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

The Imperial Academy is very close to the Imperial Palace and is not yet within the area controlled by his own army. If he were to go to the Imperial Academy, he would have to pass through a section of the area controlled by Alsace.

But this is a request from the college after all. If I don't go, it would seem a bit too unkind.

In desperation, Orson agreed to their request in his reply to the Imperial Academy and prepared to return to the Imperial Academy to deal with the matter in person.

Of course, there is obviously more than one problem facing Orson.

The civil war in Saint Laurent City has been going on for some time now. The citizens had already been warned about the tense situation in Saint Laurent City and had stockpiled a lot of supplies at home. However, as the war continues, the food usually stored at home will eventually run out. In this case, whoever controls the remaining food and supplies in the area will be prepared to fight a protracted war.

Obviously, Alsace had anticipated this situation. The royal palace under his control and the large wealthy areas around it already had many warehouses for storing supplies so that the rich could take them whenever they wanted.

The area controlled by Orson is relatively barren, and all the necessary supplies need to be transported from outside.

However, at this moment, the supplies transported from outside could not come in at all.

After all, the entire area around Saint Laurent City is controlled by the royal army of Alsace, and it will take some time for outsiders to break in.

If Orson and his group succeed, it will be called the center blooming, but if they fail, they will be surrounded and annihilated.

Supplies have become a big problem.

Fortunately, the supplies on hand can be distributed for one month after centralized allocation. If the war is not over after one month, or if no external supplies are delivered, the people in the Orsen-controlled area will explode like a time bomb.

He stood up, put down the documents in his hand, and then looked behind him.

"During this time, everything here is left to you."

"Ah."

Behind him, Litt was standing there. When she heard Orson's words, she nodded obediently.

When Orson was just released and rose up against Arthas, Litt sneaked out of the Imperial Academy and found Orson.

Of course, in order to prevent others from knowing, Litt did not appear in public, but served as Orson's adviser, helping Orson deal with complicated documents.

Orson did this to be prepared for the second hand.

Before everything is settled, anything could turn around. Although Orson has disintegrated Arthas' power step by step through careful planning, what if Arthas has a trump card that Orson doesn't know about and turns the tide of the battle at a critical moment? By doing this, Orson can save Litt.

At that time, all the blame can be shifted to Orson, and Litt, who has never appeared in public to oppose Alsace, can escape.

After all, Litt is the only heir to the Dukedom of Antica. Considering the relationship between the two families, Arthas will not do anything out of line to Litt.

After all, the Duke of Antica's decision to lead the troops was Lucius's personal act and had nothing to do with Litt.

If Arthas really chooses to make enemies with all the dukes in order to liquidate Litt and others, he will definitely lose.

"I will hand over all military power to you, but you must promise me that you will not reveal your identity to the mercenaries under you, and you cannot let them see your true face. Otherwise, if we fail... after the war, they will betray you, and you will suffer as well."

Leete nodded.

She agreed to Orson only because Orson asked her to do so.

She didn't care about Orson's concerns at all. If she failed, she would rather go to hell with Orson than live alone.

What's more, it is impossible for me to lose now.

……

In the palace.

Arthas frowned as he looked at Langdon, who was standing in front of him and reporting on the progress of last night's negotiations.

After Rosalin came back last night, she locked herself in a small room alone. It seemed that the previous bloody scene had left a deep psychological shadow in her heart.

Arthas listened to Langdon's report in silence.

"So... our method of disintegrating the enemy has failed?"

"Yeah." Langdon nodded.

"Then if I take the risk of forcibly taking the money out of the vault, what will I use it for?!"

Arthas suppressed his inner anger and asked Langdon in front of him.

Of course he knew that Langdon was not the one to give advice, and it was useless to ask him, but right now he just lacked an outlet to vent.

Langdon naturally knew that after being a knight for so long, he had some understanding of the nature of the royal family.

Therefore, he simply took all the blame for the incident.

"I am responsible for what happened. I felt someone was watching us, but my first thought was to protect Her Majesty the Queen."

"I didn't expect that the enemy's real target was the mercenary leaders. If I had discovered it in advance and let them return to their control area to die, even if I couldn't achieve the goal of disintegrating the enemy, I could have caused unrest within the enemy. So... this time it was all my fault. I wish I had noticed it earlier."

When Arthas heard Langdon's sincere apology, he didn't know how to start for a moment, so he could only nod.

"Yes, it is indeed your problem, but now that things have come to this, there is no other way."

Arthas said this, looking at Langdon in front of him and sighed helplessly.

"Now that things have come to this, you should go to the front line. After all, those mercenaries are just a mob. Rosalin should only be able to stay in the palace for the time being. There is no need to send you to protect her all the time."

"Yeah." Langdon nodded after hearing that, and after thanking Arthas, he turned around and left.

After Langdon left, Arthas sat down on the chair, his whole body limp and powerless.

He was really tired these days, and even had a lot of white hair on his temples.

He was barely thirty, but already approaching fifty.

Of course he knew that all this was thanks to his arch-rival Orson.

