Becoming Number One with Confession Attacks - Chapter 89

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#89

At the banquet, the seats closest to the King were reserved for people of prestige, while Sonnet and Professor Aldoren sat in the back.

Professor Aldoren had been excited since earlier.

“It seems like I’m here thanks to you.”

Sonnet just smiled. Her nervous feelings had been spreading since before. Even though Sonnet tried not to look at Aiden, she had to face forward, so she inevitably caught glimpses of his profile.

Aiden sat in the seat closest to the King, with the Princess sitting beside him.

The Princess kept talking to Aiden with a smile, but Aiden only looked at her with an expressionless face, not saying much in particular.

Sonnet’s hands grew increasingly slippery. Although she wasn’t sitting face-to-face with Aiden, she wanted to avoid him somehow, but couldn’t.

The King sat at the head table and looked around. He looked at Aiden and spoke with a bright smile.

“Today is a very joyful day. You’ve returned victorious from the Melliber war. There’s no commander like Aiden.”

Everyone looked at Aiden and applauded. He didn’t show much joy. He was just looking at the King.

“I made you a promise. I said I would grant your wish if you returned victorious from Melliber.”

The King gestured to Aiden.

“You must already have something in mind that you want?”

Everyone smiled and agreed with the King’s words.

“Of course. The Commander is already engaged to the Princess, isn’t he? He’s probably been keeping the wish for marriage permission in his heart all this time, hasn’t he?”

The Princess raised the corners of her mouth as if pleased. Among everyone around, only Aiden had a bad expression. He just maintained a stern face without particularly smiling.

“By the way, Commander, you must be feeling good now that you really have everything.”

Everyone looked at Aiden with envy. The corners of his mouth, which had been stiff all along, slightly rose. It didn’t seem like he was smiling from joy. It seemed more like a sneer at this situation.

“Do I really look like I have everything?”

His blue eyes flashed. The Noblewoman who received the unexpected question blinked in confusion.

“When I can’t have what I want most?”

As the Noblewoman remained frozen, Aiden raised the corner of his mouth obliquely and turned his head.

His expression hardened again. The atmosphere around them mysteriously sank. As if it was swayed by Aiden’s mood.

Although Sonnet was in the back seats, she was close enough to hear his voice, so she could see the situation very easily.

Then the King spoke with a bright smile.

“I heard some very good news recently.”

To break the stiff atmosphere, everyone’s eyes lit up with curiosity. Sonnet somehow became more nervous. Her heart beat louder than before.

“I heard there are some excellent cultural artifacts remaining at the First Kingdom Army Garrison. They have quite high historical value, and I heard a researcher who studied them well has come.”

Sonnet stood up abruptly.

Everyone’s attention focused on Sonnet. Sonnet didn’t even look toward Aiden and spoke.

“I am Sonnet Carlisle.”

The King smiled and gestured.

“Come closer and tell me about it in detail.”

Although Sonnet’s hands were sweating and her heart was beating fast, she didn’t show it and walked to the head table. It seemed like gazes followed her as she walked.

When passing the table where Aiden was, she was overly conscious of it.

Sonnet deliberately walked as if nothing was wrong. When she stood close to the King, the King looked at her with a smile.

The King’s eyes were quite sharp when seen up close. As Sonnet just blinked and looked, the King smiled.

“I heard you’re an excellent researcher.”

“There are many excellent researchers besides me. Right now, there’s my supervising professor, Professor Aldoren.”

“Yes, I heard that Professor Aldoren entrusted that research to you. What kind of research are you doing?”

Sonnet briefly exhaled and then opened her mouth. Since it was a topic she knew well, words flowed smoothly from her mouth.

Sonnet had a lot to say about this research anyway. She had dug deep and put effort into it all this time.

Somehow, the more she spoke, the more confident she seemed to become. Before she knew it, her nervous feelings disappeared and her mouth kept moving.

Finally, the King smiled gently and said.

“You certainly seem to have worked hard on your research.”

People around laughed quietly. Sonnet looked around in embarrassment, and for a moment, her eyes met Aiden’s.

