Siena Dating Agency - Chapter 56

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56.

The Empress silently stared at Pitt.

Soon she spoke in a voice as dark as her complexion.

“…Pitt.”

“…”

“Did the Prince… hit you?”

The Empress’s blue eyes were shaking violently.

Only then did Pitt realize what Edel had been talking about earlier.

“Yes, Your Majesty. It hurts.”

He also figured out why Edel had suddenly brought up such a topic.

‘It seems like he’s trying to help The Prince.’

Pitt had been by Edel’s side for fifteen years now.

He could predict exactly how Edel’s (=Happy Cat’s) thought process would flow.

‘But… even so.’

Suddenly hitting his thigh.

Smack, smack, slap, slap.

‘How could he say such outrageous things…!’

No matter how much he tried to add explanations, this would sound strange.

Pitt bit his teeth hard.

“…Your Majesty the Empress, this is a misunderstanding. I was indeed hit by the Second Prince, but His Highness absolutely did not commit violence. And there’s definitely no strange meaning…”

“I’m sorry!”

But Edel, who had thrown all sense to the dogs, interrupted his words.

“Next time I won’t hurt Pitt! I’ll hit him so it doesn’t hurt!”

Once again, an impious statement swept through the room.

Huge question marks were carved on everyone’s faces all at once.

‘Hit him so it doesn’t… hurt?’

With this, Pitt became someone who had failed while trying to lie to the Empress.

“Pitt.”

The Empress’s voice was low and stern.

Pitt swallowed dry saliva.

“Yes…, Your Majesty.”

“I hope you will tell me the truth.”

“…”

“What happened with the Prince last night?”

The Empress’s words fell on Pitt’s head like a huge boulder.

‘Dear God…’

Pitt just wanted to faint.

In the meantime, Edel winked at Castillian.

‘Go, big brother! Now’s the time!’

Castillian, who understood the signal, tensed his jaw.

‘Thank you, Edel.’

His bobbing Adam’s apple conveyed his inner thoughts.

Castillian quickly opened the window and jumped out without hesitation.

The Empress’s head whipped around.

“Ca, Castillian…!”

Because.

The Prince’s room was on the third floor.

The Empress grabbed the window frame and hurriedly looked down.

Castillian, who had landed safely, was moving away at high speed.

“Castillian!!”

No matter how much she called, he didn’t look back.

Castillian quickly escaped while taking out a dye patch from his pocket.

When he stuck it behind his ear, his golden hair and eyebrows turned black.

“…The Prince…”

“Pursue him!”

The voices of knights flowed from the surroundings.

‘Damn.’

Castillian briefly hid his body under a large tree.

He began running again, watching for the right timing.

But at some point, wind blew from the air.

“…?”

Castillian looked up.

A black hawk was flying right above his head.

“Screech.”

It matched Castillian’s speed and even showed leisure.

He could immediately recognize the hawk’s identity.

‘It’s that one that was with Siena.’

Unlike other hawks, he clearly remembered it because it had the same golden eyes as her.

‘But why is this hawk here…’

But there was no time to think now.

“His Highness is in the vicinity! He shouldn’t have left the Imperial Palace yet!”

“Search quickly!”

Whatever, let’s just run for now.

Castillian crossed the Imperial Palace with Butterfly.

His destination was Aizet Baron’s Mansion.

* * *

Clatter, clatter.

The sound of horses running in unison could be heard from outside the window.

Roderick and I sat facing each other inside the carriage.

“Anyway, so then I…”

Willow Count’s mansion and Aizet Baron’s mansion were about an hour’s distance apart.

And during all the time the carriage had been running… Roderick hadn’t rested his mouth even once.

“In our Lehatten Kingdom~”

95% of what he chattered about were stories related to Lehatten Kingdom.

I only knew superficial information about the kingdom and didn’t know the details.

So at first, I listened favorably.

“In the kingdom, sword tournaments are held once every three years, and commoners, not just nobles, can participate. Last year’s tournament winner was a commoner!”

“Really? That’s interesting. The Empire doesn’t have such culture.”

Honestly, it was because it was fun.

After always dealing with love letters and consultations, encountering something new felt like my mind was being purified.

‘And it’s kind of like vicarious satisfaction?’

Roderick was what you’d call a man who lived just because he was born.

