It happened a few days ago.

“Suddenly asking me to find a dating spot, what do you mean by that, master?”

As usual, the Master was at the headquarters of the Gerald Information Guild when Ren suddenly burst in, and he looked at him with a bewildered face.

So, of course, there had been many times when Ren had visited unexpectedly like this and ordered something.

Kill someone, find someone. Investigate someone. Follow someone.

He had always received similar orders, but this time it was suddenly about a dating spot.

The Master was confused by his master’s statement that was beyond expectations, but soon realized.

‘I guess he’s going with Lady Vivian. Wow, our master. I thought he was just a blockhead, but he’s even making date plans.’

The Master rubbed the back of his finger against the tip of his nose.

Ren averted his gaze, disgusted by the look in his eyes that contained the fondness of seeing a grown-up child.

“Master, don’t worry about the dating spot. I have a secret weapon.”

From somewhere, a thick book was already in the Master’s hand.

The title was “Thump Thump, The Perfect Date to Steal Her Heart! – Location Edition”.

Ren, who received the book, made an expression as if to say what kind of trash is this.

Although he didn’t directly express it as trash with his mouth, the Master got upset just by that look.

“This book doesn’t deserve such a look! This is the bible for men without partners!”

Ren, still looking skeptical, flipped through the book.

But while he thought the content would be as messy as the title, surprisingly, it wasn’t.

He read the book, which must have been over hundreds of pages, right there.

Thoroughly ignoring the Master’s voice calling out to Ren desperately.

Only the sound of turning pages continued to fill the space.

It was surprising that there were so many dating spots in this area, as it seemed endless no matter how much he read.

All of them were places that would be enjoyable if he could go with Vivian.

However, the type of place suitable for this outing was already decided.

Ren wrote down a list of memorable dating spots and handed it to the Master.

“Go to each one personally and check what activities can be done at each spot, whether they can be reserved, etc., and bring back a report.”

“Pardon?”

Although he always seemed to be slacking off, the Master was actually a very busy person.

The requests from carefully selected clients were all difficult as the compensation was high.

Therefore, each request always required a lot of time.

Of course, most of the practical work was handled by guild members, but the Master was in charge of compiling all of it.

In other words, he could be said to be the busiest person.

Even if that wasn’t the case, he was the guild leader, after all. It was natural for him to be busy with work.

But, but.

‘Asking someone as busy as me to investigate dating spots?’

No matter how much he had decided to serve Ren, this was not acceptable.

Isn’t it a waste to use such high-quality manpower like this?

The Master made up his mind to voice his complaints.

“Master, I’m the guild leader, you know? Asking me to investigate dating spots is too much…”

As he was about to voice his complaints like that, he immediately closed his mouth at Ren’s killing intent, cold enough to turn him into an icicle in midwinter right away.

Hmm. The guild leader investigating dating spots. What a joyful and wonderful order this is.

The Master gathered his thoughts and changed his mind.

Because if he said he didn’t want to do it, he felt like he might wake up in a grave.

For the next three days, he had to forcibly enjoy dates at 15 places with one guild member.

With paper and pen in hand, and a forced smile on his face.

Through those hellish three days, the best dating spot selected by the Gerald Information Guild Leader himself was Sennewbont Park.

It was the perfect place where you could enjoy a romantic boat ride and have a picnic with food you brought yourself.

The icing on the cake was that you could rent the entire large park.

The rental fee was unimaginably exorbitant, but that wouldn’t be a problem for Ren.

Although he pretended to barely survive on a salary in front of Vivian, in reality, he had anonymous assets accumulated through the guild.

And so, finally, the historic first date spot for Vivian and Ren was decided.

The Master’s tearful efforts involved in the process were not conveyed to Vivian, and thus the day of the date dawned.

“Lady Vivian, shall we eat first?”

It was while we were walking along the park’s path.

Ren, who had been walking with his hands behind his back, held out the picnic basket he was carrying.

I was feeling hungry, perhaps from walking a bit.

Just then, a large tree caught my eye, so we spread a mat under the shade of the tree and sat on it.

The red and white checkered mat was cute.

Ren put the picnic basket down next to the mat and started taking out the food inside one by one.

The first thing he took out was a thick sandwich, and the next was various beautifully prepared fruits.

I couldn’t help but smile when I saw that the apple was carved into the shape of a rabbit.

“Ren. Don’t tell me you carved this?”

“Yes, I did… Oh, do you not like this sort of thing?”

