Please Let Me Live a Lazy Life!

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

Contrary to everyone's belief, Tanaka was not okay moving to a new place. Sure, he was a go-with-the-flow type of person, and usually, he had no complaints about people moving him as long as he wasn't actually the one moving his own body, but living in a new residence meant having to make the effort to scour for new napping spots! And would the library in Wisteria Manor be any better than the library in Rosetta Estate? Surely not! Would the gardens have the lavender bushes he liked? Of course not! Did his new bed have the number of pillows he usually liked? He doubted so!

Granted, the majority of those things could be moved to the new estate, but it still wouldn't be the same. Especially the smell! He had the West Wing covered in the scents that he liked. Lavender, baked goods, and the occasional spices here and there; the West Wing was his haven. But now he had to re-scent the new place, and it would take months to get the desirable mixture of smells he wanted.

Pouting, Tanaka allowed Clarisse to carry him out of the bedroom as he clutched onto the small pillow in his arms, watching as several footmen, butlers, and Johanna carried the rest of his bed in pieces to the loading carriage. It was rather a long distance from his bedroom to the manor's side doors but he could feel the magic particles in the air and some surrounding the furniture so his help was probably not needed. Not that he could help with how firmly the maid was holding him, determined to keep him away from the chaos.

So the one time he tried moving something heavier than a few books at a time, just because he wanted to make sure his favorite napping armchair was taken along, might have been a bit of a disaster. He had forgotten to consider that a bigger object meant more surface area, which also meant a larger distribution of magic particles was needed to cover said object. So maybe he might have ended up being squished under the chair if it wasn't for Johanna grabbing him before he received a rather untimely injury but now, he had learned from his mistake and would be better prepared for heavy lifting.

Tanaka had every intention of rectifying his last mishap, but Clarisse was very reluctant to put him down afterward, and at this moment...

Turning away from all of the commotion, Tanaka snuggled his face in between Clarisse's chest and the pillow in his arm, his dark-brown eyes half-lidded as he breathed in the maid's sugared-flour and sweet-milk-like scent.

Eh, it's comfortable. He's very comfortable right now.

He heard Clarisse ordering some of the maids to carry his luggage as she followed the direction where his disassembled bed had gone, and there was so much going on that it was a bit hard for him to understand what was happening but that didn't stop him from dozing off until they made it outside of the manor.

The whole yard was loud and noisy with people trying to direct each other as carriages moved in and out through the estate's side gates. He heard several familiar people in the fray but didn't bother to pinpoint them as he heard Clarisse call him in a soft, careful voice.

Looking up at his caretaker with large, blinking brown eyes, he saw her dead-like face. While her expressions lacked feelings, her voice was full of somberness with a hint of distress. "I know the young master feels confused and hurt," she began gently but determinedly, making sure to contact her eyes with his as they were talking. "But this servant will always accompany the young master as long as he will continue to have her."

Tanaka: "......" A little dramatic, but okay.

Though he was not entirely sure of the details, apparently Edward's mother had banished him from the main house and suggested to shack him up in Edward's grandmother's uncle's old manor. At least, that was what Fifi had told him. He was going to miss Fifi now that he was moving to the other side of the city. Of course, it was not like he couldn't visit her... but Rosetta Manor was now too far from his current residence... How many kilometers was that? How long would it take to ride a carriage from there to the Rosetta Estate?