Flowers (even if I don't really know much about it)

二番目のエピソード

Three months later

Maomao was standing with pile of clothes in a basket. Looking up at the sky, with bored like look. "I want to eat skewers from the market...You too, right Lyly?" Maomao asked, looking at the person behind her. Lyly nods, a bit sad that he couldn't really eat anything he wished for.

"Yeah, I sure want to" Lyly says, sighing a bit and had a bit of given up face. "I hope the old man is eating properly" Lyly hums at what Maomao said, agreeing with her.

Lyly was looking around the place, because he was bored. And saw a lot of girls that are beautiful. And he was a bit confused because there was barely enough mens in the palace at first. But then figured out at the end.

Lyly then heard Maomao sigh and mumble something. "Is something the matter?" "No, not really" and later on they conversed a bit.

'The rear palace is an all-female area for giving birth to the emperor's child. Men are strictly forbidden from entering this area. The only people who can enter here are high nobilty and their blood relations. Other than that, only eunuchs, or former men who've lost their precious parts are allowed or whatever. I didn't really care about it, I just wanted to go home really. But the thing is...why am I here if I'm a man? I mean, I do look like a girl if looked from behind so I guess those kidnappers took me as a mistake and I'm here' Lyly thought a bit, he learned that stuff from Maomao since he doesn't really notice the surroundings much.

'There are about like 3000 people in this palace, if I remember correctly from Maomao. And to distinguish them is that all the consorts and palace woman are 2000, and with the 1000 eununch, it is a large place to live, to be honest. And there was 3 rankings consorts. High, mid and low. And besides that, the maids are doing the menial tasks, like cleaning the clothes, and all the other stuffs'
Lyly thought along with Maomao, since they became quiet the time they started to think. Lyly was always following Maomao, since he doesn't really know the place. He was carrying 2 baskets, since he is a man and is a bit stronger than Maomao...even though he was blacked out surprisingly.

He saw Maomao taking the basket numbered 17, and he saw another one so he took that one and followed behind Maomao...again.

"Hey, Maomao!" A girl came running to both of them, mostly Maomao. "Do you know which room this tag is for?" The girl desperately asks, almost crying. "Oh, this is Wisteria Nine, so it's over there" Maomao said and points to where the girl should go. "Thank you!" The girl happily said and ran the way Maomao pointed.

"You're surprisingly kind to others" "shut up" the 2 argued just for a moment.

'Oh, and when I think about it. There are quite many maidservants who can't read. But that's not my fault though' Lyly thought. Still following Maomao.

'There are rare cases where maidservants are promoted low-ranking consorts, it's because of their look. It's weird though. But can't be helped since I have a scar under my eye' Lyly thought, again. [To be honest, I am getting a bit tired :')]

Lyly flinched when Maomao kicked a rock, and looked at her weirdly before shrugging it off.

The 2 came to their destination and put their basket on the floor, then Maomao looked at the sky...again. When he heard Maomao say she wanted to drink alcohol, he chuckles a bit and shakes his head a little.

They then came to the clothes washing room and sat down to clean the clothes while Maomao and the girl, who asked for which way the basket was was talking to each other. Lyly wasn't really interested in hearing so he simply did his work, while zoning out.