Becoming Number One with Confession Attacks - Chapter 92

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#92

She remembered when Aiden used to coldly ignore her before. Just thinking about that made her uncertain whether he would meet with her, but still, Sonnet kept walking.

The situation was unavoidable. No matter how bad a person is, it feels empty after they die.

‘He might have something he wants to hear before he dies.’

Sonnet headed to the headquarters with only such thoughts.

Inside the headquarters, it was quite warm. Sonnet went to where the aide she usually saw often worked.

That place was on a lower floor than Aiden’s office. Sonnet checked the aide’s seat and saw it was empty, so she asked an employee nearby.

“Excuse me, where did the aide who works here go?”

“Ah, he’s temporarily away on business for the Commander.”

“Then the Commander isn’t here either?”

“No.”

Sonnet was momentarily flustered as she looked at the employee. She had assumed Aiden would naturally be here when she came.

Sonnet asked urgently.

“Where did he go?”

The employee looked at Sonnet with puzzlement.

“It was already widely reported in the newspapers, so I thought everyone would know…”

“I don’t really read newspapers.”

“Currently, the Commander has gone to Melliber to conclude a peace treaty.”

A peace treaty. Somehow it didn’t seem to suit Aiden.

While Sonnet was puzzled, the employee bowed and hurriedly went elsewhere.

Sonnet came down from the headquarters and went outside. Her head was still foggy. Even though the cold wind was blowing fiercely, Sonnet only looked down at the snow-covered ground.

Come to think of it, Aiden was a busy person. He wasn’t always in a position where she could meet him whenever she went.

She seemed to have forgotten that fact because she had been in the same office as Aiden all this time.

Sonnet pondered for a moment. Whether she should go to Melliber or wait. But she kept thinking of the Rosefield Duke’s face.

His face with life almost fading away, and even the words he had said to Aiden as if lamenting.

Moreover, the schedule had already been delayed because of the snow.

Sonnet had nothing to do right now anyway. Her research was all finished and she had sent her thesis to Professor Aldoren for review.

Once Professor Aldoren finished reviewing the thesis, Sonnet would be able to submit it to the academic society.

There was still almost a month left until the thesis submission deadline, and Professor Aldoren would only send a letter after a week.

Sonnet walked quickly and left the garrison. All for Aiden’s sake, after all. With only that thought, she looked around.

There were still many people on the streets.

Today happened to be a holiday designated by the kingdom due to the victory celebration aftermath. People were standing in a long line at the place where they waited for public carriages.

Sonnet was daunted by the long line on the street, but thinking of Aiden, she stood at the end of the line.

As she stamped her feet while watching, there was no sign of a public carriage coming.

When it became increasingly difficult to endure the cold, a carriage came. The people in front slowly got on the carriage, and when Sonnet tried to get on too, the coachman stopped her.

“It’s full inside.”

Sonnet glanced inside and then stepped back regretfully.

“When will it come again?”

The coachman said indifferently.

“You’ll have to wait at least another hour.”

Sonnet had no choice but to nod. The weather was strangely colder than before. Sonnet kept her hands firmly in her pockets and looked around with a stiff face.

People were walking around quite a lot despite the cold weather. Now the snow had stopped and they had happy faces enjoying the holiday.

Even the people waiting for carriages around her didn’t show any irritation despite the long delay.

Everyone was carrying paper bags or luggage bags full of things they seemed to have bought to their liking.

Sonnet barely endured the cold and just stamped her feet. Other people didn’t seem cold at all as they weren’t bundled up tightly.

Sonnet envied them inwardly and just waited for the carriage to come.

After an hour passed like that, and another 20 minutes after that, the carriage arrived. Sonnet immediately stood in front of the carriage with joy.

“Melliber.”

Sonnet was the first to enter the carriage. Fortunately, it was warm inside. There was a slightly musty smell, but it was bearable.

People began to fill up around Sonnet.

Sonnet pulled her legs together as much as possible and only looked out the carriage window. Melliber was in the northern region of the capital and was famous for heavy snowfall.

Moreover, it was the farthest region from the capital, so it took almost 2 hours to get there from here.

Before long, people around Sonnet began to gradually get off. The carriage that had been running fast gradually slowed down.

