Siena Dating Agency - Chapter 105

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105.

It was surprising.

No… actually, it wasn’t surprising at all.

‘Johan did give me advance warning that he’d ask me on a date.’

A few days ago, as Johan was taking me home and we were about to part ways, he said this:

“I would like to formally ask Lady Willow on a date. But since it’s late at night, I shall withdraw for today.”

“…”

“I will visit the Center soon.”

But I didn’t know that ‘soon’ would be today…!

‘It’s not just the employees here, but even the de Vicelle precious duo is here!’

And on top of that, Violet Bringer too…!

In every way, it was the worst timing.

‘If I had known this would happen, I should have suggested setting a date through correspondence.’

Though regretting it wouldn’t turn back time.

The corners of my mouth trembled.

While I was screaming internally, I managed my expression as much as possible.

‘Damn it, Siena Willow.’

Breathe. Just breathe.

‘You can do this.’

With Johan’s sudden appearance, all eyes in the Center turned to him at once.

Naturally, everyone was looking at him with bewilderment.

“Uh… Marquis Beloster?”

Heaven was the first to react.

Heaven stood up and rolled his eyes toward me.

‘What is this…?’

His eyes, wide as if they might pop out, seemed to say that.

I pressed my lips together and made my eyebrows into a straight line.

‘I don’t know either.’

Johan gave Heaven a light bow.

Then he fixed his gaze on me again.

That direct stare was so burdensome that I unconsciously bit my lips.

Soon Johan began to move his feet.

‘Crazy.’

That’s right.

He was approaching me.

Click, click.

The sound of his shoes echoed slowly and rhythmically, then suddenly stopped.

His gaze that had been directed at me scattered elsewhere.

‘…Don’t tell me.’

Ominous premonitions were never wrong.

Where Johan’s gaze stopped.

There stood Violet, frozen while holding an empty carrier.

“…”

As their gazes collided in mid-air, Violet’s pale violet eyes widened greatly.

A brief question also crossed Johan’s face.

He tilted his head slightly.

His expression seemed to ask, ‘Why is the young lady here…?’

‘Damn it.’

This was an emergency.

Warning lights began flashing frantically in my head.

A cold sweat trickled down my spine.

‘Violet aside, how strange must Johan think this is.’

Surely until recently, we had been helping Johan and Violet get together.

‘But now the woman who was the subject of that request is suddenly here.’

She’s become an employee of this Relationship Counseling Center…!

Even existing romance novels wouldn’t have such a mess.

‘This is a scenario that would be scrapped even in third-rate melodramas!’

The employees’ expressions were beyond words too.

I could see the color drain completely from Finn and Heaven’s faces.

The two looked back and forth between me, Johan, and Violet, not knowing what to do.

Finn, who had been watching for the right timing, deployed his stammering language.

“Wh-what do we do, Center Director?”

He flapped his arms with smaller movements than usual.

I clenched my tightly shut jaw.

“I don’t know either.”

“What?”

“Don’t ask me. I don’t know either. Just pray.”

“…”

“Please, let nothing happen.”

I clasped my hands together neatly and stopped moving.

I knew full well it was an irresponsible statement.

But I couldn’t help it.

‘How was I supposed to know something like this would happen.’

In the midst of this, it was Johan who broke the silence first.

“Lady Bringer, it’s been a while.”

His voice was as gentle and polite as usual.

Violet also quickly regained her composure.

“Hello, Marquis. What brings you here…?”

She erased her flustered expression and showed a kind smile.

“I came here on business. I didn’t expect to see you here.”

“Me too. I didn’t expect to see you here, Marquis.”

And… there was no further conversation.

‘…Huh? That’s it?’

The awkward atmosphere filling the Center didn’t diminish at all.

Probably because the employees were even more bewildered by how calm both people’s reactions were.

‘This is driving me crazy.’

I had to handle this somehow.

I was the Center Director here, and I was the one who created this situation.

“Well…”

Just as I was about to part my dry lips.

Suddenly Johan and Violet gave each other light bows.

Then they turned away, passing by each other.

‘Huh…?’

That really was all there was to it.

As if nothing had happened.

No… as if they had never been particularly interested in each other from the start, they simply brushed past each other.

‘What? Why are they both so cool about this?’

For a moment, it felt like my brain had overloaded.

‘Of course I thought Johan would find Violet’s presence questionable.’

I expected a complicated situation to unfold because of that.

But the two people’s reactions were far too… nonchalant.

‘Like strangers, I guess.’

Though they were strangers to begin with.

Meanwhile, Violet headed to the break room.

I stared blankly at her retreating figure before finally coming to my senses.

I focused my gaze and looked directly at Johan.

‘Johan, think about it.’

The noble lady you liked became a Center employee?

‘Isn’t that strange?’

However, my intense stare didn’t work.

Johan remained composed throughout.

‘…Oh, right.’

Come to think of it, I remembered Johan’s personality from the novel.

‘He was… #pure-hearted.’

Johan didn’t have refreshing charms like being straightforward or direct.

Rather, he was a man equipped with the tremendous #pure-hearted hashtag.

‘Even in the character description hashtags, #pure-hearted was listed first.’

So why had he forgotten when he liked her so much?

Soon, Johan’s shoes that had stopped began moving again.

The footsteps stopped very close by.

Right in front of where I was sitting.

“…”

In my peripheral vision, I could see Finn and Heaven with their jaws dropped open.

They were truly in a dazed state.

Even Roderick and Edelweiss stopped chatting and stared blankly in our direction.

Johan looked down at me with straight, unwavering eyes.

“Hello, Lady Willow.”

His plump earlobes still had a reddish tinge.

I stammered before finally managing to answer.

“Ah… Oh, yes. H-hello, Marquis.”

“Do you have a moment?”

His gentle and polite voice embroidered the air.

Though courteous, there was no sign of hesitation whatsoever.

“Yes? Oh, yes… I’m free… I suppose…”

I immediately regretted my words after saying them.

‘Why did I say I was free…!’

I could have made an excuse about being busy.

But the moment I met Johan’s clear blue eyes, the answer just popped out naturally.

‘Ugh, damn it. Because of this inability to refuse.’

I was still a pathetic person hopelessly weak to my bias.

As his transparent eyes looked directly at me, my face began to heat up.

Johan, who had been observing my reaction, curved his lips up a little more.

“As I mentioned last time, I came to formally ask you on a date, my lady.”

“…!”

Damn, here it comes.

My mind instantly went blank.

‘A date request…’

Right, I already knew this was coming.

I had expected this was his purpose when Johan appeared at the Center.

‘But this isn’t just ‘casual’…!’

To say it so openly in this situation where all eyes and ears at the Center were focused on us.

‘It’s practically a public confession…!’

Being introverted and not liking to stand out, I wanted to hide in a mouse hole.

Unfortunately, there was no “leave group chat” button in the Ropan Game World.

Suddenly, Johan slowly bent at the waist.

This brought our eye levels roughly equal.

As his face came closer, a subtle soap scent wafted over.

‘Cr-crazy…’

Simply put, this was something that romance-challenged Johan Beloster would ‘never’ think to do.

‘Where did he learn such seductive behavior?’

I never taught him that.

Whether he knew my inner turmoil or not, Johan still wore that gentle smile.

And then, he did it.

“Would you go on a date with me?”

His voice was infinitely soft.

But the will contained within it was firm.

As if he wouldn’t give me any place to escape or room to make excuses.

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