I'm a C-Class, but All the S-Classes Are Obsessed with Me - Chapter 45

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Chapter 45
I dried my wet hair with a towel and gazed at Hyerin, who lay peacefully on the bed. Saturday night was already slipping away.
‘How strongly did I cast Sleep on her?’
Since she’d arrived, she’d done nothing but sleep. At least her face wasn’t twisted in discomfort—that much was a relief.
I approached her side carefully and brushed the wet strands from her forehead. Looking at her face, all the scenes from not even a full day rushed back into my mind like a flood.
Ping!
[ The Guardian of Taewon stretches and surveys the Contractor’s surroundings with bright, alert eyes. ]
“……Sigh.”
It seemed that Constellation’s presence truly was brief and intense.
I’d naturally expected a message starting with that mysterious title or something.
Exhausted in both body and spirit, I didn’t even have the strength to respond to this welcome system window.
[ The Guardian of Taewon rummages through something and regrets not bringing a souvenir for the Contractor. ]
Appearing so suddenly, and now talking about souvenirs?
‘Wait—a souvenir?’
Did you take a trip? Where on earth were you……?
[ The Guardian of Taewon recalls warm water felt as a whole, then displays a blissful smile. ]
I sat down on my bed and let out a hollow laugh.
Warm water pleasant enough to bring that blissful smile—what else could it be?
‘Could it be… a hot spring?’
[ The Guardian of Taewon suppresses their excited expression and clears their throat awkwardly. ]
An odd melancholy washed over me. I’d never even considered that a Constellation might take a vacation like this.
So did that mean the Guardian knew how much I’d struggled just today?
[ The Guardian of Taewon pauses their busy movements and regards the Contractor and the other Awakener with a puzzled gaze. ]
It seemed the temporary severance between us and the Guardian was indeed real.
With nothing to be done about it now, I simply lay back on the bed. The moment I closed my eyes, a throbbing pain returned to the back of my head as my thoughts crowded in again.
‘I was prepared for this, but……’
I wondered if I really did need to settle things with Seo Do-hyeok.
By now, the excuse of luck had worn too thin to work.
‘Does it even matter whether I hide it or not?’
Worrying about that in a situation where someone’s life was in danger was a luxury. Moving up the Regular Curriculum from the later stages in the first place had been reckless.
‘And then asking him to trust me?’
“This is ridiculous.”
Without thinking, I muttered the words aloud and rolled onto my side.
As I lay with my arms crossed, staring at the dark wall, a blue window suddenly came to mind.
‘Of course, the Guardian—no, wait.’
[ The Constellation, One Who Investigates Mystery and All Things, says that this much seems to be sufficient appeal for you. ]
Yeah, that’s another problem.
I wondered what kind of Constellation this could be.
That wasn’t the only strange thing. The Guardian had shown themselves by their true name from the beginning, but this Constellation seemed to be using a title instead.
‘I don’t even know what that means.’
It almost seems like a hint—thinking back to the practical exam, could it be related to prophecy?
That would be a bit frightening……?
[ The Constellation, One Who Investigates Mystery and All Things, clicks their tongue and says the Guardian of Taewon still lacks polish. ]
[ The Constellation, One Who Investigates Mystery and All Things, expresses curiosity about how much longer you can evade the eyes of other Awakeners, their gaze alight with keen interest. ]
‘……How do they know?’
I suddenly bolted upright in bed, staring at the wall, lost in thought. The fact that a suddenly appearing Constellation knew my situation meant they’d probably been watching from long before.
Which meant that what this new Constellation was obliquely suggesting—could it be that they can hide everything perfectly?
‘I’m starting to get a feel for this.’
High risk, high return—that’s the impression I’m getting.
I’d asked directly about their category, but received no answer. Though it didn’t seem to be a mental-type Constellation.
If it had been, I wouldn’t be sitting here in one piece right now.
‘Sigh—this is complicated.’
In the end, it’s an all-or-nothing situation.
I closed my eyes and pressed my furrowed brow hard as I wrestled with the choice. But then a single word brushed past my mind.
‘More is better.’
The more, the merrier, perhaps……?
Besides, a Constellation wouldn’t lie.
As if sensing my resolve, another soft notification chimed in my ears.
[ The Constellation, One Who Investigates Mystery and All Things, eagerly anticipates their breath settling into your vision. ]
It was exactly like before.
A blue system window materialized in the darkness before my eyes.
‘……Is there really no way around this?’
I knocked my crown against the wall, deliberating right up until the last possible moment.
I’d already received all the help I could get, and backing out now would be a bit too shameless…….
“Ugh.”
Then my movements stopped abruptly.
At this point, there was no choice left. I drew a deep breath, and in that moment, a resolute will took shape.
Ding!
[ The Constellation, One Who Investigates Mystery and All Things, smiles at you with satisfaction. ]
[ The Constellation, One Who Investigates Mystery and All Things, reveals the authority that was shrouded in darkness! ]
[ The Serene Gentle Touch (S-rank) of the Constellation, Truth Coordinator, becomes attributed to the Contractor. ]
The moment I confirmed all of that, my mind went blank.
* * *
‘Whew, this is a bit much.’
Despite supposedly being S-rank now, my physical condition had been terrible since that night. It wasn’t like this when I’d contracted with the Guardian.
‘Back then I was so out of it I didn’t even know what was happening.’
It occurred to me now that maybe this was how other people contracted too. Everything had unfolded so quietly, after all.
I locked the classroom door and let out a sigh. Fortunately, the hallway was silent—most of the students had already left.
