Siena Dating Agency - Chapter 29

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29.

 

Lian’s words reached not only the employees, but also Deborah’s ears as she had been excitedly talking about Johan.

 

“Young lady, please seriously consider the Marquis…”

 

She cut off her words and looked back at Lian with a “huh?” expression on her face.

 

‘He’s buying everything he was looking at?’

 

Of course, there were occasionally customers who purchased multiple items at once.

 

However, none of them had bought as much as Lian.

 

As Deborah stood there dazed, Violet also turned her gaze toward where she was looking.

 

Lian’s tall figure from behind was reflected in her pale violet eyes.

 

Lian took out a check and added,

 

“Deliver it to Willow Estate within 3 days.”

 

“Ah… yes.”

 

The employee, who seemed flustered and kept blinking, asked back.

 

“Excuse me, customer… Could you tell me your name? We need the sender’s name for delivery…”

 

Lian stared at the employee quietly.

 

‘This is troublesome. I can’t say ‘Lian de Vicelle.”

 

Foreigners needed identification to send packages within the Empire.

 

But Lian didn’t have anything like a forged ID.

 

After pondering, he finally answered.

 

“Chase Willow.”

 

Because that was the most appropriate.

 

Then the employee tilted her head.

 

“Pardon?”

 

She looked truly bewildered.

 

Lian quickly realized.

 

‘Ah, does the employee know Chase’s face?’

 

That made sense since Chase Willow was so famous in the Empire that not knowing him would make you a spy.

 

Thinking, Lian corrected his words.

 

“…I’m his friend.”

 

“Ah…”

 

“I’m sending it to Chase’s sister, so just put Chase Willow. The recipient is Siena Willow.”

 

The employee stared intently at Lian for some reason.

 

Soon she pursed her lips.

 

“Yes!”

 

A smile suddenly bloomed on her face, which had been expressionless until now.

 

Neat handwriting was inscribed on the paper.

 

[Sender: Chase Willow

 

Recipient: Siena Willow]

 

After writing the address of Willow Estate, the employee put down her pen.

 

Then she began glancing around nervously.

 

Lian looked at the female employee with a puzzled expression.

 

‘What’s this about.’

 

Does she have something she wants to say?

 

After a long while, the employee’s mouth, which had been sealed as if glued shut, finally opened with difficulty.

 

“Ex-excuse me… customer.”

 

“…”

 

“…Are you very close with Baron Aizet?”

 

She asked cautiously as if afraid someone might overhear.

 

Lian slightly raised an eyebrow.

 

“Actually… the Baron hasn’t been answering my calls for several months now.”

 

“…”

 

“I was wondering if there might be a way to communicate with Baron Aizet…”

 

Lian finally understood.

 

‘…This person was also one of the women Chase met.’

 

To be precise, one out of 300.

 

The female employee shot him a look filled with desperate hope.

 

Lian simply let out a long sigh through his nose.

 

“…Deliver it within 3 days.”

 

In any case, it was another moment when he realized his friend was beyond salvation.

 

* * *

 

Siena and Lian successfully completed their second mission and returned to the Center.

 

The employees who had been burying their faces in their desks slowly raised their heads.

 

“You’re back…?”

 

Their complexions were deathly pale.

 

Their movements were like zombies.

 

The eyes of the employees greeting Siena suddenly focused on one spot.

 

“…Huh?”

 

They had discovered Lian’s see-through shirt.

 

Finn and Heaven’s lips gradually parted, and Isadora narrowed her eyes while pushing up her glasses with her middle finger.

 

They looked as if they couldn’t believe it.

 

Siena smacked her lips.

 

‘Surprising, right? I was very surprised too…’

 

Especially when Lian bent his upper body and forced her to view his chest, she really thought she was going to lose her mind.

 

As she sat in her seat, Finn asked.

 

“Did it go well? How did it turn out?”

 

“Yeah, it worked out well. There was no reason to worry.”

 

Of course, as well as it went, my heart also ached…

 

But she absolutely couldn’t show it in front of the employees.

 

Siena maintained a nonchalant expression while putting strength into her lips.

 

She checked the long table placed in the center of the Center.

 

‘Huh? The backlog of documents has decreased significantly.’

 

Surely until this morning, documents had been piled up like a tower on that desk.

 

But while she was away executing Johan’s romantic operation with Lian, the pile of documents had been reduced by half.

 

“Are you done with all the letter-writing work?”

 

“Not all of it, but almost. I think we can focus on handling consultations starting the day after tomorrow.”

