Becoming Number One with Confession Attacks - Chapter 57

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#57

He strode out of the building with his long legs. It wasn’t the door Sonnet had entered through, but a door near the stairs, and a soldier opened it for him separately as if it were his private entrance.

“Wow, he’s even more handsome in person than in the newspapers. There’s definitely a reason he’s so famous.”

Gellen kept chattering non-stop, seemingly amazed by Aiden’s face.

“Aiden really has everything, doesn’t he? He’s tall, from a good family, and handsome too.”

“….”

“Actually, I saw him coming down the stairs earlier and couldn’t help but stare. Even as a man, I think he’s cool, so women must like him even more.”

Sonnet turned around with a stiff expression. Gellen followed beside her, continuing to talk.

“If you knew him, it would be really convenient to come here.”

“….”

“Come to think of it, don’t you know the commander, senior?”

Sonnet stopped and looked at Gellen. Gellen’s eyes still sparkled as if the aftereffect of seeing Aiden hadn’t worn off.

“You graduated from Rosefield Academy too, senior. From what I know, Aiden briefly attended there as well.”

Sonnet turned her head with a stiff expression.

“I don’t know.”

Sonnet quickly headed to the administrative counter. Gellen persistently followed, saying,

“I don’t think you really wouldn’t know… Aiden is famous even here, so he must have been even more amazing at that school. Did you really not know? Or at least hear rumors…?”

Sonnet frowned and looked at Gellen.

“I don’t know any rumors either. I only studied.”

Gellen rolled his eyes and nodded. Sonnet calmed her somewhat angry feelings and sat in a chair to wait.

As soon as her turn came, making the visitor’s pass wasn’t particularly difficult. She had wondered if she might need a researcher’s certificate, but it seemed everything had been communicated here.

“You’re all set.”

The staff member handed over the visitor’s pass. It didn’t take very long and was made quite easily. Sonnet thanked them and received the pass.

As she examined the newly made visitor’s pass, voices beside her were quite loud.

“You’re saying my researcher’s certificate didn’t arrive? No, I definitely sent it on time, and if you look at this nameplate here…”

“We can’t process nameplates as documentation, so that won’t work, and we’ll look for the certificate again.”

Gellen let out a long sigh. When Sonnet just watched from the side, he seemed to notice and turned around.

He spoke with a rather apologetic expression.

“Senior, would you like to go look around the dungeon temple first? It seems like this will take longer than expected.”

Gellen pointed with his finger inside the counter window. Several people were busily rummaging through documents in envelopes.

“I’ll go ahead and take pictures of places worth researching.”

“Okay.”

Gellen handed over the camera that had been hanging around his neck with a dejected expression.

Sonnet took the heavy camera and left headquarters. Conveniently, there was a complete map in front of the headquarters building.

Building locations and major warehouses were quite easy to find, which was nice to see, and the dungeon temple was located behind headquarters. Uniquely, there was a hot spring in front of the temple, in quite a secluded area.

The cave was definitely in a location where no one would pay attention to it.

Sonnet turned around with quite a satisfied feeling. Just then, the voices of several people who had just come out of the headquarters building echoed.

“I saw earlier, is the commander still going for treatment?”

“He doesn’t seem to have fully recovered. The battle at Meriden must have been quite fierce.”

They disappeared busily, but Sonnet stood there in a daze.

‘He looked fine when I saw him earlier.’

Had he suffered internal injuries? Sonnet felt uneasy with the sudden worry that arose.

She had thought she had completely forgotten Aiden and was living independently of him, but whenever she heard about his actual situation like this, her heart ached as if she wanted to remember that they had been lovers.

Strictly speaking, she still couldn’t forget Aiden.

‘Well, how could I forget?’

He was the man she met during the most intense summer of her life. Previously, she had loved summer most because of Aiden, but now she hated summer most.

Every summer, she remembered his fresh smile, gentle voice, and warm embrace.

