive, which is the biggest uncertainty in the world for Henry.

If everything went as Henry expected, he only needed to provide enough help to Litt and he would be able to make a potential ally.

Before Henry was poisoned in his previous life, Litt had become the only person in the empire to hold two duke positions. He was also a favorite of Princess Elsa, who had already been confirmed as the heir. In order to help Elsa ascend to the throne, Litt had a duel with Arthas, and eventually Arthas had to give up his inheritance rights.

Henry himself knew that he did not have any extraordinary talents. He only had a little understanding of the future direction of the world. However, even this ability to "predict the future" was eliminated with the appearance of Orson.

Although he can change his own destiny, he may not be able to influence the entire empire.

At least he still didn't dare to make any predictions about the current situation in the central part of the empire.

Henry thought about it for a long time, and finally felt that Giovanni was most likely to do such a thing, so he chose to believe the empire.

At least if he believed in the empire and cooperated with it, he could continue to be the Duke of Orleans.

If he is still dissatisfied with the results of the investigation, it would be tantamount to continuing to oppose the central government of the empire, and he cannot guarantee that other dukes will continue to support him.

As for whether Giovanni is the real murderer of his father, we will know when we catch him and ask him.

He would have to be the one present at Giovanni's trial.

Henry became more open-minded after thinking about it, and then said to Sean, "Uncle Sean, let's just trust the royal investigation. We will allocate 20,000 people to help them, just to ease the relationship and strive for the power to try Giovanni in the future."

"Okay, I'll go pick someone right away." Upon hearing that, Sean nodded quickly.

Before leaving, he suddenly thought of something, and then he asked: "Your Excellency the Duke, regarding what you said before, that Lit will be a key figure in the future empire..."

"What's wrong?" Henry looked at Sean in confusion when he heard Sean ask this.

This was the only thing Henry was absolutely sure of.

Although the current Leeteuk does not seem to have the same stunning success as in his previous life, his overall upward trajectory is very smooth. From being the first when he entered the Imperial Academy to later leading the team to a great victory in Florence, all of these demonstrate Leeteuk's potential.

"Well... we contacted Master Lit before and expressed our willingness to help him. He accepted the offer, but he asked us to strengthen the security around Master Orson..."

“…” Upon hearing this, Henry frowned.

In their previous lives, Orson and Leet couldn't be said to be enemies, but they could only be said to be incompatible.

When Henry first heard that Orson and Leete were so friendly and respectful to each other, he thought it was just a disguise between the two of them, and there was actually competition between them.

But now it seems that Leeteuk has really become Orson's little fanboy?

wrong!

Henry thought about it carefully, and then shook his head.

"Uncle Sean, Li Te said so, are you really going to do this?"

"Well... of course I still have to come back and ask for the Duke's instructions, but since this is your order, it shouldn't matter, right?"

"Uncle Sean, although Master Leete and Master Orson seem to be very harmonious on the surface, in fact it may not be what we see." Henry said this and explained in front of Sean.

"Think about it. For such a big event as attacking Naples, the vanguard should be commanded by the most powerful person. If you were Duke Lucius, who would you give the vanguard to?"

"That must be Mr. Orson..." Sean said without hesitation.

The other party is a military genius who commanded hundreds of thousands of human coalition forces to exterminate the entire orc clan. If he has such a powerful weapon and does not use it, there are only two possibilities.

Either they think Orson is more useful elsewhere, or Orson is no longer favored.

Combined with the will that Lucius had made in public before, it was obvious that Lucius was still more partial to his own flesh and blood.

The war against Naples was to gain military merit for Litt, allowing him to step out from behind the scenes and establish his prestige.

"So... what Mr. Leeteuk meant by strengthening security... is..."

"Yeah." Henry nodded calmly when he saw Sean finally understood.

"It's just what you think, Uncle Sean. It's called secret protection, but it's actually surveillance."

"After all, Orson is in Saint Laurent City and has the closest relationship with the royal family. He even lived in the palace before. Master Lit must be worried that Master Orson will take some action."

"I understand! You are worthy of being the Duke! I still can't compare to your experience of two lifetimes." Sean's thoughts became clearer, and he quickly praised Henry.

Who knew that when Henry heard the second half of the sentence, his face changed and he quickly hushed.

"Uncle Sean, I've told you not to let anyone else know about this. Don't mention it too much in the future. If someone hears it, we'll all be doomed."

Sean apologized quickly.

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency the Duke. I was negligent!"

