Becoming Number One with Confession Attacks - Chapter 91

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#91

When Sonnet turned around, the Duke cleared his throat and continued speaking.

“If he continued as a mercenary, I thought he’d die like that, so I barely managed to find him and persuade him to get his act together. I told him he could achieve what he wanted by going to the Military Academy.”

“….”

“I never intended to use Aiden. I just thought his life would be better than mine if he married the Princess, so I put so much effort into it.”

“But Aiden didn’t like it.”

“He was always like that. Ever since his mother died, he always looked at me with those eyes.”

“….”

“I could never properly understand his feelings. I thought I always did my best for him, but he didn’t want that, and he always seemed to be looking elsewhere.”

As Sonnet watched quietly, the Rosefield Duke continued speaking as if lost in thought.

“I was so obsessed because I thought if he married the Princess, he could achieve the dreams and environment he wanted.”

“….”

“I wanted his life to go well, not to push him into a pit.”

The Duke began coughing heavily. Even when a servant brought him water with medicine, he couldn’t swallow it properly and spat it out.

The servant brought another cloth and wiped around the Duke. The Rosefield Duke exhaled heavily as if all his strength had left him.

Now his eyes were completely drained of anger and looked powerless. He spoke as if lamenting.

“I’ll die soon anyway, so you should stay by his side and watch over him instead.”

“….”

“I’m sorry for everything.”

The Rosefield Duke coughed lightly with his head bowed. Sonnet felt strange. She didn’t know the Rosefield Duke could speak so seriously.

She thought he only knew how to spout dismissive and discriminatory words. And she thought he didn’t know how to repent.

‘Maybe it’s because he’s close to death.’

Sonnet looked calmly at the Rosefield Duke. The Duke slowly raised his head to face Sonnet.

“He’ll probably pretend nothing’s wrong. Even if he doesn’t show it on the outside, he’ll definitely bury those emotions when no one’s around.”

Suddenly Sonnet thought of the Bare-Knuckle Fight Club.

“I was very surprised when I heard you say Aiden’s life was tragic. I thought I had made my son’s life a little better, but I didn’t know he still thought that way.”

“….”

“It’s all because I didn’t take proper care of Larienne.”

He spoke as if lamenting the past. Then he suddenly asked Sonnet.

“Did Aiden give you a bracelet by any chance?”

“The one with the emerald?”

“Yes, it was the bracelet I gave to Larienne when we got married. She cherished it so much….”

Sonnet thought of the trouble she had looking for it when she was at Rosefield.

It really was Aiden’s mother’s bracelet after all.

The Rosefield Duke looked at Sonnet for a moment, then spoke calmly.

“I should have given him the life he wanted, not the life I wanted. I didn’t properly acknowledge that.”

The Rosefield Duke stared down at the bed for a while, then took a deep breath and lay down on the bed.

He closed his eyes while coughing lightly. Sonnet turned around and left the room.

Heavy silence enveloped Sonnet’s body. Unlike when she arrived, Sonnet strangely felt her heart sink, and the silence seemed to weigh down on her mind.

Then the butler approached.

“Lady Sonnet.”

When Sonnet looked, the butler spoke calmly.

“If it’s alright with you, could you please ask the young master for a favor?”

“What kind of favor?”

“His Grace says he wants to see his son one last time.”

As expected, it seemed Aiden had never once come to see the Rosefield Duke.

Thinking only of the old Rosefield Duke, Sonnet wanted to refuse immediately.

But since he had repented at the end and apologized to her, her heart became a little more generous.

“I’ll think about it.”

Sonnet greeted the butler and left the manor. The carriage was already prepared.

Sonnet took the Rosefield family’s carriage and left that place.

Looking out the carriage window, the trees standing by the roadside looked more desolate than before. Maybe it was because the leaves had fallen.

Throughout the carriage ride, Sonnet had many thoughts. The Rosefield Duke looked weak and seemed to be near his end.

This might be Aiden’s last chance to see the Rosefield Duke. If they were still lovers, Sonnet would have gone to find Aiden without hesitation.

But they weren’t lovers anymore. Most importantly, Sonnet had been the one to tell Aiden goodbye first. Selfishly, just to save herself.

‘How can I go to him.’

It was such a shameful situation.

Sonnet pondered even after arriving at the inn room. She walked around the room thinking all sorts of thoughts.

She thought about Aiden’s feelings, then thought about what it would be like if her own parents were on their deathbed.

‘If they were dying, I think I’d want to see them at least once.’

She’d be curious about what they would say too.

Sonnet immediately left the room. A cold wind blew fiercely. As she fastened her coat and looked around, snow was falling heavily.

‘It wasn’t snowing until just now.’

People around her were hurrying past. Everyone seemed to be walking quickly, wanting to get home fast. As she stared blankly at the snow, there was no sign of it stopping.

If anything, it seemed to be falling harder. Sonnet turned her gaze to the street where carriages passed.

The snow was falling so heavily that she couldn’t even see right in front of her, and no carriages to ride were visible.

If she went now, she’d probably get buried in snow and have trouble getting back. Sonnet had no choice but to go back into the inn room.

One day, then two days passed like that. The heavily falling snow showed no signs of stopping. People around said it was the heaviest snowfall in 100 years.

Sonnet looked down at the snow-covered street from her window. Snow was still falling, but people were busily clearing it away.

‘When will this snow ever stop.’

Sonnet stared blankly at the white snowy sky. She still missed Aiden.

Even without reading newspapers, whenever she was alone, she thought of Aiden.

Even now, she hoped Aiden wasn’t troubled by the snow. Rather, she hoped he was having a romantic day because of the snow.

When she got to that thought, Sonnet couldn’t help but sigh.

‘When we broke up, it was different.’

Strangely, back then it was so hard that it was difficult to endure.

Even with Aiden by her side, just that alone was so painful that she only wanted to give up everything.

But now, perhaps because she had been trained, it wasn’t so painful. Even now when she thought of Aiden, rather than tears, she just hoped he would be happy.

Was it because the research was over? Or because her parents were no longer visible? Or because she received the Rosefield Duke’s apology?

Sonnet felt that all of that had made her heart strong. After all, she had solved all the difficulties herself.

Of course Aiden had helped, but in a way, Sonnet hadn’t just sat still either. When she got to that thought, Sonnet missed Aiden even more.

‘I should have just endured it by Aiden’s side.’

Even if it was hard, she should have endured it while thinking of him. Looking back now, she felt like she had hurt Aiden too much. Knowing that his life was tragic.

Sonnet suddenly felt a sharp pain in her heart. Her heart ached unusually, as if she was being punished for hurting him.

If Aiden were in front of her now, she wanted to say she was sorry. He had tried to protect their love more than anyone, but Sonnet had run away because it was too hard to endure.

‘Why do I keep having regrets.’

The more she stayed by Aiden’s side, the more regrets from the past accumulated. Maybe it was because she hadn’t done her best in their love.

A week passed like that.

Gradually, the street that had been invisible even an inch ahead became visible, and the sun began to show. Sonnet immediately grabbed her coat and left the room.

She didn’t want to do anything more that she’d regret regarding Aiden. It was also because of the Rosefield Duke’s request. In case Aiden might regret not being able to spend his father’s last moments with him.

Sonnet wanted to do her best now when it came to Aiden’s matters.

The First Kingdom Headquarters was a 20-minute walk from her inn room. It wasn’t that far, but the weather was quite cold, so when she arrived, her cheeks were flushed red.

Sonnet presented her special visitor’s pass to the soldier guarding the iron gate.

The soldier immediately let her in. Walking on the frozen path, she felt nervous for some reason.

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