Becoming Number One with Confession Attacks - Chapter 84

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#84

“Sonnet!”

“No matter what I say, you’re going to keep taking money from Aiden anyway.”

“To Aiden, that money is like the cost of vegetables, so why are you making such a fuss?”

It felt like the same words kept repeating. A feeling that they weren’t communicating.

Still, Sonnet said one thing.

“It might be vegetable money to Aiden, but to me it looks like the price of misery.”

Aiden’s Father frowned deeply.

“What?”

“What I’m going through is already enough…”

“Sonnet, just because you think that way, do you think Aiden thinks the same? Aiden said casually that he doesn’t mind giving us money at all. And like your father said, would that even count as money to Aiden? That family has more money than they know what to do with.”

“I said I don’t like it. I hate the fact that you parents are exploiting Aiden like that.”

Just then, the door opened. Parents were about to say something but closed their mouths as if swallowing their anger.

Sonnet stared blankly at the dishes the salesperson brought. Now she really wanted to go somewhere and lie down. She didn’t even want to eat.

As soon as the salesperson left, Sonnet stood up from her seat.

“Don’t ever go to Aiden again.”

“Sonnet!”

“I’ll pay for the food before I leave, so finish eating and go. Since you came to such a precious upscale restaurant.”

Sonnet immediately left the room. The resentment in her heart still hadn’t subsided. She had tried so hard to escape from her parents all this time, but now she felt trapped by them again.

No matter how much Aiden said it didn’t matter, her heart wasn’t at ease. As Aiden’s Father said, that money might truly be nothing to Aiden.

Even so, Sonnet couldn’t tolerate it. She never wanted to see her parents’ vulgar greed extend even to Aiden.

She didn’t want to see Aiden being used by her parents either.

‘Shameless people.’

She had thought this since childhood, but her parents had been no help to her life whatsoever.

***

As soon as Sonnet returned to the First Kingdom Army Headquarters, she burned all the documents she had prepared to threaten the Rosefield Duke. Then she began packing her bags.

Her body was so tired that she thought about sleeping just one more day before leaving, but she had already told her parents that, and it seemed wrong to do that to Aiden, so she hurriedly packed her luggage.

Now Sonnet was tired of everything. She had thought she could endure everything if she stayed by Aiden’s side, but when she actually experienced it, her heart felt heavy and everything felt like it was crumbling.

Especially when her parents got involved, she couldn’t just stay still in this state any longer.

“The more I meet you, the more I lose myself, the more I give up, the harder it gets, but I want that tragedy to continue.”

Sonnet no longer wanted to be a tragedy. She hoped Aiden would be happy even without her.

Sonnet paused for a moment while doing a final check of her luggage.

The ring Aiden had given her was still on her finger. Seeing that ring made her think a lot. Her mind was already made up, but her hand wouldn’t move easily.

What feelings he had when he gave her this ring, how many things had happened before she received this ring.

Then something dropped. It was a tear.

Sonnet put down her luggage and collapsed onto the bed. She still liked Aiden, but the circumstances weren’t favorable.

Perhaps she needed time, as she had thought.

Sonnet shed tears as she removed the emerald-studded ring. She wiped her tears with her sleeve and placed the ring on the table. Next to it, she also left a hastily scribbled note.

[Aiden, I think I need some time after all.

I hope you’ll be happy always.

– Sonnet]

Sonnet sniffled as she picked up her luggage and left Aiden’s Bedroom. The research was now 80% complete, so she no longer needed to come here.

Sonnet looked at the closed door one last time before turning around. She was surprised at herself. She thought she would stay by Aiden’s side even if it was difficult.

Even the matter with the Rosefield Duke was completely over. Now there was no one left to torment her, but Sonnet couldn’t find the courage anymore.

Rather than looking forward to what happiness might come from being with Aiden, she was more worried about what worse tragedies might occur.

