Becoming Number One with Confession Attacks - Chapter 97

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#97

“We just came to pay our respects.”

“Then just pay your respects and leave.”

“What?”

When Sonnet stood up, her father stepped forward too. He stood up completely and shouted angrily.

“Why are you being so cruel to us! No matter how poorly we treated you, this isn’t how you should treat us!”

Her mother beside him also shouted shrilly. She even pointed her finger while glaring with wide eyes.

“That’s right! Just feeding you and giving you a place to sleep despite our poor circumstances was practically doing everything for you. What are you so resentful about that you’re ignoring us like this?”

“No matter how much I say, you don’t understand, so I don’t want to talk anymore.”

Her parents were impossible to reason with. No matter how much she said, they acted like they were the pitiful ones and repeated the same words.

Her father came close to Sonnet and raised his hand.

“This is what happens when we’ve been too lenient with you all this time.”

Just before her father’s hand reached Sonnet’s cheek, someone grabbed his short arm in one swift motion.

When Sonnet turned around in surprise, Aiden was standing there.

He was wearing a black robe. His hair was slightly disheveled as if he had just woken up, but his eyes were sharp, creating an atmosphere that brooked no interference.

Aiden knocked away her father’s wrist as if throwing it aside. Her father looked at Aiden in confusion.

“You…”

“Have you been treating Sonnet like this all along?”

“No, it’s just that Sonnet wouldn’t listen…”

Aiden didn’t listen to the rest of her father’s words and gestured to a servant nearby. The servant immediately grabbed both of her father’s arms.

“What, what is this!”

No matter how much her father struggled, it was useless because the servant was holding him firmly. The servant himself seemed quite strong.

Her mother also looked at Aiden and shouted as if flustered.

“Aiden, this isn’t right. Between people who will be family…”

“Who said we’d be family?”

Her father and mother stared at Aiden with wide eyes. They stood there as if they had received a shock.

Aiden looked displeased as if looking at something disgusting.

“If you come near Sonnet again, I won’t let it slide. You know my soldiers are quite persistent, don’t you?”

They backed away as if frightened. Aiden glanced at Sonnet once, then looked around at her parents.

“Apologize before you leave.”

“Ap, apologize! What exactly did we do wrong…”

When Aiden gestured with his chin, the servant immediately dragged her father away. Her mother hurriedly followed her father in confusion.

As soon as they left, Aiden turned to look at Sonnet.

“Are you okay?”

When Sonnet nodded, Aiden suddenly hugged her.

“If they were that kind of people, I wouldn’t have treated you well either. You should have told me earlier that they were like that.”

“Still, I’m glad we probably won’t see them again. I’ll probably only see them again right before they die.”

Sonnet hugged Aiden’s back. It was warm. In a good mood, she leaned into his embrace and said.

“My parents were always like thorns in my heart, but now I feel like those thorns have been pulled out.”

Aiden smiled and kissed Sonnet’s neck, then leaned his face against it.

Sonnet stayed in his arms for a long time. Her heart felt peaceful for the first time in a while.

Aiden breathed softly against Sonnet’s neck and asked.

“So when are we getting married?”

The strangely touching breath made the fine hairs on her neck stand up. Aiden hugged Sonnet tightly, their thighs touching. At the firm feeling, Sonnet pulled back slightly with a strange feeling.

Aiden slowly lifted his upper body to look at Sonnet. A smile played at the corners of his mouth. It was a face full of subtle expectation.

Sonnet thought for a moment, then blurted out.

“How about today, right now?”

One of Aiden’s eyebrows twitched slightly.

“Are you serious?”

“Yes, you’ve waited a long time.”

Aiden let out a breath as if incredulous and smiled brightly.

Sonnet stared blankly at his face. This seemed to be the first time she’d seen Aiden smile so brightly.

He looked genuinely happy.

Aiden hugged Sonnet with a smile on his lips.

“Then let’s do it today.”

“Okay.”

“Let’s have a simple ceremony today and have a grand wedding later after your thesis presentation.”

Sonnet was surprised. She didn’t know Aiden even knew about her thesis presentation.

“How did you know about the presentation?”