If it weren't for Orson, he would have been able to successfully sit on the throne now.

Whenever I mention Orson, I feel so angry.

As expected, when I was at the police station, I should have ignored their previous friendship and imprisoned Orson forever or simply killed him. Although this would have led to a stronger wave of resistance, at least I would not have such a shrewd opponent as Orson.

Arthas felt regretful when he thought that such a powerful person could not be used by him.

At this time, a guard came in from outside and brought a message to Arthas.

"Your Majesty, our informant at the Imperial Academy sent a message that our actions have been effective. Now the students of the Imperial Academy are asking the court magicians to withdraw from the Imperial Academy."

"it is good."

Finally hearing the good news, Arthas felt much relieved.

When these annoying magicians come out, I will definitely catch them all and cripple Elsa's right-hand men.

At the same time, after the guard finished telling the news, he did not leave, but continued:

"They also sent a message saying that Orson is going back to the Imperial College."

"Let him go back if he wants." Arthas said indifferently.

At this moment, he suddenly thought of something and raised his head abruptly with an anxious look in his eyes.

"Wait a minute! Orson wants to go from his control zone to the Imperial Academy. He should need to pass through our control zone, right?"

"That's right." The guard nodded. "The people over there said that we can ambush a large army on the road that Orson must take to get to the Imperial Academy, and take the opportunity to kill Orson."

Upon hearing this, Arthas nodded, and when he was about to do so, he suddenly thought of something.

"That's not right... Orson is so smart, there's no way he doesn't know that we will ambush the army on the road he must pass..."

"But this is the only option we have now, Your Majesty."

After hearing what the guard said, Arthas made up his mind.

"Okay, then pass on my order and send a legion to kill Orson!"

"Yes!"

……

The time came to the next morning.

Although the street fighting in Saint Laurent City was fierce, both sides fought with considerable restraint, and even a neutral area was left between the controlled areas.

Because it is a war zone, the border security on both sides is usually quite thorough, but today the royal family's security is even tighter, with the aim of stopping Orson who is about to cross the control zone to the Imperial Academy.

As expected, in order to protect Orson, the mercenaries launched attacks in several places in succession, trying to attract the attention of the royal army.

Taking advantage of the slack guard of the defenders, Orson sneaked into the royal army's control area from a corner.

The street was empty at this moment. He was wearing the armor of the royal army, with his helmet pulled down, walking alone on the street.

When he met soldiers patrolling back and forth, he said that he was returning from the front line to submit a report to his superiors. For a while, no one noticed that Orson was abnormal.

The deeper you go into the controlled area, the fewer patrolling soldiers there are.

Finally, when he was three streets away from the Imperial College, Orson stopped.

In front of him, a fully armed elite army appeared at the entrance of the street.

There were many soldiers at this moment in the alleys next to him, the streets behind him, and even on the roofs on both sides.

They seemed to know that Orson would definitely pass this road, so they were waiting here.

And in front of Orson, the person surrounded by the army at the street entrance was none other than Arthas.

He looked at Orson in front of him with a smug smile and said with a smile:

"You never expected it, Orson, but now you're in my hands again."

Having said this, he led his army towards Orson.

Orson seemed to be panicked at the moment, standing there at a loss as to what to do.

Until Arthas walked in front of Orson.

He patted Orson's shoulder, as if he was feeling sorry for him.

"You may be smart and have found the safest way to get here, but, I'm sorry, this is the way we deliberately left for you."

"I gave you a chance before. Now, I won't give you another chance. Before you die, you still have some last words to say."

At this time, "Orson" slowly raised his head.

When Arthas saw his face, his eyes widened in surprise.

This guy is not Orson at all!

So, where is the real Orson now?

Chapter 3.6: Back to College (K)

Imperial College, Dean's Office.

After Orson returned to the Imperial Academy, he first went to the office of the dean Luca.

"Dean, I'm back."

"Orson, you should have received the letter written to you in the name of the board of directors." Luca looked up and said as he watched Orson walk into the office.

"Ah."

Orson nodded and sat down.

"That letter was probably not what Dean Luca intended."

"You can see it."

Hearing this, Luca smiled bitterly.

"There are indeed many royal family members on the Council side. They are very dissatisfied with your behavior, so through this incident, they want to confine you to the Imperial Academy and prevent you from commanding the battle outside."

"I know, but now the overall situation has been decided. It doesn't matter whether I am the one commanding the battle outside or not."

Orson waved his hand.

"Right now, I would like to talk to Her Highness Elsa about the future."

"Elsa is in her dormitory. You don't have to worry about her safety. We are the Imperial Academy. Although we have grown to where we are today with the emperor's blessing, we no longer have to act according to the emperor's wishes."

Luca spoke traitor-like words so openly, but Orson just smiled.

After all, the two people are in similar situations now, and both are standing on the opposite side of Arthas.

Luca stood up and walked over to Orson.

"The next council election will be in a month. If the war drags on for too long, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect Elsa by the time the council election comes."

"It doesn't matter. It won't get to that point."