Siena Dating Agency - Chapter 74

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74.

Praise time—what an absurd thing to say.

‘What… is this a kindergarten?’

Lian was acting like a kindergartener, only missing a sunflower class hat.

With that enormous build and fox-like face of his.

‘He looks like a proper adult to anyone, but acts so childish.’

It was a moment that made her realize once again why he and Roderick were friends.

Of course, there were differences.

‘Roderick is like a golden child with maximum difficulty level for childcare.’

But Lian… was kind of cute.

She felt crazy for thinking such things in this situation.

“Good grief.”

Siena deliberately made her eyes into a straight line.

Lian seemed pleased that she was paying attention to him.

His long eyes were half-closed, and he blinked softly from time to time.

The red pupils nestled among his thick eyelashes gave off a particularly deep atmosphere today.

‘Is this a person or a puppy…’

Either way, he was equally cute though.

“Center Director, I did well on the errand, right?”

“Yes, you bought everything well.”

“Right. The Center Director acknowledged it too.”

Lian grasped Siena’s wrist.

Then he moved her hand to start stroking his own head.

“So hurry up and praise me.”

His soft hair slipped between her fingers.

Siena’s cheeks turned red at the ticklish sensation.

‘Rubbing his hair makes Lian’s scent waft up.’

What kind of guy is this that even the smell of his crown is good…!

‘Author of Lian’s household, did you perhaps add a setting where Lian has a Kelastin fragrance.’

She was having useless thoughts when she suddenly came to her senses.

“…Ah.”

Right, Violet.

She had been enchanted by the fox and then realized reality.

She quickly pulled her hand away from Lian and looked around the Center.

Violet was nowhere to be seen, having gone somewhere in the meantime.

‘At least that’s fortunate…’

But then Lian grabbed her wrist again.

“Where are you going, Center Director?”

“Wh-what do you mean where am I going.”

“You were about to leave.”

“What are you talking about. Can’t you see I’m sitting still?”

“You said I bought things well. Why aren’t you praising me.”

His black eyebrows drooped down.

His plump, apricot-tinted lips jutted out sulkily.

‘Damn it, stop being cute.’

Don’t act cute with that distracting build and handsome face.

‘If this continues, I think I’ll get a nosebleed…’

Siena fixed her focus on his shoulder instead of Lian’s face.

“Wh-what more should I praise you for.”

She deliberately used a blunt voice.

Just in case Violet might suddenly return.

“You’ve never praised me.”

“What are you talking about? I kept praising you.”

“When?”

“What…? I just said you bought everything as ordered.”

“That’s not the kind of praise I want.”

Lian pulled Siena’s hand toward him.

“Like this.”

Soon Lian’s cheek touched her palm, and his pot-lid-sized hand covered the back of her hand.

Her body stiffened involuntarily.

‘On my, my thumb…’

She could feel a soft sensation.

It was definitely… Lian’s lips.

‘Crazy, crazy.’

Her mouth instantly went dry, and her heart began beating erratically.

Whether he knew this or not, Lian added quietly.

“Stroke my face while saying ‘You did so well’ in a gentle voice.”

Every time he changed the shape of his mouth, she could feel his lips against her thumb.

And the warm breath that occasionally escaped too.

“I want to hear the Center Director say it.”

“…”

“Can’t you do it for me?”

From 1 to 10, everything was stimulating.

‘I thought Castillian was the spiciest man in my life…’

But now I see that wasn’t true.

Lian de Vicelle had updated the ranking.

Siena, who had been in a daze, finally came to her senses.

‘This isn’t the time for this.’

Violet could come back at any moment…!

She hurriedly twisted her wrist.

“L-let go of this.”

Then the strength left Lian’s hand.

Siena, who had safely escaped from him, grasped her own wrist.

She could feel her heart beating rapidly, thump-thump.

“‘Well done’ and ‘bought well’ are the same thing. You’re being stubborn about something strange…”

Siena rubbed the back of her hand like a fly out of embarrassment.

‘No, it was only held for a moment, so why is it burning up like this…’

Moreover, it seemed like Lian’s scent had permeated her skin.

The more she rubbed her hand, the more his smell rose to her nose.

‘I’m already dying from fluttering, and now I’m going crazy.’

Lian blinked for a moment, then shook his head firmly.

“No, it’s different.”

Siena narrowed her eyes.

“What’s different? It’s the same meaning.”

“The meaning is the same.”

“…”

“But when the Center Director says it, it becomes different words. Because the Center Director is the Center Director.”

It was utterly absurd.

“Ha…”

She couldn’t win against him with words at all.

‘How can I possibly win against that logic.’

Siena decided to change the subject.

“Why do you keep asking for compliments? Getting coffee wasn’t that difficult.”

“It was difficult for me. I’m from the Kingdom and don’t know the Empire well.”

Lian raised an eyebrow.

“Do you know how much I wandered around lost?”

“….”

“Today wasn’t the first time I’ve been outside the Center, but I get lost every time I leave the Center.”

“….”

“Even if it’s a coffee shop I’ve visited several times before, it’s hard to find. The Empire’s roads are more winding and complicated than the Kingdom’s.”

Isadora, who was (unwillingly) eavesdropping on their conversation from the next seat, glanced at Lian.

‘…What nonsense is this.’

I’ve seen him wandering around just fine several times.

But Siena was fooled.

“You know~ I had a really good sense of direction in the Kingdom! I was called a human map. Hehe!”

“….”

“But no matter how much I look at the Karnon Empire, I can’t figure it out! The Empire’s roads are bumpy, narrow, and dense!”

Roderick had said the same thing.

‘The Empire’s geography must be difficult for people from the Lehatten Kingdom.’

Lian continued rambling.

“But no matter what hardships lay ahead of me, I was determined to do this coffee errand well.”

“….”

“This is the first task the Center Director has ever given me.”

Siena’s eyes widened.

“…I gave Lian his first task?”

“Yes.”

Lian nodded.

“I’ve been waiting all this time for the Center Director to give me work.”

“….”

“But the Center Director never did that…. You always left me alone and just did your own work.”

“….”

“Even when I sat on the sofa staring at you like that, you didn’t pay any attention.”

He gestured toward the sofa behind him and pouted.

“I was really hurt. I wanted to help the Center Director.”

His expression was truly filled with hurt feelings.

Siena opened her mouth in a daze.

‘I see….’

It had already been two months since Lian joined the Center.

But looking back, she had never given him any training during that time.

Of course, there was a reason.

‘Because Lian is identical to Chase.’

So she had naturally assumed he would dislike work.

But now she realized.

‘That was… just my own thinking.’

Lian hadn’t been lazing around because he wanted to all this time.

He had been sitting quietly because no one had taught him anything.

‘…Excluded?’

It was no different from unintentionally ostracizing him.

Now she finally understood what Lian had often said.

“I’m hurt.”

He really had reason to feel hurt.

‘Moreover, I treated Lian like that but took incredibly good care of Violet.’

Suddenly Chase’s words came to mind.

“Lian is from the Lehatten Kingdom, so he doesn’t know much about the Empire. So make sure Siena takes good care of him, okay?”

Even though her brother had asked her to…, she hadn’t done that at all.

‘It was my fault.’

All this time I never asked Lian anything, never taught him anything, never paid attention to him….

I was really a bad person.

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