Becoming Number One with Confession Attacks - Chapter 78

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#78

“Do you think I came all the way here to hear that?”

“….”

“I spent 2 hours mobilizing everyone I could to find where you were. Do you know how devastated I felt when I saw you coming out of our house?”

“This time, I wanted to speak to your father directly myself. When he told us to break up, I just followed your father’s words, but now I told him I don’t want to do that anymore.”

Aiden looked at Sonnet silently. His piercing gaze was quite sharp. Sonnet avoided his eyes and took a step away.

“Have a safe trip. I’ll go first.”

Aiden grabbed Sonnet’s arm.

“Take the carriage.”

Sonnet didn’t want to fight with Aiden anymore, so she got into the carriage as he said. As soon as she got in, Aiden also boarded the carriage. The carriage departed immediately.

“Your father seemed sick, aren’t you going to see him before leaving?”

“I don’t need to.”

His words were more rigid and firm than ever. Sonnet sighed inwardly for no reason.

On a day like today, she had planned to stay as quiet as possible while missing Aiden.

Having an argument with him for no reason was the worst. Above all, her heart still felt uneasy because of her parents’ issue.

“The researcher position is…”

“Our parents….”

Aiden and she spoke at the same time. Aiden gestured for her to go first.

“You speak first.”

“Don’t help our parents anymore. And if my parents come looking, tell me.”

“You hate meeting your parents.”

“I hate our parents meeting you even more.”

“….”

“I really wanted to avoid getting entangled with you.”

Since Aiden was a high-ranking noble with a lot of money, her parents would cling to him even more desperately.

“How about just giving maximum help this time and then never seeing them again?”

“No, our parents are too greedy for that to work. It’s better to just stop helping altogether and cut ties.”

Aiden looked at Sonnet silently. Sonnet thought Aiden roughly understood and didn’t say more.

A moment of silence passed. The surrounding air felt somehow heavy.

Sonnet casually turned her gaze to the carriage window when a low voice resonated.

“You won’t be dismissed from your researcher position. I’ve already proven as a representative of the Rosefield family that you’re unrelated to me.”

When Sonnet looked at him silently, Aiden slightly furrowed his brow.

“No matter how much you say such rumors don’t matter to you, what’s not true should be clarified as not true, shouldn’t it?”

“….”

“And I seduced you more than you seduced me.”

Sonnet had nothing to say. Aiden irritably ran his hand through his hair and looked at Sonnet. His gaze had sunk, giving off a strange feeling.

“If anything happens in the future, tell me.”

“….”

“Please.”

Sonnet somehow felt like the previous events were repeating. The atmosphere had definitely been good until yesterday. It was tiring to keep clashing over the same problem strangely.

Nevertheless, Sonnet spoke firmly to prevent the same thing from repeating as before.

“You also tell me if anything happens in the future. Don’t hide our parents’ problems.”

“Okay.”

Aiden answered briefly. Sonnet thought that was enough. Her heart was already tired. She didn’t want to have any more emotional fights. Aiden would be leaving for Melliber soon anyway.

Then the carriage stopped. It was in front of Sonnet’s research institute.

As she was about to get out, Aiden held the carriage door. When Sonnet took her hand off the door and looked at him, he said.

“Are you really not going to see me off?”

Sonnet turned her head away and said.

“Yeah.”

“Our feelings are resolved, right?”

When Sonnet turned around at Aiden’s low voice, he spread both arms.

“Give me a hug before you go.”

Sonnet’s feelings weren’t completely resolved, actually. Although they had told each other not to do it, she still couldn’t understand how he had solved her parents’ issue on his own without telling her.

Aiden probably felt the same way.

Still, since this was now her last time with him, Sonnet approached and hugged him. The mint scent seeped into Sonnet’s nostrils. Aiden put strength in his arms as he held Sonnet’s waist.

She naturally buried herself in Aiden’s embrace.

“I’ll have a safe trip.”

“Okay.”

