Chapter 474

The man clutched his neck, then rolled his eyes and died with a painful look on his face.

The young man came out of the door.

"Raven, I'll leave the funeral 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 had already died in childbirth, and the child... was missing."

"What!?"

Compared with the disappearance of the child, the most sad thing for Giovanni at the time was Margaret who died in childbirth.

As soon as his eyes changed, he came to the top floor.

"Your Majesty, 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 showed a rare smile. "Let's see. I will adopt this child and name him Donnie. However, I have to arrange a mother for him, otherwise it will be easy to follow the facts."

He lifted the child above his head, and as the sun shone down, the child smiled, and so did he.

Giovanni stood still again, and this time he actually reached the top floor.

However, the city of Romulus is no longer the city in his memory.

At this moment, the city of Romulus is left with only decay and death.

Next to him, standing was Margaret, who was wearing a white dress stained with blood.

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

Half of her cheeks were also stained with blood.

"Whether it's for me or for your ambition, everything you do is too much, isn't it?"

"..." Giovanni fell silent. Only in front of Margaret would his conscience suffer.

"I don't regret meeting you when I was a child." Margaret said, jumping down from the top of the building.

"No! Margaret!" Seeing this, Giovanni quickly stretched out his hand, but found nothing.

Just like before.

When he came to his senses again, he had already seen enemy troops on the street in the distance, only five hundred meters away.

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

"Maybe it's exactly what you said." He sighed helplessly.

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

Giovanni stood on the balcony of the top floor, feeling the wind gradually getting warmer, spreading his arms and closing his eyes.

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

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

From beginning to end, there was only one thing that was always stuck in his heart and could not be forgotten for a long time.

But now, this matter will be turned into ashes along with his body along with a fire and dissipated in the sky.

Chapter 127: The End of Napoli (3.6K)

Volume Three: Strange Stories from the Snow Country and Storms in the Imperial City

Li Te watched as the three Orsons restrained the raven, and were then escorted away by Alsace and Owen.

The moment Orson appeared, Lite had regained consciousness. She stared blankly at Orson saving her again.

It wasn't until Orson turned around that she hurriedly closed her eyes and pretended to be unconscious.

This way Orson can hold himself, hehe.

Orson didn't know what was going on in Leeteuk's mind. He just thought that Leeteuk had fainted from exhaustion. He squatted down and picked Leeteuk up like a princess with both hands. However, he did not move, but stopped. Standing still, watching the raging fire burning in the Duke's Palace of Naples.

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

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

This is not only irresponsible to the empire, but also irresponsible to his subordinates. He walked away, leaving so much mess for future generations to clean up, and 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 from the balcony and fell directly into the sea of ​​​​fire.

"Master Orson." At this time, Virgil came to Orson's side. "Do you have any orders?"

"Well, order the entire army to seal off the Duke's mansion. Wait until the fire is over, and then go in and look for people. As for Giovanni, he will be seen alive and his body will be seen dead."

"I see."

Orson sighed as he watched Virgil leave.

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

Seeing that Li Te was unmoved in his arms, Orson was ready to let go.

Feeling Orson's movement, Lite quickly hugged Orson's neck.

"You've exposed your secret." Orson said, putting Li Te down and scratching Li Te's nose. "You see, the battlefield is dangerous. People with your status can easily be targeted by others if they fight on the front line, so be careful in the future."

"If I weren't by your side, today's situation might have changed."

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

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

"I'm sorry, Leeteuk."

"Eh? Orson, why are you saying this all of a sudden?"

"I couldn't help you kill your relatives and enemies with your own hands."

As Orson said this, he turned around and looked at Liteuk in front of him, his eyes lowered.

"This time, I originally wanted you to take revenge, but... I didn't expect that he would choose this way to end his life after spending his whole life cherishing it."

Seeing Orson's expression, Li Teuk couldn't help but feel a sore nose.

It was obviously his own hatred, and it could be said that he had nothing to do with Orson, but Orson was apologizing to himself for this matter.

"It's okay...I, I don't care at all..."

Li Teuk spoke with a trembling tone, gradually unable to control his emotions.

The corners of her eyes were moist, and she finally threw herself into Orson's arms and cried loudly.

She has already known her mission, which is to avenge her mother Margaret, and also to avenge Giovanni, the source of her poor life for so many years. ,

For this reason, she had been working hard to prepare to meet Giovanni and vent her anger in front of him, asking him to repent, apologize and pay the due price for all the things he had done before.

