Becoming Number One with Confession Attacks - Chapter 88

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#88

Even as she tried so hard to think this way, Sonnet somehow felt tears welling up. Not wanting to cry in this situation, she barely held back her tears and waited for her turn.

Just then, the person in front of her went in and it was Sonnet’s turn.

The soldier looked at Sonnet’s invitation and tilted his head. Sonnet had a bad feeling about this.

The soldier looked at Sonnet and asked.

“Who introduced you to come here?”

For a moment, Sonnet thought of Aiden. However, since she and Aiden were now distant, she gave a different answer.

“Professor Aldoren.”

The soldier said something to another soldier beside him.

“Please wait a moment.”

“Is there a problem?”

“It’s just a simple verification procedure.”

For that to be the case, the people in front of and behind Sonnet had entered very easily.

Sonnet momentarily wondered if the Rosefield Duke had played a trick even with the invitation.

Sonnet said just in case.

“This is an invitation given by the Rosefield Duke…”

The stern soldier’s face changed completely.

“Why didn’t you say so earlier? Then you can enter through this door.”

“Pardon?”

“Please enter through this door.”

The soldier pointed to a large door beside them. While Sonnet was confused, the soldier said.

“We were actually looking into it because it’s a seal given to someone specially designated.”

Sonnet was at a loss for words. It seemed the Rosefield Duke had used quite a bit of influence at the end.

Even so, Sonnet didn’t have particularly good feelings toward the Rosefield Duke. She felt like he definitely had some ulterior motive.

“Please go in.”

“Don’t you need to do other investigations?”

“Didn’t you already tell us it was given by the Rosefield Duke?”

The soldier’s attitude was truly kind. Sonnet was confused by it. Another soldier had already come to guide her to the large door.

Sonnet quickly stepped back.

“I’ll just enter through the small door.”

“Are you sure that’s alright?”

“Yes.”

The soldier immediately let her through. Unlike before, Sonnet easily entered the banquet hall. Inside was warm. As soon as she entered, a servant approached.

“Would you like to check your coat?”

When Sonnet took off her coat and handed it over, the servant took her coat away. Around her, several people were already gathered and talking.

The atmosphere was relaxed and harmonious. Perhaps because it was a victory banquet, the surrounding decorations were also splendid and magnificent.

Sonnet looked around trying to find Professor Aldoren. He was the only person she knew here.

But the first person who caught her eye was Aiden. There were quite a lot of people around him, but Aiden looked quite relaxed.

Then Aiden slightly turned his gaze.

Sonnet immediately turned her head away. Strangely, her eyes kept going to Aiden.

Her mind told her to avoid him, but her gaze kept following him like an instinct.

Sonnet was looking around elsewhere when she finally saw Professor Aldoren having a conversation. Her tense heart became comfortable all at once.

When Sonnet approached, Professor Aldoren greeted her happily. He definitely looked good. She had heard before that he had recovered his health considerably.

“Professor, how is your health these days?”

“Thanks to you, I’ve gotten much better. By the way, I heard you’ve finished all your research now.”

“Thanks to you, I was able to finish it well.”

“No, my work went well thanks to you too.”

Professor Aldoren introduced Sonnet to the people around him while praising her quite highly.

The people around also smiled kindly and greeted Sonnet. One of them said to Sonnet.

“I heard Aiden put a lot of effort into processing your resignation this time.”

“Aiden did?”

“Ah, I heard that too. I heard he pressured them quite strongly while in Melliber.”

Sonnet had thought all along that the Rosefield Duke had handled it.

‘It wasn’t him.’

While Sonnet was dazed, Professor Aldoren said.

“Sonnet, please tell Aiden thank you. Your resignation was processed because Aiden put a lot of effort into it.”

“How did he put effort into it?”

“I heard he almost defied orders and confronted the King in Melliber. I heard it was quite serious at the time, but fortunately things worked out well.”

