"Oh, really?" Liter exclaimed in excitement upon hearing Mary's words.

"You're such a child, getting so happy when Osen is mentioned," Mary said with a light laugh. "Yes, Osen brother praised you."

Liter turned his head to look at Osen, who smiled at him and nodded.

Then he turned back to Mary.

"Well, Mother, how could Liter pretend in front of his family?" Osen chuckled, defusing Mary's sarcasm towards Liter.

"You agree, don't you, Liter?" Osen naturally patted Liter's shoulder.

Liter trembled and then stiffly sat up straight, nodding. "Yes...yes."

"Well, it seems I was overthinking," Mary said with a fake smile.

She originally thought that Osen, after her guidance yesterday, would know what to do, but it turned out he was still stubborn.

Talking about loyalty and filial piety, only little children would believe in such things.

The lunch time that followed passed relatively harmoniously.

Mary wasn't a fool. During the time when Liter just entered the family, it was when Lucius loved Liter the most, so she wouldn't directly quarrel with him.

Making Liter unhappy would mean making Lucius unhappy.

Even if she wanted to sow discord next to Lucius, she had to wait until Liter had settled down and find his weaknesses or handle.

If Osen was willing to help her, Mary was confident that Lucius' patience with Liter would diminish quickly. But now, Osen seemed to have lost his mind and was actually speaking up for his competitor, Liter.

Not only sympathizing with the competitor, but he even wanted to nurture his own competitor.

Mary had never seen such a person before.

Before this incident, Mary thought Osen was born to be a ruler who stood above everyone else, but after these two days, she felt that her perception of Osen needed to change.

Compassion was not something that should exist in a noble family.

...

In the afternoon, Liter finally returned to her own room.

Her room layout was almost identical to Osen's room, and she had spent the whole day in Osen's room yesterday, so when she returned to her own room, she had a feeling of being in Osen's room by mistake.

From now on, she would be living in such a big house?

Liter widened her eyes and looked around the room.

Finally, her gaze landed on the large bed in the center of the room.

Then, she threw herself onto the bed.

The soft mattress had excellent resilience, and Liter even felt like she could play on the bed like a trampoline.

After being alone for a while, Liter finally let herself loose a bit and began to reveal the playfulness of a young person.

Then, the door opened, and a maid walked in.

Liter turned around in surprise and locked eyes with the maid.

She felt that the maid in front of her looked somewhat familiar and then remembered that she seemed to be Osen's personal maid, called... called Vivian.

Liter glanced at the bed that she had messed up and quickly climbed off it, straightening herself up.

"Um...sorry, I...I didn't mean to, I will make the bed properly later."

"Ha," Vivian chuckled and then walked over, patting the bed a few times to arrange the sheets properly.

"You don't have to worry, Master Liter. Even if the bedsheets are messy, we will take care of tidying them up," Vivian said, looking at Liter. "By the way, Master Osen asked you to go to his room."

"Oh, okay." Liter nodded and walked towards the door.

Halfway through, he suddenly turned back and bowed to Vivian."Um... Miss Vivian, I'm really sorry for the trouble of tidying up the bed for me." After saying this, without waiting for Vivian's reply, she turned around and walked towards Osen's room.

"Osen was right, Mr. Liter is indeed a good person..." Vivian stared at the door, paused for a moment, then smiled and continued to help Liter tidy up the bed.

Standing at the door of Osen's room, Liter took a deep breath and lightly knocked on the door before entering.

"Liter is here?" Osen looked at Liter walking in from outside.

"Yes, Osen... Osen." Looking at Osen staring at him, Liter suddenly remembered that they had agreed yesterday that he didn't have to call him brother from now on.

Although he didn't know why Osen didn't want to take advantage of him, Liter still followed his request.

"Yes, that's right." Osen nodded in satisfaction. "This afternoon, I will teach you the etiquette of the nobility."

"The etiquette of the nobles has always been passed down verbally among the nobles. Generally, children who grow up in noble families can learn a lot from their daily lives without being taught. But because you lived in the countryside before and you are older now, this method may not be suitable for you."

"So, last night and during today's lunch break, I wrote a summary of the nobility's etiquette for you to have a look." Osen said as he took out a notebook from the table behind him and handed it to Liter.

"If you find the handwriting too messy, I can read it to you. Anyway, this textbook is tailor-made for you. There's only one copy within The Empire, there's no more."

"Yes, thank you, Osen!" Liter said, taking the notebook and sitting next to Osen.

"Take a look at the notes on it, and if you have any questions, ask me. By the way, this afternoon I plan to take you outside so you can see how I interact with others and learn from it."

"I believe you will learn quickly, so keep going." Osen said, patting Liter's shoulder.

For some reason, every time he patted Liter's shoulder, this kid always tensed up nervously.

He used only a little force, and patting shoulders is a common way for boys to encourage each other.

Could it be that Liter doesn't like physical contact with people?

Osen thought about it and felt that this could be the reason.

"Alright, you take a look, I'll go downstairs to get something." Osen said, standing up and leaving the space to Liter.

Liter opened the notebook, and the handwriting on it was not as bad as Osen had described. On the contrary, it was very neat and beautiful.

Because it mentioned the essential content summarized by Osen, the notebook content was not long. By the time Osen came back, Liter had already read almost half of it.

"Is it going smoothly? What did you think?" Osen held two cups of coffee with sugar, and handed one of them to Liter.

"Thank you..." Liter thanked softly. "Osen's notebook is organized clearly, and the handwriting is also very nice. I am reading it smoothly."

"That's good." Hearing Liter's words, Osen nodded in relief, then took a sip of coffee and started reading his own book.