Siena Dating Agency - Chapter 2

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02.

Lian de Vicelle, he had suddenly invaded my daily life a month ago.

Through Chase’s introduction, no less.

“Siena, say hello. This is Lian de Vicelle, who’ll be working at our center starting today.”

“…Huh?”

“I met him when I was studying abroad at Tiarosa Academy. He’s one of my closest friends.”

“…”

“Since Lian is from Lehatten Kingdom, he doesn’t know much about the Empire. So Siena, make sure to take good care of him, okay?”

“…”

“I trust our Siena. You know how I feel, right?”

In other words, he was a parachute hire personally dropped in by the center’s director.

‘If he’s from Tiarosa Academy, that means he’s nobility…’

I still don’t really understand why a noble from the kingdom would bother crossing over to the Empire just to get a job at a counseling center.

My first thought upon seeing Lian was simple.

‘So… annoying.’

Of course, he was handsome.

His face and physique were flawless in every way, and judging by his luxurious appearance, he seemed to have money too.

Anyone could tell he looked like one of the 30 male leads in this game.

But the problem was that I absolutely despised Lian’s type of personality.

“Hello, Director. Please take care of me. I’ll be looking forward to your consideration for my sake from now on, okay?”

The same type as Chase – what you’d call ‘smooth + shameless + butter boy’.

‘I’ve watched my brother long enough to know that guys like this habitually flirt with every woman they meet.’

In short, he was someone without sincerity.

‘Plus, using casual speech from our first meeting also contributed to his unlikeable image.’

Anyway, Lian definitely came in as the youngest employee, but he wasn’t really the youngest.

The youngest at a workplace is supposed to help their seniors and take care of all the miscellaneous tasks.

But Lian didn’t do miscellaneous tasks – he just didn’t work at all.

From arrival to departure, all he did was sit on the sofa lazily swinging his feet…

However, the center staff couldn’t say anything to him.

‘Since Lian is nobility and the oldest among the employees…’

The current situation was similar.

When Lian showed a positive reaction to the request, the atmosphere instantly became tense.

Everyone’s faces seemed to say:

‘We’re annoyed to death, so why are you trying to create work, youngest sir…!’

Whether he knew this or not, Lian spoke with a grinning expression.

“But Director, why are you trying to get the seniors’ permission? Didn’t you already accept the request?”

“…?”

“I saw you receive that thick envelope earlier.”

He pointed to his red eyes and smiled ominously.

‘When did he even see that…’

When Johan visited earlier, Lian definitely wasn’t around.

Isadora’s gaze sharpened.

“Director, did you receive an advance payment?”

“Uh…, yes.”

“How much did you receive?”

“Fi…”

“…”

“…50,000 gold.”

Then her eyes, weary with fatigue, instantly cleared as if washed with holy water.

‘Suddenly she went from lifeless to lively.’

Heaven and Finn were the same.

“50,000 gold…?”

They stared at me blankly, then slowly nodded.

“That’s a lot.”

“That’s a lot…”

“Ahem.”

Isadora cleared her throat and pushed up her glasses that had slid down to her nose.

“Director, I have one question…”

“…”

“Do you intend to pay us part of the amount submitted by the client as an incentive?”

At her direct question, I rolled my eyes.

‘I was so focused on Johan that I didn’t think that far…’

I reluctantly agreed.

“Well, yeah… You’ve all been here for over two years, and including the final payment, it’s 100,000 gold.”

“…”

“…I’ll pay 3,000 gold each if the request succeeds.”

The employees who had been slouching all straightened their postures at once.

“Then we have no choice.”

“That’s right.”

“Let’s do it.”

Those who had been negative just a minute ago changed their attitude as if nothing had happened.

‘They’ve surrendered to capitalism.’

Before I knew it, Lian had approached my side.

He flipped through the documents Johan had filled out and spoke up.

“But Director, do you know this man?”

It was an unexpected question.

His red eyes that had been scanning the documents pointed at me again.

“It’s not anything else, but the way you looked at the marquis earlier seemed quite intense.”