Especially when Aiden lost his memory and she left his manor, that was the worst.

It was cruel heat and a cruel farewell.

Sonnet frowned for no reason and adjusted her clothes. Strangely, the cold wind seemed to penetrate her coat more than before.

Sonnet hurried her steps. Oddly, whenever she fell into the past, her heart became endlessly depressed and pathetic. Perhaps it was natural.

Memories recalled alone were too miserable and dreamlike.

Cold wind wrapped around Sonnet and blew fiercely.

Sonnet put her hands in her pockets and walked quickly with hunched shoulders. The wind grew stronger as she went. Still, Sonnet didn’t feel too bad.

The dungeon temple was in a secluded place, so the deeper she went, the fewer people passed by. For Sonnet, that quietness felt rather comfortable.

As she struggled to walk against the cold wind, she saw an iron gate in the distance. Soldiers with guns stood on both sides of the gate, creating quite a stern atmosphere.

Since Sonnet had a visitor’s pass, she wasn’t particularly nervous. Rather, she liked this stern atmosphere better. It didn’t seem like anyone would enter carelessly.

When Sonnet presented her visitor’s pass, they opened the gate for her. Sonnet stepped forward happily. Coming here, the cliff seemed to block the wind, so she didn’t feel much cold.

Moreover, there was a hot spring, with white steam rising in the distance, creating quite a nice atmosphere. As she kept looking there, there didn’t seem to be anyone around. There were no clothes nearby either.

‘Who would be in a hot spring in this cold weather?’

Sonnet walked vigorously toward the hot spring with relief. Since the dungeon temple was in the direction of the hot spring, she had to pass by the hot spring.

As she walked straight ahead looking at the hot spring, something slowly rose from the water.

Wet black hair and deep eyes caught her attention. Sonnet instantly stopped in her tracks.

He stared at Sonnet as he emerged from the water. His large frame and firmly built muscles were immediately visible. Even the scars she remembered.

Sonnet immediately turned around. Just as she was taking a step, a low voice echoed from behind.

“It’s been a while.”

Sonnet’s mind went blank for a moment. Aiden still remembered. She couldn’t get her bearings and wavered. Most of all, his voice that she heard after so long sounded so good.

As Sonnet unconsciously turned her head, their eyes met for a moment. He was tilting his head slightly while drying his hair. White steam spread up from his body.

Aiden didn’t even shiver despite the steel-like cold, as if it didn’t matter.

Rather, it was Sonnet who was trembling slightly. For some reason, the cold wind around her felt as chilling as if it were cutting into her flesh.

Aiden still didn’t take his eyes off Sonnet. Under his persistent gaze, Sonnet forgot to breathe and looked at him.

After finishing drying his hair, he picked up a shirt and jacket from a stone that Sonnet hadn’t seen.

Aiden stared at Sonnet even while putting on his shirt. Though she knew she should look away and escape this place, Sonnet’s body wouldn’t budge.

As if she were mesmerized by his gaze.

Aiden moved as naturally as if he were at home. Soon he was fully dressed in his uniform and strode toward Sonnet. As he came closer, a subtly familiar scent wafted over.

Sonnet felt something surge up inside her.

‘Why do you keep using the scent I like?’

When you can’t even remember. Sonnet barely held back the rising emotions. She tried to ignore him and leave, but strangely her steps wouldn’t move.

Was it because of Aiden blocking her path, or because of the mint scent that kept stimulating her nose?

When Sonnet raised her head, Aiden was still blocking her way. Staring at her intently.

Cold wind blew fiercely around them. Forgotten memories and the mint scent from him kept reaching Sonnet.

The more she smelled the mint, the more hot summer memories came to mind. Being held in his arms, kissing him. Such stimulation poured into her mind like waves, and it seemed to be because of the mint scent.

“Do you happen to use mint from the Itar region?”

It was a somewhat impulsive question. The scent floating in her nose was so familiar, but it might not be the same.

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