Becoming Number One with Confession Attacks - Chapter 93

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#93

Throughout climbing the stairs, Aiden didn’t make sense to her. With his personality, he would constantly try to start wars.

Aiden had always liked fighting, wars, and weapons. But a peace treaty? It was unusual indeed.

She unconsciously opened the room, and inside was covered in dust.

The bed seemed improperly cleaned with unmade blankets, and hair and dust had gathered in the corners.

Sonnet’s expression naturally contorted.

‘This room costs 200,000 marks.’

Sonnet just sighed and left the room. It was truly fortunate she was only staying one night.

Anyway, since she was only staying one night, she had to diligently search for Aiden.

Sonnet rummaged through her pocket and pulled out the special visitor’s pass. She hadn’t known before, but this pass was quite useful.

‘I hope it works here too.’

Sonnet put the pass in her pocket and left the inn. Her body, which had warmed up earlier, began to freeze again. Wind stronger than in the capital wrapped around her entire body.

Perhaps because of the cold weather, there weren’t many people walking around. Sonnet continued walking forward while shivering.

It was when her feet were gradually losing sensation. A wide open space appeared, and in the distance she could see a place surrounded by high walls. Security was tight, as if someone was guarding it.

Sonnet quickly walked in that direction. As Sonnet approached, a soldier spoke coldly.

“What brings you here?”

“Is Aiden here by any chance?”

“Could you show me your identification?”

Sonnet showed her special visitor’s pass. The soldier examined it carefully and returned it to Sonnet.

As Sonnet watched nervously, the soldier signaled to someone beside him.

“Please go in.”

Sonnet smiled brightly and entered inside. It was called a special visitor’s pass, and it really seemed to work anywhere in the First Kingdom Army garrisons.

Sonnet was newly grateful to Aiden. If it weren’t for him, she would have come all this way only to leave without seeing Aiden.

Inside the garrison was larger than expected. First, there was a road stretching far into the distance, and as she walked, various buildings came into view. Certainly when viewed from outside, no buildings were visible at all.

Sonnet looked around and caught a passing soldier to ask.

“Where is the headquarters here?”

The soldier pointed to a building in the center in the distance.

“That’s the headquarters over there.”

Sonnet thanked him and immediately walked toward the headquarters. Since Aiden was the commander, he would likely be there.

Her feet still had no sensation and the cold gave her a headache, but Sonnet didn’t mind and just kept walking.

Just before entering the headquarters, Sonnet’s hands wouldn’t move properly because it was so cold. As she barely managed to push the door handle and enter inside, warm air enveloped her surroundings.

Sonnet stood there blankly for a while. It felt like blood was finally circulating through her body.

As she gradually came to her senses and looked around, it seemed smaller than the garrison in the capital but appeared to have everything it needed.

Then she heard the sound of a door opening. When Sonnet turned around, several people were pushing through the door. Sonnet momentarily stopped breathing.

Aiden stood in the middle of them. Being so tall, he stood out more than anyone, and many people followed around him. From those in uniforms to those in suits.

Though it was a distance she dared not approach, she gradually got closer to Aiden. He was approaching this way.

Sonnet watched him nervously, but Aiden didn’t even pretend to see Sonnet and passed right by her.

There was a smell of cigarettes. It was the vulgar scent she had smelled before. Now there was no trace of the Mount Itar mint fragrance that Sonnet used to like.

Aiden stopped in front of the elevator.

Sonnet stared blankly at the back of Aiden’s head. Aiden was having a conversation with the aide beside him.

Now Aiden truly felt like a stranger. Moreover, she hadn’t expected Aiden to ignore her so completely.

Though they were nothing to each other, she hadn’t expected him to be this cold.

Suddenly Sonnet had a headache. From being hit by the cold wind earlier, her throat hurt and her nose stung.

Though she felt unwell, she still couldn’t return like this. When Sonnet belatedly looked for Aiden, he had already disappeared.

Sonnet checked the floor numbers on the elevator and pressed the button. However, no matter how much she pressed, it wouldn’t open. People around her glanced at Sonnet as if she were strange.

