Becoming Number One with Confession Attacks - Chapter 42

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#42

 

Having built walls and avoided making friends for so long, Sonnet felt even more cautious about this situation.

 

There were quite a lot of people inside the arena. For a moment, Sonnet hesitated.

 

Aiden was so conspicuous that she didn’t need to look for him.

 

He was laughing while running his hand through his sweat-dampened hair. He was talking with people around him in quite a cheerful atmosphere.

 

Sonnet found herself staring blankly without realizing it.

 

At least Aiden seemed to be doing well, which was a relief. Just as she was turning her head with some peace of mind, Gales spoke.

 

“I had a hard time getting these tickets too. It’s only because I’m a player who competed in Madou matches, otherwise I wouldn’t even have been able to become a spectator.”

 

Sonnet’s eyebrows furrowed subtly. She found it hard to believe what Gales was saying.

 

“Don’t people who played in Madou matches usually get them easily?”

 

“Everyone thinks that, but it’s not easy for us to get tickets either. We’re just a little better off than regular students.”

 

Delr said with a laugh.

 

“Isn’t it harder to get them because of Aiden?”

 

Gales’ eyes drooped slightly.

 

“That’s right.”

 

Sonnet suddenly remembered the ticket Aiden had given her. That ticket had a great view because it was close to the arena, and since there were no people in the surrounding seats, she could watch the match comfortably without being jostled by cheering neighbors.

 

‘Did Aiden get it more easily because he’s from the Rosefield Family?’

 

It was quite a plausible assumption.

 

At this school, they seemed to prepare Aiden’s seat in advance before starting everything.

 

While Sonnet was looking around and speculating, Delr looked back at Gales and asked,

 

“Isn’t this the seat?”

 

Gales nodded.

 

“This is the right seat.”

 

As Sonnet was about to sit down, Gales quickly took advantage of the moment and occupied Sonnet’s seat. Because of this, Delr was pushed to sit next to Gales.

 

As Sonnet exchanged glances with Delr in confusion, Gales said brazenly.

 

“This is my seat.”

 

Delr looked at Gales once, then sat down without saying anything. It seemed he had no choice since Gales was the one who got the tickets.

 

Sonnet was puzzled for a moment but had no choice but to sit down. Even if she argued about it, the fact that she’d be sitting next to someone uncomfortable wouldn’t change much anyway.

 

However, Gales was strangely more uncomfortable.

 

When she sat with Aiden, it wasn’t this uncomfortable. Moreover, he seemed to smell like raw meat, which made it worse.

 

‘Even when Aiden was sweating, he had a pleasant mint scent.’

 

Sonnet sighed.

 

Constantly comparing him to Aiden naturally made her think of him.

 

Her mood soured thinking about Aiden, and as she looked ahead with a frown, this time the arena came into view.

 

There was definitely some distance from the arena.

 

The comparison was stark, perhaps because the seat she had sat in before was such a prime spot.

 

Even though the distance was so far that people looked like dots, Aiden was annoyingly visible. As always, he stood out without needing to be looked for. More than anyone else.

 

Aiden was warming up, lightly hitting a small ball here and there with a long stick.

 

Sonnet found her gaze strangely drawn to his focused appearance.

 

Then suddenly he looked up toward the spectator stands.

 

At first she thought he was looking at the sky, but she could clearly feel him scanning the viewing area. And at that moment, as if by magic, her eyes met Aiden’s.

 

For that moment, time seemed to stop. Because she could only see Aiden.

 

The sound of giggling and chattering around her faded into the distance. Her daze was brief, and Sonnet hurriedly averted her gaze.

 

“Aiden looked at me!”

 

“I think we made eye contact.”

 

Everyone was smiling brightly and feeling embarrassed in their own way.

 

‘It probably wasn’t me.’

 

As they said, Sonnet realized it was too far to identify anyone specifically.

 

Anyway, Aiden was far away, so he probably couldn’t see this place properly.

 

As she tried to compose herself, a food vendor happened to approach nearby.

 

Spotting the food vendor, Gales simply flicked his finger to call him over.

 

The boy carrying a heavy drink container immediately poured blue juice and held it out.

 

Gales took the drink and handed it to Sonnet with a strange smile.

 

Sonnet was about to say it was okay but reluctantly accepted it.