She had to worry about his safety because of the occasional wars, there were looks of disdain for being a commoner, and she even had to be wary of her parents’ greed.

Sonnet was too exhausted to worry about and think of all those things. Perhaps this was as far as it went. She didn’t have the confidence to endure that tragedy.

Sonnet held back firmly to avoid shedding more tears. After all, she was selfish and someone others disliked and cursed.

Sonnet was willing to be that kind of person to Aiden. So that he would no longer think of her and be happy.

***

The day before the victory ceremony was held, everywhere was noisy with flower petals and fireworks.

Sonnet had been staying almost only at the library or the inn, so she had no idea that tomorrow was the victory ceremony.

Today too, Sonnet woke up at dawn and headed to the library.

The room at the inn was too noisy to study in, and occasionally bugs appeared, making it unpleasant to stay there continuously.

It was close to the library and cheap, so she had chosen it, but the problem was the fighting sounds that could be heard every night.

Starting with ‘damn it,’ harsh profanity continued every night, and there seemed to be physical fights too as the walls would shake.

Sonnet tried to stay quiet as much as possible, but she couldn’t stand the increasingly intense fighting sounds anymore.

At first, she asked them to change her room. Fortunately, there was a room away from that room, so she moved to another room, but the problem was that the sound echoed and could still be heard in Sonnet’s room.

Other floors were already full of people, so she couldn’t change rooms.

Moreover, even when she tried to move to a completely different inn, other places were either more expensive or in worse condition, so moving wasn’t really feasible either.

She told the inn owner about this, but the only response was that they were being careful about it. And still, the fighting sounds echoed the same way every night.

Sonnet couldn’t stand it anymore, so every morning when she left, she stuck notes on that room.

[The profanity and fighting sounds are too loud, it’s noisy every night. Please be considerate.]

However, that note would be miserably trampled under the door by the next morning.

Sonnet got even angrier and stuck a note that wouldn’t come off easily.

[Stop fighting while cursing every night. Does that make you happy?]

Sonnet wrote it in red letters for emphasis. When she tried to tear off the note once, it wouldn’t come off at all. Sonnet went down the stairs with a satisfied feeling.

Just as she was leaving the inn, the smell of cigarettes wafted over. When she looked toward where the cigarette smell was coming from, a chubby man and a thin man were giggling and smoking cigarettes together.

Sonnet frowned and turned her head. Lately, cheap cigarettes roughly made from tobacco leaves were becoming popular, and it seemed like people like that smoked them.

The smell was disgusting from the start. As soon as Sonnet took a step, a greasy voice came from behind.

“She’s skinny and plain, but her legs are pretty.”

Sonnet frowned and turned around. Sonnet said to the pig-like fat man.

“Were you talking to me?”

“You’re the only one here.”

“You’re fat like a pig and ugly beyond looking at.”

“What?”

The man puffed out his chest unnecessarily and glared.

Sonnet had been cooped up only in the library all this time, so the stress accumulated in her body was no joke.

She didn’t even avoid his eyes and said.

“There’s nothing to see even if you show off your body, so apologize first.”

“Since I’m being nice to you…”

The man approached Sonnet as if he was about to swing his hand at any moment.

Then the thin man grabbed his thick arm.

“Hey, what’s the point of fighting with a woman like that? Don’t waste your energy for nothing.”

The fat man only frowned fiercely but didn’t approach Sonnet.

Sonnet also turned her face away because she didn’t want to see that man’s face anymore.

As she walked to the library, Sonnet’s mood became unpleasant. Come to think of it, that man’s voice was strangely familiar.

‘Where did I hear that…’

As she was lost in thought, a loud voice rang out from behind.

“Damn it!”

Sonnet froze in place for a moment. That man. The foul-mouthed fighter who had disturbed Sonnet’s nights every night.

Sonnet felt anger surge up instantly and turned around.

But the man was nowhere to be seen. Even the Thin Man. They must have already gone inside the Inn.

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