When Sonnet looked out the carriage window, it was snowing quite heavily.

Looking at her watch, it was time to arrive in Melliber if they ran for just 40 more minutes.

Then the middle door of the carriage opened.

“We might arrive late because of the heavy snow.”

The coachman only made the announcement and closed the middle door. Sonnet somehow felt worried.

‘Aiden wouldn’t finish his work right away and leave, would he?’

Sonnet felt restless for no reason and only looked outside.

Come to think of it, she didn’t even know exactly where Aiden was staying. She only vaguely knew he was in Melliber.

The carriage ran for another hour like that and arrived in Melliber. When Sonnet got off in Melliber, quite a strong wind was blowing.

The surroundings were covered with white snow and it kept snowing.

Even though Sonnet covered her face with her coat, she felt cold all over her body. She looked around and walked quickly.

Melliber was smaller in scale than the capital, but the main buildings were on one street, making it convenient to get around.

Sonnet spotted an inn and immediately went in. As soon as she entered, the owner said.

“The rooms are all full today.”

“All the rooms are full?”

“Because of the victory celebration, everyone came to play around this area.”

Sonnet somehow felt anxious.

“Are all the rooms around here full?”

“This area is all full, but there should still be rooms available near where the First Kingdom Army is stationed.”

At the mention of the First Kingdom Army, Sonnet’s expression brightened.

“Where is that?”

“You’d have to walk about 30 minutes from here. But right now, with all this snow piled up, carriages don’t run well either…”

“That’s okay. Do I just go straight this way?”

When Sonnet gestured and pointed, the owner pointed in the opposite direction and said.

“If you go straight in this direction, you’ll get there. Once you go there, it should be easy to find your way.”

“Thank you.”

Sonnet immediately left the inn with joy. Cold wind blew fiercely around Sonnet. It was colder than the capital, but at least she had decided where to go.

After walking for 30 minutes like that, Sonnet felt like her whole body was freezing. She looked around while shivering, but all she could see were restaurants.

‘Where is the inn?’

Now she was so cold she wanted to go inside anywhere. Just when she was about to enter a restaurant if she couldn’t see an inn, she saw an old sign covered in snow.

Sonnet immediately walked toward that place. Inside the inn was small and shabby. It seemed they didn’t clean properly as dust was piled up in the corner floors.

The owner was nowhere to be seen.

Sonnet rang the bell at the counter. After a moment, an old woman slowly came down the stairs.

She took out the guest book with a tired face.

“How long will you be staying?”

Sonnet thought for a moment and then said.

“One day.”

She planned to search for Aiden diligently for one day.

The old woman handed Sonnet the guest book. When Sonnet wrote her name, the old woman said.

“200,000 marks.”

Sonnet paused the hand that was writing her name.

“200,000?”

“These days with the victory celebration and all.”

“Even so…”

“There probably aren’t any rooms at other inns.”

That was true. Even while walking here, this was the only inn. Sonnet had no choice but to finish writing in the guest book and opened her wallet.

The owner handed Sonnet the key after receiving the money. Sonnet asked as she took the key.

“By any chance, where is the First Kingdom Army Garrison here?”

“If you go down this road for just 5 minutes from here, you’ll reach the garrison. Did you come because of that matter?”

When Sonnet didn’t answer, the old man continued speaking while taking away the guest book.

“I heard the Commander worked especially hard this time, and it’s good that we don’t have to fight wars anymore.”

“Was this originally a place where wars kept breaking out?”

Sonnet didn’t know much about Melliber Harbor. She usually didn’t read newspapers often and only focused on research.

It was the same when she attended Rosefield Academy. She only studied instead of spending time reading newspapers.

“Those bastards were always invading, and it was complete chaos. That’s why there probably aren’t any decent buildings here. Even when we always asked for a peace treaty to end the war, the King kept this place as a conflict zone and didn’t care at all.”

The old man continued speaking while placing the guest book on the bookshelf.

“Recently, those bastards invaded quite severely and became a threat, so they hurriedly sent the First Kingdom Army and achieved a great victory this time. It would have been a war that ended like usual, but now they’re finally making a peace treaty.”

The old man’s tone was somewhat excited.

“Now many people will come to visit Melliber too.”

Sonnet simply nodded and headed toward the stairs.

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