Siena Dating Agency - Chapter 6

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06.

As I said before, I was someone with more solid preferences than anyone else.

‘Like a thousand-year-old pine tree, I suppose.’

So no matter how much the platform tried to promote certain works, it was useless.

I would read the work’s synopsis, and if the male lead wasn’t gentle and wholesome, I absolutely wouldn’t read that work.

‘Only gentle men are the answer to world peace.’

But… 【The Crown Prince’s Bedroom Affairs】 was an exception.

That work was incredibly…

…because of the unanimous rave reviews saying it was mind-blowingly steamy.

[Wow, C-val… I don’t usually curse, but reading Crown Prince’s Bedroom Affairs turned me into a foul-mouthed granny because of that damn guy.]

[The male lead is so stimulating I’m getting dizzy. I went to the hospital today because I was so dizzy, and they said I have short-term memory loss. I’m not sure if it’s memory loss. I just know Castilian is too sexy, cool, and freaking amazing.]

I don’t really know. It’s just that Castilian is so sexy, cool, and awesome.]

[The female lead drooled less because of that damn guy than I drooled on my pillow while reading this.]

To this extent?

‘Fine, let’s see how amazing this Castilian guy is.’

I started reading the work out of spite and was completely conquered within just three lines.

“This f*ck, crazy. Crazy bastard. Wow…”

Castilian was so incredible that calling him crazy came naturally.

Absolute prowess + obsession + sexiness + complete madness itself.

‘There was a reason everyone called him that damn guy.’

He was a character who didn’t need preferences from the start.

‘My ultimate favorite is my ultimate favorite, and that damn guy is that damn guy.’

For a while, I lived captivated by Castilian’s sexiness.

Then I came to my senses when I saw Johan’s merchandise piled up in my room.

“Sorry, Johan. I got so high on dopamine that I briefly looked elsewhere… But I still like you the most.”

Well, that became ancient history too.

‘Back in my day…’

While trying to recall the now-hazy contents of 【Crown Prince’s Bedroom Affairs】, I suddenly felt something strange.

‘Huh? Come to think of it…’

Lian, Castilian.

‘This crazy youngest brother and the Crown Prince have similar names.’

Blinking my eyes, I slowly looked up at Lian.

‘…No way?’

Lian, who met my eyes, tilted his head slightly.

“Oh my, Center Director…”

“…”

“Looking at my face like that every day, do you want to see it again now?”

For a moment… just a brief moment of suspicion, I immediately felt remorseful.

‘I’m sorry, author of 【Crown Prince’s Bedroom Affairs】, I’m sorry.’

Lian de Vicelle could absolutely not be Castilian.

First, Lian had black hair while Castilian was blonde.

They both had red eyes, but… red eyes were a common setting for male protagonists.

‘Even among the dozen or so Grand Dukes existing in this world, most have red eyes.’

And second.

Castilian was… absolutely not the type to make ‘baby bird’ jokes.

‘That damn guy was so taciturn and cool.’

Every single word that silent man earnestly spoke to the female lead was precious.

『”Filone.”

“…Yes, Your Highness.”

“Cry. Just like you did clinging to me last night.”

“…”

“A hoarse voice suits you.”』

In contrast, Lian was someone who didn’t feel weighty at all.

“Do you like this, darling?”

Swaying around like Chase and seeming like he’d fly away with the wind…

I was finally convinced.

‘The guy next to me absolutely cannot be that damn guy.’

Just then, I heard a conversation between Violet and the designer.

“By the way, my lady. I heard His Highness the Crown Prince will attend this ball?”

“Actually, it’s not certain… But from what I hear, there seems to be a possibility for this ball at least.”

“Oh my, I’ll pray every day. Since our Lady Violet wishes for it so earnestly, I’ll pray that His Highness the Crown Prince will definitely attend.”

“Thank you just for saying that.”

Eavesdropping made me puzzled.

‘Right. If Violet likes the Crown Prince, that means she’s seen his face.’

How exactly did she see him…?

It was natural to have such thoughts.

Castilian had never shown himself even during his prince days.

So except for some people working in the Imperial Palace, no one had seen him in person.

‘I know because I’m a transmigrator.’

I wondered how Violet had seen and fallen for him in such circumstances.

Suddenly, I remembered something Chase had said before.

