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

Giovanni said this unhappily, and then burped again.

"Raven, you have followed me since your father's generation. Over the years, I have never asked you for anything. After completing the last mission I gave you, you can go wherever you want, okay?"

"Your Excellency the Duke, don't you want me to stay with you?" Raven asked doubtfully.

"No need, I know you've already intended to leave."

"So, tell me, Your Excellency the Duke, what is the last mission you give me?"

"Don't be anxious yet, Raven. Let me ask you, is there anything that you value most in your life? It can be a person or an object."

"Of course I have." Raven nodded. "But what I value most now is my own strength."

"It's a very good idea. Once a person puts all his thoughts on himself and has no external concerns, he will be invincible."

Giovanni picked up the bottle in front of him and drank another bottle of wine.

"Do you know why I have been targeting the royal family and Antica?"

"Is it... still because of that incident?" Raven asked tentatively.

"Yeah." Giovanni nodded dejectedly.

"I thought you had forgotten her, Your Excellency."

Raven said this with a hint of regret in his tone.

"How could I forget? That's the biggest regret in my life." Giovanni sighed.

"She was born here, grew up here, and never came back from the time she was driven away until she died in a foreign land. Tell me, how can I not hate them?"

"So, in order to let him experience my pain, Raven, your last mission is to help me kill Lit."

"Only if he has lost his own flesh and blood can he understand how I felt at that time, right?"

There was a hint of ferocity in Giovanni's eyes.

At this moment, unlike the drunkenness just now, he was extremely sober.

Raven nodded, said nothing more, and walked out of the Duke's Mansion alone.

Giovanni took out a pocket watch from his arms, looked at the portrait inside, and stared at it for a long time.

"I'm sorry I disappointed you, Margaret...sister."

After a long moment, he murmured.

Chapter 4: Disappeared into the Sky (K)

"Father, why did you kick Sister Margaret out?"

Inside the mansion, a young child looked at the middle-aged man in front of him and asked in confusion.

"Giovanni, I've said this many times, she's not your sister. She was just a servant I found to take care of you. It would be the same for anyone else. If you say she's your sister again, don't blame me for putting you in solitary confinement!"

The middle-aged man was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, and then he just yelled loudly.

"Now, I have to go take care of things, Giovanni, get out of my way!"

"But..." The boy mustered up his courage and stood in front of the middle-aged man. "I need you to give me an explanation, father!"

"Explain?" The middle-aged man smiled.

"You're not that old, but your tone is not that young."

As he said this, Giovanni was greeted with a heavy slap in the face, and he was knocked to the ground.

Giovanni covered his burning right face, endured the pain, stood up, and stood in front of the middle-aged man again.

"Father..."

"…Okay, since you want to know so much, I'll tell you what happened."

"She is the bastard born by your mother and a man outside before she married me!" The middle-aged man said this, his pupils trembling, and the shock in his heart could not subside for a long time.

"But... all this should be my mother's fault. It has nothing to do with Sister Margaret..."

"Oh, so what you mean is that I have to feed and nourish your mother's lover's child, right?"

"No... that's not what I meant."

"There's nothing more to say, Raven. Send Giovanni to the detention room."

"I see."

Giovanni never saw Margherita again after that day, and when he saw her again, she was standing next to another man.

And that man was his long-time rival in the Imperial Academy.

Lucius.

That noon, Giovanni spotted this familiar figure in a restaurant in Saint Laurent City. Even though he hadn't seen her for eight years, she was still as dazzling and charming as before.

Giovanni walked into the restaurant, came up to the two of them, and stared at Margherita blankly.

Lucius looked at Giovanni, frowned slightly, and said in a not very friendly tone: "Student Giovanni, what are you doing here?"

However, when he saw Margaret, who was sitting opposite him, with the same surprised expression, he realized that something seemed to be wrong.

"You guys know each other?"

"Yeah." Margaret nodded, then looked up at Giovanni who was staring at her.

"Master Giovanni, long time no see..."

"What young master? Just call me Giovanni as usual." Giovanni said this, and he, who was usually sarcastic, rarely smiled.

"But we haven't seen each other for a long time, Sister Margaret. I didn't expect you to be in Saint Laurent City. We haven't seen each other for eight years, right? What have you been doing during this time?"

"..." Margaret was silent for a moment, then gave a polite smile.

"I'm sorry, Giovanni. I don't want to tell anyone about my experiences in the past few years. Can you understand me?"

"Ah, of course." Giovanni nodded and then looked at Lucius who was sitting next to him.

"Lucius, can I sit next to you?"

"Well, of course." Lucius also nodded.

When two old acquaintances meet, Lucius certainly won't prevent them from meeting.

The following banquet, originally a date between Lucius and Margaret, turned into a reunion between Giovanni and Margaret. The two talked about many topics, but when it came to their experiences in the past few years, Margaret always kept silent.

After the Duchess's adultery with an outsider was exposed, Giovanni's biological mother's lover was directly executed by Leopold, Duke of Naples. His biological mother, the Duchess, also chose to die with her lover after receiving the news of her lover's death. Leopold was always busy running around outside, and the originally lively family was left with only Giovanni alone in an instant. The scene of him chatting and laughing with his mother and sister Margaret was never repeated.

