Siena Dating Agency - Chapter 50
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50.
I stared intently at Roderick.
‘Then this man is… Lian’s family?’
But it didn’t match up well.
That’s how much Lian and Roderick didn’t resemble each other at all.
‘It would make more sense if Lian and Castillian were brothers.’
Then they definitely weren’t blood brothers…
‘Cousins?’
The funny thing was they didn’t look alike enough to even be considered cousins.
As I continued thinking, I suddenly realized something.
‘Come to think of it, I’ve never heard any personal stories from Lian.’
He had never talked about his homeland kingdom or his family.
‘Such a talkative person, yet strangely he doesn’t share any TMI about himself…’
Just then, Roderick burst into hearty laughter.
“Chwahhahaha! This is my first time in the Empire, so I got totally lost.”
“…”
“Siena, do you know how much trouble I had finding Willow Manor?”
I made eye contact with Roderick.
“You came from Lehatten Kingdom, right?”
“Oh? You know our kingdom?”
Good grief, how ridiculous.
‘I’m not an idiot.’
Of course I know, since it’s the only kingdom that has an alliance with Karnon Empire.
And…
“Yes, because Lian also came from the kingdom.”
Roderick, since I work with that strange man who’s your relative.
‘He’s the troublesome youngest at our Center.’
When I mentioned Lian, Roderick’s eyes widened in surprise.
“Huh? Siena, you know Brother Lian?”
He looked like his eyes were about to pop out any moment.
Roderick beat his chest like a gorilla.
“I’m super close with Brother Lian!”
“…”
“I’m so curious about how he’s doing!”
It was a bit absurd.
‘Huh…?’
That’s because wasn’t this Roderick’s first time coming to the Empire?
Then he surely must have had a ‘reason’ for traveling all this way.
I thought his reason would naturally be Lian.
‘I thought he came to visit because his family was living in the Empire.’
I thought Lian had invited him to visit through letters.
But Roderick seemed to have no idea about his situation.
‘What’s this about.’
I tilted my head and answered.
“Yes, he works with me as a Center employee under my supervision.”
Thinking about it, with Lian’s personality, he probably wouldn’t have bothered writing letters to Roderick.
‘He’s the same type of person as Chase.’
Since Chase never writes letters to family or men, Lian would be the same.
But Roderick still had his eyes wide open.
“An employee…? Brother Lian?”
“Yes.”
Roderick grabbed his forehead and burst into laughter again.
“Chwahhaha! Hahahahaha!”
“…”
“Siena, you’re really talented at jokes!”
Wow…
‘That laugh is really unique.’
Even if I was thinking about something important, hearing that laugh would make me forget everything.
‘It is strange for a noble like Lian to work at such a place.’
So he clearly thought my words were a joke.
That’s when it happened.
Thud, thud.
The sound of neat footsteps walking down the corridor could be heard.
When I turned my gaze, I saw Johan dressed impeccably in a suit.
‘Oh, my goodness.’
A sculpture is walking over, walking over…
The BGM of a legendary drama male lead’s entrance scene automatically played in my head.
‘The appearance of Johan Angel Beloster at the utterly ordinary Willow Manor.’
Really, thank you so very much.
Johan quickly arrived beside me.
“Well then, I’ll be going…”
He stopped mid-sentence.
He had spotted Roderick.
Honestly, there was no reason to introduce Roderick to Johan.
‘Since they’ll only see each other this once anyway.’
But… it felt a bit awkward to just let it pass like this.
Because of Johan’s expression.
For some reason, he was looking at Roderick with wary eyes.
Feeling the atmosphere become awkward, I hurriedly spoke up.
“Ah, Marquis. This is a friend of my second brother. He came from Lehatten Kingdom.”
“Ah…”
Johan’s silver eyebrows slowly rose.
Even after the introduction, his subtle and uncomfortable expression remained the same.
‘I have no idea what he’s thinking.’
Johan, who had been quietly observing Roderick, suddenly smiled with his eyes again.
“…I see. Please have a good time.”
He bowed politely and passed by me.
Roderick stared intently at Johan’s retreating figure and asked.
“Who is he?”
