Becoming Number One with Confession Attacks - Chapter 67

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#67

However, if the First Kingdom Army only opens it this once, deeper research would be difficult. Of course, they could open research to specific people, but it would be very limited.

Sonnet roughly grasped Professor Aldoren’s intention. This was also important for training disciples, as it was very important for his students to be able to research in various places.

If the professor mobilized various connections to secure a lot of research materials, it would greatly affect research and many disciples could come in.

Gellen greeted Aiden with a gloomy face, then bowed his head to Sonnet as well. As soon as Gellen turned around, Sonnet stood up.

“Sonnet.”

Aiden called briefly, but Sonnet looked at him and answered roughly.

“Just a moment.”

Sonnet left the office with Gellen. As soon as they came out to the corridor, Sonnet asked Gellen.

“When did Professor Aldoren send that?”

“Late last evening yesterday. After seeing the photos we took, he immediately prepared and sent these documents.”

Professor Aldoren must have already highly valued the dungeon temple in the First Kingdom Army.

While Sonnet was quietly lost in thought, Gellen asked.

“By the way, senior, are you feeling alright?”

When Sonnet looked puzzled, Gellen continued.

“I asked earlier but couldn’t hear your answer. Actually, I was worried yesterday too. You suddenly caught a cold.”

“I’m fine.”

Sonnet awkwardly lifted the corners of her mouth. Perhaps because she had been acting nonchalant since making that false confession to Aiden before, the words came out smoothly.

Gellen looked at the scarf Sonnet was wearing and said.

“Your cold must be severe.”

“Why?”

“The office was incredibly warm earlier. But since you’re wearing a scarf like this, I thought your cold might be severe.”

Sonnet’s cheeks turned red instantly. When Gellen looked puzzled, Sonnet said as if nothing was wrong.

“I need to do this for my cold to get better.”

Gellen nodded and said energetically.

“Then when will you come out again? I still don’t properly know any ancient script.”

When Sonnet looked at him briefly, Gellen immediately answered.

“Of course, I’m collecting questions now to ask all at once so I don’t bother you, senior.”

“From now on, we’ll be doing research in the Commander’s office.”

Gellen’s eyes widened.

“The Commander’s office?”

His voice was quite loud, sounding more surprised than ever. When Sonnet looked flustered, Gellen said somewhat excitedly.

“I heard around here that the Commander is very sensitive and likes being alone, so he’s not easy to get along with. Are you okay?”

Sonnet found it surprising and new to hear about Aiden from others. When Aiden was at Rosefield, people naturally gathered around him and he treated them quite well with a smiling face.

But here, he wasn’t the Aiden that Sonnet usually knew.

‘Is it because of the war?’

Sonnet became curious about Aiden’s life without her. She was also curious about how he had spent the past six months.

“Then what about dungeon surveys and research reports…?”

“We probably can’t do them together. For now, you go check the dungeon first and I’ll review it again.”

Since Aiden was too conscious of Gellen, there was no choice. Earlier too, he had looked as if he might hit Gellen, and his attitude was very cold.

Gellen nodded as if he understood.

“Looking at how you’ve been researching, senior, that seems more comfortable for you too.”

“…”

“You told me when I first came, senior. That you’re comfortable working alone but it’s inconvenient having more people around.”

Back then, she had said that because Gellen asked too many unnecessary questions and acted without reading the situation.

“That’s also the method I originally used.”

Gellen smiled slightly.

“Then when should I come find you when I have questions, senior?”

“For two weeks, I think we should review together once every three days. Let’s meet every Wednesday at 7 AM in front of the dungeon.”

Gellen’s face became brighter than before.

“Yes.”

After greeting Gellen and just entering the office, she came face to face with Aiden.

“What did you talk about? You were talking for quite a while.”

Aiden looked down at her, his eyes dark as if cold. Sonnet spoke honestly.

“Since it’s the beginning of research now, we decided to meet once every three days for two weeks. And we need to share research with each other, so not meeting at all is impossible.”