Looking closely, she could see a keyhole that only specific people could open. Sonnet had no choice but to take the stairs beside it.

Fortunately, having warmed her body earlier, her body moved well, but somehow she felt chilly all over.

Sonnet pulled her coat tighter and climbed the stairs. When she had seen the elevator floor numbers earlier, the place where Aiden was located was quite high up. It was when she had almost finished climbing the stairs.

Two soldiers were guarding the door. As soon as he saw Sonnet, he said.

“You cannot come this way.”

“I came to see the Commander.”

“Currently, the Commander is not meeting with anyone.”

Sonnet’s eyes immediately widened.

“Is Aiden sick?”

“I cannot tell you that.”

Sonnet somehow felt frustrated inside.

“Can’t you just deliver a message to Aiden?”

“No, you cannot.”

Sonnet hurriedly pulled out her special visitor’s pass from her pocket.

“I didn’t come to threaten Aiden, I just came to simply deliver a message.”

The soldier looked at Sonnet’s special visitor’s pass and immediately returned it.

“You cannot enter with this.”

“In the capital, they don’t block access this strictly in front of offices or bedrooms…”

“Originally, security in the capital is more strict. The Commander probably removed it arbitrarily.”

Sonnet newly realized that Aiden seemed to have been very considerate all along. If there had been soldiers blocking like this, she wouldn’t have been able to freely move around his office or bedroom.

Around her was the cigarette scent she had smelled when passing by Aiden. The soldiers seemed accustomed to that scent and didn’t wrinkle their expressions.

Though Sonnet was frustrated that nothing was working, she had no choice but to say.

“Please tell Aiden. His father is very critically ill and really wants to see him. And…”

The soldier’s expression immediately softened.

“Are you from the Rosefield Family by any chance?”

Sonnet instinctively answered.

“Yes.”

In a way, it was correct that she came from the Rosefield Family. Since it was the butler’s request.

“Why didn’t you say so earlier? We heard that there would be contact from the Rosefield Family today.”

Sonnet just smiled, feeling like things were going well somehow. The soldier immediately stepped aside.

“Please go in.”

Sonnet gave a brief greeting and confidently opened the door and entered.

Inside was a long corridor. There were about three rooms among them, but she couldn’t tell where Aiden was.

Sonnet ended up knocking on each room. Knock knock. There was no answer from inside. She knocked on the next room too, but it was just quiet. Now it was the most secluded room in the corridor.

It was almost in a corner, and only that room looked particularly dark. Unlike other rooms, the cigarette smell was also strong.

Sonnet nervously knocked on the door. She waited for a moment, but as expected, there was no answer.

‘Is no one there?’

Disappointed, she tried turning the door handle just in case, and the door opened smoothly.

Just as Sonnet was about to enter, a low voice rang out.

“I told you not to come in.”

When Sonnet flinched and looked ahead, Aiden was sitting at his desk. He was looking through documents with a cigarette in his mouth. It was an unfamiliar sight she had never seen from him.

The room was already filled with acrid cigarette smoke, making the surroundings look hazy.

‘Did Aiden originally enjoy this kind of thing?’

Thinking about it, he didn’t even smoke cigars often. When there was no movement around, Aiden raised his head. He stared at Sonnet intently, then frowned and put out his cigarette.

Aiden spoke without even looking at Sonnet.

“Why do you keep appearing in front of me?”

The voice she heard after so long was quite unfamiliar. Perhaps because it was a voice that had sunk considerably.

“I’m trying my best not to get involved with you.”

Aiden flipped through the documents roughly. His gaze remained fixed on the paper. Sonnet had a headache, perhaps from the cigarette smoke.

Though she felt slightly dizzy, she forced strength into her legs and opened her mouth.

“I have something to tell you.”

Aiden slowly raised his gaze to look at Sonnet. She could see suppressed anger in his eyes.

“Something to tell me?”

“I came all the way from the capital to say this. I thought it would be best to deliver it as soon as possible.”

Aiden let out a short breath and lowered his gaze. He only skimmed through the documents without saying anything in particular.

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