“He’s Marquis Beloster.”
“Why did he come?”
“…Excuse me?”
It was an absurd question.
‘Why is he even asking that.’
Roderick must be a really nosy person.
“For work… reasons.”
“Really?”
After hearing my answer, Roderick tilted his head diagonally.
He twisted one corner of his mouth.
“I don’t think so.”
I narrowed my eyes.
‘What nonsense.’
Until you came, I was only talking about the ball with Johan in the reception room, so what do you mean it’s not true.
He was a person I couldn’t understand with every word he said.
Anyway, I couldn’t keep standing here like this.
‘I need to either invite him inside the house or do something.’
I decided to change the subject.
“By the way, Lord Vicelle….”
“Rik.”
But Roderick cut me off.
‘Ah, he wants me to call him by his name instead of his stiff surname?’
I corrected myself.
“Yes, Roderick….”
“Rik!”
Roderick emphasized once more.
Only then did I understand what he meant.
‘He wants me to call him by his nickname, not his surname or full name.’
Excuse me, Mr. Roderick.
‘We just met 20 minutes ago….’
But he seemed determined to keep interrupting me forever unless I called him ‘Rik’.
I gave up and went along with it.
“Yes…, Mr. Rik.”
“Yeah!”
“Why did you suddenly come here, Mr. Rik?”
Then Roderick pointed at himself with his thumb.
“Me?”
I looked at him with a dubious gaze.
‘Yes, you.’
Who else is here besides you….
Roderick put his hands on his hips and replied loudly as if making a declaration of war.
“I came to see Chase hyung! Chwahhahaha!”
“….”
“I’ll have to inherit the title soon, so if not now, I won’t have a chance to play! So I immediately booked passage to the Empire.”
“….”
“That’s how I, Roderick de Vicelle, arrived in the Karnon Empire! Haha!”
I didn’t even have the energy to give halfhearted reactions like ‘Wow~’ or ‘Oh, really?’
‘He ran off to the Empire when such an important event as inheriting a title is right around the corner?’
He really is a thoughtless person.
Now I understand why he’s friends with Chase.
“I see. But Chase doesn’t live here.”
“Huh? Why?”
“He established his own household a few years ago. He’s at the Aizet Baron’s mansion.”
Roderick blinked several times, then drew in a sharp breath with a ‘Ha!’
“He received a title?”
“Yes. It’s been quite a while.”
“No wonder everyone called him Baron Aizet when I mentioned Chase Willow hyung.”
“….”
“I saw an old man who said his ears bled because of the Baron. I also saw a man who immediately grabbed my collar when I brought up the Baron.”
Roderick pointed to his shirt collar.
As he said, it was crumpled and had lost its original shape.
‘…Just who did he talk to while coming here.’
It was also amazing that he wasn’t hurt anywhere despite having his collar grabbed.
That’s when it happened.
“What’s all this commotion?”
A sharp voice was heard.
When I turned around, as expected, Soren was standing on the stairs with a frown.
Roderick brightened up.
“Oh, hello there!”
“….”
“You must be Count Soren Willow. I can tell just by looking at those pitch-black eyes! You must have been working hard in your office since morning today!”
“….”
“I’m Roderick de Vicelle, Chase hyung’s close friend. Please take care of me, hyung!”
While Roderick was chattering away, Soren’s brow furrowed more and more.
‘He’s exactly the type that Soren hates.’
Loud, flashy, and tactless too.
If I let Roderick run wild any longer, our house was in danger of turning into the middle of Antarctica.
After pondering, I spoke up.
“Mr. Rik, follow me.”
“Huh? Follow you? Where are we going?”
“Just come quickly for now.”
I grabbed Roderick’s wrist and dragged him along.
It was to quickly escape from Soren’s line of sight.
‘If we had stayed 30 more seconds, Roderick would have been recognized as a pest beyond just a bug.’
I gestured to a servant.
“Call for a carriage. We’re leaving now.”
“Yes, Miss.”
Roderick asked once more.
“Siena, where are we going?”
Only then did I stop.
We were at the entrance of the Willow Estate where tall walls stood.
“I’ll take you to the Aizet Baron’s mansion.”
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