Seeing Margaret again, Giovanni seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw. After the dinner, everyone stood at the door and prepared to say goodbye. Lucius was about to send Margaret home. At this time, Giovanni looked at Margaret and asked:

"Sister Margaret, can you come back with me? I will ask my father for mercy. Please come back home. I am having a hard time without you."

When Margaret heard Giovanni's words, her face was a little touched, but she still shook her head.

"Giovanni, Master Leopold will not allow me to go back, and... I..."

She looked up at Lucius, and everything was clear.

Margaret is twenty-two years old this year. She was only fourteen when she left the Duke's house. At that time, her biological father was forced to death and her biological mother chose to commit suicide for love. She was helpless and the most valuable thing on her was the maid uniform of the Duke's house.

In desperation, she had to sell her maid uniform, changed into a coarse linen dress and walked on the streets, living with homeless people.

When she went out, all the citizens of Romulus knew that she was an illegitimate daughter and a bastard. They all mocked her, beat her and scolded her. That period was almost the darkest time in her life.

In the city of Romulus, people might not say anything when they see a homeless person, but when they see Margaret, they will definitely spit and then walk away in disgust.

With no other options, she had to go north to work.

She worked as a nanny and also volunteered in a church school. Because of her excellent reputation, the priest even suggested that she be baptized as a nun, but she refused. She felt that she was not suitable to join the church because of her unclean identity.

Until four years ago, she saved enough money and opened a bakery in the downtown area of ​​Saint Laurent. She originally thought that she could run the business peacefully and live out her life honestly, but she didn't expect to be entangled by gangsters.

At the critical moment, it was Lucius who appeared and saved her.

At that time, Lucius had just arrived in Saint Laurent City not long ago. He had lost all his money because someone cheated him out of it and had no place to eat. He was too proud to ask his family for help.

So, Margaret proposed that Lucius work as a helper in her shop and she would be responsible for his food and lodging, and the two of them got in touch in this way.

It was not until a summer passed and the school enrollment began that Margaret learned that Lucius was a student at the Imperial Academy and from a family of military officers.

However, Lucius did not care about the difference in their status and still often visited her after class, and the two fell in love with each other.

Should Margaret go back at this time?

Return to that sad place of yours? That place where you have no one to turn to and feel lonely?

Margaret just couldn't do it.

So, Margaret finally spoke:

"Giovanni, you are an adult now. I believe you can overcome the difficulties. I have also come through it alone for so many years, right?"

"But..." Giovanni looked at Margaret in confusion.

"Sister Margaret, you and I have known each other since childhood. After so many years of friendship, is it possible that we are no match for this person?" Giovanni pointed at Lucius.

"He is just the son of a military officer. I am the son of a duke, the future duke. I have always treated you, sister Margaret, as a family member. Are you so cruel to leave me alone?!"

"I'm sorry... Giovanni, please think about me sometimes..." Margaret pleaded helplessly when she heard Giovanni say this.

"Think about it, what does Napoli mean to me? I...I really can't go back there...Giovanni, just for my sister's sake, don't force me..."

Lucius watched the conversation between the two and silently guarded Margaret.

At this time, Giovanni knew that it was useless no matter how much he tried to persuade her.

He lowered his head, looking distraught.

"That is to say, as long as my father is gone and I become the Duke, you can come back, Sister Margaret, right?"

he muttered.

Margaret looked at him with a worried look on her face.

"Giovanni, don't do anything stupid, okay?"

However, Giovanni didn't listen at all. He just turned around and left silently.

Three months later, Lucius successfully graduated with the first place in the Imperial Academy and joined the army.

Half a month later, Duke Leopold of Naples "died peacefully" in his sleep. Giovanni succeeded Leopold and became the youngest Duke of Naples in a thousand years.

When Giovanni returned to Saint Laurent with the good news that Margherita no longer had to worry about being scolded, Margherita's bakery was already closed.

At the door of the store, there are roses sent by countless people.

In the distance, the church bells rang. He ran straight to the church and saw a scene that he would never forget.

Under the auspices of the priest, the wedding of Lucius and Margaret was held smoothly and the two embraced each other.

Giovanni looked at everything in front of him in disbelief. Everything he had done before seemed to be in vain.

In the end, just like the last time he said goodbye to Margaret, he walked back alone in silence this time.

……

It had been less than half an hour since the fighting reached the Duke's Palace, and Giovanni could even clearly hear the shouting and killing in the distance.

He closed his pocket watch, walked to the stairs and climbed up.

With every step he took, he seemed to be able to see everything that happened in the Duke's mansion that year.

"Master, please don't hit the child. It's all my fault. Please don't hit the child!"

At the corner of the stairs, a woman was holding a girl in her arms, with her back to an angry middle-aged man. The man was like a monster, whipping the woman's back with his belt, leaving bright red scars on it.

A little boy was pulling the man's hand from behind, but it was all in vain. The man pushed him onto the stairs, and the back of his head hit the step, causing a lot of blood to flow.

"Giovanni!" The woman made a heart-wrenching cry, but it was eventually drowned out by the man's angry shouts.

"I told you to find someone outside! You bastard! You'd better all die!"

He walked down the stairs to the second floor and stayed in the office at the foot of the stairs for a long time.

This used to be my father's bedroom, and after he died, it was converted into an office.

In the room, a middle-aged man was lying on the bed with bloodshot eyes, looking at the young man sitting next to him in disbelief.

"Giovanni! How dare you do such a thing... Ugh!"