Siena Dating Agency - Chapter 36

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36.

 

Siena’s heart immediately picked up speed.

 

‘Crazy, crazy.’

 

Her face flushed hot, and she could feel her body temperature rising rapidly.

 

Sweat began to form on her back.

 

“Ugh, it’s hot…”

 

Siena fanned herself with her hand while avoiding Johan’s eyes.

 

She gritted her teeth.

 

‘Johan Beloster, how dare you mindlessly flirt with me…’

 

I sentence you to guilty.

 

‘You’re really a bad guy.’

 

You like Violet.

 

‘So what am I supposed to do when you tell me I’m pretty…!’

 

And even if Johan hadn’t said such things, it would have been the same.

 

This situation itself made Siena embarrassed.

 

The way he greeted her secretly without the other nobles knowing.

 

It felt incredibly special, like they were having a secret romance.

 

Siena tried hard to cool down her elevated body temperature.

 

“I’m cold. I’m cold…”

 

She even imagined herself entering an ice room at a sauna.

 

Johan, who was dealing with the nobles, seemed unaware of what he had done.

 

“Marquis Beloster, which young lady will you dance with today?”

 

“Hmm, well…”

 

“Come on, tell us! Everyone’s curious!”

 

“Haha, I haven’t thought about which lady I’ll ask to dance yet.”

 

“…”

 

“If there’s someone so beautiful I can’t take my eyes off her… I suppose I might ask.”

 

As he answered in a kind tone, he glanced at Siena.

 

‘…You’re truly beautiful today.’

 

He had always thought she was neat and pretty, but today especially so.

 

Her soft ash-colored hair, white skin, and pale gold dress harmonized together as if they were one.

 

‘Like a flower holding the morning sunlight.’

 

That’s why he had said this earlier.

 

“Center Director, you’re beautiful.”

 

There was something Siena had overlooked.

 

Namely, that Johan was an honest person who couldn’t lie.

 

He wasn’t mindlessly flirting but simply speaking his true feelings.

 

But what good did it do that Johan meant it?

 

“I’ve been sitting in an ice room for 30 minutes… It’s so cold my hands and feet turned purple.”

 

Siena didn’t know that his words were genuine, nor that he was stealing glances at her.

 

Suddenly, the ballroom became noisy.

 

“…Oh my.”

 

“She’s finally here.”

 

The nobles glanced toward the entrance and whispered among themselves.

 

Siena, who had been glaring at the innocent table, shifted her gaze.

 

‘…It’s Violet.’

 

Violet Bringer had entered the ballroom.

 

Realizing that people’s attention was focused on her, she blushed.

 

As Violet walked slowly into the ballroom with a shy expression, the murmuring grew louder.

 

“It’s Violet!”

 

“She’s truly beautiful. She seems to get prettier all the time.”

 

“Especially wearing that light purple dress that matches her name, I can’t tell if she’s a person or a flower.”

 

Siena was thinking something similar.

 

‘Really… she’s pretty no matter when I see her.’

 

Violet had been pretty when trying on dresses at the clothing store, but today’s Violet was even more so than that day.

 

Unconsciously, Siena clutched her own dress.

 

‘Should I have dressed up a bit more after all?’

 

But she quickly erased the thought.

 

“No… what would I dress up for.”

 

I’m just the Center Director who came to help Johan’s romance.

 

‘Don’t keep forgetting your role.’

 

She had also already realized while looking in the mirror.

 

That no matter how much makeup she wore or how beautiful and expensive a dress she put on.

 

‘I’m just an ordinary person.’

 

No matter what I do, I can’t become Violet.

 

‘How can I handle this.’

 

Having organized her feelings that way, she shifted her gaze back to Johan.

 

Unlike before, he was noticeably tense.

 

Sensing her gaze, Johan looked back at Siena.

 

She opened and closed her mouth.

 

“It’s noisy right now, so let’s wait a bit before starting the operation.”

 

Johan seemed to understand.

 

He pursed his lips.

 

“I’ll be waiting. I brought the handkerchief properly.”

 

Siena nodded.

 

Then she sent small gestures in sign language to the staff.

 

“Everyone, focus. Violet, has arrived.”

 

Finn and Heaven showed their clenched fists.

 

Isadora pointed to her own eyes.

 

“Yes, confirmed, it is.”

 

“Wait 20 minutes, then execute.”

 

After confirming no one was watching, the staff simultaneously gave thumbs up.

 

Siena shifted her gaze back to Johan.

