Siena Dating Agency - Chapter 10

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10.

Castillian tilted his head.

“…A man like you is her type?”

It sounded a bit puzzling to hear.

‘Her own brother is her ideal type, how could that be…’

…possible.

Well, it made sense since Chase was undoubtedly the academy’s most popular guy.

The prestigious Tiarosa Academy located in the Lehatten Kingdom.

There existed the ‘G4 (Gorgeous Four)’ there.

‘Chase Willow’ from the Carnon Empire.

Grand Duke ‘Trosian Politeum Rocksherd’.

Crown Prince ‘Castillian la Ideberte Carnon’.

And ‘Roderick de Vicelle’, a viscount of the Lehatten Kingdom.

Actually, when Castillian enrolled, his popularity reached its peak.

“His Highness the Crown Prince has enrolled!”

“Can we finally see His Highness in person?”

The mysterious crown prince shrouded in mystery, everyone was curious about Castillian.

However, when he never showed himself no matter how long they waited, people’s interest gradually cooled.

The truth was different.

In reality, Castillian attended classes just fine.

While wearing an ‘appearance-altering glasses’ magical device to change his looks.

So people who saw the glasses-wearing version of Castillian remembered him as a large, ugly man.

“Where is His Highness the Crown Prince? Somehow I’ve never seen him even once.”

“That’s right. Why is it that only His Highness’s ugly secretary follows around the G4…”

“When will we be able to see His Highness… Kyaah, Chase senior! Trosian senior!”

From Castillian’s perspective, who wanted to hide himself, he was grateful that they mistook him for a secretary.

Chase asked him about this.

“Lian, why do you hide your face? If you walked down the street, women would collapse doing the wave.”

“…Something happened that made me realize I had to hide it.”

Castillian only replied that much.

Since he seemed reluctant to explain, Chase didn’t ask any further.

Anyway, Chase during his academy days was popular enough to devastate the entire school.

‘Well…, there wasn’t a single woman who didn’t like Chase.’

Having grown up watching such a brother, it was natural for Siena’s type to be a man like Chase.

Chase shrugged his shoulders as if he knew what Castillian was thinking.

“Of course, whatever happens, if you reveal to Siena that you’re the crown prince…”

“I won’t reveal it.”

“Right… You said you don’t want that, and you’ll hide your hair color too.”

Chase drawled his words while stroking his chin.

Then he spoke again.

“I thought of a good method.”

“A method?”

Chase pointed at Castillian.

“Lian, you’re good at everything, but your personality is the problem.”

“…”

“Even from a man’s perspective, you’re perfect. Face, body, status, wealth. You have everything.”

“…”

“But you talk too little and have no expression. In short, you’re boring.”

He drew an X right in front of Castillian’s nose.

Was it because Chase and Siena had similar-looking eyes?

It felt as if Siena herself was directly drawing a line saying ‘I don’t like boring men like you!’

Chase added.

“If you liked another woman, I wouldn’t have said this much. But Siena is my sister, and she’s used to my way of speaking.”

“…”

“So if you want to win Siena’s heart, you absolutely must act like ‘me’.”

“…”

“Your Highness the Crown Prince, it’ll be difficult, but try to imitate me.”

Having been properly hooked, Castillian spent a whole year studying how to become like Chase.

That year was the most grueling time of his life.

Though Castillian was good at everything, ‘imitating Chase’ was truly difficult.

“The weather is nice today. The sunlight is very dazzling.”

“…I suppose so.”

“No, Lian. At times like this, you should say ‘Well, I’m not sure. Is it because you, who are more dazzling than the sunlight, are by my side?'”

“I see.”

“Don’t just answer, memorize it. Now then, next question, if Siena says ‘It’s raining today’, what should you do?”

“It’s raining… Since it’s raining, so you don’t catch a cold…”

“Wrong.”

“…”

“‘The rain is the sky shedding tears out of jealousy for your beauty. Come to think of it, I’m with a beauty acknowledged even by the heavens. I’m truly a lucky man, aren’t I?'”

“…”

“You must wink at this moment. Got it?”

Indeed, the example sentences Chase came up with were extraordinary.

‘How am I supposed to imitate something like that…’

But to win Siena’s heart, he had to pull it off.

Castillian didn’t give up, and eventually succeeded.

“Hello, Center Director? Please take care of me. I’ll be looking forward to the Center Director’s consideration for me from now on?”

