My Bothersome Life 100 The Carnival 1

There was absolutely nothing to do inside this mansion! After coming from the futuristic first district, I didn't know how the people of the fifth district passed their spare time other than changing outfits and going to social parties.

I thought that Luke's mansion was bad when there were no gaming devices or televisions to be seen. However, I realized that at least Luke's mansion had a grand exercise room and a pool to go to when I got extremely bored as a last resort.

"Lady Rika, we must go to your room now to help you with your outfit for lunchtime," a servant came up to me.

I went back to my room with the servant as I noticed other maids already inside my room. The maids were busy with picking the accessories, dress, and shoes for me to wear.

I sat down on my chair of Belle's makeup table while the head maid tended my hair again.

"I'm so bored," I complained as I fidgeted with my hands.

Luke and Cillian were carefully watching my every move during the daytime as they helped with organizing the documents related to the mission of Belle and Lucius.

"I'm going to the garden," I let Luke and Cillian know as I felt tired of watching them go through the documents.

"Please attach a knight to Lady Rika," Luke immediately asked the head butler.

The head butler nodded as he quickly called for one of the knights training inside the castle.

A knight quickly came from the butler's orders to escort me to the garden.

"It is my pleasure to serve you Lady Rika, my name is Jim and I will be your guard for today." Jim kneeled down in front of me.

I walked to the magnificent garden that was well-maintained by the hard work of the servants inside the castle.

'More roses, tulips and lilies,' I thought as I identified the flowers inside the large garden.

I wasn't impressed since I was used to these impressive gardens from visiting Luke's mansion often. Seeing that there was no point in staying in the garden longer, I asked Jim, "Can we go outside the grounds of the castle?"

"I apologize but young master Lucius has ordered me to not let any family members leave the castle until he comes back with lady Belle," Jim hesitantly answered.

"Isn't just a few minutes ok?" I begged Jim with slightly pitiful eyes.

"I apologize but young master Lucius has strictly ordered every employee in this castle to especially not let you out lady Rika," Jim stiffly responded.

I sighed as my head dropped from extreme boredness of doing nothing inside the castle starting from yesterday.

'Maybe I should just run away from the knight and try going outside on my own since Cillian and Luke are busy with documents,' I thought.

I ran as fast as I could to the castle gates as Jim chased after me in confusion.

'Open!' I pleaded as the lock on the castle gate was sturdier than I thought it was.

"Lady Rika?" Jim stood right behind me.

"Don't mind me," I answered Jim while trying to break the lock.

"I've called for young master Luke and Cillian as you seem bored," Jim chuckled.

"Hah?" I shouted at Jim.
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"What are you doing Rika?" Luke asked me with a stiff smile as Cillian rewarded Jim for his 'good work'.

"Nothing much," I pouted as I gave up breaking the unlocking the lock.

"Lady Rika must want to see the carnival that's happening this week," Jim derived a reason for my behaviour of wanting to go outside the castle grounds.

"A carnival?" I asked Jim in confusion.

"Yes, a big carnival starts today near the imperial palace. My niece gets very excited for the carnival every year," Jim answered in confusion as he wondered what my reason really was to go outside the castle grounds.

"I really want to go," I pleaded to Luke as I tried to look like the most pitiful person possible with my eyes glistening from the forming tears.

"Please escort Rika to her room," Luke disregarded my pleas as Jim pitied me while he started to escort me back to my room.

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A fluffy red crimson dress that would reach the moderate height of up to my knees was held out in front of me by a maid. The dress was decorated with ribbons with jewels and fine embroidery just like Belle's other old dresses.

"How about this lady Rika?" the maid asked me.

"It's fine," I indifferently answered as I got up to get changed as the head maid was finished with my hair.

"I heard you wanted to go to the carnival," a maid that got my shoes commented.

"I do, but nobody lets me go!" I complained to the maids.

I pretended to look dejected until a maid spoke up, "We can sneak out together."

The maid winked as the other maids looked horrified.

"Martha, you know the masters of the house have strictly ordered-"

"Don't you think it's too pitiful that a small child has to miss the carnival that happens once every five years!" Martha defended herself.

'Yes Martha, continue!' I thought as my hopes went up.

The maids nodded as they agreed from their recollection of all their younger siblings that looked forward to the carnival for the past year.

"Don't think about it Martha," the head maid warned her as she dismissed Martha from my room.

However, I secretly called Martha back as I dismissed all the maids as they finished helping me to get ready for lunch.

"Is there really a way for me to go out?" I asked Martha very tear-jerkingly.

Martha smiled heartwarmingly.

"Yes there is lady Rika."

That's how I met up with Martha after successfully sneaking out of my room in the dead night.

Martha held a jar of sticky honey and some cups in front of the walls surrounding the castle.

"We can climb up the wall," Martha winked as she spread honey on the edges of the cups.

"Here," Martha passed the cups covered in thick honey to me.

"Will this really work?" I questioned Martha.

"I've done this before lady Rika!" Martha pretended to get mad when I doubted her.

Chapter end