In other words, a ‘dopamine boy.’

His way of thinking was very unique, and unlike me living a routine life, it was interesting.

‘It’s fascinating how he just goes for whatever he wants to do.’

But… when the same topic continued, my concentration dropped.

“In our kingdom~”

My energy was being drained…

‘Just how many kingdom cultures have I heard about so far.’

It truly felt like I was listening to a custom version of ‘Back in my day.’

That’s why at some point, I started giving only formal responses.

“There was a fishing contest at the Royal Palace the other day~”

“Oh, really.”

“For three hours, the fish wouldn’t even think about biting my line. So I prepared my secret weapon. It was my special bait!”

“I see.”

“Then I got a bite! In the end, I caught the biggest fish and became the winner of the contest. Mmhahaha!”

“Oh, is that so.”

“The fish I caught was a sea bass. Siena, do you know what a sea bass is? A sea bass is~”

…Even though I was only giving mechanical responses, Roderick seemed oblivious to it.

‘He really talks a lot.’

I thought Lian was the champion of talking, but he couldn’t even match half of half of Roderick’s level.

That’s when it happened.

“I’d like to see my other brothers too, but I’m not staying in the Empire for long this time, so I’m not sure if it’ll work out.”

I don’t know when he finished the sea bass story, but Roderick suddenly changed the topic.

He crossed his arms and tilted his head diagonally.

“Is Brother Rosi in the Northern Region? I wonder if he still has that characteristic expression.”

Roderick half-opened his eyes and lifted his chin.

Then he faintly curled one corner of his mouth.

It seemed like he was imitating the ‘characteristic expression’ he mentioned.

“Rosi? Who’s that?”

“Brother Trosian! Trosian Politeum Rocksherd.”

Ah, only then did I understand.

‘So Grand Duke Rocksherd’s nickname was Rosi.’

The image of Grand Duke Rocksherd standing in the ballroom flashed through my mind.

To think that suspicious and cold-looking man’s nickname was ‘Rosi’…

It was obvious that Roderick had come up with it without giving the person in question even 0.1 thought.

When I didn’t answer, Roderick asked.

“Siena, don’t you know Brother Trosian?”

What is he talking about.

‘Of course I know him.’

He’s the Northern Region’s Grand Duke of this world and a million-seller male lead, how could I not know him.

The male lead of 【There Must Be Someone Among These Who’s Your Type】, Trosian Politeum Rocksherd.

He was famous for his wolf-like appearance and cunning fox-like charm.

But since the work’s keywords weren’t things I liked, I didn’t read the novel.

‘I hate #prickly men, #arrogant men, #scheming men.’

The only one who went against my preferences like this was Castillian.

“No. I know Grand Duke Rocksherd.”

“Ooh, you do know him! As expected!”

“But I only know his name. I’ve never met him in private.”

“Aww, Brother Chase and I and Brother Rosi were super close! We always went to Academy classes together.”

Roderick ran his hand through his red hair.

“Ah~ I really want to see Brother Lian too.”

“…”

“Since I came all this way to visit, it would be nice to see him, but he’s such a difficult person to meet…”

“…”

“Can’t be helped! This time I’ll just see Brother Chase and Brother Rosi before I go. And then I’ll come back in a year to visit Brother Lian!”

He made a refreshed expression as if he had found the perfect solution.

But I didn’t.

‘What kind of nonsense is that.’

Why is Lian hard to see?

‘He’s stuck to the Center sofa like a built-in cabinet every day.’

It was also strange that he said he would ‘visit’ such a person.

“Why are you seeing Lian in a year? You could just meet him this time.”

“Of course I’d want to do that! But he’s really difficult to meet even once.”

“Huh…? I see him every day though?”

“Huh?”

Roderick’s eyes grew wide.

“How does Siena meet him every day?”

Once again, he couldn’t hide his bewildered expression.

‘What is he talking about?’

I said earlier that Lian and I work together…

“Siena, you’re quite talented at jokes!”

Roderick seemed to have taken my words as a real joke.

He felt a bit absurd to me.

‘I tell him I work with Lian and he thinks it’s a joke, and he keeps saying Lian is hard to meet.’

Like he’s treating him as some noble person who can’t be met casually…

Lian isn’t even royalty, so why is he acting like this?

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