Siena Dating Agency - Chapter 63

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63.

Until now, Chase had often talked about his family.

“Siena is cute. Her chubby cheeks make her look younger than her actual age.”

So Castillian already knew that his younger sister was ‘Siena Willow’.

“Brother Chase, how can you call your sister cute? I don’t find any of my siblings cute at all. They’re so noisy!”

“That’s funny. Could little kids be noisier than you when they chatter?”

“Brother Rosi! Do you think I’m lying?! This is unfair! So unfair!”

When Chase talked about his sister, Roderick would make a fuss, and Trosian seemed uninterested.

Probably Castillian appeared like Trosian on the surface too.

Always expressionless and never once joining the conversation.

But Castillian was always listening to Chase’s stories.

As a result, he became curious about Siena.

“Siena resembles me. Well, she looks like brother Soren too.”

“…”

“She nags a bit, but she’s still cute and lovable.”

“…”

“And she’s not flashy, but the more you look at her, she’s quite pretty, you know?”

Someone who nags a lot, cute and lovable.

‘Not flashy, but pretty the more you look at her…’

At first, he didn’t know what that meant.

‘Maybe it’s because I don’t have a younger sister.’

But when he actually faced Siena, he could understand Chase’s words.

He hadn’t had a conversation with Siena yet.

Even so, he could feel how pure she was.

Especially those clear golden eyes that captured his gaze and wouldn’t let go.

‘…They’re like Hedia Nanny’s eyes.’

There were two reasons why Castillian came to like Chase.

Because he was the first to extend his hand to Castillian.

“The Prince? I like you because you’re tall and handsome.”

“…”

“Want to be friends?”

And because he had eyes similar to Hedia’s.

That’s why he could let his guard down and become close with Chase.

But Siena had even brighter eyes than Chase.

‘No… even more than Hedia Nanny.’

Was that why?

Surely until just a moment ago, he had been afraid of this stranger who suddenly threw open the carriage door… but now he wasn’t.

“Ahem.”

Siena cleared her throat for no particular reason.

She seemed to be waiting for an answer.

Castillian hurriedly opened his mouth.

“I, I am…”

But he was still nervous, so the words didn’t come out easily.

Siena stared intently at the tense Castillian.

Feeling her blatant gaze, his ears turned bright red.

Before long, Siena clapped her hands together.

“Ah, come to think of it, my brother mentioned recently that he’d be going to the port soon to pick up an Academy friend.”

Castillian slowly nodded in agreement.

“…Yes.”

“Ah, so that was today.”

“…”

“Anyway… even so! Parking the carriage in the garden like this is wrong. Right?”

Siena, who had been grumbling, suddenly asked.

Castillian found himself nodding without realizing it.

“Right? I’m not the only one who thinks Chase is strange.”

“…”

“Really, no matter how I look at my brother, I can’t understand him… How can someone attend the Academy for three whole years and come back without changing at all?”

“…”

“I mean, if you leave home and stay in a foreign place for three whole years, you’d expect some changes. But…”

Castillian kept nodding steadily.

Actually, he couldn’t hear what Siena was saying very well.

The sound of his own heartbeat was louder than her voice.

But still…

‘…I wish she would just keep talking.’

He wanted to hear whatever she had to say.

If it was Siena’s story.

“Anyway, just wait until my brother gets here. I’m going to give him a really sharp piece of my mind…”

Siena, who had been gossiping for a while, suddenly closed her mouth.

Because she noticed that Castillian was staring at her intently.

Castillian, who had been gazing at Siena in a daze, suddenly realized that she had gone quiet.

And he became aware that she was looking at him.

He hastily turned his gaze away.

‘Her eyes are too clear, I can’t look directly at them.’

The thought that he was reflected in those transparent golden eyes made his heart feel like it would explode at any moment.

His cheeks burned as if hit by hot steam, and his palms became sweaty.

‘Damn.’

Castillian held his breath, hoping his condition wouldn’t be discovered.

But then it happened.

“…Ha, haha…”

“…?”

“Ahahaha…!”

Suddenly, Siena began to laugh.

It was truly bewildering.

‘Huh…?’

Castillian hadn’t said anything to Siena, and he certainly hadn’t done anything funny.

But she was holding her stomach and rocking back and forth as she laughed.

“Ahahaha! Hahahaha…!”

She even almost fell over from swaying.

At first, Castillian didn’t know why she was acting like that.

Then he figured it out.

‘…She’s laughing at my face.’

Currently, Castillian was wearing appearance-altering glasses.

In other words, he was in an extremely ugly state.

‘It wouldn’t be strange if she pointed at me and mocked me.’

He had sufficient reason to belittle himself so easily.

It was because of what he had experienced at the Academy.

“Where is The Prince? Somehow I’ve never seen him even once.”

“That’s right. Why is it that only The Prince’s ugly secretary follows around next to G4…”

People ignored the ugly version of Castillian.

When he passed by, they would whisper and murmur, and occasionally some would snicker and mock him.

“Wow, he’s really ugly.”

“Why does His Highness the Crown Prince’s secretary walk around with G4 with a face like that? His Highness isn’t even here.”

“I wonder why His Highness would keep such an unsightly man as his secretary.”

Castillian was accustomed to such reactions.

‘Yes, that’s probably why.’

That’s why Siena’s laughter didn’t particularly hurt him.

Siena was still laughing.

“Ahahaha…! Hahahaha!”

Her laughter grew more intense.

Castillian decided to wait until she stopped laughing.

After a moment, Siena wiped the tears from her eyes and said.

“Ah… I’m really sorry.”

“…”

“I suddenly remembered what happened earlier. I was such a fool, wasn’t I?”

Honestly, he hadn’t expected her to apologize.

He especially hadn’t expected her to ask if she seemed foolish.

Castillian’s eyes widened.

“…Huh?”

“I mean, as soon as I opened the door, I saw my brother’s friend and just started screaming. When I imagined how I must have looked, it was so funny.”

“…”

“I looked ridiculous, but how funny must it have been for you… Ahahaha!”

Siena burst into laughter again and swayed back and forth.

This time she pressed herself against the carriage seat as if bowing and giggled uncontrollably.

“I’m sorry…! It’s so funny… Hehehe, I can’t stop laughing!”

“…”

“Caw caw caw! I sound like a crow right now…!”

Castillian stared with his mouth agape.

And before long, the corners of his mouth began to twitch.

‘How can someone laugh so innocently like that?’

Edel was also someone who was absolutely pure in his own way.

But Siena was several times more so.

Had he ever seen a woman laugh like a crow in front of a man she’d just met?

Suddenly, Chase’s words came to mind.

“She’s a cute and lovable girl.”

He understood exactly what those words meant.

Watching Siena laugh like a child made his throat tickle.

Soon, Castillian began to laugh out loud as well.

“…Hahaha.”

Then he realized.

‘How long has it been since I laughed?’

It was the first time he had laughed since that incident when he was eight years old.

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