Chapter 395

"Who are you……"

When Orson saw this, he was shocked. He quickly stepped forward and squatted down beside Lucius's bed, so that his head was level with Lucius's.

"Father, look at me, I am Orson, your son, Orson."

"Oh... Orson..." Lucius said, a trace of clarity returned to his eyes, and he nodded. "Good boy, you just entered Imperial College this year, you must study hard..."

"Father, you remember it wrong." Orson said, forcing a smile. "I am your eldest son Orson, not Lite. Your second son Lite has only entered Imperial College this year. I am already a second-year student at Imperial College."

"No, no." Lucius shook his head after hearing this. "I, Lucius, only have one son, how can I only have two sons..."

Then, he showed a confused look, which quickly turned into understanding and anger.

"No, one of you is fake. One of you is not my son!" As he said this, he suddenly became angry. "Say! Are you lying to me! Do you want to take away my inheritance!"

"I'm sorry, Father, but everything I said is true."

"Get out! You are not my son, get out!" Lucius sat up angrily, pointing at Orson and then at the door.

"Father, please calm down." Orson said, pressing Lucius's shoulders.

"Li Te and I are both your children. This is what you said personally. I am your adopted child and have lived with you for eighteen years. Li Te was born to you and your ex-wife Margaret. child!"

"Margaret...?" Upon hearing the name, Lucius was stunned for a moment, and then gave a confused look.

"You know Margaret...you are really my child?"

"Yes, not only me, Li Te is also your child." Orson nodded.

"...You go out, I want to rest for a while."

"OK."

After hearing this, Orson nodded and took the initiative to exit the room.

…

After leaving the room, Orson saw Mary emerging from her own room.

"Mother, my father just said that no one should enter his room until tonight."

"I know." Mary frowned when she heard this, but still nodded. "Master, he may not be in a good mood. He is a warrior, but he has to lie in bed and be taken care of according to the doctor's orders..."

"Well, it would be great if you could understand, Mother."

"Fortunately, Orson, you have grown up and can help me take some of the pressure off, otherwise...sigh." Mary said this, came to Orson, and straightened his collar that Lucius had just messed up. , and then patted him on the shoulder.

"Come on, Orson, the future of the family belongs to you." Mary said this, turned around, and walked downstairs.

Orson stood there, looking at Mary's back, silent.

When Orson first came back, Lucius deliberately screened everyone away, leaving Orson alone, and talked with Orson for a long time.

"But, father, didn't you just say that your health is fine?" Orson looked at Lucius doubtfully, "As long as I can stabilize the situation on the front line by then, when you recover, you will be able to come back." One day, that’s it.”

Lucius didn't say anything. He stared at Orson for a long time and suddenly smiled.

"Orson, do you think that if I were really in good health, I would entrust all these things to you?"

"Then...Father, your body..."

"Although my physical functions are fine, I always feel that I have forgotten a lot of things recently." Lucius said this and shook his head.

"I often forget Mary's name, as well as some of the servants in the house. I usually don't see them when I look up, so I should remember all their names, but now I have forgotten a lot of them."

"I don't know if it's the sequelae of the assassination, but in my current state, I shouldn't be able to go to the battlefield."

Orson listened to Lucius's description. Although his face was calm, his heart was already filled with turmoil.

This symptom is very similar to Alzheimer's disease.

But Lucius is less than fifty years old this year...

"I understand, Father." Orson nodded after hearing this. "During this period, I will shoulder your responsibility as a father and work hard to handle the frontline affairs well."

"No." Lucius shook his head. "If I don't recover well, the Duchy of Antica may have to be entrusted to you in the days to come."

"You said before that you are not interested in the Duke's position, right..." Lucius said, taking out a piece of paper from the bedside table.

"I'll give this to you. If I really can't hold on any longer and Lite is unable to take over the family, I'll leave this family to you."

"Father, don't say stupid things. You are still healthy."

"Haha, I know my physical condition myself."

"By the way, Orson, call Margaret in. I have something to tell her."

"Father... your wife's name is Mary, and Margaret is your ex-wife..." When Orson heard Lucius's words, he could no longer maintain the calmness on his face, and he quickly corrected him.

"Ah...right." Lucius patted his head after hearing this. "Look, I've already told you, how can I go to the battlefield now? I even remember the names of the people wrong."

"So, Orson, please." Lucius said this and gave Orson a deep look. "Just for the sake of raising me over the past ten years, please also let me and Margaret's children live well."

"Well, I know that you will recover. Don't think so much now, just take a good rest." Orson said, shook Lucius's hand, and walked out of the room.

…

After this period of contact and observation, Orson knew that Lucius's symptoms occurred from time to time, like a time bomb.

Normally, they look like normal people, but at a critical moment, they suddenly cannot remember or misremember some things, resulting in an agitated and irritable appearance after feeling deceived.

And this is what Orson already knows. Lucius has had an attack for the second time this week.

The last time he had an attack, Lucius just misremembered the name of the servant and mistakenly called Vivian the old servant Linda who had passed away. Fortunately, Vivian did not react, and Orson helped Lucius fool him. passed.

Today, Lucius's condition has become more serious.

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Heimer's disease was still difficult to treat in the era before time travel when medical technology was developed. Although there is magic in this continent, it is still very difficult to find drugs or magic to treat this symptom in a short time.

What should we do if during this period, we suddenly encounter an occasion that requires Lucius to attend?

Orson couldn't imagine how many conspiracy theories would spread if others knew about Lucius's current situation.

What to do in this situation?

Orson's head is extremely big. This is obviously a magical world, but magic seems to be useless against this disease.