She felt an indifferent yet cold atmosphere, as if she was looking at a stranger.

Sonnet turned her head in confusion. Her face somehow felt hot. She felt like she had made an unnecessary mistake.

“You’ve worked hard. I will never forget your efforts.”

Sonnet bowed her head deeply and stepped back. Just those words alone made her feel like she might cry.

She remembered all the discrimination and contempt she had faced at Rosefield Academy and the Royal Ancient Research Institute.

Those words were probably the most glorious words a commoner could hear.

Sonnet barely held back her tears and stepped back, but suddenly stumbled.

Before she could fall, she barely managed to stand up by leaning against the wall, and her eyes met Aiden’s. As if he had been looking only at her.

When Sonnet blinked in confusion, Aiden coldly turned his head away.

Sonnet quickly moved away from the table where Aiden was and came to Professor Aldoren’s side.

As soon as Sonnet sat down, Professor Aldoren praised her.

“Well done. Looking at the situation now, His Majesty seems to greatly appreciate your research.”

Sonnet somehow felt good. Strangely, things had worked out well.

The King briefly spoke with people around him and then looked at Aiden.

“Aiden, you must have thought enough about your wish?”

“Yes.”

“Tell me. What is it that you want?”

Everyone focused their attention on Aiden.

Since Sonnet had now broken up with Aiden, she thought he would naturally marry the Princess. At this point, there was no benefit in making an enemy of the Princess.

Although the outcome was predictable, Sonnet looked at Aiden nervously. Everyone had expectant faces, but there was still a strange sense of anticipation.

Aiden slowly opened his mouth.

“I want to break off my engagement with the Princess.”

Suddenly, it became as quiet as if snow was falling around them. No one could readily speak.

Meanwhile, Aiden looked at the King and said.

“I have always wanted to break off this engagement since I was young.”

His pronunciation was precise. At his clear, resonating low voice, Sonnet stared blankly at Aiden.

Surely everyone must have thought Aiden would finally marry the Princess.

Sonnet had believed that too.

Sonnet couldn’t understand Aiden at all. As she stared blankly at Aiden, the Princess stood up.

“Aiden! Are you in your right mind?”

Aiden looked up at the Princess and spoke in a low voice.

“Didn’t you agree to this, Princess?”

“What?”

“When you mobilized all the journalists and came all the way to headquarters, didn’t you say you would break off the engagement within this month if I cooperated?”

The Princess’s face turned bright red. Everyone couldn’t readily speak and just stared at Aiden. The King was the same.

The King looked at Aiden with intensity in his eyes, as if he had heard something unexpected.

Only Aiden turned his gaze to the King with an indifferent attitude.

“Your Majesty, the Princess should have the related documents. It’s a document we signed together.”

The King angrily slammed the table. The Princess flinched and looked at the King.

“Your Majesty, I…”

“How dare you…”

“I do have the document I signed, but this is clearly…”

“Haven’t I told you repeatedly! You are a Princess, so you shouldn’t sign things carelessly.”

“But Father!”

“You clearly said you wanted to marry Aiden, yet you dared to deceive me?”

“Back then I didn’t want to get married. But…”

The King stood up abruptly from his seat.

“I permit the breaking of the engagement between the Princess and Aiden.”

He left his seat without even looking at the Princess. The Princess belatedly followed the King.

Even after those two left, the atmosphere around remained frozen without any movement.

Everyone just looked at Aiden, unable to readily open their mouths.

Sonnet thought she was fortunate not to be standing in front of Aiden, while finding this situation completely incomprehensible.

Surely marrying the Princess would be the most beneficial thing for Aiden.

Then Aiden stood up from his seat. He rose without hesitation and left the banquet hall. The surroundings became noisy.

“Are the Princess and Aiden really not getting married?”

“The newspapers all said they were going to get married.”

“Exactly. The Princess even did knitting while waiting for Aiden to return….”

“Isn’t this because Aiden has another woman? I think there was some incident about that before….”

Sonnet stood up from her seat. Somehow she felt uneasy inside. The good mood from earlier evaporated in an instant, leaving only emptiness.

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