I'm a C-Class, but All the S-Classes Are Obsessed with Me - Chapter 40

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Chapter 40
Well, I’d expected this kind of reaction, naturally.
Park Si-eun had every right to be annoyed. She wasn’t the only one who’d gotten drenched by that sudden deluge—the monster had too.
Water pooled across the floor, and Park Si-eun and Han Min-sung, both crouched low, were soaked through no fault of their own.
‘The paralysis wore off?’
She gripped her Large Sword again, and thankfully her hands didn’t seem to be shaking as badly as before.
Park Si-eun, who’d been glaring at me, whipped her head around sharply. Then, with impressive momentum, she unleashed a burst of Sword Energy forward and took off on her own.
Han Min-sung scrambled to catch up with her.
‘Brutal. Really.’
At least I could be grateful worse curses weren’t flying.
The scraping, grinding sound that began to fill the space seemed to carry the edge of her irritation.
I lowered the Hose completely to the floor, cut off the water, and turned my back.
‘Hye-rin should be fine, right?’
I’d sprayed water toward the back just to be safe.
I was about to switch from hurried steps to an outright run.
[ The Constellation, The One Who Explores Mystery and All Things, whispers that there is something useful to this individual’s leader. ]
Is that important right now?
I ignored the System Window and ran. I still didn’t know what this Constellation was, but at least I could tell its personality was different from my Protector.
‘At least it’s not hounding me.’
If I didn’t respond at moments like this, my Protector would’ve lectured me until my ears hurt.
“Sis! Are you okay?”
That’s when I nearly collided with Hye-rin, who was rushing toward me.
Before I could react, she’d wrapped herself against me, and I found myself absently patting the back of her head.
‘Something’s still a bit off here.’
But I couldn’t very well ask about the past now.
Still, Hye-rin seemed to have steadied herself somewhat in the meantime—she showed no real hesitation in moving forward.
[ The Constellation, The One Who Explores Mystery and All Things, poses a question to you: are you confident you won’t regret simply passing by like this? ]
My feet stopped dead.
“……Regret?”
“What’s wrong?”
I turned my head to the right and met Hye-rin’s brown eyes.
Behind her shoulder, my gaze fell in turn on that Fire Hydrant from before.
A long breath escaped me.
I couldn’t figure out what that question was hinting at.
Still, in the end, I had no choice but to give Hye-rin’s back a gentle push again.
“Go and join the others. I’ll catch up.”
“No way—we should go together!”
“I dropped something. I just need to find it and then I’m done.”
Hye-rin had taken hold of one of my hands at some point, and I gently pried her fingers loose. When I urged her again, she finally scrunched her face in displeasure, turned wordlessly, and left.
The front group had already vanished from sight, and losing a Support Role—even if they weren’t a Healer—would be a serious gap in the team’s balance.
‘The leader, they said.’
Once I confirmed Hye-rin had disappeared from view, I swept my eyes quickly across the floor.
Only the soaked corpses of monsters littered this area now.
I picked up a sharp shard of glass that had scattered across the floor when I’d smashed open the Fire Hydrant cover.
‘Is this it?’
As I used my foot to examine each corpse in turn, one particular body caught my eye.
A slightly larger frame than the others, and a body where the green aura shone with particular prominence.
[ The Constellation, The One Who Explores Mystery and All Things, draws your attention to this individual’s left chest. ]
I flipped the corpse over with my foot so its belly faced upward, then crouched down in front of it. The stench of decay drifting from this close range made my head throb.
‘Jesus. What the hell even—’
I narrowed my brows sharply, raised my right hand into the air, and drove the glass shard deep into the creature’s left chest.
Goosebumps suddenly crawled up my forearms.
I’d never imagined I’d be doing an autopsy in a place like this.
The tough hide clinging to the glass, the blood vessels surging up at the same moment, the fishy reek—
Plunging my Large Sword into a monster and tearing it apart was a world away from this: poking into its corpse up close, staring at the intimate details.
‘Unbelievable. Just unbelievable.’
Swallowing a curse, I pinched the torn edges of the creature’s flesh between my tensed index and thumb, then pulled them apart. A small Pouch, buried in sticky mucus, became visible.
“Ugh—”
A sound of disgust escaped me.
Because what I had to do next was reach my hand in there and tear the thing out.
‘Good thoughts, no—different thoughts, the East Sea and the Baekdu Mountains…….’
I exhaled a short breath and yanked my elbow back hard. The wet, squelching sensation registered fully in my palm.
‘God, maybe I should just throw it away.’
This tiny Pouch was still pulsing faintly, for that matter.
‘O Constellation Who Explores Mystery and All Things.’
Is this really it? Since when did a Dealer start dissecting monsters like this?
‘But where do I put it?’
Setting aside how revolting it was, there was no way I could carry this bare-handed unless I’d lost my mind.
“……Ugh.”
I really hated this.
I got to my feet and shoved the thing into the Pouch I had cinched at my waist. Then I bolted in the direction Park Si-eun had gone.
Fortunately, water was still flowing from the Hose.
