Becoming Number One with Confession Attacks - Chapter 62

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#62

 

“….”

 

“You even have someone to marry, yet you’re deliberately having breakfast with me like this and meeting separately….”

 

“I’m not going to.”

 

When Sonnet looked at him in surprise, Aiden smiled faintly.

 

“I’m not going to do it, so it doesn’t matter if rumors spread.”

 

Sonnet couldn’t find words to respond immediately. She had thought that Aiden would marry the Princess for his dreams, just as his father wanted.

 

“Wouldn’t marrying the Princess allow you to achieve much more?”

 

Aiden didn’t answer and just stared at Sonnet intently. Sonnet spoke because she couldn’t understand at all.

 

“If you marry the Princess, your families would match well and your status and honor would be good, so why would you deliberately….”

 

“We weren’t close to begin with and don’t suit each other well, so what would be the point of marrying?”

 

“But there were even articles about you marrying the Princess….”

 

“Would you like it if I married the Princess?”

 

Sonnet found herself unable to answer. She could just simply say ‘yes’, but why on earth….

 

Aiden chuckled and finished his sandwich.

 

His face had been full of laughter since earlier. As if he was satisfied about something.

 

Sonnet lowered her gaze. When she attended Rosefield, she only thought about love with him and didn’t think realistically, but now that it had become reality, marriage with him felt quite heavy to Sonnet.

 

Now marriage with Aiden seemed like mere greed. Greed that didn’t suit her station at that.

 

Sonnet couldn’t bring herself to meet Aiden’s eyes as she spoke.

 

“I really hope you marry the Princess. I saw in the newspaper that you two look good together outwardly….”

 

“What about us two?”

 

“Pardon?”

 

“Don’t we two also look quite good together on the surface?”

 

Sonnet felt her heart sink. As she looked at him with wide eyes, Aiden seemed strangely delighted.

 

He smiled brightly and leaned back leisurely in his chair. Sonnet barely managed to calm her surprised heart and opened her mouth.

 

“I’m a commoner and don’t suit the Commander at all. And….”

 

Just then, the sound of knocking echoed. Aiden spoke without taking his eyes off Sonnet.

 

“Yes.”

 

After his low, concise voice, the door opened. A soldier entered, saluted immediately, then strode toward Aiden.

 

He looked at Sonnet and seemed a bit surprised, hesitating before speaking to Aiden.

 

“Commander, the magical substance investigation of the northeastern region is complete.”

 

Aiden leisurely received the documents and skimmed through them. Sonnet felt uneasy but stood up from her seat.

 

“I’ll be going first.”

 

As she greeted him, Aiden was still only looking at the documents.

 

“Be careful on your way.”

 

Sonnet turned around, leaving behind Aiden who kept his gaze fixed on the documents. Just as she took a step, the soldier from earlier approached her.

 

“I’ll escort you.”

 

Sonnet looked back just in case, but Aiden was still only looking at the documents. His calm and composed atmosphere was exactly like the Aiden who used to read weapon-related books.

 

“Please come this way.”

 

At the quite kind voice, Sonnet immediately looked ahead. Sonnet followed the soldier out of the office.

 

***

 

Gellen came into the dungeon bundled up all over his body. As soon as he saw Sonnet, he greeted her warmly.

 

“Senior, did you sleep well? By the way, you came out early.”

 

“I felt like I didn’t see it properly yesterday.”

 

“I took some rough photos, would you like to see them?”

 

Sonnet received the photos Gellen brought and looked through them. Gellen watched Sonnet from the side, then casually spoke.

 

“Senior, did you get back safely yesterday? I drank too much yesterday so I don’t remember well.”

 

“You did talk too much yesterday. No matter how much you drink, I’d prefer if you didn’t talk about my private life.”

 

“Ah, I’m sorry, senior.”

 

Gellen quietly assisted beside Sonnet with his shoulders drooped considerably.

 

It was when Sonnet had been looking at the ancient language inside the temple for a while.

 

“Um, senior.”

 

Sonnet concentrated without answering, but Gellen seemed to gain confidence and carefully opened his mouth.

 

“I think I heard something yesterday… Are you really close with the Commander, senior?”

 

“No.”

