Please Let Me Live a Lazy Life!

Chapter 19: I Want to Live a Lazy Life (4)

...Maybe Fifi could visit him instead.

Tanaka laid his head on her shoulder, his eyes limpid and solemn. "Clarisse is coming with me." It was less of a question and more of a declaration. If Clarisse was not joining (carrying) him in the carriage that was supposed to leave to Wisteria Estate, then he planned on jumping out the window. Well, maybe not jumping out. Fall out, really.

"Yes," Clarisse agreed, her eyes shining in amusement even if the corner of her lips did not move in the slightest. "Along with Conrad, Nina, Fifi, Johanna, Sir Henry--"

"Really?" Tanaka suddenly perked up from her shoulder, and there was a small bounce as the child's lazy and despondent attitude bloomed like wildflowers after a rainy day. "And Mr. Sadik."

"Yes, and Mr. Sadik."

"And Sven."

"And Sven."

"Angus?"

"Angus as well?" Clarisse asked in a teasing tone, amused by her little master's serious nod.

"And Calum."

The maid tilted her head as if she was considering whether they would take the two young knights or not.

"Is Young Master Thomas sure? Once we bring them, the manor will never have a moment of peace."

"WE HEARD THAT YOU SKAN--" Angus' voice was muffled by someone, effectively cutting off what was probably an insult towards the dead-faced woman.

"Eejit!" Calum hissed rather loudly, his voice booming over the rest of the commotion in the yard. "Do ye want the birds eatin' oft yer head?! The Johan's dragon-meat muscle's right there!"

"Shut your gob, you culchie! Doncha know the meanin' of whisperin'?!"

"You oft'all fellas tellin' me that?!"

Everyone watched as Johanna promptly dropped the large, heavy, and intricately carved headboard that she had single-handedly carried inside of a horse-drawn wagon before she turned around, cracking her knuckles as she made her way towards the noisy duo. Everyone also made the choice to become both deaf and blind when the two guardsmen shrieked as if a thorned viper was nipping at their ankles.

Tanaka took a glimpse over at their direction before determining that the two knights were fine. Johanna wouldn't be too harsh on them.

"I want them to come," Tanaka declared stubbornly, not paying attention to the tearful and joyful cries from the two guardsmen somewhere in between the grunts of pain. "They must come."

Clarisse seemed amused, even if her face didn't show it. Adjusting her grip on the child, she moved towards the carriage furthest away from the rest. "If that is what Young Master Thomas wants, then, of course, they shall accompany young master to Wisteria Estate." She was also certain that even without the little one's insistence, those two noisy characters would follow regardless of what the eldest young master had said. And even if they were forced to stay, they would probably be kicked out due to their disruptive nature.

Tanaka looked rather satisfied by the maid's agreement and took another glance around before looking up at this caretaker with imploring eyes. "...Amir?"

Under the pressure of the little one's clear eyes, Clarisse slowed down, her mouth opening slightly out of hesitance. Though she knew of the child's fondness for the Zafarian, Amir was Young Master Edward's personal attendant. Unless the eldest young master dictated otherwise, or come to Wisteria Estate himself, there was no reason for the other to follow them even if Thomas' had requested it. Only the Goddess knew why her charge was so attached to the young butler, but once she spoke of the truth, he would surely be dispirited.