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, you're done now.

But Li Te was still uncomfortable in her heart. She always felt that she had lost something. She wanted to confront Giovanni and ask him why he did that, but with Giovanni's death, there was no answer to everything.

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

It was clear that the war was won, Orson looked apologetic, and Liteuk just started crying.

Could it be that he was crying with joy?

They didn't dare to think too much. After all, it was the commander's matter and had nothing to do with them. All they knew now was that the war was won and they could finally rest.

Orson held Lite and patted her back gently until she recovered and then let go of her.

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

"Yes." Lit nodded, stretched out his hand, and took the initiative to hold 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 in front of her well.

The fire continued for several hours into the night, as the last sparks dissipated and the night sky returned to darkness.

In order to prevent Giovanni from faking his death, the coalition forces formed a tight barrier outside the Duke's palace.

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

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

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

Of course, it is definitely impossible for Giovanni to be buried in such a dignified manner. After his body is wrapped in white cloth, it will be transported to the north. In the city of Saint Laurent, a public trial will be held, and then his body will be buried. The body was burned at the stake, and at that time, his body would finally be reduced to ashes.

As for Downey, after being eliminated by Leeteuk with the magic elimination circle, he lost his power and became completely different from a normal person. His muscles were atrophied and he had dementia. As well as the jail sentence at the subsequent trial meeting, it was difficult for him to survive. This year.

As a result, the position of Duke of Naples was vacant.

In the empire's inheritance laws, collateral families are not much higher in succession than those of other clans. In many cases, collateral families are even deliberately excluded to avoid suspicion, and this time is no exception.

A week later, in the city of Saint Laurent, there was an imperial meeting.

Royal representatives, military representatives, representatives of the duchies, city representatives, Imperial College representatives, business representatives, etc. discussed the candidate for the Duke of Naples. At the meeting, 70% of the votes approved Orson to take over the position of the Duke of Naples. Offer of position.

In principle, the empire does not allow one family to control two duchies at the same time. Therefore, two days before the imperial meeting, Lucius announced to outsiders that Orson would break away from the Stranik family and establish a New family.

This approach was obviously to avoid suspicion, but not many people raised objections.

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

In the thousand-year history of the empire, there are countless examples of relationships weakening due to family separation, and even eventually becoming enemies.

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

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

Orson walked onto the stage and looked at the crowd, including many people he knew.

Elsa, the representative of the royal family, Sister Olivia, the representative of the duke, Teacher Tris, the representative of the college, and Chelinina, the business representative, all these acquaintances were looking at me with a sense of expectation.

Orson cleared his throat, and then said: "I am honored to be able to obtain the title of Duke when the Duke of Naples has no owner. I would like to sincerely thank Your Majesty and everyone for your support."

"However, since I am still studying at the Imperial College and have no energy to deal with 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, and the ministers of the cabinet will be selected. They are elected jointly by the cities and counties."

As soon as this statement came out, 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 one-note, it will be easy to ignore the power of the people."

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

In the audience, even the people who supported Orson had expressions of 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.

However, for such a supreme reward, Orson now actually wants to hand it over to a local in Naples? Is he crazy?

As a foreigner, it was very difficult for Orson to convince the earls of Naples. Now that he is delegating power, most places in Naples will no longer have anything to do with him in the future.

When Giovanni was in office, he did a good job in centralizing power in the duchy. Orson wanted to make Naples autonomous.

At this time, the military representatives all turned their attention to Alsace.

Alsace also smiled.

Yes, Orson had made it clear to him a long time ago that he would not serve as Duke of Naples, or in other words, would not exercise the administrative power of a Duke. The Duchy of Naples would remain autonomous and would not favor anyone. one party.

This was enough for Alsace.

Orson wants to remain neutral, so let him remain neutral. When the outcome of his fight with Elsa comes out, he believes that Orson will generally defect to him.

When the imperial meeting adjourned, Orson was directly blocked at the door by Li Te.

"Orson, although I will never question your decision-making, but can you tell me why you did this..."

Lee Teuk stood in front of Orson with a puzzled expression on his face.

"We have sacrificed so many casualties for this place just to support you, Orson. Why are you..."

"Li Te." Orson interrupted her, and then said earnestly: "Don't forget what our purpose was in the beginning. Of course I can directly become a duke, but as I said, there are all kinds of problems. This is the best solution now.”

"Besides, I have already said my words. Instead of asking the reason, what we should do now is to do a good job in the aftermath."