I, the Villain, Want to Save Myself, But the Yandere Heroines Disagree-Chapter 23 - Sandstorm Subsides and Family Crisis (7/9)

Upon returning to human territory, Orson immediately took Laina to the human front-line headquarters in Phenix City and found General Carlisle, who was in charge of guarding the border.

Along the way, although some soldiers saw Laina following behind Orson and were a little surprised by her presence, since she was with Orson, the soldiers didn’t feel it was appropriate to stop them and could only assume that Young Master Orson had suddenly decided to take a demi-human as a follower.

There had been no battles on the front lines these past few days. Carlisle was sitting in his chair bored, drinking tea.

To be honest, he didn’t quite understand why Orson had ordered him not to disband the army but to remain on standby at the border.

In his opinion, after the beastmen were repelled this time, the probability of them returning was almost only one in a thousand. Instead of keeping the soldiers on the front lines, paying their salaries and providing them with military provisions, it would be better to disband them earlier. After all, the Antica Duchy wasn’t that rich. After repelling the beastmen, the aid from other duchies and directly administered Imperial territories had also stopped. The current army was being supported entirely by the already strained ducal finances.

It wasn’t until Orson pushed open the door and walked into the room.

“Young Master Orson?! You’re back?” Carlisle said this, quickly standing up. Then, he saw a fox-eared girl following behind Orson.

“A demi-human!?”

Hearing Carlisle’s startled exclamation, Laina shrank behind Orson in fear.

“Ah, General Carlisle, please don’t be scared. This is my friend I met in the desert. Her name is Laina.”

“Ah, ah, is she Young Master Orson’s friend?” Carlisle heard this and nodded. “Apologies, Miss Laina. I reacted a little strongly just now.”

“It’s... it’s alright,” Laina also poked her head out and greeted Carlisle.

“Um, Young Master Orson, you’re here this time because...”

“The time has come, General Carlisle. Now, order the soldiers to advance into the desert.”

“Huh?” Carlisle heard this and looked at Orson in surprise.

“No, Young Master Orson, I didn’t mishear, did I? Advance into the desert? Don’t you know how harmful the desert sandstorm is to the human body?”

“I know, but now, the problem of the desert sandstorm has been resolved,” Orson said this, looking at Laina. “Thanks to my friend here, we can now completely end the grievances between humans and beastmen.”

“But this...” Carlisle heard this and still couldn’t believe it.

“But this situation hasn’t changed for thousands of years. Why...”

“You don’t need to delve into this matter. In short, the problem of the sandstorm harming human bodies in the desert has been resolved.”

“I understand,” Carlisle nodded. “Then, are there any other points to note?”

“Yes, of course,” Orson said this. “Please inform every soldier without fail that the objective of this operation into the desert is only the beastmen. Demi-humans are not included.”

“Demi-humans have not participated in the beastmen’s wars against humans. They are also oppressed by beastmen. As the original inhabitants of the desert, demi-humans can serve as guides to help our army quickly find the beastman tribes and annihilate them.”

“At the same time, even if we encounter demi-human tribes that are unwilling to cooperate, we should not resort to violence. Give them some grain, let them see our sincerity, and they will choose to believe us and cooperate with us.”

“This...” Carlisle heard Orson’s arrangements and was so surprised he couldn’t close his mouth.

“This is a bit too crazy...” he said this.

Having humans cooperate with other races, besides fighting demons in legends, there seemed to be no other records of it.

Oh, one should also include the Dragon Age, but that is generally considered a civil war.

“Yes, we are in an era of great change,” Orson said this, patting Carlisle on the shoulder. “General Carlisle, afterward, the changes in this world will continue to increase.”

“I understand,” Carlisle heard this and nodded.

“By the way, speaking of which, Young Master Orson, it seems Antica City is going to hold a banquet recently. It seems it was initiated by His Majesty the Emperor, to grandly celebrate the great achievements in this war. As the commander of this war, Young Master Orson, I think it is necessary for you to hurry back and attend.”

“What?” Orson heard this and looked at Carlisle in surprise.

“When is the banquet expected to be held?” he asked.

“As far as I know, His Majesty the Emperor should be arriving in Antica City tomorrow. The banquet should be held as soon as His Majesty the Emperor arrives.”

“I understand,” Orson heard this and nodded.

It would have been fine if this banquet had been held earlier, but it was held precisely when Lucius was showing these symptoms...

He was afraid that someone with ulterior motives had obtained the information about Lucius’s illness and wanted to seize the opportunity to cause trouble.

Orson thought this, sighing.

Why were family matters always so messy?

...

Desert, Balu’s tribe.

Balu had been in somewhat of a bad mood recently. Although he had continuously conquered and incorporated nearby beastman tribes into his command based on his ability, the casualties suffered in the civil war had already caused the beastmen, as a whole, to lose more than half of their strength.

Before the war, the number of beastman warriors was three hundred thousand. Now, the number of beastmen under Balu’s command was about ten thousand, and the other tribes combined totaled around ten thousand.

The beastmen were truly less than one in ten of their original number.

Although the beastmen’s reproductive rate was very fast, and it would only take a few decades to recover to their pre-war scale, these few decades would be the weakest period for the beastmen.

If there were a race that could ignore the sandstorm’s invasion and attack them, the beastmen would truly be facing extinction.

Coincidentally, the sandstorm weather had actually disappeared recently, which made Balu even more worried. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com