 

He was staring at Violet while feeling around in his coat pocket with his right hand.

 

‘He put the handkerchief there.’

 

Realizing this made her chest ache.

 

‘I personally created this handkerchief connection between you two, but…’

 

Though I’m trying to get over my feelings for Johan.

 

‘I still don’t understand why my heart feels this way.’

 

It seems the heart doesn’t obey its owner’s commands very well.

 

“Look there. All the young gentlemen are paying attention to Violet.”

 

“I’m really looking forward to seeing which man Violet will dance with.”

 

Moreover, all the nobles were focused on Violet.

 

She felt inexplicably sulky.

 

Siena broke apart an innocent cookie on her plate.

 

“Why are they all acting so amazed? It’s not like Violet being pretty is news…”

 

But then it happened.

 

Toot-

 

The gatekeepers blew their trumpets.

 

Startled by the sound, Siena’s eyes widened.

 

“Huh…?”

 

As far as she knew, trumpets were only used when someone of high status was entering.

 

Then the gatekeeper shouted.

 

“His Highness the Second Prince, Edel la Peshirod Carnon, is entering.”

 

The hall gradually grew quiet.

 

Siena and all the nobles turned to look toward the entrance.

 

‘The Second Prince means…’

 

That’s Castillian’s younger brother, isn’t it?

 

In fact, she had encountered Edel several times while attending Imperial Palace balls.

 

Last year as well.

 

But since she hadn’t realized she was possessed at the time, she hadn’t been interested.

 

Now was different though.

 

‘Wow, Castillian’s brother…’

 

What kind of day is today, seriously.

 

The massive doors opened, and Edel appeared, neatly dressed in formal attire.

 

“We greet His Highness the Second Prince.”

 

“Greetings.”

 

All the nobles bowed their heads with hands placed over their hearts.

 

Though there was quite a distance, Siena also greeted him politely.

 

‘Indeed, royalty is royalty.’

 

This place had a class system, but it was a world where class differences weren’t that significant.

 

However, even in this crappy world, the treatment royalty received was different.

 

Edel waved to the nobles as he arrived at the Nobility Seating Area.

 

Siena straightened her posture and scanned him.

 

“Hmm…”

 

The reason was simple.

 

She thought that by examining Edel’s appearance, she might remember Castillian’s face.

 

‘Since they’re real brothers, they must definitely look alike.’

 

Edel had the same golden hair as Castillian.

 

But their eye colors were different.

 

While Castillian had red eyes, Edel’s were blue like a clear sky.

 

Also, their atmospheres were complete opposites.

 

“How strange. He’s that bastard’s brother…”

 

Far from being similar to Castillian, he’s just a happy cat.

 

She could read exactly what Edel was thinking inside.

 

‘I love balls! I love people! Today I’m excited and happy!’

 

And Edel was actually thinking exactly that.

 

“Hehe.”

 

Sitting in his chair, Edel hummed while looking at the nobles filling the front area.

 

His secretary ‘Pitt’ approached him.

 

“Your Highness, aren’t you hungry?”

 

“No, I’m fine. It’s been so long since the Imperial Palace was bustling, I’m not hungry! I want to watch people for a bit.”

 

“Then please remain seated. I’ll bring you some snacks…”

 

“I’ll eat something myself later. Pitt, you rest. Sit next to me!”

 

“That, that is…”

 

“Sit!”

 

Edel patted the empty chair with a bright face.

 

Pitt, who had been breaking out in cold sweat, finally gave up and carefully perched on the edge.

 

Seeing this, Edel frowned.

 

“Pitt!”

 

Of course, his face wasn’t threatening at all.

 

“You can’t sit like that! Your back will hurt. Sit properly!”

 

“However, I couldn’t dare sit beside His Highness the Second Prince…”

 

“Sit! That’s an order from the Second Prince!”

 

It was truly an absurd abuse of power.

 

“Sigh…”

 

Pitt wiped the sweat from his forehead and reluctantly sat a little deeper.

 

Edel smiled brightly when he saw Pitt’s back touch the chair’s backrest.

 

“Good job, good job. Make yourself comfortable!”

 

He started humming and people-watching again.

 

Then his eyes widened.

 

“…Hm?”

 

Because he spotted a woman standing alone in a corner of the ballroom.

 

It was Siena.

 

Edel stared at her intently.

 

‘That woman…’

 

She looks exactly like the woman Brother Castillian mentioned, doesn’t she?

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