“…”

“It felt like you’d known Marquis Beloster for decades.”

Lian’s half-opened eyes curved into thin lines.

My heart started pounding at his ominous and sharp gaze.

‘What a ghostly bastard.’

It was already creepy that he spied on me receiving the advance payment, but when did he analyze my expression too?

‘But I absolutely can’t say that I’ve known Johan for 19 years across my previous and current life.’

I put on a serious expression.

“No, we don’t know each other at all…”

A director speaking formally to the youngest employee – I know it’s strange too.

But I couldn’t help it.

‘I can’t just casually speak to someone who’s Chase’s friend…’

Lian raised an eyebrow.

“Aha.”

“…”

“So our director sends ‘that kind’ of look to complete strangers?”

“…”

“Our director is quite an interesting person.”

Lian’s eerie smile spread across my vision.

‘What kind of answer does this guy want?’

Having nothing particular to say, I turned my gaze toward the employees.

The staff members who had been watching Lian and me quickly averted their eyes.

‘Why are they acting like that?’

From Lian picking a fight for no reason to the employees acting suspiciously, I couldn’t understand any of it.

Lian, who had been continuously examining the documents, muttered.

“Marquis Johan Beloster’s request target is Violet Bringer of the Bringer Count Family….”

“….”

“…Ah, I remember now. This young lady is famous for being pretty, right?”

I unconsciously clenched my fists at that moment.

‘You youngest, you weird youngest who suddenly barges in and does nothing.’

I’m already upset enough, do you really have to assault me with facts like that?

Does that make you feel better?

* * *

Violet Bringer.

I had known of her existence for a long time.

As Lian said, she was famous for being beautiful.

A year ago when the Imperial Palace Ball was held, I saw Violet there for the first time.

‘Wow, she’s like cotton candy in human form.’

Indeed, Violet was a peerless beauty with a sweet atmosphere like a dessert.

But still….

‘I never thought our Johan would like Violet.’

Of course, all men would like pretty women, but I had never thought Johan would be like that, so it was shocking.

Johan in the novel 【Millaira’s Flower Garden】 was sincere and pure.

He was definitely different from common male characters.

He started liking Millaira not for her appearance but for her kind heart.

‘I understand that the novel’s settings are missing since this is inside a game, but even so, Violet of all people….’

My fantasy about Johan was utterly shattered.

‘Johan Beloster, you have fallen.’

While I was suffering from amnesia for 19 years, you thoroughly tasted the secular world.

However, even though I was clearly disappointed in Johan, it wasn’t easy to give up on him.

Literally, he was my perfect ideal type and ultimate favorite.

‘I never knew the process of losing interest would be this arduous….’

But I pushed aside my complicated feelings.

I had already accepted the request, so what could I do.

“I’ll go investigate.”

For Johan and Violet’s natural meeting, I first needed to understand Violet’s movements.

‘I don’t want to go…. But I have to.’

As I trudged toward the entrance, the employees greeted me one by one.

“Please be careful.”

“Center Director, bring melon juice when you come back.”

“I’d like strawberry, please.”

I’m already depressed and those guys….

I glared at the clueless Fin and Heaven as I went outside.

But…, I felt some mysterious presence behind me.

“…Why are you following me, youngest?”

Before I knew it, Lian was following me.

“Well, I thought the Center Director might get bored.”

“Bored? What’s there to be bored about? I’m going to work.”

“Don’t you know that if two people share work, it becomes half?”

“If two people share work, it becomes two jobs.”

I pushed Lian, who was spouting nonsense, back toward the Center Building.

“Don’t follow me and go help the seniors instead.”

However, Lian didn’t budge.

He just looked down at me struggling with leisure.

“Center Director, do you think I’d be pushed back by those soft punches? Our Center Director seems to want to make me laugh when I look closely.”

He added with a wink.

“I’m saying you’re cute.”

Habitual flirting and chronic winking….

After realizing this world was inside a game, I had this thought.

‘Lian de Vicelle, which novel’s male lead did this guy come from?’

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