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

Orson spoke with great certainty.

There are two main reasons why Orson said this.

First, the war would definitely not be delayed until that time. If it was delayed until that time and the outcome was not yet decided, it would no longer matter whether Elsa stayed in the Imperial Academy.

Because if it came to that, it would prove that Arthas had already revealed his trump card and successfully repelled the mercenaries in Saint Laurent City, or at least delayed the situation.

If it comes to that, the royal army outside will also withdraw to Saint Laurent City to attack and destroy the mercenaries in the city from both sides.

After all, this is the only way for Arthas to go. Once he successfully stabilizes the situation in Saint Laurent, the offensive outside will become insignificant.

After all, all the important figures are under the control of Arthas, and he can use this to accumulate bargaining chips.

Second, if the war reaches that point, the people in the controlled area will be the first to become anxious due to the lack of supplies, which will lead to rebellion. In this way, the coalition forces will be forced to withdraw from the city of Saint Laurent.

In short, the next month will be the month when the war ends.

If the war is not over within this month, it can basically be considered that Elsa's side has suffered a temporary defeat.

With so much support, if Arthas cannot be quickly defeated, those who support Elsa will begin to reconsider whether Elsa is a monarch worthy of their support.

Once they have this idea, even if Elsa wins the war, her royal power and prestige as an emperor will certainly be greatly reduced. Even if Orson is willing to support her, they will think that Orson is usurping power.

After exchanging a few more pleasantries with Luca, Orson left the council's administrative building.

Orson first went back to his dormitory, changed his clothes, and then came to the Student Union.

At this time, a row of students had already sat in front of the door of the Student Union. Compared to the previous time with Li Te, the number of people was much smaller. This was also because most of the students had gone home for the holidays.

Of course, there was no student present who didn't know Orson, so after they saw Orson for the first time, someone immediately came to Orson. They looked at Orson and said:

"President Orson, please give us an explanation!"

"President Orson, we know that you are now on the opposite side of the emperor, but we do not want to get involved in this fight."

"We agree that Erza should stay here, but the others, those court magicians, have killed several students."

The classmates came up one after another, wanting to ask Orson for an explanation.

Of course, Orson knew that this incident was deliberately instigated by someone, but in order to stabilize the students' emotions, Orson could only speak:

"Classmates, I am still trying to understand the specific cause of the incident, but the information I have now is that the deaths of those classmates have nothing to do with the court magicians. They died because of their own reasons."

"Of course, I know you will definitely not be satisfied with this result, so I plan to negotiate the transfer of the court magicians out of the Imperial Academy, and will also compensate the victims of this incident."

Orson's repetitive words obviously failed to convince the public, but this was the only way out under the current circumstances.

When the other students heard this, although they still expressed distrust, they could only accept it at this moment.

Orson's reputation in the Imperial Academy is still enough. Even the last incident of Litt was handled quite well. Otherwise, that incident alone would have been enough for Orson to be impeached.

Seeing that everyone's emotions had been calmed down, Orson took the opportunity to return to the Student Union Building.

After the holiday, the student's operation almost came to a standstill, and at this moment, only Elsa and a few people who remained on duty in the Student Union Building.

Orson walked directly to the office Elsa was in charge of. When he opened the door, he saw Elsa resting at the desk. Opposite her, Afro was also sitting there, helping Elsa process documents.

Seeing this, Orson frowned and looked at Afro.

“Are there so many documents for the holidays as well?”

When Afro saw Orson coming in, he was startled at first, then after hearing Orson's words, he said helplessly:

"There aren't many documents for the holidays, but ours is a special case. Because of the war in the city, many students can't enter and leave the Imperial Academy freely, so the purchase and distribution of materials all need to be counted manually... In addition, Elsa hasn't been in a good mood recently, so I came to help her..."

Upon hearing this, Orson expressed his understanding.

There is still no conclusion about Odysseus' death. Elsa, Odysseus' daughter, was even accused of murdering her father because of Arthas's exclusion and could not even attend the hastily held funeral.

As a child, it is a great sorrow not to be able to attend the funeral of one's parents.

At this time, after hearing the conversation between the two, Elsa woke up in a daze.

When Elsa saw Orson standing at the door, she was stunned for a moment, then quickly slapped her face.

After making sure she was not dreaming, Elsa said in surprise:

"Orson! When did you come back?"

"When can't I go back to Imperial College?"

Orson said this and sat down on a chair in the office.

"Tell me about what happened recently."

Hearing Orson say this, Elsa also knew the purpose of his return, so she said awkwardly:

"Orson, you may find this a little outrageous, but...every word I'm about to say is true."

"Ah."

Upon hearing this, Orson nodded to show that he was listening carefully.

Next, Elsa recounted everything that happened that night from the court magician's perspective.

When the court magicians moved into the Imperial Academy, the academy specially arranged a rest area for them. Because the Imperial Academy itself was large enough and it was the holidays, there was a lot of surplus space in the staff rest area, so these court magicians moved in.

For a long time afterwards, both sides kept their distance from each other.

However, that night, several drunk students ran to the residence of the Court Magicians and caused trouble, disturbing people's rest. Several court magicians who could not bear it anymore started arguing with them.

As a result, during the argument, those people suddenly foamed at the mouth, fell to the ground, and eventually died.

The magicians detected toxins in their bodies.

Either the wine they drank before was poisoned, or they had taken poison a long time ago.

The court magicians did not hide the bodies, but reported them to the academy's board of directors.

By the next day, the whole school knew about it.

