Chapter 437

"If his goal is to be on the throne, then it is impossible to do anything that would make the emperor hateful." Orson said.

Let him choose whether to cut off his arm in exchange for Odysseus' trust, or insist on keeping Giovanni, losing power and favoring Elsa.

"After all, although the two people are fiercely competing for power, the greatest power of the empire is still in the hands of His Majesty." Orson smiled and then left here.

Tonight, the city of Saint Laurent is destined to not be peaceful.

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On the other side, Orson returned to the dormitory.

After finishing today's work, it was already late at night. The lights downstairs were still on, but Li Teuk was no longer here.

She probably thought she would be back in the evening, so she left the door open for herself.

When he came upstairs, he gently pushed open the door of Li Te's room. As expected, the little girl had already fallen asleep.

He came to Li Teuk's side quietly.

Looking at Leeteuk with a peaceful sleeping face, Orson had a smile on his lips.

"Li Te, everything I did is for you, and what happens next is up to you." Orson said softly.

Regardless of whether Leeteuk heard it in his sleep, maybe it was because she was asleep that Orson said this.

In the ensuing territorial dispute, on the frontal battlefield, Orson will not take action easily if it is not necessary. It depends on whether Lite's growth can meet Orson's expectations.

"I have laid a winning chess game for you. What will you do after you take over the chess game?"

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On the other side, in the palace.

The palace was not quiet tonight.

Odysseus, Arthas, Elsa, Levi, and a number of military and political dignitaries all gathered together.

According to Lodi, he had always worked for Giovanni, and the previous bottle of potion from Mudrick was provided to him by Giovanni and asked to be handed over to Mudrick.

At first, everyone didn't believe it, but when Lodi accurately stated the details of everything Giovanni ordered him to do, everyone could no longer sit still.

"Is Giovanni going to rebel?!" General Scaloni, the representative of the army, said with a frown.

"A majestic Duke actually resorted to such despicable means!" Pope Levi was also very angry.

The war eighteen years ago brought huge losses to the human border areas at that time, especially the eastern border. Levi was still the archbishop at the time. He went to the front line in person and saw all the horrors on the front line.

But now, they learned that the source of this tragedy was actually the Duke on the human side. How could this not make people angry?

"Is this information reliable?" Alsace suddenly asked at this time.

"If Lodi is really so important, why didn't Giovanni do anything after he was captured or disappeared?"

As Alsace finished speaking, the field immediately fell into silence.

"Of course, if Giovanni really made a mistake, then we can also take this opportunity to weaken the local forces headed by Giovanni." Seeing everyone looking at him with strange eyes, Alsace quickly stated his position .

"I don't think there is any room for doubt." Elsa said at this time.

"It can already be seen from Giovanni's previous attitude. When fighting the orcs, he contributed the least. In addition, his son had many conflicts with other noble heirs before."

"This kind of alien will only become a disaster if it stays in the empire."

"However, if we use force, it will definitely destroy the stability of the empire for thousands of years. At that time, other dukes may take the opportunity to attack..." A civilian official said worriedly.

"You don't have to worry about this." Elsa looked at the man and said:

"Just confine the war to the territory of Napoli, and when Pope Levi excommunicates Giovanni, we will be famous."

At this time, Odysseus, who was sitting in the middle, finally spoke.

"Contact Lucius."

This sentence basically means Odysseus' attitude.

Indeed, Giovanni did too many things that crossed the line.

"By the way, Arthas." Odysseus turned his attention to his son at this time.

"I heard that you have a very good relationship with that Giovanni?"

"It's nothing, father, these are all rumors." Alsace shook his head quickly. "Besides, even if I had a good relationship with him before, it was only on the premise that I didn't know he had done so many bad things."

"Now he is the scourge of the empire. Even if he is my close friend, let alone a good relationship, I will not show mercy."

"That's good." Odysseus nodded with satisfaction, and then sat up from the chair.

After telling everyone what to do, Odysseus looked at everyone again.

"It's getting late, you can go back and get ready. As for Elsa, you stay, my father has something to tell you."

"Yes." Elsa nodded after hearing this.

Arthas glanced at the two of them, opened his mouth, and was about to explain something, but in the end he didn't say anything, and just left with everyone silently.

It wasn't until everyone left that Odysseus turned his back. He looked at the bright moon in the sky and slowly said, "Elsa, I know you have someone to help you."

Elsa's pupils widened.

"But, Elsa."

"Sometimes, don't be too smart. You treat others as pawns, but aren't they also using you?"

"Okay, that's all I'll say. Go back."

After that, Odysseus left.

Chapter 69: They won't sit idly by

In the following week, several major events happened in Saint Laurent.

First, Odysseus invited Giovanni to Saint Laurent, but Giovanni refused to come to Saint Laurent on the pretext of being ill.