“That’s—”
At that moment, someone’s voice came alongside a light jab to my elbow. Acting on instinct, I swatted the arm away, and something clattered to the floor.
I looked back and forth between the object that had fallen and the large hand frozen in midair, then raised my gaze.
Baek Seon-woo stood staring at me with his lips slightly parted, dazed.
“……Oh, sorry.”
I hadn’t expected myself to react that way either—how could he have known? It made sense that his eyes had widened unnaturally and he’d frozen for a moment.
I twisted my body to pick up the fallen object, but Baek Seon-woo moved faster than me. He headed toward it, retrieved the item, and held it out to me.
‘Why does he have this?’
What he was holding was my mobile phone—the screen had been perfectly intact this morning.
‘Where did I leave this?’
As I pondered it, I took the phone from him. His voice immediately reached my ears.
“What were you doing? You’re so late.”
“I’m the class representative.”
“Even so……. The assembly should have already started.”
“Then it can’t be helped.”
I responded flatly without meeting his eyes and headed toward the Grand Assembly Hall. In truth, I was still anxious. He spent several hours with me each day, and since he was S-rank, I worried he might catch even the slightest change in me.
Baek Seon-woo, who had naturally fallen into step beside me, said nothing all the way down the central staircase.
Just as I was about to step outside the Main Building—
“Ha-ryung, you wouldn’t happen to…….”
Baek Seon-woo suddenly stopped in his tracks and called out, causing me to freeze as well.
‘Why did I stop?’
I should have just ignored him and kept going!
An inexplicable sense of unease washed over me.
I barely managed to suppress the impulse to move and only turned my head slightly. Then a large hand stretched toward my face from right in front of me.
Thwack!
The moment I seized his arm, my back made contact with the glass door of the Main Building that had swung wide open behind me.
‘What does he think I am, his friend of the same gender?’
It was like this in front of the Dormitory last time too—just casually putting his hands all over a girl’s face. I felt like I needed to make that clear to him once and for all.
“Use your words, Baek Seon-woo.”
So it was that my voice came out lower and more restrained than usual. Baek Seon-woo’s eyes widened slightly in surprise, then he let out a hollow laugh and slowly lowered his arm.
“It’s been a while since I’ve seen you get so serious.”
“…….”
“Come on, we’re really late now.”
Baek Seon-woo pulled the arm I’d been holding away smoothly and gave a slight nod toward the outside.
‘Ugh, and he’s being annoying about it too.’
This made me look like I’d overreacted.
……Actually, maybe I had?
A nameless sense of self-reproach washed over me, so I shook my head lightly. Then I chased after Baek Seon-woo, who was already heading ahead. At this rate, we wouldn’t make it into the hall at all.
“……Dammit.”
We really didn’t make it in.
The microphone was already echoing inside the hall.
‘What can I do about it?’
It’s my own fault for arriving late.
In the end, I pressed my shoulder against the wall beside the Grand Assembly Hall door and poured all my attention into listening to the sounds flowing out from within.
“According to our investigation, this incident was caused by an unexpected Mana Overrating that created a temporary system error.”
At that moment, my eyes met Baek Seon-woo’s across the hallway—he was leaning against the opposite wall in the same posture. He immediately lifted one corner of his mouth and shrugged slightly, an expression that seemed to say he found it all absurd.
I felt the same way myself.
“All instructors and researchers involved have been immediately disciplined. Therefore, Raon will not only restructure the Regular Curriculum but also redouble our efforts to prevent such incidents from recurring.”
After that, no more voices came through the microphone.
Instead, the murmur of voices from inside began to seep out to where I was standing.
‘Not even an apology in all this.’
The emergency signaling device they’d issued had gone dead, so I waited endlessly for the instructors to arrive.
Of course, mine had been knocked somewhere and was never found.
‘Well, it’s all in the past now, so there’s no point dwelling on it.’
In the end, that was how it was resolved—buried under the mundane explanation of a Mana Overrating, something that wasn’t even impossible.
The academy did send Hyerin, who had suffered direct injury, back home for a week under the pretext of needing rest.
“Ha…….”
I shouldn’t have come. I didn’t even get to go inside anyway.
Just then, as the assembly finished completely, the interior of the hall grew suddenly chaotic.
I pushed off from the wall. At the same moment, students began pouring out through the opening doors. As I took a step back and turned my body, my shoulder brushed lightly against someone.
“Ah.”
The sound escaped naturally from my lips, but a male student not far away stopped abruptly. Then he tilted his posture and turned his gaze toward me.
‘Why’s he like that since the day before yesterday.’
Seo Do-hyeok, who was emanating a sharp aura even now, looked different from how he usually appeared when he looked at me.
Of course, he wasn’t openly frowning right now, but the black pupils fixed on me were cold as ice.
‘Even if I don’t pay attention to my surroundings, that’s no excuse.’
It wasn’t as though I lacked perception either.
If I had to define this feeling, it was like being disliked without reason.
With Park Si-eun and others, at least there was a clear reason, but with Seo Do-hyeok, I still couldn’t even guess why.
Fortunately, that gaze lasted only a moment.
Without saying a word, Seo Do-hyeok turned his steps toward the lobby entrance.
“Irritating.”
At his attitude of complete indifference, I muttered in annoyance. Then suddenly I felt a presence at my back, and a shallow breath reached my ear.
C-rank, yet all the S-ranks are obsessed with me
Chapter 45
Author
| Seo Yu-yeon
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| March 6, 2026
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| Talesyx Inc.
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