Siena Dating Agency - Chapter 4

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04.

As soon as Lian’s breath touched my ear, my expression naturally soured.

‘Is this supposed to be words or a fart?’

I roughly ruffled my bangs.

“What do you mean…? When did I tell you not to talk?”

“You did. When the young ladies came out, you grabbed the back of my head and slammed it into this table while saying that.”

Lian drooped his eyebrows and pointed at the table.

Then he poked his cheek with his index finger.

“Can’t you see the mark on my face because of you, Center Director?”

What was really annoying was that there actually was a mark on his face in the shape of the table.

‘Ah, this is so irritating…’

I barely held back a sigh.

“That…”

“…”

“I-I’m sorry for slamming you down like that. I didn’t do it on purpose.”

“It’s fine. It didn’t hurt at all. Our Center Director has soft fists after all.”

Lian’s right eye narrowed as if he was about to do his habitual wink.

I responded before his winking disease could kick in.

“Anyway… I didn’t tell you to keep your mouth shut unconditionally, but to not make useless noise. We needed to eavesdrop on Violet and her friends’ conversation.”

Then Lian slowly blinked his eyes.

Soon after, I could see the corners of his eyes drooping slightly.

“Center Director.”

“…”

“So everything I said up until now was all useless…?”

I answered without hesitating for even a second.

“Of course.”

A small sigh flowed out from between Lian’s lips.

“Hah… I’m so shocked I can’t say anything.”

“…”

“How can you be so cold to me? I’m the youngest, and you’re the Center Director.”

“…”

“Don’t you feel sorry for me, coming from a distant foreign land?”

Lian placed his hand on his forehead and pretended to sob.

‘Excuse me, Lian. You say you can’t say anything, but you’re babbling just fine.’

I held back another groan.

‘What were we talking about again…?’

It was always like this whenever I had a conversation with Lian.

He talked too much, and every word he said made me flustered and easily swept up in his pace.

A little later, I straightened out the topic.

“Anyway… did you hear what Violet and her friends were talking about, or not?”

“Can I talk now? I’ll speak if the Center Director gives me permission.”

Lian, who had been sulking, immediately changed his expression and grinned.

‘After chattering away this whole time, now you’re asking for permission to speak.’

I’ve never seen such an eccentric person in my entire life.

‘He seems even worse than Chase.’

Since I needed to hear the answer, I decided to play along with Lian.

“Yes, I’ll give you permission.”

“Really?”

“Yes. So did you hear it or not?”

“I heard it.”

“They said ‘The Prince’… right?”

“Yeah.”

So I wasn’t the only one who heard ‘The Prince.’

‘Then it’s certain.’

Violet has someone else she likes.

And that someone is the guy called ‘The Prince.’

My frustrated heart felt refreshed.

‘Johan got rejected without even being able to confess to Violet.’

Johan Beloster, you got rejected!

I was worried I’d have to hand over my ultimate favorite to another woman, but that wasn’t the case.

‘God must be on my side.’

Plans formed clearly in my head.

Now I’ll reject the commission and approach Johan pretending it’s a coincidence to win his favor…

“Center Director.”

While I was imagining having a wedding ceremony with Johan, Lian interrupted my thoughts.

I was startled and snapped out of my delusion.

“Yes…?”

Lian, who had been watching me intently, added:

“Why are you happy?”

“…What?”

“Center Director, you’re grinning right now.”

“…”

“Just like someone who found something precious that had been taken away.”

The languid tone he’d been using like Chase had long since turned sharp.

‘What, what’s this…?’

His ghostly perceptiveness and his suddenly lowered voice.

For a moment, Lian felt like a ‘different person.’

‘Why is this guy suddenly acting like this?’

Whatever the case, I couldn’t let him find out that I was imagining myself in a wedding dress.

I decided to play dumb.

“I wasn’t grinning.”

“You were grinning.”

“I wasn’t grinning.”

“I’m telling you, you were grinning.”

“Then I must be a grinning merchant.”

“Since joining the center, I’ve only seen the Center Director’s smiling face exactly four times.”

Lian held up four fingers.

‘What kind of lunatic keeps count of something like that…’

I looked away and ignored Lian.

Then a thought suddenly struck me.

