Becoming Number One with Confession Attacks - Chapter 5

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#5

“Are you out of your mind?”

“I came here and did nothing but study, then suddenly he shows up and I became second place.”

“If your goal is to become a researcher, you don’t necessarily need to be first. You’re already good enough…”

“I feel like my entire existence was trampled on in an instant.”

“…”

“Because of Aiden.”

Sonnet had always been first place.

In this place already full of contempt and disdain, that fact alone made Sonnet feel validated that she was winning.

No matter how negatively they looked at her or ignored her, she felt she was one step above them. Money had naturally followed.

But now even that had crumbled. Sonnet glared at Tester, thinking of the humiliation of living as second place all this time.

“If it weren’t for Aiden, I could be first place.”

Tester frowned as if frustrated.

“Aiden is a different person to begin with.”

“…”

“Someone we can never beat.”

Hearing those words, Sonnet’s fists clenched. The anger surged even more because it was true.

“I’ll still beat him.”

Tester looked into Sonnet’s eyes and shook his head. He stepped back from the tree and raised both hands.

“I knew your obsession with first place was fanatical, but now I don’t know anymore.”

As he passed by Sonnet, he stopped for a moment and looked back.

“Don’t seriously fall for him.”

“Why.”

“Because Aiden doesn’t seem like he’d seriously like you back either.”

It was true. Sonnet also suspected that Aiden had some ulterior motive.

“Don’t worry. The confession is fake too, and I won’t seriously fall for him.”

Tester looked at Sonnet for a moment, then left without saying more.

Sonnet stood there for a long time in the hot heat.

The leaves hanging from the tree blocked the sun’s heat and felt cool, but her face was still burning.

Sweat trickled down her forehead. Sonnet hastily wiped the sweat away in her unpleasant mood.

She walked along the path paved with stepping stones with rough steps.

No matter how good Aiden’s family background and grades were, there had to be some way to beat him.

For instance, interfering with his studies while dating.

Of course, Aiden had never directly harmed Sonnet, but he was the ringleader of the group that ignored her. Though he did stop them when he was around.

‘It must be that typical noble superiority complex.’

Pretending to be a decent person for reputation while looking down with pity.

Attending this school, Sonnet had experienced firsthand and knew well how much nobles looked down on commoners.

She thought Aiden wouldn’t be much different.

Sonnet walked quickly to the Administrative Office. Her steps were unwavering.

She opened the Administrative Office door with the determination to get her volunteer certificate processed no matter what if it wasn’t done this time.

As soon as the bell rang with a clang, everyone looked at Sonnet.

One of them even stood up from their seat and greeted Sonnet with a bright smile.

“Are you student Sonnet?”

At the extremely kind tone, Sonnet nodded awkwardly.

That person smiled brightly and approached Sonnet.

“What brings you here?”

Sonnet was bewildered and couldn’t speak right away.

The atmosphere and treatment were completely different from when she usually went to the Administrative Office. They even knew her name.

When Sonnet just looked without answering, that person gently took Sonnet’s arm.

“Would you like to sit here for a moment?”

As Sonnet sat down in confusion, the staff member asked.

“Would you like coffee or tea?”

Sonnet immediately frowned and shook her head.

She didn’t want to leisurely drink anything right now.

“Has my volunteer certificate been processed?”

Only then did the staff member hurriedly go to the desk as if they had found their task. They brought some documents and carefully handed them over.

“It’s already been perfectly processed.”

Sonnet checked the documents to see if what they said was true.

As the staff member said, the graduation requirements were perfectly met. Now she just needed to attend lectures and take exams to graduate immediately.

“Why is this damn school so slow at processing things? I clearly submitted all my volunteer certificates but they keep asking me to submit them quickly. They just need to approve them themselves.”

She remembered what a student had said before. Sonnet’s volunteer certificate had also been delayed for a long time.

But the documents she actually received showed that all administrative processing, including volunteer-related matters, was already perfectly completed.

The work that had been sluggish despite constant requests was resolved all at once.

