Chapter 197

Five full days have passed since the last probing attack by the Imperial Army on the northern wall.

In 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 invested came back, and the estimated casualties to the enemy were only more than 1,000. This kind of battle loss ratio can be fought, but it is definitely not a beautiful battle. battle.

So, today, Scaloni sent a letter to the city, inviting Giovanni to go outside 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 asked Scaloni to bring Lucius and Lit to meet with him.

The meeting place was set to the east of Romulus City. The place had not been damaged by the war, and it was a suitable location for negotiations.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, a group of Imperial Army troops had already arrived to attend the meeting.

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 location.

The only members of the imperial army were Scaloni, Lucius, and Lit, while Napoli only sent out Giovanni, Downey, and two of their guards.

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

"Humph, let's forget about the polite words, Giovanni." Lucius snorted coldly, and then looked at Scaloni aside.

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

This is exactly what Scaloni thought. As soon as he took two steps forward on horseback, he was scolded by Giovanni.

"What are you doing?! Didn't you see the two dukes of the empire chatting? You don't know etiquette, a lackey 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. Looking at Scaloni, the other party was so angry when he heard what Giovanni said, but he finally thought about it and decided to give in.

"Duke Giovanni, while I can still call you Duke, open the city and surrender obediently, and tell us everything about your contact with the cultists. This may help His Majesty to be merciful and spare your life."

"Oh, 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 heard Scaloni's threat and did not take it seriously. Instead, he sneered. A sound.

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

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

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

At this time, Scaloni came between the two of them on horseback.

"In short, the conditions we have given are that you surrender, give up the title of Duke of the Duchy of Naples, and go to the City of Saint Laurent to atone for your sins. If you don't agree, we will raze the City of Romulus."

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

"You see, Donnie, your last hope is gone. They don't want to give you the chance to be a duke at all. They just want to deprive our family of power!"

When Danny heard this, he lowered his head in shame.

Then, Giovanni turned his head and looked at Scaloni.

"I'm sorry, your conditions are too stringent. Please forgive me and we cannot accept them."

"Harsh?" Scaloni also frowned.

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

"Yeah." Giovanni nodded.

"Then, don't say it's unforeseen." Scaloni said this, pulled the horse's head, and prepared to leave here.

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 in your life." After saying these words, Lucius also followed Scaroni and left.

Lite followed closely behind Lucius to protect his safety.

"Ha, have you been doing stupid things all your life?" Giovanni repeated Lucius's words, sneered, and then took Donnie back to Romulus City.

…

Since Downey returned to the Duke's Mansion, he has been shutting himself in his room and no longer going out.

Anyway, now that Romulus City has gone through the last suppression incident, there will be no major security risks for a while. Even if he doesn't take care of things, his men can still get things done.

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

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

Even after a few words of negotiation, there is no progress.

But what Downey heard was enough to make him feel despair.

The empire seemed to have never considered replacing Giovanni in power from the beginning to the end. What they wanted was the complete destruction of the Florence family.

In this case, if the building collapses, I can only become a buried pawn.

His future seemed to have no chance of turning around.

And it was at this time that there was a knock on his door.

"Donny." Giovanni opened the door and walked into the room. He looked at Donny who was sitting slumped on the sofa and showed a smile.

"My child, what are you thinking about and why are you so troubled?"

"Father...I..." Danny hesitated, but still did not dare to express his inner thoughts.

"Did you think before that as long as I died and you turned yourself in and severed your relationship with me, you would be forgiven by them and become the master of Naples?"

As soon as Donnie heard what Giovanni said, he immediately panicked and quickly denied it.

"No, father, I have never thought about this at all. Please believe me."

"Of course I know. You are my child. How can I not know whether you have inherited my personality?"

Giovanni was obviously smiling, but Donnie clearly felt a chill.

"Yes... I'm sorry, Father! I... I admit that I did have that thought before, but now I have seen it clearly, and I will follow you, Father, until the end!"

"Well, you are indeed my good boy. In this case, I can't treat you badly, father."

Seeing Downey's behavior, Giovanni nodded with satisfaction, and then he took out a small bottle of potion from his storage ring.

"Take it, Donnie, drink this and you won't be afraid of them."

"Okay, thank you father..."

After Donnie said this, he was about to take the potion, but he didn't expect that Giovanni opened the potion directly, then quickly held down Donnie's head and poured the potion into his mouth.

"Well, this way, you don't have to worry about those things anymore."

Giovanni said coldly and stood up.

"Help me invite Donnie to the basement. After the enemy attacks the city, let Donnie go out to deal with them."

"yes……"

A cold voice sounded in the room.

Downey only felt dizzy for a while, and then he lost consciousness.