 

“Thank you.”

 

She even said words she hadn’t been used to saying.

 

Gales nodded as if it was nothing and gave juice to Delr as well.

 

Delr smiled very brightly and gratefully accepted the juice.

 

Gales narrowed his eyes and slurped his juice.

 

“As expected, practice isn’t going well since I’m not there.”

 

He put his right leg on his knee and shook his leg restlessly. Not only that, but he spread his legs wide and fidgeted around, making Sonnet’s space cramped.

 

She had to keep her legs together because Gales’ leg seemed like it would touch hers.

 

Even so, their legs occasionally brushed against each other. Each time this happened, Gales didn’t apologize and just stared.

 

Because he kept shaking his leg, Sonnet couldn’t concentrate on the match as it bothered her.

 

Even now, Gales’ leg was subtly touching Sonnet’s calf. Sonnet immediately pulled her legs together and said.

 

“Gales, keep your legs together.”

 

Gales chuckled and nodded.

 

Only then did Sonnet look at the arena. As if Aiden was also looking this way at that moment, their eyes happened to meet.

 

Sonnet panicked and hastily averted her eyes.

 

Then she looked toward Aiden again, and his gaze was still directed at Sonnet.

 

‘He’s not looking at me.’

 

Since the distance between the arena and her seat was quite far, Sonnet thought it must be her imagination.

 

At the same time, she felt a hot gaze from beside her. When Sonnet turned around, her eyes met Gales who had been looking at her.

 

Gales opened his mouth.

 

“Sonnet, you seem to catch people’s attention more than I thought?”

 

“Huh?”

 

Gales crossed his legs while looking at Sonnet.

 

“It looks like Aiden is looking at you.”

 

For a moment, Sonnet’s heart beat rapidly. Sonnet tried hard to deny it.

 

“How could he see from here?”

 

“Well, that’s true.”

 

He smiled while watching the arena, then suddenly asked.

 

“Isn’t being here better than studying?”

 

Sonnet couldn’t answer easily. Studying hadn’t been much fun lately either.

 

But watching matches at the arena wasn’t particularly interesting either.

 

When there was no answer, Gales turned around. He smiled and said.

 

“No matter how much you study, it’s not fun. It’s boring to death.”

 

“Still…”

 

Then Delr stood up and stepped on Gales’ foot.

 

He was startled and frowned. Delr covered her mouth and worried.

 

“Sorry, are you okay? Isn’t that the foot you injured? What should I do?”

 

Delr stamped her feet, not knowing what to do.

 

Gales glared at Delr, then looked down at the stepped-on foot. His expression was still bad as if it hurt.

 

He moved his foot around and frowned.

 

“I need to go to the infirmary.”

 

Gales grabbed the chair’s armrest and stood up. Delr looked at Sonnet and said.

 

“Sonnet, will you go with Gales?”

 

Sonnet was flustered by the unexpected request. Since Delr was the one who stepped on Gales’ foot, she thought it would be right for her to go with him.

 

When Sonnet couldn’t bring herself to get up, Delr said apologetically.

 

“I have to stay here to guard our seats.”

 

“I’ll guard them. And we have tickets, so isn’t it fine?”

 

“No, sometimes there are kids who take seats first and won’t move, so I have to guard them. And I promised to save seats for other kids too.”

 

Delr pointed to the seat next to her.

 

No one had come yet, but Delr’s bag was placed there instead. Gales ground his teeth as if in pain.

 

Delr put her hands together apologetically and said.

 

“Sonnet, please.”

 

She seemed to be asking so earnestly that Sonnet had no choice but to get up. After all, she had come here thanks to Gales’ ticket.

 

Delr smiled brightly and said.

 

“Sonnet, the infirmary is on the floor below here, so it won’t be far.”

 

Sonnet nodded and looked at Gales. He looked at Sonnet’s face and said.

 

“Could you give me your arm?”

 

Sonnet didn’t want to for some reason, but she extended her arm.

 

Gales smiled faintly and took Sonnet’s arm. She felt unpleasant for a moment, but endured it thinking of Delr.

 

Gales nodded forward and said.

 

“If you keep going this way and reach the bottom floor, there’s a corridor, right? If you go that way from there, you’ll find the infirmary right away.”

 

Sonnet walked as Gales had told her.

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