I'm a C-Class, but All the S-Classes Are Obsessed with Me - Chapter 43

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Chapter 43
Before I could even turn my head, the owner of that voice revealed himself fully ahead of me.
‘There were three of them. Three lunatics.’
Cha Yu-hyun bent his waist toward the floor, slick with black liquid, and picked something up.
It was a Short Dagger wrapped in pitch-black light.
He tapped his own sword carelessly in the air to shake it clean, then met my gaze.
Though that, too, was only for a moment.
“Hah…….”
As he exhaled, the veil that had been shrouding both Hye-rin and me dissolved away.
I barely managed to keep myself upright and carefully hoisted the still-pale girl onto my back.
‘I need to regroup with the others first.’
Teamwork had been a disaster long before this, anyway.
As I pushed myself up using the wall, heavy footsteps splashing through water echoed toward me. I had no strength to sense anyone’s aura, but somehow I knew who it was.
The moment I stepped away with Hye-rin on my back, a black silhouette blocked my path.
“Ju Ha-ryeong.”
His call came with ragged breathing—unusual for him.
Seo Do-hyeok’s condition, seen up close from below, was hardly better. The hand gripping my shoulder trembled, and his eyes were bloodshot as if the capillaries had burst.
‘I feel oddly sorry.’
Even though it wasn’t me who wanted his Shield in the first place.
I deliberately exhaled deeply and slowly parted my lips.
“Thank you. Because of you―.”
“Luck.”
Seo Do-hyeok cut off my gratitude mid-sentence and slowly lowered his head.
‘Why is he doing that again?’
And I felt a strange unease. He had just spoken the excuse that should someday come from my own mouth—words I hadn’t said yet.
Even as he did, I felt his grip on my shoulder tighten.
‘……Is this the moment?’
Maybe I really should be collapsing right now.
Just as my eyes were beginning to drift elsewhere, uncertain, Seo Do-hyeok’s voice dropped lower.
“And you still call it luck.”
The black eyes fixed on me looked even deeper, more sunken than his voice alone conveyed.
Perhaps more so than when we’d met the night before.
Fortunately, I kept my expression composed and opened my mouth with careful gravity. It was the only thing that came to mind just then, but I had to say something.
“If you want to survive, you can do anything.”
After all, there’s the old saying about superhuman strength emerging when pushed to extremes. Hoping he’d think of it that way, I simply chose to be brazen.
“Don’t dodge. Answer properly.”
“Excuse me, Seo Do-hyeok.”
“…….”
“Why are you so interested in me?”
Without meaning to, a sharp edge crept into my voice.
Honestly, if I denied feeling even a little wronged, I’d be lying. There were others back there who said nothing, yet this man looked at me alone like this every time. As if I’d harmed him—or would harm him—when I’d done nothing of the sort.
After I finished speaking, we stood locked in each other’s gaze once more.
‘This man’s stubborner than I thought.’
Those pitch-black eyes of his, unmoved and steady, seemed to be searching for the answer in mine.
“Both of you—we can settle this later.”
Just then, a heavy voice cut in from beside me.
My vision naturally turned, and Cha Yu-hyun came into view. Before he even met my eyes, he grabbed Seo Do-hyeok’s shoulder and pushed him back slightly. Thanks to that, my own shoulder was freed, and the distance between Seo Do-hyeok and me widened.
‘Not that I’m thinking about it in this situation…….’
But really, this guy’s a broken character.
The way he stood in his navy Track Top, tailored perfectly to his frame, was quite refined. Perhaps because he always wore it so neatly, with every angle aligned, his expression seemed almost gentle now.
‘But this isn’t right, is it?’
I feel indebted to Cha Yu-hyun now too.
Though the timing was fortunate, and I was grateful for his unintended intervention. That’s when my eyes finally met his properly.
“Ha―.”
Really. Had he decided to sigh outright every time he saw me from now on?
He probably saw what happened to my eyes just now. Whatever that useful thing was.
‘No, but why is it only me he makes a fuss about?’
Putting everything else aside, I need to get out of here and take care of Hye-rin first.
The moment that thought crossed my mind, Cha Yu-hyun stood directly facing me. Then, without hesitation, he pulled down the zipper that had been raised all the way to his neck, slipped off his Outer Garment, and handed it to me without a moment’s doubt.

‘What’s that supposed to mean?’
I lifted my gaze from where Cha Yu-hyun’s hand had pulled it down, fixing my eyes on his.
The unspoken question hung between us: what was he trying to say?
His lips parted slightly.
“You’re soaked.”
“…… What?”
“You’re going out like that?”
Cha Yu-hyun’s words barely finished before he turned his head away, and Seo Do-hyeok, standing behind him, furrowed his brow and turned his back to me entirely.
Well, if they were going to be that courteous, I wasn’t about to complain.
‘Oh, right.’
My Track Top — I’d completely forgotten it had dissolved.
I quickly ducked my head to check my condition.
‘Ugh…….’
What was I thinking, Ju Ha-ryeong?
A wave of embarrassment washed over me, and my expression twisted.
Stained as it was with black grime, my habit of wearing nothing but a thin t-shirt underneath had turned into a real problem.
I composed my face and looked up at Cha Yu-hyun, who hadn’t moved, and spoke.
“Could Hye-rin hold on to you instead, then? As you can see, my hands are tied.”