 

“Yes, we’ll start sending consultation confirmation letters from tomorrow.”

 

Finn and Heaven answered.

 

‘If they processed almost all of those numerous letters today…’

 

Now she understood the rotten expressions she had encountered upon entering the Center.

 

Siena gently patted Isadora’s shoulder, who was sitting closest to her.

 

“You worked hard while I was away… Thank you for your efforts.”

 

“Center Director.”

 

That’s when it happened.

 

Suddenly Lian called out to Siena.

 

“Yes?”

 

He leaned diagonally against Siena’s desk and said.

 

“I want to take annual leave. Is that possible?”

 

Siena blinked her eyes.

 

‘Annual leave…?’

 

Of course, it wasn’t strange for an employee to request annual leave.

 

Both Siena herself and the other employees often took vacation days whenever they had personal matters to attend to.

 

But it was unexpected that Lian was the one bringing up this topic.

 

‘Lian is from the Lehatten Kingdom after all.’

 

So she had thought he was someone with no particular connections besides Chase, and nowhere to go.

 

‘That’s why I thought he’d never have reason to take vacation days…’

 

Siena, who had been thinking various thoughts, opened her mouth.

 

“That’s fine.”

 

Either way, I had no grounds to interfere.

 

“How long are you taking off?”

 

“Three days.”

 

Even this was unexpected.

 

‘Someone who never took vacation days is suddenly taking off three whole days?’

 

As if answering the question in her head, Lian added.

 

“I need to go to the Imperial Palace to meet my friend.”

 

“…”

 

“You need my help to execute the House of Beloster’s ball commission, don’t you.”

 

Siena, who had paused for a moment, slowly nodded her head.

 

‘Right, that’s true.’

 

This guy… turns out he was friends with the Crown Prince.

 

“That’s right, you did say you’d help us with that.”

 

“Yeah.”

 

“Got it. Then I’ll note that you won’t be coming in for 3 days.”

 

Siena marked Lian’s schedule on her calendar.

 

[—리안 드 비첼 연차]

 

As she wrote it down, she thought it was a bit funny.

 

‘Whether Lian is here or not doesn’t affect our work at all, so why am I even writing this down…’

 

Just then, the bell hanging at the Center’s front door suddenly rang with a jingling sound.

 

“Center Director~”

 

The one who opened the door and poked her head in was the female owner of the nearby flower shop.

 

Siena got up from her seat.

 

“Yes, ma’am!”

 

“Could you come out for a moment? I don’t plan to take up your time, but I have something I’d like to give you…”

 

“Yes, yes!”

 

Siena quickly walked out of the Center.

 

And so, only Lian and the employees were left inside the Center.

 

“…”

 

A subtle silence flowed through the space.

 

The employees’ attention was entirely focused on Lian sitting on the sofa.

 

‘That guy’s doing it again…’

 

Because.

 

Lian, who had been smiling subtly, erased all expression from his face the moment Siena disappeared.

 

It was a perfect expressionless face that could take one’s breath away just looking at it.

 

In fact, the employees had known for a while that Lian liked Siena.

 

They also knew that he only smiled in front of Siena, and when she wasn’t around, he would transform into this dry expression like now.

 

Everyone had questions about that point.

 

However, they hadn’t been able to ask because Lian made them uncomfortable.

 

Finn and Heaven, who had been glancing at Lian, turned their eyes back to their desks.

 

‘That noble guy has been acting like this for more than just a day or two.’

 

I should just ignore it and do my own work.

 

“Youngest.”

 

Just then, Isadora’s voice suddenly rang out.

 

Finn and Heaven flinched in surprise.

 

They never could have imagined that Isadora, the most quiet among the employees, would be the first to call out to Lian.

 

‘Dora… have you lost your mind?’

 

Lian, who had been staring into space, rolled his eyes.

 

Isadora’s black pupils and Lian’s red eyes collided in mid-air.

 

“Why do you ‘pretend’? I’ve been curious about this for a while.”

 

“…Pretend?”

 

A low voice flowed from between Lian’s lips.

 

Unlike usual, it was a monotonous tone without any inflection or intonation.

 

Finn and Heaven unconsciously held their breath.

 

‘Damn, that’s too scary.’

 

However, Isadora’s face showed no signs of being intimidated at all.

 

With her arms crossed, she met Lian’s eyes and spoke once more.

 

“Your usual personality isn’t real, is it. I know you’re imitating someone.”

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