Chapter 274

(There is a foreshadowing about the fact that other people don't know the gender of Li Te, which will be revealed in the future plot)

Chapter 3: Is it interesting?

Outside the door, Orson began to find other accessories for Li Te.

In the empire, only nobles above the rank of duke are qualified to wear formal dresses with family characteristics.

As a family of martial arts, the Stranik family has always had a military tradition, and the design of formal dresses also highlights military elements.

There are two sets of family formal dresses, one black and one blue.

In formal occasions hosted by the Stranik family, they usually wear blue dresses with bright tones.

In more advanced formal occasions, they wear more solemn black dresses.

These two sets of dresses were designed by the top craftsmen of the empire, and they are very good in terms of beauty and comfort.

When all the accessories were found, Li Te just came out of the bathroom.

At this moment, his hair was a little wet, and the steam from the bath also made his little face flushed.

Orson walked up and took the towel from Li Te's shoulder.

"After taking a shower, you must dry your hair, especially since your hair is so long. If you don't dry it, you will get sick easily." Orson said this, carefully wiping Lit's hair.

"Brother Orson... this is too troublesome, I can do it myself..."

"It's not a big deal." Orson shook his head. "Besides, Lit, you just came back and don't know a lot of things yet."

"As a brother, it's my duty to help you." Orson said so.

In fact, according to the date of birth, the two were born on the same day.

But Orson is more like a brother in terms of appearance and personality.

In addition, in order to stabilize Orson's mentality, Lucius had already announced that Orson was the elder brother and Lit was the younger brother.

Therefore, now the two have accepted each other's identity.

"Okay, dry it." Orson put the towel back in the bathroom, and then put on the accessories of the dress one by one for Lit.

Then, he took the boots on the ground, held Lit's ankles, and helped him put them on.

He also carefully tied his shoelaces for him.

"Have you learned it? You will have to do these things by yourself in the future." Orson squatted on the ground and looked up at Litt who was sitting on the bed without saying a word.

"Yeah." Litt nodded. "Thank you, brother Orson..."

"We don't have to be so distant with each other. You can just call me brother or Orson. We are not much different in age." Orson smiled and took out the family emblem.

"Listen, Litt." Orson took the family emblem from his pocket and handed it to Litt.

This was just sent by the maid Vivian, who said it was given by Lucius.

The emblem of the Stranik family is a black eagle soaring in the blue sky.

Therefore, black and blue are the traditional colors of the family.

"This is the emblem of our family. Most of the nobles in the empire have their own emblems." Orson explained the meaning of the emblem to Litt. "The family emblem has many functions, the most important of which is to indicate your identity. Basically, the nobles of the empire know each other's family emblems. You have just arrived, so don't rush to recognize them all. I will teach you slowly later."

"This family emblem is given to you by your father. Although our family emblem is a black eagle with a blue background, the one with a gold border represents the direct members, that is, me, you, father and mother."

Orson then explained the meaning of many family emblems, and Litt was confused.

Seeing this, Orson smiled and comforted: "It doesn't matter. It's normal not to know these now. You will understand them slowly in the future."

At this time, the door outside was knocked again.

"Please come in." Orson

said.

The maid Vivian walked in.

Seeing that Litt had already put on her clothes, Vivian said: "Master Orson, Master Litt, the master is urging us."

"Okay, Vivian, you go down first." Orson nodded, and then looked at Litt.

"The maid just now was Vivian. If I'm not at home in the future, you can find her or Albert, the butler, if you have any troubles."

"It's almost time. Come down with me. If you don't understand anything, you can ask me directly."

"Well..." Lit nodded and then stood up.

After straightening his clothes, he followed Orson downstairs.

The preparations for the banquet in the hall on the first floor have begun. The long table in the center is full of food and drinks. Lit has never seen these in the countryside.

At this moment, he only dared to follow Orson timidly, holding the corner of Orson's clothes with his little hand and only sticking his head out.

Orson didn't feel anything about this.

In his memory of this life, he has participated in banquets of this scale many times and has long been accustomed to this scene.

Moreover, the highest noble present was a marquis, none of whom had a higher title than his father. In this case, Orson was more casual.

As for Lit, Orson could understand him. He would definitely be a little scared when he first arrived and saw this scene.

But there is no way, people always have to grow up.

Orson stopped, and Litt, who was following behind Orson, didn't pay attention and accidentally bumped into Orson's solid back, holding his nose and taking two steps back.

This caused the surrounding nobles to sneer.

Orson looked coldly at the nobles who sneered.

"Count Karls, is it interesting?" He said this, pointing to a count.

"No, no, no." Count Carls, who laughed the loudest, immediately regained his composure and shook his head.

