I'm a C-Class, but All the S-Classes Are Obsessed with Me - Chapter 29

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Chapter 29
Pitch-black darkness descended. It was only momentary, but perhaps that was why I’d grown so dependent on the faint glow of my Mobile Phone just seconds before.
It took a moment before I could make out enough of the interior to understand what was inside.
‘Damn… but why did I hide?’
Anyone who saw this would think I’d come to steal something.
Whether I ran into an instructor or an Academy student, I could simply tell the truth—that the dormitory supervisor had assigned me Penalty Point cleaning detail down here.
Whenever instinct overpowered reason, problems like this always surfaced. Regret that came too late.
‘But it’s weird to go back out now, too.’
The moment I pushed Cha Yu-hyun inside first and closed the door behind me, I knew for certain: this Storage Room’s purpose was utterly unclear.
The damp, stale stench that reached my nostrils felt even more potent here. And with what seemed like every useless item crammed into this place, the cramped quarters were another problem entirely.
“…….”
“…….”
So there I was with my back pressed against the hard door frame, while Cha Yu-hyun looked down at me, one hand planted against the wall beside my head, his brow furrowed in displeasure.
To be fair, he had reason to be annoyed.
‘As if I wanted to do that…’
I’d shoved him inside rather roughly in my panic.
[ The Guardian of Taewon lets out a hollow laugh, remarking that it looked less like “a little” and more like being hurled in quite violently. ]
It wasn’t that bad, really.
[ The Guardian of Taewon insists they’ve already rewound it a dozen times to verify, swearing their impression isn’t wrong. ]
How embarrassing that you’d rewind something like that.
In any case, there was no disaster—no loud crash from hitting something—but of course there was a slight tremor.
One of the boxes sitting on the shelf beside us had been jostled and tipped forward, which was why Cha Yu-hyun was now stuck in such an uncomfortable position.
He shifted his right elbow slowly and carefully, steadying the tilted object before easing it back into place.
Then, footsteps grew clearer. They weren’t outside the Storage Room anymore—they were already deep inside.
‘Did they all come in?’
Just moments ago, I’d sensed at least three presences.
As the sounds drew closer, my heartbeat quickened for reasons I couldn’t quite name. It seemed they’d reached the spot where Cha Yu-hyun and I had been examining the wall earlier.
Without thinking, I looked up and met Cha Yu-hyun’s eyes in the darkness.
Then, with a composure that had already settled over his features, he raised his index finger to his lips.
“Some rats came and went.”
In that instant, a rough voice carried through the single door between us.
“They’ve made quite a mess.”
“They were making noise earlier, so it seems someone was sent from above. But I never thought they’d leave it looking like this.”
I held my breath, concentrating on their conversation.
One thing was certain: they weren’t Penalty Point workers like us, sent down to clean.
‘I’m carrying a Master Key, remember.’
Which meant Academy students should be ruled out entirely.
I was in the midst of exhaling slowly.
A sharp click sounded from outside the door, and an acrid, murky smell seeped in, mixing with the stale air.
‘If this turns into a fire…’
The men’s incomprehensible conversation stopped abruptly.
My expression twisted at the cigarette smoke that seared my lungs, but that wasn’t the real problem.
Suddenly, the sound of something spinning violently—machinery—began to fill the space.
‘Ugh—!’
What is this?
I covered my nose and mouth frantically with both hands, but this wasn’t a smell I could block out with gestures alone. Cha Yu-hyun seemed to be in the same boat, his eyes narrowed sharply as he stared at the door.
‘God, I’m going to throw up.’
My stomach was turning.
No, could something really be this poorly maintained?
The men’s presence still lingered near the Storage Room where we were hiding.
Unable to do anything either way, my gaze found Cha Yu-hyun again.
‘He’s insane.’
Was he really thinking of fighting?
He was gripping his Short Dagger with the intensity of someone about to bolt right out of here, but something seemed to give him pause. Recalling the mock training, he wasn’t someone who’d hesitate this much.
‘What did he figure out?’
From just that conversation a moment ago?
While I was assessing his state, determination seemed to take hold—the hand gripping his Short Dagger tensed visibly.
‘He can’t be the one to do this.’
Honestly, whatever happened to Cha Yu-hyun from this point on wasn’t my concern.
But if it meant leaving a record that the dormitory supervisor had reassigned me to Experimental Building cleaning because of him, that was a different story.
After all, I’d only left yesterday promising to be more careful going forward.
‘God, seriously.’
I reached out and grabbed Cha Yu-hyun’s wrist firmly. At the same instant, his gaze shifted toward me, and the black-gleaming Short Dagger vanished in a blink.
