Becoming Number One with Confession Attacks - Chapter 75

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#75

“…Be careful and have a safe trip.”

“Yeah.”

Sonnet said while sniffling.

“I’ll take good care of the ring.”

Aiden smiled softly. His trembling felt pleasantly against Sonnet’s body.

“It’s okay if you lose it, so don’t worry too much about it.”

“But it’s a ring you’ve always treasured.”

“That’s true.”

He chuckled and gave Sonnet a tight, strong hug before letting her go. Sonnet couldn’t bring herself to look at Aiden and handed back his coat.

“You wear it.”

“It’s cold, you should wear it.”

Aiden smiled and took the coat Sonnet offered. Sonnet immediately picked up the bag that had fallen.

“I’m going.”

As Sonnet turned around, his low voice rang out.

“Sonnet.”

Sonnet turned back instinctively. As soon as Aiden saw her tear-stained eyes, he smiled brightly and waved his hand.

“Sleep well.”

Sonnet awkwardly lifted the corners of her mouth and waved back. She wiped her tears with her sleeve and turned around. As expected, she couldn’t see Aiden off with a smile.

She quickly entered the dormitory and as soon as she closed the door, tears came. Sonnet wiped her tears and looked toward the window. Aiden was still standing in that spot.

Aiden looked at the dormitory building for a moment before turning around. Sonnet watched him walking alone in his uniform, and something welled up inside her chest.

Aiden always loved war and would chase after such things.

Sonnet couldn’t bring herself to like that aspect of him. She understood and loved all other aspects of Aiden, but.

She watched Aiden’s retreating figure for a long time, shedding tears. It was a path she usually looked at without any particular thoughts, but today it couldn’t have been sadder.

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The next day, Sonnet went to the research lab for the first time in a while. As soon as she opened the door, it felt cold and empty. It was natural since Professor Aldoren usually came late, and Gellen would be at the First Kingdom Army Garrison.

Sonnet was walking to her usual spot when she suddenly stopped and looked around. Her spot was completely clean with nothing there. As if no one had ever been there.

Wondering what had happened, she looked around, but only Sonnet’s spot had been completely cleared out.

‘Did Aiden clean it up?’

But even so, there was no reason to clear it out this thoroughly. It looked exactly as if she had completely left this place.

Sonnet couldn’t accept it and immediately left the research lab. Just then, she ran into someone. It was Gellen.

As soon as Gellen saw Sonnet, he quickly approached.

“Senior!”

“What brings you here?”

“Ah, one of the cameras broke so I came to replace it with another one.”

Sonnet nodded and asked.

“Gellen, did you happen to clear out my spot?”

“No.”

As Sonnet was about to step back, Gellen turned around belatedly.

“Senior, there’s something I heard.”

“What did you hear?”

Gellen came close to Sonnet and said.

“I heard that the Rosefield Family is withdrawing all their investment in you and re-evaluating whether your researcher position is suitable.”

Sonnet’s eyebrows furrowed sharply.

“Why?”

“They said strange rumors have been circulating.”

“What rumors?”

Gellen looked at Sonnet with a troubled expression.

“What rumors.”

When Sonnet asked firmly, Gellen carefully began to speak.

“That you seduced the Commander who is supposed to marry the Princess….”

Sonnet was so absurd that she let out a hollow laugh. Gellen also looked at Sonnet and shook his head as if he couldn’t understand either.

“I was really dumbfounded when I heard this. I mean, how could you seduce the Commander? You’ve never been interested in such things.”

“….”

“And all this time, the Commander was just being kind to us, there was no ulterior motive, right?”

“There was an ulterior motive.”

Gellen’s eyes widened.

“What?”

Sonnet thought there was no need to hide it anymore since it had come to this. Rumors had already started circulating, and Aiden had said that those who should know already knew.

“Actually, I’ve known Aiden since Rosefield.”

Gellen opened his mouth and stared at Sonnet.

“Then don’t tell me your ex-lover was….”

“It was Aiden.”