 

Sonnet’s tone was colder and more resolute than ever. Gellen tilted his head.

 

“For you to say that, doesn’t the Commander seem to take too good care of you? Senior, did you really have no connection with the Commander?”

 

“Yes.”

 

Gellen didn’t say anything more. Sonnet took her eyes off the wall and looked at the photos Gellen took, then narrowed her eyes.

 

“I think we need to look at this more closely.”

 

Gellen looked at the photo Sonnet was holding and said.

 

“The ancient language here is right under the water and it’s not easy to approach. If we get help from the military unit, it would probably be fine….”

 

Gellen glanced around and casually said.

 

“This time the Commander held a welcome banquet for us, provided accommodation, and even gave us special visitor passes, so wouldn’t he help us?”

 

Sonnet didn’t feel like it, but it seemed she had no choice but to get help. It was research anyway, so she had to do it properly.

 

“Ask headquarters. If they say no, then there’s nothing we can do.”

 

Gellen smiled brightly and nodded. Sonnet looked around the dungeon again with Gellen, focusing on the locations in the photos. Inside the dungeon was somewhat warmer than outside, so it was bearable.

 

The dungeon temple was better preserved than expected, and if they researched the main parts, the results would likely be significant.

 

Sonnet had Gellen retake photos of the parts with important content written on them while checking.

 

After roughly looking around the dungeon, she began to get a sense of how to conduct the research. When they came out of the dungeon like that, it was already lunchtime.

 

Gellen organized his camera while saying.

 

“Senior, I heard the restaurant here is really good. Would you like to go? They even say it’s free with a special membership card.”

 

Sonnet nodded lightly. As they passed the hot spring, she strangely couldn’t look in that direction. It felt like Aiden might appear again.

 

Sonnet walked particularly fast when going in that direction.

 

As they headed toward headquarters, people gathered around making a commotion. Especially in front of the headquarters building, four large carriages were parked with royal emblems prominently displayed.

 

Gellen narrowed his eyes to look, then suddenly turned to Sonnet.

 

“Senior, it looks like royalty has come.”

 

“Royalty?”

 

“Otherwise, you can’t ride around in carriages with those red flags, right?”

 

At the mention of royalty, Sonnet felt strangely uneasy.

 

“I’m not going to.”

 

She remembered Aiden saying that. Even if he thought that way, the situation didn’t seem to agree.

 

Of course, it wasn’t certain that the Princess had come here, but Sonnet somehow kept having a premonition that the Princess had come here.

 

Since the restaurant was inside headquarters, they tried to enter, but soldiers blocked them. When Sonnet looked confused, a soldier said.

 

“You cannot enter due to current security issues.”

 

Sonnet couldn’t say anything more about that. Several people were already waiting outside. As she unconsciously looked inside, she saw a familiar person.

 

It was Aiden, tall and more noticeable than anyone else, impossible to ignore easily.

 

Sonnet couldn’t take her eyes off him as if enchanted. He was leaning against the stair railing, talking with someone. While smiling brightly.

 

On the opposite side stood a familiar woman she had seen before. It was the Princess. The two looked more affectionate than expected, and with their appropriate height difference, they looked very well-matched.

 

Sonnet immediately turned around. Gellen looked around inside, then turned to Sonnet as if he had seen something. His eyes were full of surprise.

 

“Senior, it looks like the Princess has come?”

 

“….”

 

“It looks like they’re on a date or something.”

 

Sonnet felt her heart twist painfully inside. She had thought she shouldn’t harbor any greed toward Aiden, but as expected, her heart wouldn’t let him go easily.

 

All this time, she had just pretended to forget. Seeing how she kept reacting like this whenever she saw Aiden.

 

“Let’s go.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“If we stay here any longer, we won’t even be able to eat lunch.”

 

Gellen didn’t respond further but kept glancing toward the inside. He belatedly followed Sonnet and said.

 

“You two seem to have quite deep affection for each other. Coming here like this, and you two look quite good together.”

 

Sonnet’s expression hardened even more. Everyone seemed to think like Gellen, as people around them were also whispering that the Princess and Aiden looked good together.

 

It seemed everyone had the same eye for these things after all. Just as she was passing the royal carriage with complicated feelings, suddenly the sound of light bursting rang out from behind.

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