Looking for a doctor?

Orson thought about the doctor he knew. If he was asked to come, he would probably give up the method by opening the skull, so he could only shake his head and give up.

By chance, Olivia brought Li Te back home at this time. The two of them originally wanted to ask Orson what he did last night, but when they saw Orson leaning at the door of Lucius's room with a thoughtful look on his face, they still I didn't dare to approach him and talk to him.

Olivia poked Lit with her finger.

"What's wrong with Orson? He looks like he's thinking about something."

"I don't know either." Li Te shook his head. "It's you, aren't you Orson's fiancée? Why don't you go up and take care of your fiancé?"

Hearing this, Olivia nodded, walked forward with her hands behind her back, and said hello to Orson.

"Hey, Orson, what are you doing?"

Orson finally came back from his thoughts.

"Ah, Olivia, are you back?"

"Well, you look worried?" Olivia looked at Orson with a puzzled expression. "And you were scolded by your father for staying out all night in front of Duke Lucius's door?"

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"No." Orson heard this and shook his head, then he raised his head and looked at Olivia. "I just heard Vivian say that you went out to look for me. I suddenly remembered something last night and didn't come back to tell you. I'm sorry."

"It's okay." Olivia didn't seem to mind. "We're just worried about you. We just need to see that you're fine."

At this time, Orson suddenly saw Li Te who was not far behind Olivia, and he waved to Li Te.

"Li Te, come here, I have something to tell you."

Then, he looked at Olivia.

"Ah, I'll go down and talk to Vivian." Olivia naturally understood what Orson meant. She took the initiative to speak, then turned around and walked downstairs.

Orson took Lite into his room. After the two entered the room, he opened the door and took a look to make sure there was no one in the corridor before closing the door.

"Oson, why did you call me here alone?"

"Yeah." Orson nodded. He sat on the chair and looked at Li Te.

"What I'm going to say next, you must not tell anyone, not even your mother." As he said this, his tone was unprecedentedly serious.

"Okay, Orson, tell me." Li Te looked nervous when he heard this.

From Orson's expression, Lite could vaguely guess that there was definitely something very important, and it most likely involved the family.

"Father, he is sick." Orson said and sighed. "The symptoms appeared a few days after the assassination. This disease is very strange. It will cause people to slowly lose their memory and their emotions will become extreme."

"At that time, on the day when I first came back, when my father told me that he was sick, he was still able to organize his speech normally, and he could remember forgotten things after being reminded by others. But today when I went home to see him, his symptoms It seems to be getting worse.”

As Orson finished speaking, Li Teuk became more depressed.

"Why...why...my father was obviously fine when he first came back..." Her voice trembled, and her tone was full of disbelief.

It was clear that during the celebration banquet before, there was nothing strange at all from the moment Lucius appeared until the end of the celebration banquet. Only a short time had passed since then, and she suddenly told Li Teuk that her father was demented. This sudden incident How could she bear the blow?

"Sometimes this kind of strange disease gets worse without any reason. At first I suspected it was a curse, but with the Holy Lady,

After briefly chatting about these things, she told me that the church had never discovered a curse that could make people gradually become dementia. I asked the pastor of the Antica church to purify my father, but it had no effect. "Ossen said this and sighed.

"In short, while I am still on vacation, I can still help the family and handle the matter, but we must prepare for the worst." Orson expressed his meaning in a subtle way.

Now the issue of family inheritance is imminent.

No one knows whether this disease will kill others. If Lucius's condition really deteriorates to the point that it cannot be concealed, then the Duke's position will inevitably change hands.

After hearing what Orson said, Li Teuk's mood also dropped.

After all, Lucius is her biological father after all. Although for some reasons, he does not seem to know his gender, the blood relationship between the two people is indeed established.

Lucius has been pretty good to her since Leete came to the house. Although Lucius felt humiliated because Leete was too country bumpkin in the early stage, but after being persuaded by Orson, Lucius became more interested in her. Li Te’s investment was also substantial, and someone was sent to pay Li Te’s living expenses every month.

The most important thing is that Leeteuk can actually feel the sincere emotions from Lucius.

Although it may be the yearning for his deceased wife and the guilt for himself, they are all true actions, not false feelings.

After all, if it was a lie, Lucius could have made a show of it in front of everyone and left Lit to fend for himself instead of discussing her education plan with Orson.

Therefore, it is normal for Leeteuk to feel sad after learning about Lucius' current condition.

"I know, Orson." Lit nodded.

Orson had told her from the beginning that he didn't want to be a duke.

Although Leeteuk doesn't know the reason and doesn't want to know the reason, she is constantly working hard to improve herself in order to help Orson achieve this goal.

"I may have to go out to deal with some things during this period. You should take this time to familiarize yourself with the family's management affairs. No matter what, you will also be the patriarch of a big family in the future. There is no harm in being exposed to these in advance."

"Oson, are you going out?" Hearing this, Li Te suddenly became uneasy.

If Orson was by her side, accompanying her, she might still have some confidence.

But now Orson told himself that he was leaving?

"I'm sorry, there are some things related to the future of the dukedom that I have to deal with." Orson said with an apologetic smile. "It won't take long. I'll be back when things are finished."

"Really?" Lite heard this and looked at Orson. "Then...Oson, you must pay attention to your safety."

"Don't worry, I will." Orson nodded, stood up, and walked to Li Te.

He reached out his hand and touched Li Te's little head.

"Okay, don't be so nervous. What we are thinking about now is the worst case scenario, what if my father recovers, right?" Orson said and smiled.