Aiden let out a light sigh and hugged Sonnet. As she was pulled into his embrace, she smelled mint. Strangely, Sonnet didn’t dislike that scent now.

When she had broken up with Aiden, she hadn’t even wanted to smell it.

He buried his face in Sonnet’s shoulder and pressed his body close to hers.

“Even when we were at Rosefield, it must have been really hard for me.”

“Back then I had almost no friends.”

Aiden laughed softly. The trembling of his large body was particularly noticeable against her chest.

His breath was subtly touching her neck, making it ticklish.

“Then it must have been somewhat comfortable.”

“…”

“Even now I’m anxious.”

Aiden embraced Sonnet’s waist more tightly. Sonnet gradually felt breathless. She spoke because she didn’t want to be misunderstood.

“Gellen is just a junior. He has no thoughts and I have no thoughts either.”

“For you to say that, he smiled at you quite often.”

“He’s originally like that. He smiled even when I scolded him.”

Aiden was silent for a while. Sonnet strangely remembered their Rosefield days and hugged his waist.

Aiden breathed for a moment, then slowly separated his body.

“You need to eat breakfast.”

Sonnet went to the table. As she was about to eat soup, Aiden sat across from her.

“Should I have them reheat it?”

“No.”

Sonnet liked cold soup in its own way, so it didn’t matter. Aiden just stared at Sonnet intently without touching his food.

Sonnet had been curious since yesterday and asked.

“Aren’t you hungry?”

“Just looking at you fills me up.”

Aiden leaned back in his chair completely to look at Sonnet. She didn’t mind that Aiden was staring intently and ate her soup.

From today, there was a lot of research to do diligently.

Sharing the office with Aiden was both comfortable and uncomfortable. Above all, quite a few people came to see him, especially his aide who frequently came and went.

He seemed not to look at Sonnet while subtly being conscious of her. Today too, the aide came looking for Aiden with a pile of documents.

Aiden looked down at the documents indifferently with his legs crossed. The aide beside him looked at Aiden and carefully opened his mouth.

“Commander, the Royal Palace has invited you to the royal banquet this time. It seems this time…”

The aide paused briefly. Aiden still looked at the documents and opened his mouth indifferently.

“Speak.”

Only then did the aide glance back slightly. Sonnet was organizing ancient script from photos when their eyes suddenly met.

The aide greeted her briefly, then turned back to Aiden.

Aiden raised his head.

“What would it matter if Sonnet is here?”

“Pardon?”

“What would it matter?”

Aiden looked at his aide with a subtle smile. For a moment, Sonnet almost stood up abruptly.

‘You said to keep it secret while I’m here.’

Aiden seemed to subtly blab to his close associates.

Sonnet looked at Aiden with a face full of things to say. Aiden shifted his gaze back to the documents and said.

“Watch your mouth for the time being.”

The aide answered immediately.

“Yes.”

Sonnet wasn’t completely at ease, but she turned her gaze back to her desk. As she was concentrating intently, the aide spoke.

“This time the Royal Family is holding a banquet gathering the Commander, Provincial Guard, and Capital Defense Force. Nominally they say it’s to show appreciation for protecting the kingdom all this time, but….”

“They said we’d be deployed for the Endriver operation, didn’t they?”

“That’s why I also selected people while observing the Third Kingdom Army, but it seems the Royal Family wants to exclude us for some reason.”

Aiden held out the documents he had been reading.

“Tell them we’ll attend.”

“But wouldn’t it be better for you to go to Melliber and assess the situation rather than attend unnecessarily? That would also put pressure on the Royal Family….”

“The Royal Family doesn’t like that sort of thing.”

“Then….”

“I wanted to speak directly anyway, so this works out well.”

The aide tilted his head, seemingly unable to understand Aiden’s intentions at all. Sonnet had stopped her research at some point and was listening to Aiden’s words.

She wondered if Aiden was in a difficult position because of her. It seemed like not marrying the Princess was having such far-reaching effects.

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