He was just a small earl, and he dared not provoke the Duke's beloved son.

Then, Orson looked behind him, and the iceberg just melted immediately. He touched Lit's little head and said softly: "Lit, are you okay?"

"I'm sorry, I just stopped suddenly."

In fact, he was panicking.

He was just thinking about what to do with Lit next, and then stopped to think.

However, he forgot that Lit was following him.

This collision was not just a simple collision.

Lit might hate him for making a fool of himself in front of so many nobles, thinking that he did it on purpose.

Wouldn't all the efforts he made before be in vain?

So, he thought that even if it slightly damaged his relationship with these nobles, he had to save Lit's face.

The first banquet of the real young master must not have any mistakes!

"No, it's okay, Brother Orson, I didn't notice you stopped." Lit shook his head while holding his nose, and said in a muffled voice.

"No, I have to take a look." With that, Orson took Lit's hand that was covering his nose and checked it carefully. After confirming that it was okay, he nodded with relief.

Then, Lucius and Mary came up.

Seeing that the relationship between the two brothers was pretty good, Lucius was relieved.

Then he and Mary focused their attention on Lit.

After taking a bath and changing clothes, Lit was not as sloppy as when he first came in, and even Orson put on all the complicated accessories for him.

But his hunched back and unconfident look still did not have the temperament of an aristocrat.

If he was a noble lady, it would be fine, but he is Lucius's own son!

He is one of the future heirs of the Strannik family!

In the case that Orson's inheritance rights are not clear, he can even be said to be the only heir of the Strannik family.

But considering that Lit had been in the countryside for so long, it was normal for him to not adapt for a while, so Lucius nodded.

"Not bad, come to the table."

With that, Lucius took Mary back to the top of the long table and sat down.

Orson also turned around and motioned Lit to follow him.

"Orson, this is not in accordance with the rules." At the table, Mary frowned when she saw the two sitting on the same side.

According to table etiquette, after the host, the guests are relatives.

Lit and Orson should sit on the left and right sides respectively, but Orson actually

took the initiative to sit on the same side with Lit.

Sitting on the same side is not impossible, and there is even an empty seat on both sides.

That seat is prepared for the future wives of the two.

"Mother, Lit is here for the first time, and he doesn't understand many rules. It's better for me to take care of him."

"Besides, after all, it's at home."

"Okay then." Mary looked at Orson and nodded.

Chapter 4: Inevitable Traditional Concepts

The banquet adopted the separate dining system, and everyone had a dish in front of them.

Lit looked at the plate in front of her, at a loss.

She didn't know what to do.

She had used knives and forks in the countryside, but it was the first time she used silver ones.

She had only seen porcelain plates when her adoptive parents took her to a restaurant for dinner on her tenth birthday, and they were far less exquisite than the porcelain plates here, and there were even patterns on them.

These porcelain plates, which were of artistic specifications, were actually used to hold food...

As for the food on them, Lit could only recognize a plate of bread, and she had never seen the other foods.

"Everyone, today is the first day that my son Lit has returned to the family and recognized me." Lucius looked at the nobles at the table and raised the wine glass in his hand. "Today is a festive day, let's toast to Lit!"

After saying this, the nobles in the audience also raised their glasses.

Seeing this, Orson signaled Lit to raise his glass, and Lit followed Orson's movements and raised his glass in a very realistic way.

Then, Lucius took the lead and drank a glass of wine.

The nobles present also followed Lucius's action and drank the wine in the glass.

Lit imitated Orson's action, and then, after frowning and drinking a glass of bitter wine, he choked.

Before this, Lit had never drunk wine, and after this, I'm afraid he wouldn't like to drink.

"Ahem..." He coughed.

As Lit coughed, all eyes on the field were attracted to him.

The nobles around looked at Lit, all secretly showing contempt.

When they saw Lit wearing a dress, he was indeed much more decent than when he just entered the house.

They thought that this ugly duckling would transform into a white swan so soon.

But a bumpkin is a bumpkin after all. Even if he is the son of the Duke, after living in the countryside for so many years, his actions that always have a hint of civilian habits still make these nobles look unhappy.

If you don't even know how to drink wine, how can you still be a noble?

It was just that they couldn't show it directly because of Lucius's face.

Lucius had no expression on his face, while Mary kept frowning.

She seemed to have been in a bad mood since the beginning of the party.

Come to think of it, it was unacceptable for Mary, who cared about her face, to see her own child make a fool of himself in public.

Moreover, Mary is not Leet's biological mother. The previous Duchess died of complications after giving birth to Leet. Mary is the wife that Lucius married five years ago.

She is the stepmother of both Orson and Leet.