I'm a C-Class, but All the S-Classes Are Obsessed with Me - Chapter 36

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Chapter 36
I quickly surveyed my surroundings.
The people who’d helped lift the bus were nowhere to be seen. Which meant I was the only one left standing in this spot.
Even Baek Seon-woo was moving busily near another class’s vehicles in the distance, and Seo Do-hyeok, who should have been impossible to miss, was completely absent.
‘Something feels off. Like I’m isolated.’
If I’m being honest, we were all in the same space, yet it felt as though I alone were trapped behind a translucent membrane, existing in another dimension.
How to put it. Even the sounds seemed muffled, as if I’d stepped underwater.
‘If that’s the case, then this is…….’
A chance to examine this properly.
If not now, I wouldn’t be able to investigate this bizarre phenomenon without eventually sharing it with others against my will.
My gaze returned to the broken edge of the Greatsword.
‘What’s your angle here.’
Guardian, you wanted me to see this, didn’t you? Is this some kind of final farewell?
Fine, if this were a five-star hotel tasting menu, but you’re sprinkling gold dust on something I’m supposed to let go of? What’s the point.
‘Are you listening at all.’
Why’ve you gone silent since earlier. Whether you’re dangling a carrot or throwing me a dessert, at least react to something.
After what just happened, you must still be drenched in dopamine—there’s no way you could be sleeping.
‘God, this is frustrating.’
If the Guardian had materialized into human form beside me, I would’ve grabbed him by the collar and shaken him senseless.
‘This doesn’t look like something anyone should see.’
Even without the gold dust, someone could find fault—pointing out how too cleanly and precisely the C-rank Greatsword had snapped.
Even as these thoughts swirled, the dust clinging to the clean-cut edge didn’t fade; instead, it gleamed brighter, as if demanding to be seen.
‘I understand your intentions well enough, Guardian.’
So you can stop now, if you don’t mind.
It was then that I released a shallow sigh, exasperated.
Ding!
‘Finally……!’
At the welcome alert chiming in my ears, I quickly lifted my gaze from the asphalt toward empty space.
But the blue System Window that appeared before my eyes didn’t contain the name I’d been waiting for—instead, it held unfamiliar characters I’d never seen in my life.
[ Constellation, “The One Who Investigates Mystery and All Things” gazes upon you with fascination. ]
“…….”
I remained crouched in place, staring into the void, motionless for several seconds.
Even as the situation struck me as sudden, I found myself unable to even glance around again.
If someone were watching this entire scene like a third-person observer of a drama, it would probably look as if I’d hit pause—freezing to reread the text in that System Window.
‘Do Constellations even… rename themselves.’
Hello, Guardian. You really didn’t need to spring something like this on me.
One C-rank Greatsword breaks and I get an event like this?
I don’t want it. This is too much pressure.
Ding!
‘Please, this time…….’
[ Constellation, “The One Who Investigates Mystery and All Things” extends the Hand of Warmth upon you. ]
‘What is this even supposed to mean.’
I prayed it would be nothing serious.
But in that instant, the gold dust that had been sparsely clinging to only the broken section began spreading rapidly across the Greatsword’s wide blade.
‘……This is insane.’
Could that actually dissolve.
Simultaneously, a sound like silk slipped past my ears.
Even witnessing it with my own eyes and hearing it with my own ears, I couldn’t believe it.
If I were to gather fine sand from a beach in my palm and let it slip away through my fingers, perhaps that’s the sound it would make.
‘Guardian, no, that’s not the problem…….’
My head whipped rapidly from side to side as I scanned my surroundings again.
How could they possibly not notice.
As if by conspiracy, not a single gaze turned toward me. When I looked back at where the object in question had been, its form had vanished without a trace.
As if nothing had ever been there at all.
‘The Guardian must have taken it back.’
Except I felt nothing in my hands.
Though I was still gripping the handle portion of the broken halves, there was an absence of sensation—not even the emptiness of losing weight.
‘What is this.’
Unless the Guardian renamed himself, was this truly a different Constellation. Had anything like this ever happened before.
“……Ha-ryeong.”
Would the state have left it alone, even if such a thing existed?
No matter how much I’ve been drawn to investigating such matters……
Ah, so it’s possible there are no records at all. They’d naturally lock it down even more thoroughly and refuse to disclose it.
‘If I became the Association director……’
The thought that followed sent a chill down my spine.
“Ju Ha-ryeong!”
“Yeah?”
Someone from across the way grabbed both my shoulders and shook them roughly.
Coming to my senses, I found Baek Seon-woo sitting directly in front of me, our eyes meeting.
The ambient noise that had felt muffled before suddenly rushed back in with startling clarity.
‘Did he finish helping the other class tidy up too?’
That Baek Seon-woo, who had been bustling around energetically despite what had happened earlier, now looked quite exhausted.