‘But… who exactly is this ‘Prince’ that Violet likes?’

Of course, the ranks that could be called ‘Prince’ were easy to identify.

Crown princes and princes, as well as grand dukes and dukes.

‘Only those of such high status are called Prince.’

But there was a problem.

In this Karnon Empire… there were too many such princes.

Because this world was inside a game that crammed together all the popular male leads.

I recalled the numerous princes.

‘Grand Duke Kalain Le Bercel, the male lead from 【I Got Possessed While Typing】.’

Grand Duke Euclid Eron, the male lead from 【I Love You Who Regrets】.

Grand Duke Trosian Politeum Rocksherd from 【Among These, There Must Be One to Your Taste】…

‘…I’d be up all night trying to count all the grand dukes that exist here.’

Suddenly, Lian tapped my shoulder.

“Huh? Center Director, looks like the young ladies are leaving now?”

Just as he said, I could see Violet and her friends moving away from the salon.

‘I can’t let them get away.’

I jumped up from my seat and gestured.

“Follow me, quickly.”

“Oh my, oh my…”

Then Lian shook his head left and right and chuckled.

Soon, as he stood up, a large shadow fell over my head.

“I understand Center Director’s heart well. You speak harshly, but you really did need me after all.”

“…”

“You want to go with me so badly, like a baby…”

Lian, who had been rambling, suddenly cut off his words.

He stopped breathing and stared at me quietly.

He looked like a statue that had frozen solid.

‘Huh…?’

What’s wrong, why is he acting like that?

After a moment’s thought, focus quickly returned to his red eyes.

“Ah…”

“…”

“…Fluttering your hands like a baby bird.”

“…?”

“If you were going to do this, why did you act stubborn earlier about not going together? Is this what they call ‘push and pull’?”

A sinister smile bloomed on Lian’s face once again.

I clicked my tongue with displeasure.

‘Baby bird… Push and pull…’

Just what kind of brain structure does that guy have to say such things so casually?

I wanted to smack Lian’s mouth, but… I could see Violet had moved a bit further away in the meantime.

‘Let me engrave the character for patience.’

I grabbed Lian and pulled him along.

“Whatever, just hurry up and follow me. And please keep your mouth shut while we’re moving, will you?”

“Yes, yes.”

A playful voice scattered behind me.

I took steps forward while gripping his sleeve.

‘This bastard… isn’t there a way to make him resign?’

Seriously contemplating ways to get the parachute hire to quit.

* * *

After parting with her friends, Violet headed somewhere alone.

Soon, the place where she stopped was in front of 【Valerie Atelier】.

I watched Violet enter the atelier while hiding in the alley with Lian.

“Valerie Atelier…”

This was a place famous enough that even I, who found dress fittings bothersome, knew about it.

‘They say it’s a place with such good designer sense that once you go, you can never break away from it, or something like that.’

The fortunate thing was that it wasn’t some secretive place that only took reservation customers.

In other words, it meant I could go inside and observe Violet from close range.

‘However…’

The problem was that the moment you entered the atelier, a staff member would stick to you.

I could see several employees waiting through the window.

‘Then I have no choice but to act so it doesn’t look suspicious.’

When I poked Lian’s side, he bent down to match my eye level.

“Hm?”

“Listen carefully, youngest. From now on, you and I are newlyweds.”

It was something I said without much thought.

‘When a man and woman are infiltrating together, what’s better than acting as a married couple?’

However, Lian seemed a bit surprised.

He stared at me blankly without even blinking, and only after 10 seconds passed did he take a short breath.

“…Center Director.”

For some reason, his eyes had narrowed.

“What.”

“So that’s what it was?”

“What do you mean?”

Lian didn’t answer immediately and sent me a blatant look.

‘What kind of novel nonsense is he building up to say now?’

I gave him a flat stare.

“What is it? Say it quickly.”

Then, suddenly, Lian pressed his hand against the wall and cornered me.

Startled, I hunched my shoulders.

“Why, why are you doing this?”

“I had no idea. Really, no idea at all.”

Lian bent his upper body again and brought his face close to mine.

Then, in this situation where it was just the two of us, he deliberately whispered in my ear.

“That Center Director wanted to marry me.”

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