After listening to Elsa's description, Orson touched his chin and said:

"This is an obvious case of frame-up, but it is just this kind of thing that the court magicians cannot eliminate suspicion."

"The most important thing is that some classmates were already dissatisfied with them, and this incident happened after they arrived, so regardless of whether they are suspicious or not, the students will exclude them."

"That's right!" Elsa agreed.

"So we have no other options now, and I don't know what to do."

"Originally, Olivia was still here a few days ago, but now she's gone. As an office director, they won't obey me even if I'm called a princess."

Elsa said helplessly.

"It's just that I didn't know they would actually invite you back."

Having said this, she looked up at Orson again.

"By the way, Orson, your return this time, does it mean that our control area has been connected to the Imperial Academy?"

"If that's the case, should I come back? Wouldn't it be better to just let the Court Magician Group withdraw to our base?"

"Eh? Then...then how did you get here?"

"I have my own way."

Orson said mysteriously.

……

On the other side, the fake Orson just looked up at Arthas, revealed a weird smile, and then fell on his back.

His physique is 90% similar to Orson's, and under the cover of the soldier's helmet, it is really hard to tell whether it is Orson or not.

But when he really saw the facial features, Arthas immediately knew that he had been fooled.

I was fooled. The one I killed was the fake Orson. The real Orson is probably already in the Imperial College.

Arthas was so angry that he was about to ask the stand in front of him, but he didn't expect that the stand had already lost its breath.

Langdon squatted down and put his hand to the tip of the stand-in's nose to confirm that the stand-in had stopped breathing. After carefully confirming that it was not a fake death, he turned around and looked at Arthas and shook his head.

"Is this some kind of witchcraft?"

Arthas asked in confusion as he saw the man who had been standing upright suddenly fall down.

“Not really.” Langdon frowned and shook his head.

"He must have taken some kind of poison, and just now, he died from the poison."

As he said this, Langdon opened the man's mouth and scraped it around with his gloved index finger. Sure enough, a bunch of black stuff hung out.

"poison."

Langdon said simply.

"The other party prepared poison in advance to prevent us from torture."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Arthas became furious.

Why does it feel like every step I take is planned by Orson?

"What should we do? Orson should have entered the Imperial College by now."

"It doesn't matter. As long as we block the communication between the Imperial Academy and the outside world, Orson won't be able to get out, right?"

At this time, Langdon proposed a plan to remedy the situation.

"……makes sense."

Arthas nodded.

Although it is impossible to capture Orson directly here, the strength of the coalition forces will definitely be greatly reduced when Orson leaves the command position.

As long as he could ensure that Orson stayed in the Imperial Academy, it didn't matter if he stayed there for the rest of his life.

After all, on the battlefield, Arthas was afraid of no one except Orson.

"Then... pass on my order to seal off the Imperial Academy and put pressure on the board of directors. Now only people are allowed to enter the Imperial Academy but not leave."

Arthas looked at the guards beside him and gave his orders.

"clear."

Chapter 4: Return my Legion to me! (K)

On the other side, the main force of the imperial army was only three days away from the city of Saint Laurent. Scaloni and Arthas maintained constant contact every day and were aware of each other's situation.

On the way back to Saint Laurent City today, he planned to hold a meeting among the officers in advance to stabilize the morale of the troops.

After all, the imperial army is likely to take action against the residents of Saint Laurent City next, so he has to give his men a shot of prevention in advance and prepare them to suppress and control the emotions of the soldiers.

After all, if we don't do that, it will be easy for something to happen to the army.

Mutiny and rebellion are still relatively safe, but we are worried that the lower-level army will completely get out of control.

Scaloni was the last one to arrive at the conference hall. He walked past a group of middle and senior military officers and sat in the main seat. Then he looked at everyone and stated the purpose of holding this meeting.

"Everyone, we are holding this meeting near Saint Laurent City to discuss some things. As you all know, Saint Laurent City is now divided into two parts by armed forces. Some people have joined the ranks of those who betrayed the emperor under the instigation of the thieves. What we have to do is to wipe out all these traitors. However, if we encounter resistance from the instigated people during the process, I also hope that my soldiers can swing their swords."

Hearing Scaloni say this, a general raised an objection.

"General Scaloni, I think it's better for the army to refrain from interfering in the affairs of the royal family. You and I both know that your son-in-law has become the emperor of the empire. We all understand that you are leaning towards him, but as a native of Saint Laurent, I am sorry that I cannot do anything to my compatriots."

"If it is an order from His Majesty the Emperor, we will of course obey it, but the situation is complicated now. I think the army should be more determined to protect its bottom line."

Another general also spoke up.

Normally, they are all generals in the imperial army, which is considered to be the same level. The only difference is due to the emperor's orders and the tasks they are responsible for in the war.

Therefore, it is understandable that people do not buy into Scaloni's account.

After all, Scaloni had just suffered a defeat, and it was entirely thanks to Arthas that he was able to return to the army and take charge of power. Why should he order these old hands around?

This was even more the case after they suffered several defeats.

"..." Scaloni looked extremely uncomfortable when he heard this.

He had thought that these people would be dissatisfied with him, but he did not expect them to show it so quickly.

So, Scaloni had to move out the big Buddha of Alsace.

"Everyone, I am not holding this meeting to discuss things, but to give orders. You are all soldiers, and obeying orders is your natural duty. You are also generals appointed by the emperor himself, and the royal family has high expectations of you. Now that the royal family is in trouble, you are not rushing to help, and you are actually thinking of staying out of it?!"