His hair, damp with sweat, clung to his forehead, and his face, which usually looked perpetually smiling even at rest, now bore visible fatigue.
“Damn, I was a real piece of work.”
“……Out of nowhere?”
Baek Seon-woo still gripped my shoulder, his head hanging low.
‘Why is he suddenly acting like this?’
I’d never seen this guy—whose self-regard reached the heavens—openly put himself down in front of others like this.
I waited silently, watching the top of his head.
After a moment, he spoke in a low voice.
“I’ll go fetch Seo Do-hyeok.”
That was insane.
I quickly grabbed his wrist to stop him from rising.
Just thinking of Seo Do-hyeok made me deeply uneasy.
‘This is why people say you can’t live after committing wrongs……’
No, shouldn’t the Guardian have said something like this for me?
‘Sigh.’
If I faced Seo Do-hyeok right now, that perceptive bastard might piece things together and become certain of something.
I barely swallowed the sigh and opened my lips.
“Sit down.”
“……”
At my command-like directive, Baek Seon-woo’s eyes, which had been looking down at me from an awkward half-stance, widened further.
Then he let out a hollow laugh and crouched back down to meet my eye level.
“Alright, I’m down. So what, should I give you my hand or something?”
“What the hell are you talking about?”
“Right?”
Baek Seon-woo chuckled softly, his head bowed slightly.
I had no idea what was so funny to this guy.
Having given up trying to understand, I released his wrist and spoke matter-of-factly.
“Just so you know, don’t make a fuss about it.”
“……Ha.”
Baek Seon-woo raised only one corner of his mouth, regarding me with an expression of disbelief, then brushed his bangs aside and stood up.
“Sure thing.”
With that brief reply, he turned his back to the instructor’s signal to move to the shoulder and walked ahead.
‘At least I’ve put out the immediate fire.’
……That’s good, right?
I stood and followed Baek Seon-woo, then glanced back for a moment.
In that short time, it was as if nothing had happened—as if I’d just been dreaming.
Except for the mangled asphalt.
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“Ugh……”
A deep sigh I couldn’t swallow dispersed into the empty night air.
I rested my head against the back of a bench and stared vacantly up at the night sky. Dark clouds had hung thick since afternoon, and not a single star was visible in that pitch-black expanse.
‘Man, my shoulders are killing me.’
I should have asked another Healer for help.
The accommodation had only two beds, so I’d given them to Park Si-eun and Im Ji-an, and being unable to sleep lying on the floor, I’d come out here.
I absently rubbed my opposite shoulder with my raised hand and recalled the day’s events for a moment.
The accident today had been caused by a sudden Field Rift. From what I’d overheard of the instructors’ conversation at the scene, the distance between the accident site and this Resort wasn’t that great.
It seemed a Gate had opened near the accident site at some point in the past.
Since the standard academic consensus was that sudden Field Rifts opened because of the faintly warped mana that lingered after a Gate’s clearing, it only made sense.
By the time we arrived at the Resort, we’d blown well past lunchtime, and the practical training was postponed to the next day.
‘At least that’s something.’
If we’d thrown ourselves into it in this state, everything would’ve fallen apart—I was certain of it.
Thanks to Cha Yu-hyeon from Class A stepping up first, we’d avoided worse damage, but the other students looked equally drained from playing their parts.
‘……Who is it?’
Then, from somewhere, I caught the sound of light footsteps. The presence drew closer until it stopped right beside the bench where I was sitting.
‘There are plenty of other seats.’
Why choose this one?
I glanced sideways for a moment before returning my gaze to the night sky.
Seo Do-hyeok, keeping his distance, said nothing for a while.
‘Deliberately, then.’
There’s nothing quite like someone determined to make you uncomfortable.
I didn’t want to back down first. But sitting here paralyzed, unable to do anything either way, felt even worse.
“Why did you come out? At this hour?”
So I spoke, still looking up at the sky, the words falling flat into the silence. Quiet lingered again, but not for long. Soon a low voice came back.
“Couldn’t sleep.”
“…….”
“Because of someone.”
“It was definitely uncomfortable.”
The moment I answered, our eyes naturally met.
I looked at Seo Do-hyeok with my head still resting back, and spoke with measured calm.
“The bed.”
Then, uncharacteristically, I let out a brief, stupid laugh. I turned my head away immediately and hardened my expression, staring at the sky as though nothing had happened.
Maybe, deep down, I’d wanted to stretch the moment out like this.
“Ju Ha-ryeong.”
Before long, Seo Do-hyeok quietly spoke my name.
The breeze shifted, and I could sense exactly what was coming next.
“What are you?”
C-rank, yet every S-rank has an obsession with me.
Chapter 36
Author
| Seo Yu-yeon
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| March 6, 2026
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| Talesyx Inc.
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| Cho Geuk
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