I, the Villain, Want to Save Myself, But the Yandere Heroines Disagree
Chapter 90 - Her Request?

“Young Master Orson is awake, is that right?”

Late at night, in the Imperial Palace, Odysseus looked at the messenger who had come to report, and his tightly furrowed brows finally relaxed.

“Mm, but Her Highness the Princess said that Young Master Orson still needs to recuperate for a period of time, and it is best for him to stay in the Imperial Palace.”

“It’s not entirely impossible. There is indeed no safer place than the Imperial Palace right now,” Odysseus nodded. “In that case, quickly arrange a place for Young Master Orson to stay. It is not very appropriate for him to stay in Elsa’s room after all.”

“But... Her Highness the Princess said... she wants Young Master Orson to stay in her chambers...”

“Did she truly say that?” Odysseus was completely incredulous when he heard this.

Although that place was indeed very safe, Orson and Elsa were, after all, of similar age and of the opposite sex. Furthermore, Orson himself was already engaged...

Although there was more than one room in Elsa’s chamber, if the two of them stayed together, it would inevitably lead to gossip, which would not be beneficial to the relationship between the two families.

Of course, if this was Elsa’s insistent request, Odysseus would of course agree.

“Mm,” the guard replied, then continued, “She wants to provide Young Master Orson with a relatively quiet environment during this period, so that he is not disturbed by outsiders, so...”

“Alright. I was originally planning to send two personal guards to Orson, but now it seems that I can just assign the guards directly to Elsa’s chamber,” Odysseus nodded, and agreed to Elsa’s request.

...

On the other side, at the Imperial Commercial Conference.

Although the current situation in Saint Roland City was somewhat turbulent and unstable, the merchants were still maintaining their normal economic activities. The commercial war between the Silver Moon Trading Company and the Lison Trading Company was still in full swing.

However, as the Silver Moon Trading Company’s branches in various regions were generally suppressed by the Lison Trading Company, the fate of the Silver Moon Trading Company itself seemed to be gradually reaching its end.

As the commercial war entered a heated phase, the difference in the number of businesses between the two companies immediately became apparent.

The Silver Moon Trading Company’s advantages were mainly in connections, market share, and total assets. Many trade routes, due to the relationship between the local lords and the Silver Moon Trading Company, had given the Silver Moon Trading Company varying degrees of preferential tax policies, which allowed the Silver Moon Trading Company’s goods to have greater competitiveness.

However, with the development and growth of the Lison Trading Company, the Silver Moon Trading Company’s former competitiveness was no longer what it used to be.

The local lords who had a good relationship with the Silver Moon Trading Company before might have taken measures to suppress the Lison Trading Company for a period out of courtesy, but they would quickly cancel them. The reason was simple: the Lison Trading Company, besides operating general trading company businesses, had also developed other businesses.

Take Lison Construction, which previously undertook the construction of the new city district in Antica City. After producing such excellent results, Lison Construction’s reputation could be said to have spread throughout the entire Empire.

By employing professional teams to reduce construction losses and costs, improve construction efficiency, and provide better construction quality with a lower budget, it was far superior to the previous method of hiring temporary workers.

Any lord who had some ambition for their territory and wanted to undertake large-scale construction projects had placed orders with Lison Construction. And Lison Construction, while accepting orders and offering preferential prices, also demanded a supplementary condition: that the Lison Trading Company be given the same preferential tax treatment.

In addition, the Lison Trading Company had also established businesses in areas such as security and logistics. Whether they were commoners or people of influence, they could all enjoy the benefits brought by the Lison Trading Company.

In this way, after expanding into new markets through other businesses, the Lison Trading Company, whose product prices already had a greater advantage over the Silver Moon Trading Company, continuously squeezed and encroached upon the Silver Moon Trading Company’s market, gradually approaching the throne of the Empire’s number one trading company.

And the purpose of the annual commercial conference, besides allowing merchants to exchange information and conduct transactions, was more importantly to confirm a representative for commerce.

In previous years, the representative for commerce had always been the head of the Silver Moon Trading Company, whether it was the former old president or the current Louis.

But this year was different. The instincts of merchants are the sharpest. Many people had a premonition that the rising star, Celineina, would take over her father’s banner and become the new representative figure in the Empire’s commercial world.

The vast hotel had been jointly funded and contracted by several trading companies. On the first floor of the hotel, it had been arranged as a large convention hall. The people sitting here, having immense wealth, could only be considered a basic requirement for entry.

If the wealth of the people here were accumulated, buying half of the Empire would not be a joke.

And at this moment, everyone’s attention was undoubtedly on the two most dazzling people at the conference.

One was the representative of the traditional commercial faction, Louis Bonaventura, the head of the Silver Moon Trading Company, the largest trading company in the Empire.

The other was Louis’s daughter, the rising star in the Empire’s commercial world, Celineina, who was capable of directly biting back at her original owner based on the weakest branch of the Silver Moon Trading Company.

The two were now sitting at the same table, but from the moment they entered until now, they had not spoken to each other.

Louis’s mood was naturally very bad. Seeing his former daughter, after deviating from the path he had planned for her life, not only getting better and better, but even surpassing him, the emotions he had in his heart were not the joy of a father seeing his daughter become successful.

Instead, it was a kind of shame and frustration. After all, in his traditional mindset, the experience of elders was valuable, and for juniors not to listen to their elders was simply wrong.

But reality was laid out before Louis, as if Louis was the one who had been wrong.

Clearly, if it weren’t for the education and work experience he had provided to Celineina, she could never have stood before him like this today.

“President Celineina,” These two not speaking did not mean that others would not approach them.

At this moment, the head of a small trading company approached Celineina.

“I am the head of a trading company from the Lucian Duchy. Our Lucian region has always been bitter and cold. Winter clothing is the most sought-after commodity there. You see... should we discuss a deal now...”

“Mm...” Celineina thought for a moment, then nodded.

Just at this moment, a waiter ran in from outside the door.

“Apologies, Miss Celineina. Someone claiming to be your subordinate came just now to deliver a message, saying...” The waiter whispered a few words into Celineina’s ear. The latter looked at him in shock.

“Are you telling the truth?”

“That is what your subordinate told me. I cannot verify its authenticity, I apologize.”

Others clearly noticed Celineina’s panic. Just as they were about to ask something, Celineina quickly stood up and walked towards the outside of the hotel.

The trading company head who had been left standing there by Celineina was also stunned.

“What... what’s going on?”

Suddenly leaving such an important conference without even saying goodbye made it difficult not to think of other things.