Chapter 114: I will support you

"Chairman, this is the training location for the second half of the semester sent by the student union."

In the Imperial College office building, a standing member of the Council placed a document on the desk of the college president Luca.

"The specific locations are not much different from previous years, except that the area of ​​Naples has been excluded."

"It's normal. After all, that place is currently in a war. If we get involved rashly, it will also have an impact on the safety of our students."

Luca said this and glanced at the content above.

He still has great trust in the student union. He has been the dean of the college for so many years, and there is no student union that worries him, let alone the best student union led by Orson this time.

…

"Haa~" At this moment in the student union, Orson was lying on a chair and yawning.

Because he was busy before, many unimportant things from the Student Union were piled up waiting for him to deal with. In addition to attending classes, he was working overtime these days, and he had a lot less time to sleep every day. He finally managed to get rid of all the piled-up things from the Student Union. Done.

"Finally everything is done." On the side, Olivia, the vice-president, also said the same thing.

"It's been hard work for you to be by my side these days."

Orson looked at Olivia sitting next to him and smiled at her.

"Hmph, that's good if you know." Olivia snorted lightly.

At this time, there was a knock on the office door.

The two immediately returned to their normal sitting posture.

Then, the door was opened, and Elsa's figure appeared at the door of the office.

"Ah, sir... ahem, Elsa-san, are you back?" Orson was about to subconsciously call Her Highness the Princess, but suddenly realized that this was the Imperial College's student union office, and quickly changed his mind.

"Well, President Orson, Vice President Olivia, I'm back." Elsa looked at the two of them and nodded.

In addition to being a student of Imperial College, Elsa also has a position in the student union. It is reasonable for her to come back to see Orson, who is the president, after finishing her own business.

"In this case, you should go back to the office quickly. Your deputy has helped you take care of a lot of things these days, but there are some things you have to go back to deal with after all."

"Okay." Elsa nodded, then thought of something, and then said: "Well, President Orson, I want to treat you to a meal in the evening. Are you free? ?”

The one who invited him was the princess of the empire. Orson had to pretend to have time even if he didn't have time. He glanced at Olivia beside him. She just smiled politely and didn't cast a threatening look. Orson put down. Heartbroken.

"Night

Of course I'm free. "

"In that case, let's meet at the corner of the commercial street today."

"OK."

It wasn't until Elsa walked out that the smile on Olivia's face gradually dissipated.

"It's great. You have such a beautiful fiancée at home, and you have a confidante outside who is devoted to you. Tsk, it's really hard to choose..."

Olivia's voice was deliberately a little sour.

"Don't talk nonsense. Elsa and I have a cooperative relationship at best, and we are just friends at most."

Of course Orson knew that Olivia was not teasing Elsa, but someone else, but at this moment he could only pretend to be stupid and get over it.

"Okay, okay, I won't disturb your 'good deeds'. In the evening, after dinner, remember not to stay up all night like last time." Olivia's words were clearly a bit tough.

"This will definitely not happen." Orson quickly assured.

…

At night, Orson arrived at the intersection of the commercial street as promised.

As an imperial princess, Elsa's appearance is not inferior to any other woman. Standing at the street corner, she is like a flower on a mountain. Although passers-by often focus on her, they dare not stare at her for too long, let alone approach her to talk.

Elsa is obviously waiting for someone, and rashly approaching her to talk will only cause her dissatisfaction.

Who dares to approach a princess without some strength at home?

Elsa didn't wait long, and Orson, dressed in formal clothes, appeared in her sight.

She smiled and walked forward with a smile.

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, Your Highness Elsa."

"It's okay." Elsa shook her head. "I originally wanted to thank you for inviting you to dinner this time. Let's go."

As she said this, she took Orson down the commercial street and came to a restaurant in the back half of the street.

The cost of this restaurant is very high. Although the price is basically affordable for students in the Imperial Academy, it is not suitable to be used as a daily dining place. It is only when asking for help or discussing cooperation.

When the two came to the door, the waiter recognized them at a glance and took them directly to the box on the second floor.

The two ordered some dishes casually. While waiting for the meal, Elsa said straight to the point:

"Orson, you should have heard about General Scaloni leading the army south, right?"

"Well, if I'm not mistaken, he should have besieged the city for half a month now, what's wrong?"

Hearing Orson say this, Elsa became a little anxious.

"Since you know, aren't you worried? This time, the purpose of the emperor is very clear, that is, to let General Scaloni gain military merits and prepare to support him to become the second Duke of Antica."

"Ah... So that's the case." Orson pretended to be surprised and said, "No wonder classmate Rosalin asked me to contact His Royal Highness the Prince before, it turned out to be this matter."