Sonnet couldn’t adapt to the atmosphere that had changed overnight.

The Administrative Office staff even treated her extremely respectfully.

Before, they had treated her as if she were very bothersome.

“Is there anything else you need?”

The staff member’s tone was as smooth as water droplets rolling on green leaves.

Sonnet stood up holding the documents the staff member had given her.

“I’m fine.”

Sonnet left the Administrative Office.

Even checking the documents again in the corridor, the volunteer certificate was in a perfectly processed state.

Sonnet stared at the documents for a long time. The Administrative Office staff’s attitude, the quickly processed volunteer certificate.

‘Could it be because of Aiden?’

That was the only explanation that made sense. Sonnet weakly lowered her hand holding the documents.

‘It’s this easy.’

Her fighting spirit that had been boiling when she entered the Administrative Office was completely deflated.

‘I don’t know if this is good or bad.’

Still, since the volunteer certificate was approved, the worry that had been constantly bothering her was gone.

‘I just need to take the benefits for myself. Like this.’

Sonnet decided to think as positively as possible.

It wasn’t a bad result anyway.

Three days later, the school became noisy.

There were hardly any classes.

Because it was the day the Madu match was held.

Since the exams had ended recently, today was completely in a festival mood.

The sky looked like it would rain at any moment, but from morning there were many people beating drums or blowing whistles shrilly.

Despite the bad weather, students wearing school cheering uniforms walked around in groups, each with blue stars drawn on their faces, along with laughter.

Sonnet watched the noisy crowd from her dormitory room and looked down at the ticket Aiden had given her.

‘After confessing like that, it would be strange not to go, right?’

Having confessed that she had completely fallen for Aiden, it wouldn’t make sense not to go see the Madu match where he was playing as captain.

Sonnet didn’t even have any classes today.

‘If I don’t go, Aiden will be suspicious too.’

She remembered Aiden’s gaze when he had asked if her previous confession was just a joke.

Those eyes that had shone strangely sharp. It seemed like he was trying to figure out her true intentions.

Aiden needed to be completely absorbed in romance for her to interfere with his studies. So it was better to eliminate such suspicions early in the relationship.

Sonnet had good concentration, so she thought she might be able to continue studying even at Madu Stadium.

Rather than letting her planned schedule fall apart carelessly, it would be better to study in slightly uncomfortable conditions.

Sonnet had no choice but to pack her study materials and leave the dormitory.

***

Madu Stadium was noisier than expected.

Fortunately, people weren’t sitting densely packed around her.

There was plenty of seating space, and when she put her bag beside her and looked ahead, she could see inside Madu Stadium so clearly it was startling.

Strangely, as soon as Sonnet sat down, the dark sky began to gradually clear.

People inside the stadium also looked up at the sky with curiosity.

Among them, Aiden stood out without her even having to look around for him.

His horse was a glossy black horse unlike the others, and he was dressed in competition attire unlike usual, which suited his atmosphere exceptionally well.

The black cap with a short brim and the top with blue stars drawn on it harmonized with his muscular body without looking childish.

The white pants that clung tightly to his firm thighs and the glossy brown boots made his nobility stand out even more.

His posture was upright and neat, drawing the eye even more.

Aiden rode his horse roughly while staying ahead of the others.

Everyone was chasing after him trying to stop him, but he was overwhelmingly fast.

The small ball stuck to his long stick like a magnet, following accurately, and smoothly entered the goal.

Cheers erupted. It was loud enough to make her ears ring.

Sonnet seemed overwhelmed by the scale she was seeing for the first time and the vibrant atmosphere.

She had brought her bag to study, but she couldn’t think about studying at all.

Sonnet watched the game as if entranced.

Aiden laughed while simply tapping sticks with his teammates around him. He looked particularly radiant under the scorching sunlight.

Sonnet found herself staring at him intently without realizing it.

‘He beat someone nearly to death?’

He didn’t look that way at all. His reputation around him was even very good. Unlike hers.

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