Sonnet couldn’t speak. She hadn’t even thought that Aiden would go that far.

Then another professor spoke up.

“By the way, is Aiden really going to marry the Princess this time?”

“I don’t know. There have been talks about the Princess and Aiden getting married for a long time, but seeing that it hasn’t happened yet…”

“But the situation is different now. Aiden won in Melliber, and if the Princess provides more support, the Kingdom Army will gain more power.”

“Hmm, even without the Princess, doesn’t the Kingdom Army already have tremendous morale? They even won in Melliber.”

“That’s true, but…”

“Sonnet?”

Professor Aldoren called Sonnet. Only then did Sonnet come to her senses and look at Professor Aldoren.

“Haven’t you been focusing too much on research lately? Have you been eating well?”

“Yes.”

“His Majesty looked favorably upon you, so things will work out very well this time.”

Professor Aldoren smiled. Sonnet felt strange. Would things really work out well? Her heart was still empty and unhappy.

Then one professor looked ahead and said.

“Aiden and the Princess certainly look good together.”

Sonnet instinctively looked ahead, and before she knew it, the Princess was standing next to Aiden.

The two really looked good together. Perhaps because the Princess had come, quite a lot of people came to greet them.

The other professors also went first to greet Aiden, leaving only Sonnet and Professor Aldoren.

Professor Aldoren spoke quietly enough for only Sonnet to hear.

“Sonnet, do you know something?”

“What?”

“I heard that more people were assigned to monitor Aiden after your incident.”

“Monitor?”

“Since Aiden is so outstanding, the King is worried too. In case he might have other thoughts.”

“When was this?”

“Probably from after he moved to the third garrison?”

Sonnet calculated the dates in her head. Around that time, Aiden’s letters had decreased too. Later, they stopped coming altogether.

Suddenly she felt more sorry toward Aiden. He didn’t need to go that far, but he had sacrificed for her sake. Sonnet was tired of all of this now.

And she didn’t want to see Aiden sacrifice only for her anymore. She wanted Aiden to live for himself now. Selfishly.

Sonnet could no longer look at Aiden and turned her head away. Professor Aldoren looked at Sonnet for a moment and then spoke.

“Things with Aiden aren’t working out?”

Professor Aldoren must have already heard the news. He would have guessed since she had suddenly left the Headquarters of the First Kingdom Army and was living in an inn.

Sonnet spoke honestly, at least to Professor Aldoren.

“Aiden is someone beyond my station. He’s also from a different world, so it was too hard for me to keep up being by his side.”

“But it seems like Aiden put that much effort in for you…”

“I didn’t like that. Aiden always gave me so much strength, but I had nothing to give Aiden, and he was too far for me to follow, so Aiden had to sacrifice that much for me, and that process was always difficult.”

Strangely, the more honestly Sonnet spoke, the lighter her heart felt. These were words she had never confided to anyone else.

Professor Aldoren nodded with a serious expression. Since he also knew various situations from being by Sonnet’s side, he didn’t say more.

Professor Aldoren had experienced alongside her the discrimination she faced living as a commoner, which made it even more so.

“I just want to become a special member of the Runic Calligraphy Society.”

That was all Sonnet wanted right now.

“I saw the paper you sent before, and it looks like it will do well. It’s probably even more polished now.”

“I’ll finish up the typos and send the paper right away.”

“Good, I’m looking forward to it.”

Professor Aldoren smiled kindly.

Sonnet felt her somehow empty heart fill up a little. In fact, Sonnet had put a lot of effort into that research all along.

She had worked even harder while thinking of Aiden.

Sonnet turned her head with a strange feeling, and saw Aiden talking with someone else. He had quite a serious expression.

Just then, thunderous applause rang out.

The King was descending the stairs decorated in gold. Professor Aldoren said lightly.

“Let’s go.”

Sonnet’s heart began beating fast. Thinking that Aiden would also be nearby made her palms sweat even more.

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