"Okay, Uncle Sean, you've helped with so many things and you're busy every day. It's understandable that you forget these things occasionally. I'll remind you later."

"Thank you, Lord Duke!"

After the two chatted for a few more words, Sean left with Henry's orders.

Chapter 113: Drink It

The city of Romulus.

Five days had passed since the imperial army's last exploratory attack on the northern city wall.

During these five days, the imperial army did not launch another attack, but chose to continue the siege.

In the last siege, only half of the 5,000 soldiers Scaloni sent in returned, and the estimated casualties caused to the enemy were only more than 1,000 people. This casualty ratio can be fought, but it is definitely not a beautiful battle.

So, today, Scaloni sent a letter to the city, inviting Giovanni to the outside of the city to discuss the evacuation of the people and surrender.

After receiving the letter, Giovanni accepted Scaloni's invitation, but at the same time required Scaloni to bring Lucius and Litt to meet him.

The meeting place was set in the east of the city of Romulus, which had not been damaged by the war and was suitable as a place for negotiations.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the imperial army had arrived at the meeting place. After everyone waited for a few minutes, the gate of Romulus City was opened. Three groups of horses galloped out of the city and soon arrived at the negotiation site.

The only people from the Imperial Army were Scaloni, Lucius and Litt, while Napoli only sent out Giovanni, Donny and their guards.

"Long time no see, my old friend." Giovanni saw Lucius and opened his arms towards him while sitting on his horse, as if to welcome him.

"Hmph, forget the polite words, Giovanni." Lucius snorted coldly, then looked at Scaloni beside him.

After all, he is the commander-in-chief of this army, and the negotiation issues should be left to him to resolve.

Scaloni thought exactly the same. He had just taken two steps forward on his horse when he was scolded by Giovanni.

"What are you doing?! Didn't you see the two dukes of the empire chatting? You are an ignorant thing, a running dog of the royal family. Do you need me to send you back to your mother's womb to teach you what etiquette is?" Giovanni glared at Scaloni. When the other party heard what Giovanni said, he was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, but after thinking about it, he decided to give in.

"Duke Giovanni, while I can still call you Duke, open the city and surrender, and tell us everything about your contacts with the cultists. This way, His Majesty may show mercy and spare your life."

"Hehe, you are just a dog raised by the emperor. Do you think that if I do this, I will still be afraid of the emperor?" Giovanni did not take Scaloni's threat seriously, but sneered.

"You guys." Giovanni said, pointing at Lucius and Scaloni.

"Do you think it will be easier to deal with me if there are more of you? You don't really think you can beat me like this, do you?"

"What else?" Lucius raised his eyebrows when he heard this. "Do you think I'm bluffing?"

At this time, Scaloni rode his horse between the two of them.

"In short, the conditions we offer are that you surrender, give up the title of Duke of Naples, and go to Saint Laurent City to atone for your sins. If you do not agree, we will raze Romulus City to the ground."

Giovanni heard Scaloni's ultimatum, shrugged, and then turned back to look at his son Donny.

"See, Donny, your last hope is gone. They don't even want to give you the chance to become a duke. They just want to deprive our family of its power!"

Hearing this, Donnie lowered his head in shame.

Giovanni then turned and looked at Scaloni.

"I'm sorry, your conditions are too harsh. We are sorry that we cannot accept them."

"Strict?" Scaloni also frowned.

"So, Duke Giovanni, what you're saying is that we can't talk?"

"Yeah." Giovanni nodded.

"Then don't say I didn't warn you." Scaloni said this, pulled his horse's head, and prepared to leave.

Lucius also glanced at Giovanni and snorted coldly.

"Giovanni, you have been doing stupid things all your life. I hope this is the last stupid thing you do in your life." After saying this, Lucius followed Scaloni and left.

Lit followed Lucius closely to protect his safety.

"Oh, you've been doing stupid things all your life?" Giovanni repeated Lucius' words, sneered, and then took Donny back to Romulus City.

……

Since returning to the Duke's Mansion, Donnie has locked himself in his room and no longer goes out.

Anyway, now that Romulus City has gone through the last suppression incident, there won't be any major security risks for the time being. Even if he doesn't take charge, his subordinates can get things done.

The reason why he did this was because he was confused again.

He didn't know why Giovanni always took him with him when he went out to negotiate.

Even after a few words of negotiation there was no progress.

But the information that Donnie heard was enough to make him feel hopeless.

It seemed that the Empire had never considered letting him succeed Giovanni. What they wanted was the complete destruction of the Florence family.