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

The man covered his neck, then rolled his eyes and died in pain.

The young man walked out of the door.

"Raven, I'll leave the aftermath to you."

"I see."

He took another step, this time reaching the third floor.

"Duke, we did find Lady Margaret who was pregnant, but..."

"But what?"

"She died in childbirth, and the child...is nowhere to be found."

"What!?"

Compared to the disappearance of his child, what Giovanni was most sad about at the time was Margaret's death in childbirth.

His sight turned and he arrived at the top floor.

"Your Excellency, according to intelligence, we only found this boy near the carriage where Lady Margaret's body was found..."

"Look at him, he looks so much like me." Giovanni took the child, lifted him up, and smiled. "Let me adopt him and name him Donnie. But I have to find a mother for him, otherwise people will criticize him."

He held the child above his head, the sunlight shone down, the child smiled, and so did he.

Giovanni stopped again, and this time he was actually on the top floor.

However, the city of Romulus was no longer the city he remembered.

At this moment, the city of Romulus was left with only decay and silence.

Standing next to him was Margaret, who was wearing a white dress stained with blood.

"Giovanni, is everything you are doing now worth it?" Margaret turned her head and looked at Giovanni.

Half of her cheek was also stained with blood.

"Whether it's for me or for your own ambition, everything you did was too much, wasn't it?"

“……” Giovanni was silent. Only in front of Margaret would his conscience be tormented.

"I don't regret meeting you as a child." Margaret said this and jumped off the roof.

"No! Margherita!" Seeing this, Giovanni quickly stretched out his hand, but caught nothing.

Just like before.

When he came to his senses again, he saw that there were enemy troops on the street in the distance, only 500 meters away.

Giovanni sighed helplessly, then snapped his fingers and a ball of fire appeared in his hand.

"Maybe it's really as you said." He sighed helplessly.

Then, the flames fell to the ground on the first floor. The fire began to spread from the first floor, burning Giovanni's memories to ashes layer by layer.

Giovanni stood on the top floor balcony, feeling the wind gradually getting hotter, opened his arms and closed his eyes.

He only brought endless disasters to the empire. He could not even be called a hero. In future history books, there would only be endless criticism of him.

Of course he knew that he was a loser, but he didn't feel sad about that.

From beginning to end, there was only one thing that always lingered in his heart and he could never forget it.

And now, this matter will be reduced to ashes along with his body in a fire and dissipate into the sky.

Chapter 3.6: The End of Napoli (K)

Volume 3: Snow Country Tales and Imperial City Storms

Litt watched as Orson and the other two tied up Raven, and then he was escorted away by Arthas and Owen.

The moment Orson appeared, Litt regained consciousness. She stared blankly at Orson who saved her again.

It was not until Orson turned around that she quickly closed her eyes and pretended to be unconscious.

This way Orson can hug himself, hehe.

Orson didn't know what was going on in Litt's mind. He just thought that Litt had fainted due to exhaustion. He squatted down and picked up Litt with both hands like a princess. However, he did not move. Instead, he stayed where he was and watched the raging fire burning in the Duke of Naples's Palace.

"Giovanni... choosing to end his life in this way, is it his last act of stubbornness before death?" Orson frowned.

To be honest, Orson was not satisfied with this way of dying.

This is not only irresponsible to the empire, but also to his subjects. He just walked away, leaving so much mess for future generations to clean up. The trial could not be carried out, so he could only be convicted directly.

Orson looked at the balcony on the top floor of the Duke's mansion. Not long after, a figure jumped down from the balcony and fell directly into the sea of ​​fire.

"Master Orson." At this time, Virgil came to Orson. "Do you have any instructions?"

"Well, order all the troops to seal off the Duke's Palace and wait until the fire is out, then go in to look for Giovanni. As for Giovanni, we must find him alive or dead."

"I see."

Orson sighed as he watched Virgil leave.

"Hey, Li Te, you've rested enough, it's time to wake up."

Seeing that Litt in his arms was unmoved, Orson was ready to let go immediately.

Feeling Orson's movements, Lit quickly hugged Orson's neck.

"You've been exposed." Orson said, putting Lit down and scratching Lit's nose. "Look, the battlefield is dangerous. If someone of your status fights on the front line, it's easy for others to target you, so be careful next time."

"If I wasn't with you, the situation today might have been different."

"Well, I'm sorry for making you worry, Orson." Litt lowered his head and apologized.

Orson shook his head, still staring at the direction of the fire.

"I'm sorry, Leeteuk."

"Eh? Orson, why are you suddenly saying this?"

"I failed to help you kill the enemy who murdered your family."

Orson said this, turned around, and looked at Lit in front of him with his eyes lowered.

"This time, I wanted you to take revenge, but... I didn't expect that he, who cherished his life all his life, would choose to end his life in this way in the end."

Seeing Orson's expression, Litt couldn't help but feel a lump in his throat.

That was clearly his own grudge, and it had nothing to do with Orson, but Orson was apologizing to him for this matter.

"It's okay... I, I don't take it to heart at all..."

Li Te spoke with a trembling voice, and gradually he could no longer control his emotions.

Her eyes were wet, and she finally threw herself into Orson's arms and burst into tears.

She already knew her mission, which was to avenge her mother Margaret, and also to avenge Giovanni, the source of her poverty for so many years.

For this reason, she had been gathering her energy, ready to vent it out in front of Giovanni when she met him, making him repent and apologize for everything he had done before and pay the price he deserved.

She didn't know if her revenge was simply to make Giovanni pay the price he deserved, or to demand more revenge.

If it's the former, it's now done.

