Siena Dating Agency - Chapter 9

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09.

Chase placed his hand on his chest and bowed his head.

Then Castillian waved his hand once dismissively.

“Drop it.”

At the same time, a deep, low voice resonated through the office.

It was completely different from his voice at the Center.

The bass tone emanating from Castillian’s chest carried not just weight, but even intimidation.

Chase straightened his posture and grinned.

“If that’s what our Prince desires, then I must obey your command.”

Castillian walked over expressionlessly and sat on the sofa.

He was dressed lightly, wearing only a robe.

In fact, Castillian was living in Chase’s mansion.

After escaping from the Imperial Palace, Chase’s mansion was the only place he had to hide.

Suddenly, Castillian touched behind his right ear.

Soon, he peeled something off with his fingernail.

Then his black hair and eyebrows instantly changed to golden.

Chase glanced at the small object in Castillian’s hand.

‘…A dye patch.’

A ‘dye patch’ was an item that changed the color of the user’s body hair.

Since it was only traded in Lehatten Kingdom’s black market, ordinary people didn’t even know such things existed.

Castillian was simply forced to obtain and use it because of his ‘circumstances.’

Chase spun his wine glass round and round in his grip.

“Come to think of it, it’s been a while since I’ve seen you with blonde hair.”

Castillian’s gaze, which had been wandering around the coffee table, fixed on him.

Chase playfully curved up the corner of his mouth.

“No particular meaning. Just saying you look exactly like a crown prince.”

“…”

“By the way, what about the side effects?”

The dye patch was a ‘magical’ item that freely changed the color of body hair.

Therefore, when someone who wasn’t a mage used it, severe side effects followed.

Castillian, who had been making eye contact with Chase, replied slowly.

“…I don’t know.”

“Right, you can’t feel pain.”

Castillian la Ideberte Carnon—he was the protagonist of a 19+ romance novel.

So he had the stimulating settings typical of 19+ content attached to him.

Namely, the inability to feel ‘pain.’

Therefore, the Castillian in the novel was a character who pursued stimulation to a serious degree.

Harming himself to feel even a little pain, gradually going insane, making the female lead suffer…

Of course, that wasn’t the case in this all-ages game.

Anyway, because of this peculiarity, Castillian didn’t really know even while experiencing the dye patch’s side effects.

Not knowing one’s own condition—that was a very dangerous thing.

‘Continued use will harm his health…’

Though he acted as if it was no big deal, Chase was actually very worried about Castillian.

So he needed to resolve his ‘circumstances’ as soon as possible.

However…

“Seeing that there’s still no news means there’s been no progress at all.”

Chase wrinkled his nose bridge and took whiskey into his mouth.

Castillian was staring at the opposite sofa.

Without moving his eyes even once, he suddenly parted his lips.

“I don’t think it’s useful anymore.”

“Hmm?”

“She already has Johan Beloster in mind.”

Chase, who had been swirling whiskey in his mouth, swallowed it when it became lukewarm.

‘Johan Beloster?’

Chase asked back.

“You mean Marquis Beloster?”

No answer came back from Castillian.

Given his taciturn nature, this was familiar.

Chase, who had blinked several times, added.

“That’s strange…? Siena shouldn’t have ever met Marquis Beloster.”

“Who knows.”

Castillian replied briefly and closed his mouth again.

Chase tapped his wine glass with his finger.

“How peculiar.”

There was sufficient reason to be puzzled.

Because Siena wasn’t the type who liked mingling with people at all.

She was more similar to the eldest son Soren Willow than to Chase.

So she found networking bothersome and disliked going out.

A so-called homebody.

In contrast, Chase was someone who wandered outside every single day meeting people.

He thought Siena must actually be lonely.

“Brother, why are you telling me to come to work at the Center? It’s already been three days.”

“Your brother is busy, but our Siena has nothing to do, right?”

That’s why he had deliberately entrusted her with the Center.

It could be called Chase’s ‘Project: Turn Loner Siena into a Social Butterfly.’

‘But when did such a girl meet the marquis…?’