I tried to hold it in, but laughter kept bursting out.

An adult man getting up at dawn to prepare for a picnic and carving apples into rabbit shapes.

‘It’s too cute…’

I knew he was good at cooking, but I didn’t know he had this kind of skill too.

Ren, embarrassed by my continuous laughter, continued to lay out the food he had prepared in abundance.

But wait…

Why does stuff keep coming out?

I can understand the salad, but why did he bring a baguette, and what are all these extravagant foods?

Starting with canapes made of crackers topped with cream cheese and sliced ham, the finger foods were so diverse that it was hard to list all the types.

‘I don’t remember ordering a catering service…’

Finally, after taking out juices in six different flavors, Ren wore an apologetic expression for some reason.

“I thought about bringing wine too, but I figured it would be better not to get drunk today, so I excluded it. I’m sorry if you wanted to drink.”

No, it’s okay. If you had brought wine on top of all this, it really would have turned into a catering service instead of a picnic.

Although we were worried about the amount, we somehow managed to finish all the food.

However, we were too full to get up.

I lay down on the mat without hesitation, and Ren sat next to me.

“What are you doing? Hurry up and lie down too!”

I patted the ground next to me with my hand.

For some reason, Ren’s cheeks were slightly flushed. He mumbled softly after hesitating.

“How could I dare to lie next to you, Lady Vivian…”

Hmm? What’s he saying? I can’t hear.

“Are you worried about feeling sick? If that’s the case, just stay sitting.”

“No, that’s not it…”

In the end, Ren reluctantly lay down next to me.

We looked at the same sky.

Although our view was half-blocked by the tree leaves, we could still see the clouds well.

“Oh, that cloud looks like a dog.”

“You’re right. It looks like a dog with perked-up ears.”

We spent time leisurely talking about clouds.

The quiet and peaceful place without a single person seemed to bring peace to our minds.

Before we knew it, the sun began to set.

“Lady Vivian, let’s go boating before it gets too late.”

“Boating?”

“Yes, there’s a dock if we go to the west side of the lake. They say the boat is small and can only accommodate two people, which is perfect since there’s just the two of us.”

“That sounds great!”

We immediately cleaned up and walked towards the dock.

Sensing our presence, the person managing the boats came running.

After a brief explanation from him, we rented a boat right away.

The light brown boat was tinged orange in the sunlight.

Ren took his place on the boat first.

Then I got on too, but it wasn’t easy to keep balance because we were on water.

“Lady Vivian.”

He reached out his hand. His soft, snow-white hand caught my eye.

“Thank you.”

When I took his hand, he pulled me onto the boat. The warmth transmitted through our touching skin felt good.

Since it was a boat without a motor or anything like that, we had to row ourselves.

At first, our rhythms didn’t match so we kept spinning in place, but we soon got used to it.

“But why did you want to come after the sun set?”

At my sudden question, Ren smiled his characteristic gentle smile.

“If you wait a little longer, you’ll see.”

Before we knew it, we had arrived at the center of the lake.

Ren glanced around briefly and then pointed to the west. My gaze followed the tip of his finger.

And at the end of it was an unbelievable scenery.

A sky as if red paint had been dissolved in it.

The view of the sunset reflected in the lake. Gently rippling water. The dark green forest surrounding us.

All the elements before our eyes blended together to create a beautiful landscape.

What brought me back to my senses while I was lost in that overwhelming sight was Ren’s voice.

“I wanted to show you this.”

I turned my head towards him, and my eyes met a Ren who somehow felt different from usual.

Shadows fell along the sunset that obliquely illuminated the side of his face.

I knew that his appearance was outstanding even normally, but… at this moment, for some reason, I became excessively aware of his beauty.

‘Wait a minute. Aware? Me? Of Ren?’

That’s nonsense. Ren is like family to me.

My thoughts were in chaotic turmoil.

Perhaps noticing that my expression was not normal, Ren asked kindly.

“Is something wrong, Lady Vivian?”

I nearly fell backwards in surprise at his face naturally coming closer.

However, Ren quickly caught me, and I was barely able to keep my balance.

That’s fine, okay. It’s okay, but… what kind of situation is this?

Before I knew it, Ren’s face was at a distance where our breaths could touch.

A distance where it wouldn’t be strange if our lips collided right away.

With the melting sunset as our lighting, Ren and I just looked at each other without avoiding.

My whole image was reflected in his eyes like green leaves.