When I twisted my upper body forward slightly to show him, Cha Yu-hyun’s gaze shifted from me to Hye-rin, who was still clinging to my back.
He exhaled a long sigh and stretched both arms toward me.
“Hand her over.”
“…….”
When did the mood shift to something so solemn? Was it his tone of voice doing that?
I turned my body completely around so he could receive Hye-rin properly, and only after feeling the weight lift from my back was I able to take the Outer Garment from his hands.
“Thank you, Yu-hyun.”
Even at my thanks, Cha Yu-hyun glanced down at me with cool eyes for a moment before turning on his heel.
‘Huh, unbelievable.’
I let out a quiet, hollow laugh.
By now, it seemed I’d grown numb enough to brush it off without a second thought.
I moved up beside Cha Yu-hyun, who was leading the way, and pulled the zipper up to my chin.
It was a man’s jacket, so it hung looser than what I usually wore—the sleeves extended well past my hands.
“I’ll be honest, it’s embarrassing, but this is my first Gate, you know? But this is just too much, isn’t it?”
“Yeah, me too! I’ve felt like throwing up since we entered, and looking at that now just makes my stomach……, ugh.”
As we approached where the other teams had gathered, a torrent of complaints hit our ears.
‘The atmosphere is intense.’
Behind them, I spotted several people leaning against the jagged, shattered wall with their eyes closed.
‘Are they unconscious?’
I watched them for a moment, but they didn’t stir.
I stopped alongside Cha Yu-hyun and scanned the area quickly, searching for Park Si-eun and Han Min-seong, who’d been injured.
And Baek Seon-woo as well.
“Um…… are you hurt at all?”
Just then, a thin, clear voice came from beside me, and my gaze naturally turned toward it. A cute female student with an atmosphere much like Hye-rin’s.
‘I appreciate the concern.’
But this student hardly seemed to be in a position to worry about others. Her face and neck were drenched in sweat, and her breathing was quite rough.
“I saw earlier! Um, so I think I might still be able to do a little bit…….”
“Sorry?”
“Would it be alright if I gave you some healing?”
“Thank you, but I’ve already received some.”
“Oh…… .”
The lie slipped out naturally, and I felt Cha Yu-hyun’s gaze, still standing beside me, lock onto me.
But I pressed on without concern.
“Then would you mind helping the Buffer instead?”
“Oh, yes! Of course!”
As the girl answered, Cha Yu-hyun quietly turned his body toward me. Hye-rin’s white face, still unconscious, looked only peaceful.
A small pang shot through my chest.
“If she’d Awakened as a Healer, she’d probably be living it up by now.”
I suddenly understood why Hye-rin had let that slip out once before, so casually…….
“I don’t think there are any internal injuries, but…… I couldn’t achieve full recovery right away.”
The moment the warm aura that had been surrounding Hye-rin faded, the student’s spirited voice reached my ears. It pulled me out of my momentary reverie.
“But I’ve placed her under Sleep, so once she gets some good rest, her stamina should recover quite a bit. Don’t worry too much!”
The female student flashed a bright smile and wiped away the beads of sweat gathered at her chin.
In that moment, a voice called out from somewhere, and she answered it briefly before turning her gaze back to me.
‘There’s something odd about her eyes…….’
It was vaguely unsettling.
Her face bore the marks of exhaustion, yet her eyes gleamed with an unusual light. She couldn’t seem to keep still, her fingers fidgeting with each other as if she were wrestling with something in her mind.
“That was……really cool.”
“Sorry?”
“Can I call you sister?”
Out of nowhere?
The abruptness of it all made my head tilt sideways.
She suddenly clasped both my hands and rushed on with her words.
“How did you even do that just now? Did you graduate from a physical education school? You’re only C-rank, so how could you move like that?”
What is she doing, subtly probing like this?
As I struggled to find a proper response, the girl’s lips parted again.
“If you’d just give me permission, I’d be your personal Healer―.”
“Jung I-seul! Stop that and get over here now!”
“Ah, geez……. Anyway, you were really amazing, and thank you so much!”
The female student frowned, left those words hanging, and hurried off toward what appeared to be her team.
‘Wow, what a whirlwind.’
My head was spinning from the whirlwind of it all. And what did I even do to deserve her gratitude? In the end, Cha Yu-hyun landed the final blow.
“What was that look in your eye?”
I wasn’t sure why I felt a twinge of injustice.
Perhaps because of that, I found myself staring back at him―who was still looking down at me―with what I could only describe as narrowed eyes.
“I was just surprised that your side fell behind us.”
I answered flatly and took a step closer to Cha Yu-hyun. Then I carefully wiped away the sweat beading on Hye-rin’s forehead.
‘The crown of my head’s going to burn through.’
So this is what they mean when they say a gaze feels hot.
In any case, Hye-rin’s complexion seemed to have improved considerably from before.
‘Her name was Jung I-seul, wasn’t it.’
She must be at least B-rank.
When I glanced over to where the female student stood, she was surrounded by quite a few people―apparently quite popular.
Oh, now that I think about it, where is Baek Seon-woo―.
“It’s a bit much to discuss here.”
At that moment, a low voice settled over my head, and my gaze, which had been drifting elsewhere, was naturally drawn back down.
C-rank, yet every S-rank is obsessed with me
Episode 43
Author
| Seo Yu-yeon
Published
| March 6, 2026
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| Talesyx Inc.
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| Cho Geuk
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