While he was suspicious, a low voice pierced his ears.

“And your method isn’t working either.”

At those words, Chase looked at Castillian.

Castillian was leaning against the sofa backrest with his eyes closed.

He looked quite tired.

Not physically exhausted, but emotionally complicated.

Eventually, a long breath escaped from Chase’s nose.

“Lian.”

He got up from his seat and walked toward the sofa.

When the sound of footsteps was heard, Castillian’s eyes opened faintly.

Chase sat down across from Castillian and crossed his legs.

He spoke in an arrogant tone.

“As you know, I’ve never been wrong even once until now.”

“…”

“Siena is just slow and dull.”

Chase pointed at Castillian with his chin.

“And you just chose to take a detour instead of the shortcut.”

What this meant was…

Let’s go back in time briefly to learn about that crown prince’s circumstances.

* * *

One year ago from now, Castillian suddenly declared to the Emperor and Empress.

“I have no intention of entering a political marriage.”

In fact, the Imperial Palace had been noisy since Castillian was the First Prince.

Because despite the prince coming of age, the position of crown princess remained vacant.

Castilian had been rejecting all the noble young ladies recommended by the Empress since he was 16 years old.

Then suddenly, he revealed his true feelings, saying ‘I don’t want an arranged marriage.’

“Are you saying you’ll live as a bachelor?”

“No.”

“Then what?”

“Please give me just a little time.”

Castilian vaguely brushed it off and left it at that.

The Emperor and Empress were at their wit’s end because of their inarticulate eldest son.

“Will we never get to see our grandchildren…?”

However, from Castilian’s perspective, he couldn’t tell them the truth.

‘If I say there’s someone I have feelings for, they’ll obviously demand I bring her immediately.’

And they’ll test whether she’s suitable to be the Crown Princess and torment her.

‘Treating her like a doll rather than a person.’

Indeed, he himself found his status and power burdensome.

He hadn’t become Crown Prince by choice, after all.

If even he felt this way, how would Siena feel?

So Castilian chose the roundabout method, leaving the direct path aside.

After leaving the Imperial Palace, he went straight to find Chase.

“I’ve liked your sister for three years now.”

Chase wasn’t particularly surprised.

“Siena?”

“…”

“You have good taste.”

He simply flashed his trademark Casanova smile, the same one he used with women.

Chase Willow—he wasn’t the male lead of a million-selling romance fantasy.

A handsome NPC in 【Male Lead Maker】.

An event friend who appears when the male lead enrolls in the Academy during gameplay.

“I like you. Be my rival.”

Therefore, Chase didn’t have the typical settings of #obsessive male or #possessiveness commonly given to male leads.

He also didn’t have the #sister complex that romance fantasy older brothers commonly possess.

Chase’s thought process was simple.

‘I need to bring these two together!’

A few days later, he casually asked Siena a question.

“What kind of man does our Siena like?”

It was a weekend morning, and his sister, who was having breakfast, looked annoyed.

“…Why are you asking something like that first thing in the morning?”

“Just because. I suddenly became curious about my beloved sister.”

Wink—Chase’s one eye closed.

‘I wish he’d fix that damn winking habit and brother complex first…’

Siena turned her gaze to her food and deflected.

“I don’t know.”

“Don’t be like that, answer your brother nicely.”

“I really haven’t thought about it much. It’s probably similar to other girls.”

“Ah, I see.”

Chase suddenly let out an exclamation of admiration.

Then he pointed to himself and said something completely absurd.

“So Siena wants to meet someone like your brother?”

Siena was genuinely horrified.

“What are you talking about…”

At the time, she had never thought about what her preferences were.

However, she clearly knew that she didn’t like men like Chase.

‘I don’t know what my ideal type is, but I absolutely refuse smooth-talking men.’

But Chase didn’t take her words seriously.

‘She’s pretending she doesn’t because she’s embarrassed. She really is such a cute kid.’

This was where a tremendous misunderstanding began.

Chase conveyed completely wrong information to Castilian.

“Siena’s ideal type is me.”

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