After receiving a reply from Giovanni, the Imperial Court of Saint Laurent held a trial in Giovanni's absence.

The content of the trial was Giovanni's case of treason.

From the first orc invasion eighteen years ago to the second orc invasion half a year ago.

At the same time, Giovanni was sentenced for participating in a secret society and trying to transform living people into demons, that is, the case of Mudrick's demonization.

When this news came out, the whole country was in an uproar.

Afterwards, Pope Levi also announced that Giovanni was excommunicated, and Levi's rule became completely illegal.

Afterwards, Duke Lucius of Antica ordered the Antica army to immediately enter the Duchy of Naples.

In response to this situation, the Council and Student Union of the Imperial College also held a joint meeting.

"Last semester, due to various reasons, half of the teaching was delayed. Although this incident has a great impact, I don't think we should suspend classes directly." The representative of the Council stood up and expressed the Council's thoughts.

The representative of the Student Union was obviously Orson.

"I understand the Council's feelings, but in the current situation, it may be difficult to maintain fair and normal teaching." Orson said.

"After all, according to the student files we entered, 20% of the students are from Antica and Naples. The outbreak of this war involves the hometowns of these students."

"But what about the other 80%?" The representative of the Council asked back.

"The majority should obey the minority. We should not stop taking classes for these students because they have something to do."

"I know, so I have a suggestion." Orson said this and expressed his thoughts.

"Teaching will continue as usual, but if a student takes a leave of absence for family reasons, their credits will not be deducted, and if they fail the first exam after returning to school, they can have a chance to retake the exam without penalty. How about this proposal?"

As soon as this was said, the members of the board of directors nodded.

In the end, everyone approved of Orson's plan.

Afterwards, the joint meeting ended and everyone left the conference hall.

As soon as Orson walked out of the door, he was surrounded by several members of the news agency.

"President Orson, we heard that there was a war in your hometown, and the opponent is the Donnie family that you had a bad relationship with before, so, will you ask for leave to go back to deal with this matter? If you go back, what will happen to the student union?"

"I won't go back." Orson said this, and added: "I will stay in school, the student union's affairs will not be left behind, and the students don't have to worry, there will be no forced suspension of classes."

After saying this, the members of the news agency got a satisfactory result, so they didn't keep Orson.

Back to the office of the student union, Olivia sat in the office.

"Orson, are you really not going back?" Olivia looked at Orson worriedly.

With the strength of the Dukedom of Antica, if Orson doesn't go back, it may cost a little to take over the Dukedom of Napoli.

"No, Litt will go back, I believe in Litt." Orson said this and shook his head.

"I have laid such a good foundation for Litt. If he can't play this chess well, I will really be disappointed in her."

Said this, Orson sat on the chair.

"Besides, I'll stay here with you, isn't that good?"

"Of course." Olivia smiled and walked behind Orson, gently pinching his shoulders.

"But, I'm a little curious, are you accompanying me~ or do you have other intentions?"

"Of course I'm accompanying you."

"Then I'm really happy." Olivia said this, and the strength of her hand increased a little.

"I just don't know if you are so smooth-talking to Lianka?"

"Ah?" Orson was stunned for a moment.

"Olivia, you...what are you talking about? Why don't I understand."

"Huh, really don't understand?" Olivia said this, and told what happened that night.

"Lianka's dance partner, you are you? You are so good Orson, you dare to hide it from me, it turns out that you still have feelings for Lianka?"

"No, no." Orson shook his head solemnly. "It was Lianka who approached me, and she's your sister, so I couldn't refuse."

"So it's my problem?"

"It's not your problem." When Orson heard Olivia say that, he suddenly felt a headache.

"Anyway, you danced with Lianka, right?"

"..." Orson was silent for a while, then nodded.

"Besides this, you didn't do anything else out of the ordinary, did you?"

Orson nodded again.

"Okay, then, dance with me~"

"Eh? Dance here?"

"Yeah." Olivia nodded.

"But, use the tongue~"

As she said this, she leaned down and put her face against Orson's.

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The Duke of Napoli.

Giovanni looked at the intelligence from Saint Laurent City and threw the cup on the ground in anger.

After Mudrick's affair was exposed, he had a bad feeling.

But seeing that Lodi was still writing back to him, he didn't doubt it.

After all, Lodi had been doing things for him for so long, and he was still very efficient.

Later, in order to prevent Lodi from being exposed, Giovanni's correspondence with Lodi became less, but he didn't expect Lodi to betray him directly and give himself out.

If Giovanni had known that Lodi was in trouble, he would have reacted earlier, and would not have sat and waited for death like now.

"You are all a bunch of trash! Lodi, you dare to betray me, who gave you the courage!" He was angry in the office, and all kinds of precious and exquisite decorations were broken by him.

It was not until half an hour later that the door of the room was opened again.

Standing at the door was his son Giovanni.