Gellen couldn’t close his mouth. He kept exclaiming in amazement, unable to hide his surprise.

“I really had no idea, wow, how….”

Since Gellen was so oblivious, she thought that’s why he hadn’t noticed all this time. Sonnet spoke honestly.

“Probably everyone except you knew.”

“What?”

“The Professor was subtly aware of it too.”

“The Professor too?”

Gellen’s voice was quite loud. Just then, the sound of someone coming could be heard.

When Sonnet turned around, Professor Aldoren was coming with a newspaper. He had come earlier than usual, but his face looked quite serious.

As soon as Professor Aldoren saw Sonnet, he said.

“Sonnet, you heard the news too, right?”

“I can roughly guess what happened from seeing my spot. Gellen told me too.”

“Rosefield Duke caused a late uproar last night. I was so busy yesterday that I couldn’t sleep properly and am just coming now. Anyway, you’re not completely expelled yet, so continue your research in the dormitory for now.”

Professor Aldoren held out a piece of paper. It was the paper Sonnet had given him yesterday. It was also a problem Sonnet had thought about a lot regarding which direction the research should take.

On that paper, Professor Aldoren had kindly written the solution. It was quite lengthy content, but Sonnet understood it immediately.

“Thank you.”

“Save your thanks for when this research is completely revealed to the world. Right now, what’s important is that you don’t get expelled.”

Gellen watched Professor Aldoren’s expression and carefully spoke up.

“Um, Professor, did you know that Senior was in a romantic relationship with the Commander?”

“You didn’t know until now?”

Gellen’s eyes widened again.

“Wow, you knew too, Professor?”

“Sonnet was the first commoner to graduate valedictorian from Rosefield, Aiden also attended that school at the time, and there were rumors around.”

Gellen still seemed unconvinced and shook his head.

“I couldn’t even guess that Senior was in a romantic relationship with the Commander. She was so focused on research.”

It was understandable that he couldn’t believe it. Sonnet had never even imagined that she would have such a relationship with Aiden someday.

Professor Aldoren held out the newspaper to Sonnet with a serious face.

“Aiden is supposed to leave for Melliber this afternoon. I don’t know if he knows about your situation.”

Sonnet skimmed through the newspaper Professor Aldoren offered. Even without trying to look for Aiden’s face, his face was prominently featured on the front page.

The news that Aiden would depart for Melliber in the afternoon was written in quite detail. The front page was almost entirely about Aiden.

Certainly, Aiden was a celebrity in this kingdom. One that everyone paid attention to.

Sonnet hoped that Aiden didn’t know about this situation.

‘It must be something Aiden’s Father did.’

Then Gellen interjected.

“Senior, so what happens now? The research…”

“I’ll have to stay in the dormitory for a while and continue the research. In the worst case, this research will be handed over to someone else.”

Gellen looked at Professor Aldoren as if he couldn’t understand.

“Why would it be handed over to someone else? Isn’t this research that you brought in, Professor?”

“The regulations here leave no choice. There is another way, but that would require Sonnet to make a sacrifice.”

Gellen seemed at a loss for words and couldn’t speak. Sonnet had somewhat anticipated this situation while being with Aiden, but she didn’t expect it to come so suddenly.

“Professor, do you know where my belongings are?”

“They said they put them in the Administrative Office for now.”

“I’m glad they didn’t throw them away.”

Sonnet left the corridor with a hardened expression. She hadn’t expected the Rosefield Duke to act so petty. Sonnet somewhat understood why Aiden didn’t like his father so much.

When she went to the Administrative Office, Sonnet’s belongings were already piled up in a corner. As Sonnet was organizing her things, the employees kept glancing at her.

Sonnet took all her belongings out of the Administrative Office and placed them in the corridor for now. There was too much to carry all at once. Just the research materials and books alone would require five or six trips back and forth.

Sonnet had been quite busy since morning. After moving all her belongings and organizing her dormitory room, it was already almost lunchtime.

When she went down to the restaurant, people around her kept glancing at her. They didn’t speak openly but whispered as if they were concerned.

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