“It wouldn’t make sense for me not to know about you.”

Sonnet had only told Aiden that she submitted her thesis, but hadn’t mentioned the presentation. There were still two weeks left until the presentation.

“Can you wait that long?”

Aiden chuckled.

“What do you think I’ve been doing all this time? I’ve been holding back ever since you graduated.”

Come to think of it, two weeks seemed like nothing. Sonnet hugged Aiden tightly and said.

“We can register our marriage today and just prepare for the wedding for two weeks.”

Aiden laughed out loud, seeming pleased.

“What about preparing for your thesis presentation?”

“I’ve been working hard on it anyway, so I don’t need to do anything special. I just need to prepare two days before the presentation.”

Aiden spoke low in Sonnet’s ear.

“Then we can just focus on our marriage until then?”

“Yes.”

Aiden pulled away from Sonnet to look at her.

“Then we need to prepare right now. We have to register our marriage and have the wedding.”

When Sonnet looked at him expectantly, Aiden took her hand and led her.

“First, there’s an outdoor banquet space behind this estate. My parents had their engagement ceremony there too, and since we’re keeping this simple…”

Aiden looked ahead as if lost in thought, then turned to Sonnet.

“No. Should we have it at the temple, even if it’s simple?”

“The temple?”

“I think it would be more sacred and better than here.”

“Couldn’t we do that for the formal wedding?”

The corners of Aiden’s mouth curved up gently.

“Ah, do you want to get married at the temple?”

“Not necessarily, but it seems like everyone does it there.”

“Then let’s have the formal wedding at the temple. Today we’ll do it simply in the back of the house.”

When Sonnet nodded, things proceeded quickly.

Aiden first called a servant and ordered him to bring the marriage registration documents, and various people entered the estate – dress shop salesperson, servants to help with makeup, people to arrange flowers.

Although it was suddenly arranged, everything proceeded smoothly, and Sonnet soon found herself standing in front of a large tree behind Aiden’s estate.

Spring had come so the cold had lessened somewhat, but the wind was still chilly. Nevertheless, Sonnet didn’t mind. Because he was beside her.

Aiden lightly read the marriage vows and put a ring on Sonnet’s finger.

It was the emerald ring that had once been hers and then returned to her. When it was placed on her fourth finger, it fit perfectly.

Sonnet looked down at the ring and murmured.

“I’ll never take it off again.”

Aiden smiled gently and lightly kissed Sonnet’s cheek.

Finally, Aiden signed the marriage registration with Sonnet. When she finished signing, Aiden put his arm around Sonnet’s shoulder and pulled her into an embrace.

“Now you’re officially my wife.”

Aiden looked at the marriage registration that Sonnet had signed for a long time.

Sonnet felt deeply moved too. Certainly at first she couldn’t even think of getting married, but now it felt so natural.

An even stronger wind than before blew around Sonnet and Aiden. Sonnet smiled as she looked at the marriage registration.

Being close to Aiden, she strangely didn’t feel very cold. Perhaps it was thanks to his warmth.

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Sonnet was extremely nervous.

It was a thesis presentation about the Dungeon Temple discovered by the First Kingdom Army, and people’s interest was already intense.

Sonnet was already known as someone who had completed marriage registration with Aiden, her research had received tremendous interest from the King even before being presented, and this was the combined result of expectations that this research would have a tremendous impact on Temple ancient language studies.

Nevertheless, when Sonnet actually presented her thesis, she spoke skillfully without trembling.

It had already filled her mind completely from before, and since she knew this field best, she spoke clearly without trembling even during the question and answer session.

When all the presentations ended like that, Sonnet came down from the podium with a relieved heart. Professor Aldoren and Gellen, who had been waiting below, approached her.

“Senior! You were really amazing. As expected, you’re truly an authority in this field.”

“That’s right, Sonnet. Even though difficult questions came up, you answered well and the thesis was high quality, so there will be very good results this time.”

“Thank you.”

Professor Aldoren said with a smile.

“You’ve worked hard all this time.”

Though it was a common phrase, Sonnet somehow felt tears welling up. There had been countless hardships getting to this point, but it was bearable because various people were by her side.

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