I scrubbed my hands furiously under the cold water to banish that sickening feeling from moments before. The reddish slime that had been trickling away was mostly gone now. The acrid, metallic stench lingered, though.
‘Just get moving.’
If I lingered here any longer, I risked drawing suspicion.
I straightened up and sprinted full-tilt after the three of them.
‘Damn it, my shoes.’
In the process, I ended up accidentally stomping on a rat corpse.
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Once I’d passed the enormous number of Monsters the three of them had killed, a single moldy wooden door sat at the end of the Corridor.
Instinctively, a subtle tension crept up my fingertips.
There was a ninety-nine percent chance a door like this connected to the Boss Room.
I pulled it open carefully, and brilliant light streamed through the gap along with a damp, musty humidity that hit me like a wave.
By the time my vision had fully adjusted to the interior——
Bang!
“There—!”
“Sister! No, wait. What on earth are you doing?! That’s dangerous!”
At the sudden commotion, Han Min-sung and Hye-rin’s faces registered shock in quick succession.
I, meanwhile, simply rolled my eyes quietly.
The wall right beside the door. Or rather, a broad sword blade was lodged in the wall right next to my head.
“Her.”
“…….”
“Seems like she needs to scare me half to death once in a while just to snap me awake.”
Whether from how roughly the blade was embedded or because this place was simply so decrepit——
grey tile dust was trickling down beside my left foot.
I held it in my gaze for a moment, then slowly lifted my eyes. There was Park Si-eun’s face, her brows drawn together tightly, her eyes burning.
“Heh.”
At that moment, the corners of my mouth twisted and a hollow laugh escaped.
“Heh? You’re laughing at this?”
I’d somehow ended up with my back against the closed door. Brute strength might fail fastest in a warrior, but my exhaustion was catching up.
Of course, judging from what I’d seen while passing through the corridor earlier, most of the corpses had been cleaned up quite neatly.
They wouldn’t know it, but among them had been a Leader.
So in the end, if we’d failed to figure out its weakness, we never would have set foot on this Terrace at all.
‘Well, there’s that.’
Putting everything else aside, the reason Park Si-eun was so angry with me was probably because of that.
I had acted alone without orders, after all.
I faced Park Si-eun, who was radiating a piercing coldness, and opened my mouth calmly.
“That’s not it. I’m just relieved.”
“What bullsh—”
“That everyone’s safe.”
This was the truth.
Perhaps some of it got through to her. Surprisingly, Park Si-eun’s lips pressed shut.
‘But is this really the Boss Room?’
In the midst of it all, something struck me as odd about the quiet surroundings. I pushed off from the door and passed by her, still standing in the same pose.
Immediately, it felt as though dozens of needles were piercing the back of my head.
“Are you hurt? Did you find what you dropped?”
As I approached the railing of the Terrace, Hye-rin drew close beside me and whispered in a low voice.
“From now on, I should stay by your side no matter what sister says. Look at that day—she said it was fine, and then look at the state you were in—”
“Hye-rin.”
Since I had ears to hear, I cut off Hye-rin’s words. Understanding my meaning, she exhaled a heavy sigh and turned her gaze out beyond the railing.
I stared at her profile for a moment, then brushed away a few strands of pink hair clinging to her cheek before turning my gaze away.
‘Quite spacious.’
Maybe it felt that way because we’d just emerged from the narrow, dark passage.
Across from us stood a Terrace at the same height as where our team was positioned, and directly beneath it sprawled an enormous circular Swimming Pool.
If not for the suffocating humidity that seemed to cling to everything, it would have been a space capable of easing some of the oppression in my chest.
‘But the color is a bit…….’
Why was it so murky?
The water in the circular Swimming Pool was so dark and murky—as though someone had spilled ink into it—that the bottom wasn’t visible at all.
As my eyes drifted further, I spotted a winding water slide structure on one side and even sun loungers.
But they were all cracked and sunken, as though someone had smashed them to pieces in a fit of rage, leaving nothing intact.
‘Hm.’
Just as I was turning away from the railing, a faint murmuring drifted up from below.
“Looks like we’re not the only ones here.”
Hye-rin spoke as well, gazing down into the depths.
I directed my gaze toward where the sound seemed to grow increasingly clear, silently praying.
Please, let us avoid those three.
Of course, it was a futile wish.
‘How is the structure even laid out like this?’
How do all the teams end up gathering in one place?
“Still, that doesn’t mean we have to be eliminated here.”
In that moment, Park Si-eun stepped up beside Hye-rin, draping an arm over the railing as she continued.
“Since we have a real Healer, we’ll survive. Right?”
She’s doing that on purpose. Wants Hye-rin to hear.
Predictably, Hye-rin’s head snapped around, but Park Si-eun just gave a slight shrug and turned her body away, keeping her eyes fixed downward.
The Healer Park Si-eun was referring to was Seo Do-hyeok, and standing behind them was Baek Seon-woo’s team.
And my eyes found themselves naturally searching for someone.
C-rank, Yet All S-ranks Obsess Over Me
Chapter 40
Author
| Seo Yu-yeon
Published
| March 6, 2026
Publisher
| Talesyx Inc.
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| Choguk
Title Design
| Mallang Kongtteok
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