I, the Villain, Want to Save Myself, But the Yandere Heroines Disagree - Chapter 113

Romulus City.

Five full days had passed since the Imperial Army’s probing attack on the North City Wall.

In these five days, the Imperial Army had not launched another attack, opting instead to continue the siege.

In the previous siege battle, only half of the five thousand soldiers Scaloni had sent in returned, and the estimated casualties inflicted on the enemy were only a little over a thousand. This kind of casualty ratio was acceptable for fighting, but it was definitely not a brilliant victory.

And so, today, Scaloni sent a message into the city, inviting Giovanni to discuss the evacuation of civilians and surrender outside the city.

Giovanni, after receiving the message, accepted Scaloni’s invitation, but at the same time demanded that Scaloni must bring Lucius and Litte to meet with him.

The meeting location was set in the eastern part of Romulus City. This area had not been damaged by the ravages of war and was a suitable location for negotiations.

At two in the afternoon, the Imperial Army contingent had already arrived at the meeting location. After everyone waited for a few minutes, the gates of Romulus City also opened, and three groups of horses galloped out of the city, quickly arriving at the negotiation site.

From the Imperial Army, there were only Scaloni, Lucius, and Litte. From Napoli, only Giovanni, Donny, and their guards were sent out.

“It’s been a long time, my old friend,” Giovanni saw Lucius, and sitting on his horse, he opened his arms as if welcoming him.

“Hmph, spare me the pleasantries, Giovanni,” Lucius snorted, then looked at Scaloni on the side.

He was, after all, the commander of the army this time. The matter of negotiation should be handled by him.

Scaloni was thinking the same thing. He had just ridden forward a couple of steps when he was reprimanded by Giovanni.

“What are you doing?! Don’t you see that the two Dukes of the Empire are chatting?! You ill-mannered wretch, you Imperial lackey, do I need to send you back to your mother’s womb and teach you what etiquette is?” Giovanni glared at Scaloni. Upon hearing Giovanni say this, the other party was also so angry that he puffed out his beard and glared, but ultimately, after thinking for a moment, he decided to concede.

“Duke Giovanni, while I can still call you Duke, surrender obediently, confess everything about your connections with the cultists, and perhaps His Majesty will show mercy and spare your life.”

“Heh, you are merely a dog raised by the Emperor. Do you think, if I were to do that, I would still fear the Emperor?” Giovanni heard Scaloni’s threat and did not take it seriously. Instead, he sneered.

“You,” Giovanni said this, pointing at Lucius and Scaloni.

“Do you think it will be easier to deal with me now that there are more people? Do you really believe you can win against me like this??”

“Otherwise?” Lucius heard this and raised an eyebrow. “Do you think I am bluffing?”

At this moment, Scaloni rode his horse forward and came between the two.

“In any case, the terms offered by our side are that you surrender and relinquish the ducal title of the Napoli Duchy, and obediently go to Saint Roland City to atone for your sins. If you do not agree, we will flatten Romulus City.”

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

“See, Donny? Your last hope is gone. They never intended to give you the chance to be Duke. They just want to strip our family of its power!”

Donny heard this and lowered his head in shame.

Then, Giovanni turned back to look at Scaloni.

“Apologies. Your terms are simply too harsh. Please forgive us for being unable to accept.”

“Harsh?” Scaloni also frowned.

“Then, Duke Giovanni, you mean, we cannot negotiate?”

“Mm,” Giovanni nodded.

“Then, be warned,” Scaloni said this, pulled his horse’s reins, and prepared to leave.

Lucius also glanced at Giovanni and snorted.

“Giovanni, you have been doing foolish things your entire life. I hope this is the last foolish thing you do in your life.” After leaving this sentence, Lucius also followed behind Scaloni and left.

Litte followed closely behind Lucius, protecting his safety.

“Heh, doing foolish things your entire life?” Giovanni repeated Lucius’s words, sneered, and then also returned to Romulus City with Donny.

…

Since returning to the ducal mansion, Donny had been locking himself in his room and not going out.

Anyway, after the previous suppression incident, there would not be any major security risks in Romulus City for the time being. Even if he didn’t manage things, his subordinates could handle them.

The reason he was doing this was because he had fallen into confusion again.

He didn’t know why Giovanni had brought him along to the negotiation.

Even if the negotiation made no progress after just a few sentences.

But the information Donny had heard was enough to make his heart turn to ashes.

It seemed that the Empire had never considered letting him succeed Giovanni. What they wanted was the complete destruction of the Florence family.

In this situation, with the collapse of the mansion, he could only become a buried pawn.

His future seemed to have no turning point.

And just at this moment, his door was knocked.

“Donny,” Giovanni directly pushed open the door and walked into the room. Looking at the dejected Donny sitting on the sofa, he revealed a smile.

“My child, what are you thinking about? Why are you so troubled?”

“Father… I…” Donny stammered, but he still dared not speak his thoughts aloud.

“Were you thinking before that as long as I died, and then you surrendered and actively distanced yourself from me, you would be forgiven by them and become the master of Napoli?”

Upon hearing Giovanni say this, Donny immediately panicked. He quickly denied it vehemently.

“No, Father. I never thought about that at all. Please believe me.”

“Of course I know. You are my child. Wouldn’t I know if you inherited my personality?”

Giovanni was clearly smiling, but Donny distinctly felt a chill.

“Ap… apologies, Father! I… I admit I did have that thought before, but now I see clearly. I will follow you, Father, until the very end!”

“Mm, as expected of my good child. Since that’s the case, I, your father, cannot treat you unfairly either.”

Giovanni saw Donny’s behavior and nodded with satisfaction. Then he took out a small bottle of potion from his storage ring.

“Take it, Donny. Drink this, and you won’t fear them anymore.”

“Alright, thank you, Father…”

After saying this, Donny was just about to take the potion, but Giovanni directly opened the potion, then quickly pressed Donny’s head and poured the potion into his mouth.

“Alright. In this way, you won’t have to worry about those things anymore.”

Giovanni said coldly, standing up.

“Take Donny to the basement for me. After the enemy breaks into the city, then let Donny go out and deal with them.”

“Yes…”

In the room, a cold voice sounded.

Donny only felt a dizzy spell, and then he completely lost consciousness.