For a moment, something seemed to pass from the sharp, keen light flickering in his eyes.
‘Like he’s asking what the hell I think I’m doing.’
So I shook my head. Whatever the reason, whether we walked out and fought or he threatened me here—staying quiet seemed the wisest choice for now.
We were suspended in that tense standoff when it happened.
“Ah, don’t turn that off—just come on out. We’ll need to air the place out for a while, clearly.”
I thought the conversation might continue, but after that single remark, the men’s presence gradually faded into the distance.
How much time passed after that?
“Let’s go.”
Cha Yu-hyun’s subdued voice broke the silence. Only then did I release his wrist.
I realized I’d been tense throughout—my palms were damp with a thin sheen of sweat.
“Hah…….”
As I exhaled heavily, Cha Yu-hyun stepped toward the Storage Room door and pushed it open.
“Crazy bastards.”
What now? What the hell was it this time?
A rough mutter drifted quietly from beyond the threshold. I pressed my fingertips to my temples a few times, then let my back slide away from the doorframe. With an unsettled heart, I yanked the door wide open.
‘Oh.’
For a moment, I nearly cursed aloud myself.
Instead, a wave of nausea rose unbidden, and I yanked the sleeve of my hoodie up over my face, pressing it hard against my nose and mouth.
“This is seriously like a sewage line rupture, isn’t it?”
Naturally, my words came out muffled and slurred.
Yet he seemed to understand somehow; Cha Yu-hyun tilted his head back and replied in a flat tone.
“I’m not sure.”
“I mean, a new building shouldn’t smell like this at all.”
As I threw that back at him, my eyes drifted naturally to where his gaze had landed.
‘The Ventilation Fan?’
That was probably what the man had told us not to switch off earlier.
And the smell had grown worse after that, most likely.
“Daeyeon Construction.”
Those four words, spoken just then, sent a wave of déjà vu crashing through me—a familiarity I’d felt before.
The name wasn’t unfamiliar, but that didn’t mean I actually knew anything concrete about it. So I had no choice but to listen as Cha Yu-hyun continued.
“There was already talk when they first selected the site. Then construction got delayed.”
“……And?”
Cha Yu-hyun turned to face me, his eyes cold and settled. They seemed to hold a deeper shadow than what I’d glimpsed in the Storage Room moments before.
“People say no one leaves a trail so clean that not a speck of dust falls. Daeyeon’s no exception.”
“Cha Yu-hyun.”
“Yes?”
“What are you thinking?”
He was drawing his own conclusions without explaining anything—what was I supposed to do with that? I needed to understand at least something before I could agree or disagree with him.
Whether he picked up on the dissatisfaction in my eyes or not, Cha Yu-hyun’s lips parted without hesitation.
“Substandard construction.”
“…….”
“And something to cover it up.”
Substandard construction? Do you know how much money went into building this place?
Without even looking into the details, anyone who walked around the Academy would know that immediately.
“No way―.”
“What do you think, Ju Ha-ryeong?”
This time, I couldn’t form a single thought.
Honestly, whether it was just me and Cha Yu-hyun or anyone else who visited this place—they might all have reached the same suspicion eventually. New building or not, basement or not, no one would ignore a stench like this without sensing something was seriously wrong.
‘Is it lucky that only the two of us came down here?’
Someone else might have already passed through this place, but if they had, rumors would have spread throughout the Academy by now without fail.
And if that were the case, Hye-rin would have asked me long ago whether I’d heard such gossip circulating.
So for now, I had to assume that among all the Academy students, only Cha Yu-hyun and I had been here.
“I don’t know much about that sort of thing.”
I shrugged, still keeping my sleeve against my face. It was an honest gesture.
I didn’t particularly want to dig deeper or find out more.
Without making a big deal of it, I shifted my steps and passed by Cha Yu-hyun’s side.
“Ju Ha-ryeong.”
Then a low, heavy voice caught hold of my ankle.
“It would be wise to keep your mouth shut.”
Huh. What does he take me for?
And here he was, capable of speaking gently, yet choosing to deliver every word with that oppressive tone. This was the moment I truly understood why Hye-rin still found him so insufferable.
“Fine, then. How about this?”
I replied flatly, then turned and took a few steps forward.
I closed the distance until I stood mere inches from Cha Yu-hyun, who was already watching me.
C-Rank, yet every S-Rank is obsessed with me.
Episode 29
Author
| Seo Yu-yeon
Published
| March 6, 2026
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| Talesyx Inc.
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| Choguk
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