But Litt always felt uncomfortable in her heart. She always felt that she had lost something. She wanted to question Giovanni in person and ask him why he did that, but with Giovanni's death, everything had no answer.

The soldiers on the side looked at the two men in confusion.

Even though the war was won, Orson looked apologetic, while Leeteuk just started crying.

Could it be that he was crying with joy?

They didn't dare to think too much about it. After all, it was their superior's business and had nothing to do with them. They only knew that the war was won and they could finally rest.

Orson held Litt in his arms, patting her back gently until she recovered, then he let her go.

"Okay, Li Te, everything is over. Don't think too much about it. Come back with me."

"Yeah." Litt nodded, stretched out his hand, and took Orson's hand.

There are not so many ifs in the world. She only knows that the only thing she needs to care about now is to do the things at hand well.

The fire continued for several hours until late at night, when the last sparks faded and the night sky returned to darkness.

In order to prevent Giovanni from faking his death, the coalition forces surrounded the Duke's residence.

After the fire was extinguished, the coalition forces went to search and, as expected, found a charred body in the Duke's mansion.

A large part of the temperature generated by the burning flames was borne by the air, and it was impossible to burn Giovanni's body to ashes. The last bit of dignity he sought became a luxury.

After a simple comparison, it was confirmed that the deceased was Giovanni. Thus, with the death of the Duke of Napoli, the war in the south was about to come to an end.

Of course, it would be impossible for Giovanni to be buried in such a decent manner. His body would be wrapped in white cloth and transported to the north. A public trial would be held in the city of Saint Laurent, and then his body would be burned at the stake. At that time, his body would finally turn into ashes.

As for Donny, after being defeated by Leete with the magic removal circle, he lost his power and was no longer like a normal person. With muscle atrophy and dementia, as well as the imprisonment during the subsequent trial meeting, it is unlikely that he will survive this year.

As a result, the position of Duke of Napoli became vacant.

In the empire's inheritance laws, collateral families did not have a much higher inheritance order than outsiders. In many cases, collateral families would even be deliberately excluded to avoid suspicion, and this time was no exception.

A week later, in Saint Laurent City, the Imperial Conference.

Representatives of the royal family, the military, various duchies, cities, the Imperial Academy, and business discussed the candidate for the Duke of Naples. At the meeting, 70% of the votes approved the proposal that Orson take over the position of Duke of Naples.

In principle, the Empire does not allow one family to hold two duchies at the same time. Therefore, two days before the Imperial Conference, Lucius announced to outsiders that Orson would break away from the Stranic family and establish a new family.

This practice was obviously intended to avoid suspicion, but not many people raised any objections.

The reason is very simple. No matter how close the Orson and Stranic families are, they are no longer a family after the separation. The relationship between the next generation may still be very good, but what about the next generation?

Throughout the thousand-year history of the empire, there are countless examples of families splitting up and relationships becoming distant, or even turning against each other.

As long as the two families are not overly close after the separation, after a few generations, the relationship between the two families will sooner or later become dull due to various disputes.

After being successfully elected, Orson came to the stage to give his speech.

Orson walked onto the stage and looked at the crowd, many of whom he knew.

Elsa, the representative of the royal family, the Olivia sisters, the representatives of the Duke, Teacher Triss, the representative of the academy, and Chelinina, the representative of business, these familiar people were looking at him with expectation in their eyes.

Orson cleared his throat and said, "I am honored to be able to obtain the title of Duke of Naples when the Dukedom of Naples is without a master. Here, I sincerely thank your Majesty and you for your kindness."

"However, since I am still studying at the Imperial Academy and do not have the energy to handle the affairs of the Duchy of Naples, after I become the Duke, I plan to set up a cabinet to manage the Duchy of Naples on my behalf. The ministers of the cabinet will be jointly elected by the cities and earls."

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole place was in an uproar.

"This is a political experiment. I believe that a government elected by everyone can better represent everyone's interests. Similarly, if the government is completely dominated by one person, it is easy to ignore the power of the people."

"I will gradually implement the specific policies in the subsequent administration of the Duke of Naples, so please look forward to it." After saying this, Orson bowed deeply to everyone and then left the scene.

In the audience, even those who supported Orson showed disbelief at this moment.

The title of Duke is noble because only these people in the empire can exercise supreme power over large areas of land.

Yet Orson was going to give such a supreme reward to a local in Naples? Was he crazy?

As a foreigner, it was very difficult for Orson to win the hearts and minds of the counts of Naples. Now that he has delegated power, most of Naples will have nothing to do with him in the future.

When Giovanni was in office, he did a good job in centralizing the power of the Duchy. Orson now wants the entire territory of Naples to be autonomous.

At this time, the military representatives all turned their eyes to Arthas.

Arthas also smiled.

Yes, Orson had made his intention clear to him long ago. He would not serve as the Duke of Naples, or in other words, would not exercise the executive power of a duke. The Duchy of Naples would remain autonomous and would not lean towards any side.

This was enough for Arthas.

If Orson wants to remain neutral, then let him remain neutral. When the outcome of his fight with Elsa comes out, he believes that Orson will have the good sense to join him.

When the Imperial Conference was adjourned, Orson was blocked at the door by Litt.

"Orson, although I never question your decision, can you tell me why you do this..."

Lit stood in front of Orson, his face full of confusion.

"We paid so many casualties for this place, just to support you, Orson. Why did you..."

"Leet." Orson interrupted her, and then said earnestly: "Don't forget what our original purpose was. Of course, I can become the Duke directly, but as I said, there are many problems. This is the best solution now."

"Besides, I've already said it. Instead of asking why, I should do a good job of cleaning up the mess."