Siena Dating Agency - Chapter 81

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81.

I stopped breathing.

No, I stared at Lian, having forgotten how to breathe entirely.

“I’ve learned once again why I like you…”

This statement essentially meant:

‘I was moved by your comfort.’

Lian was simply commenting on my attitude toward his weakness.

But…

‘…It sounds like he’s saying he likes me.’

Me as a person.

As soon as I realized this, my heart, which had been acting up since earlier, began to show off its presence even more loudly.

Thump-thump, thump-thump.

I deliberately held my breath and swallowed, worried this sound might reach Lian’s ears.

‘Please be quiet, heart.’

Then, Lian spoke once more.

“Thank you.”

My heart felt ticklish.

My heart beat even more chaotically.

‘Wh-what exactly are you thanking me for…’

I hadn’t done anything worthy of thanks.

‘I just said something obvious.’

So I didn’t respond to Lian.

‘I-I’m absolutely not acting this way because I’m embarrassed.’

It was because Lian was thanking me for something unnecessarily obvious.

I maintained my silence while fidgeting with my hands resting on my knees.

Again, Lian was the first to speak.

“I originally… hated carriages.”

I, who had been looking down at my feet, raised my eyes.

“Pardon?”

“Narrow, dark, and shaky… I hated carriages that I didn’t know where they were taking me.”

“…”

“Also, I thought a stranger might suddenly open the door.”

Lian’s gaze was fixed on the carriage door.

He, who had been staring at it, turned his gaze to me.

“But you took that away.”

“…”

“So… thank you. I’ve always been grateful.”

There was no trace of laughter in Lian’s lips.

However, I could see his long eyes were faintly curved.

I tilted my head.

‘He was afraid of carriages, but I helped him overcome that trauma?’

What on earth is he talking about…?

That’s because Lian and I had only been stuck at the Center every day.

We had ridden carriages together a few times, but literally just a few times.

‘But I helped eliminate his trauma…?’

That’s when it happened.

Suddenly, a certain memory flashed through my mind.

“Um…”

“Yes?”

A midsummer day several years ago, a carriage parked haphazardly in the manor garden.

“What’s your name?”

That strange man sitting inside it.

‘It was so long ago that my memory is hazy, but…’

I clearly remembered that the man had a large build and blonde hair.

Also that he wore thick glasses covering half his face.

‘He had a quiet and serious feeling.’

I was surprised that such a person was Chase’s friend…

“Siena, Siena Willow.”

I tried to remember his name.

“I’m curious too. What is your name?”

“Ca…”

“…”

“…ri…”

But I couldn’t recall it in the end.

‘…Am I really a blockhead?’

How can I remember everything else but not the name?

“Honestly…”

I marveled at my terrible memory and rolled my lips into my mouth.

Once again, the conversation I had with that man came to mind.

“Come to think of it, I think my brother mentioned before that The Prince attended the Academy together…”

Hmm…

‘I think I talked to that person about Castillian.’

Why did that bastard’s story come up?

I wanted to know the reason.

After seriously retracing my thoughts, I finally shook my head.

‘…No.’

Everything somehow connects to Castillian.

This was all because of Lian.

‘It’s because you have a similar name to that bastard, plus you both can’t feel pain.’

I cleared my throat.

“Ahem.”

When I looked up, Lian was facing me with half-closed eyes.

I opened my mouth.

“…If you’re tired, close your eyes and rest. We still have a long way to go, so rest in the meantime.”

Lian, who had been looking at me, slowly nodded.

He leaned his head back, and soon his eyes gently closed.

I observed Lian.

‘His complexion is very pale.’

And his awkward sitting position looks uncomfortable.

It seemed to be because the carriage we were riding wasn’t a large one.

‘But it couldn’t be helped.’

It was an urgent situation, so I didn’t have the luxury of choosing the carriage I wanted.

Honestly, this wasn’t my fault.

But… seeing patient Lian like this made me feel guilty for no reason.

‘It feels like the patient evolved into a critical patient because I didn’t get a big carriage…’

Sometimes I think my problem is having too much conscience.

After pondering, I spoke up again.

“…Lie down.”

Then Lian’s eyes opened.

I patted my legs.

“Lie down.”

Lian looked back and forth between my face and hands.

“Really?”

It was just a simple question…

But his gaze felt so raw and pure.

I grumbled for no reason.

“Of course it’s real.”

“…”

“But you have to just lie still. Don’t even think about doing anything weird. If you do, I’ll open that carriage door and…”

“Center Director.”

A chuckle escaped from Lian’s lips.

“Does the Center Director really think that I, a patient, would do something weird to you?”

His eyes narrowed into thin lines.

I clicked my tongue with displeasure.

“Well, you could.”

“Why?”

“Patient or not, you’re someone who’s really good at doing weird things…”

“But you know what.”

Lian’s head, which had been tilted to the left, turned to the right.

“What exactly are these ‘weird things’?”

I instantly held my breath.

‘…Damn.’

Because I had a gut feeling.

‘That I got caught up in this bastard’s schemes again…!’

I bit my lip with my front teeth.

Lian seemed to realize what I was thinking.

The corners of his mouth slowly curved up.

“I have no idea what these ‘weird things’ the Center Director mentioned are.”

“…”

“If you tell me what they are, I’ll try not to do weird things.”

“…”

“You just said it yourself. That I’m someone who’s really good at doing weird things.”

“…”

“But I have no idea what I’m supposedly good at. So if the Center Director could explain specifically…”

I couldn’t listen to any more of this.

‘Listen, listen. I can’t listen.’

I stretched out my arm at the speed of light and covered Lian’s mouth.

“Shut your mouth.”

Then I moved positions and sat beside him.

“Stop chattering already. Just lie down and rest. Why does a patient talk so much…”

When I pressed down on Lian’s head with my hand, giggling sounds leaked out.

“Cute.”

“Be quiet.”

“I just said something cute was cute.”

He lay down comfortably, using my knee as a pillow.

As the strength left his body, I felt his heavy weight.

‘The carriage is small so even this position looks uncomfortable…’

But it seems better than before.

At least that was fortunate.

‘That I could help even a little.’

Lian raised his uninjured hand and stroked my cheek.

“Good. This is my first time doing something like this.”

My eyes widened.

‘This is his first time using a knee pillow?’

I couldn’t believe it.

Since he was such a womanizer, I thought he would have done this with women all the time.

But he’s never done it before…

‘How strange.’

At the same time, it was odd.

‘Why are there so many firsts for him?’

Giving a gift to a woman was also a first with me, and knee pillows too…

These things didn’t make sense for ‘Lian de Vicelle’ to have done.

‘But…’

If it’s not Lian de Vicelle but ‘Castillian’, then it’s entirely possible.

‘Castillian would have lived confined in the Imperial Palace, receiving strict education.’

My head started aching again.

“…I can’t feel pain.”

“What…?”

“I don’t know how to feel pain.”

Lian de Vicelle, what are you?

‘Are you not Lian but really Castillian?’

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