Aiden slightly pulled back his upper body and kissed Sonnet’s cheek. Sonnet awkwardly raised the corners of her mouth and got out of the carriage.

The carriage didn’t move even though Sonnet had walked quite far away. Sonnet didn’t bother to turn her head. Perhaps because her heart wasn’t at ease, she remembered what Aiden had said last night.

“The more I meet you, the more I lose myself, give up many things, and suffer, but I want that tragedy to continue.”

She didn’t like tragedy. Strangely, the more she got entangled with Aiden, the more it seemed to become a miserable tragedy. Whether it was a lack of trust in each other or she still found him difficult to understand.

For a moment, Sonnet wondered if since Aiden’s life was originally a tragedy, her life was gradually becoming a tragedy too. As soon as that thought occurred to her, Sonnet sighed.

Still, she didn’t want to imagine breaking up with Aiden. She just didn’t like the situation turning out this way.

Sonnet headed straight to the administrative office. Since Aiden had said so, the researcher dismissal issue would probably be resolved, so she wanted to check.

The administrative office was quite busy. Sonnet waited for a moment and then asked an employee.

“I’m here to check if the dismissal issue for researcher Sonnet Carlisle has been resolved.”

The employee looked through some documents for a moment and then frowned as if troubled.

“It hasn’t been processed by the higher-ups yet.”

“It hasn’t been processed?”

“No. That case just needs approval from above, but it’s taking quite a while.”

It was probably the Rosefield Duke’s doing. Although Aiden had prevented further consequences, the Rosefield Duke was being nastily vindictive.

“Is there any other way?”

“No matter how much we request this, there’s nothing we can do unless approval comes down from above.”

Ultimately, the Royal Research Institute director had to approve it, but there was definitely pressure from above.

She didn’t know the Rosefield Duke’s influence reached even the Royal Research Institute, but he seemed quite determined.

Sonnet had no choice but to turn around.

‘If he didn’t understand after I said all that, then he brought it on himself.’

Sonnet browsed through nearby documents, found resignation papers, and began filling them out in order. She didn’t want to stay in this ambiguous state.

In this situation anyway, her salary wouldn’t come out properly, and soon the dormitory would start giving her looks.

Sonnet finished filling out the resignation papers and handed them to the employee. The employee’s eyes widened as they looked at Sonnet.

“You’re resigning?”

“Yes.”

“But in a little while, the higher-ups will….”

“I think just leaving would be faster.”

A researcher could start over anywhere and could research alone. However, the Royal Ancient Research Institute paid quite a good monthly salary, allowing for a comfortable lifestyle.

Sonnet planned to resign from here and enter the headquarters of the First Kingdom Army. She had the special visitor’s pass anyway, and there was the room Aiden had prepared, so there wouldn’t be any particular problems.

For living expenses, she had money saved up that she hadn’t spent, enough to live comfortably for 3 years even without working. If she couldn’t find a proper place to live, she planned to go to Aiden’s house.

Since Aiden had told her to go there anytime.

The butler probably couldn’t easily kick her out either. Even with the Rosefield Duke around, Sonnet didn’t care anymore.

Since he had bothered Sonnet who had been staying quiet, it was his karma.

However, the problem was bringing the research she had been doing. The Rosefield Duke would obviously interfere.

‘I have to bring at least the research at the First Kingdom Army.’

Normally, the research Sonnet had been doing would be discarded or transferred to someone else.

Still, there was hope. No one except Sonnet or Gellen could enter the dungeon temple at the First Kingdom Army headquarters.

Since Aiden had already arranged it that way.

Moreover, if Professor Aldoren helped, there was quite a good possibility things would work out well.

Sonnet immediately headed to Professor Aldoren’s private research lab. Although Professor Aldoren occasionally came to the research lab where Sonnet and Gellen worked, he spent most of his time in his private research lab.

Sonnet nervously knocked on the door.

“Yes.”

When Sonnet entered, Professor Aldoren greeted her with a bright smile.

“Sonnet, I was just about to tell you something, so you came at the perfect time. Please, have a seat.”

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