“His Highness Crown Prince Castilian has enrolled in the Academy. As a junior by one year.”

“Oh, really?”

Back then, I answered without much interest and forgot about it.

‘Since I wasn’t aware that I had transmigrated.’

If only I had recovered my memories a bit earlier and asked about that damn guy…

‘Ah, right. That’s not the problem now.’

I crossed my arms with my back to Violet.

“So Lady Violet likes His Highness the Crown Prince…”

“That’s right.”

Lian also stood with his back to Violet, leaning against the jewelry display case.

I let out a light sigh and added.

“Is there… any hope?”

I meant for Johan, not Violet.

Having to turn the heart of a woman who likes the second highest person in the Empire.

‘Moreover, the opponent being that damn guy…’

No matter how decent Johan was… this had to be seen as having zero chance of success.

Objectively, how could a mere marquis beat the Crown Prince.

‘Suddenly I feel sorry for Johan.’

I didn’t want my ultimate favorite to end up with another woman, but I also didn’t want to see him fail in love and become depressed.

‘Back and forth, I’m quite a contradictory person.’

Then, Lian muttered.

“Is there any hope.”

It was a lower voice than usual.

I looked at him.

“Hope for what?”

“Me.”

Lian’s gaze was fixed on the floor.

‘Me…?’

What is he talking about?

“What?”

When I asked, Lian, who had been blankly staring at the floor, suddenly snapped back to attention.

Then he looked back at me with a slightly surprised expression.

After making an unreadable expression for a moment, he soon gestured with his chin toward the necklace embedded with golden gems.

“That necklace… that my wife said she wanted.”

“…”

“Since the Center Director liked it, there’s hope, right? Should I buy it for you?”

He said this with a beaming smile.

‘I knew it…’

This crazy guy is spouting nonsense again.

“Say something that makes sense.”

“It does make sense, so I’m saying it. Then what were all the things I said before if not words? Cow sounds?”

“Just be quiet, seriously.”

“You were talking with me just fine until now, and then you do this again. Our Center Director is too picky.”

I barely escaped from the dressing room after stopping the crazy youngest who was determined to buy me the necklace.

‘Why did I suspect that Castilian and Lian were the same person just because their names are similar…’

Although I’m not acquainted with that bastard, this was something I should get on my knees and apologize to him for.

‘Sorry, Castilian.’

It’s been too long since I’ve seen you, so I guess I had some ridiculous thoughts for a moment.

There’s absolutely no way you and this crazy youngest could be the same person.

“Center Director, then what about that necklace next to it? The one that’s exactly the same color as my eyes.”

“…”

“If I buy that for you, wouldn’t the Center Director think of me every time you wear the necklace?”

I apologized to the author of 【The Emperor’s Chamberlain】 until I got off work and went to sleep.

* * *

The next morning, at the Counseling Center.

Crash!

The sound of breaking glass suddenly echoed through the quiet center.

“…Lady Bringer likes, likes The Prince?”

The culprit was Finn, who had been drinking melon juice.

Like him, the other staff members’ faces were also pale.

Heaven, who had been eating a sandwich, stopped with food still in his mouth, and Isadora’s glasses had slipped down to the tip of her nose but she wasn’t pushing them up.

I answered while suppressing a sigh.

“That’s what they say…”

Isadora, who had her mouth hanging open like a catfish, slowly began to blink.

Her deeply etched nasolabial folds disappeared, and instead her black eyeballs rolled left and right.

After a while, Isadora gasped with a ‘Hup!’

“…The advance payment. Where did you put the advance payment we received from the Marquis?”

Heaven answered.

“Huh? I already put it in the bank.”

“You put it in the bank?”

“Yes.”

Isadora and I bit our lips simultaneously.

‘Damn it, 50,000 gold all at once…’

The law has been strengthened recently, so they won’t let you withdraw more than 30,000 gold per week without an official document from the royal family.

Of course, it was a good thing to keep the large sum of money in a safe place.

‘But what do we do if we move all the money before we’ve even started the work.’

As if thinking the same thing, the corners of Isadora’s mouth trembled.

For a while, the staff and I fell into deep contemplation.

‘Do we just proceed with the work as is, or do we tell Johan the truth and withdraw?’

We had to decide quickly.

Johan was on his way to the Counseling Center right now.

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