Through blood-shedding effort, he had been reborn as Chase’s clone.

Thus, Castillian wearing the smooth-talker mask was officially deployed to the Center a month ago.

“Chase, what kind of work is there at the Center? What should I do?”

“You don’t need to do anything.”

“I’m joining as the youngest, but if I don’t work…”

“I’ll let you play around and eat well with my authority as the Center representative. Don’t worry.”

“…”

“You just focus on Siena.”

Because of the inconsiderate Chase, he became the noble youngest who didn’t work.

‘I feel a bit sorry for the employees, but now is my chance.’

Castillian focused on pestering Siena.

“Center Director.”

Every day he hovered around her, talking to her whenever he found an opportunity.

Despite such efforts, Siena seemed to have no interest.

“Please be quiet.”

Rather, she seemed to dislike it.

‘Why? She said she likes men like Chase, so I’m acting like Chase.’

In the midst of this, he noticed that she liked Johan.

“I don’t have any ulterior motives, you know? None at all.”

Though she said with her own words that she had no interest at all, it was very obvious.

Whenever Johan appeared, she would stammer, stare at him blankly, and look depressed when investigating Violet’s background…

‘I don’t know Johan Beloster well, but I can tell his personality is the complete opposite of mine.’

Johan was a completely different type from both the taciturn Castillian and the natural Lian.

Just looking at his expression, you could feel his kindness, and even without exchanging a single word, you could sense that his character was upright.

My doubts grew beyond control.

‘She said she likes men like Chase, so why Beloster…’

Since when have those two known each other?

‘Does the Marquis Beloster transform into someone with Chase’s personality when he’s alone with Siena?’

I have no idea what went wrong or where it started.

Returning to the present…

As such, the Prince’s situation showed no signs of being resolved.

Chase opened his mouth.

“How frustrating, both Siena and you.”

“…”

“Lian, just reveal your identity and make her your crown princess. You know that’s the fastest way.”

Castillian, who had been staring at his clasped hands, raised his gaze.

He could see Chase with his arm draped over the sofa backrest like he was putting his arm around someone’s shoulder.

Suddenly, a fragment of memory flashed through Castillian’s mind.

“Lian… that’s a nice name.”

“…”

“I’ll remember it.”

The day he came to know the existence called Siena.

No… that day three years ago when he fell for her.

His red eyes briefly wavered, and his Adam’s apple bobbed greatly.

Only after some time passed did Castillian respond.

“…I don’t want to.”

“…”

“I don’t want her to see me as the Prince. I don’t want to force her to become my consort by wielding my status.”

“Our Prince is quite stubborn indeed.”

Chase recalled Castillian from the Academy, who wore glasses and pretended to be ugly.

‘For some reason, he was always hiding himself.’

Something must have happened…

Chase scanned Castillian’s dry expression.

‘…As expected, he doesn’t seem inclined to tell me.’

So Chase changed the subject.

“There’s no tree that won’t fall after ten strikes. Keep at it. It’ll work out someday.”

He filled the glass on the table with whiskey.

Just then, the cry of a bird of prey seeped in from outside.

Chase raised an eyebrow.

“It seems His Majesty the Emperor is desperately searching for his son.”

As mentioned earlier, Castillian had left the Imperial Palace and was hiding at Chase’s mansion.

He would occasionally go to the Imperial Palace to show he was alive, then somehow escape the palace and return to Chase’s mansion.

Because of the Prince who kept disappearing on his own, the Emperor and Empress devised a plan.

Specifically, dispatching well-trained ‘hawks’ throughout the Empire to track Castillian’s whereabouts.

Screech, screech.

The black hawk circled above the mansion, crying fiercely.

Castillian, with a dye patch stuck behind his ear, rose from his seat.

“I’m going.”

He was trying to hide in a room without windows.

Thus Chase was left alone.

Swirling his glass, he headed toward the window.

“I should calm it down. It’s too noisy in the middle of the night.”

Chase flung the window wide open.

Then he shouted at the hawk circling the sky.

“Secretary of His Highness the Prince? Want to come in for a drink?”

Raising his glass as if he really wanted to drink together.

* * *

Siena spent several days and nights agonizing over writing the script.

She also called Johan yesterday for script reading and a final meeting.

And today, the day finally dawned.

The day when ‘Operation Johan Beloster Romance’ would be executed.

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