I'm a C-Class, but All the S-Classes Are Obsessed with Me - Chapter 61

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Chapter 61
Seo Do-hyeok was kneeling on one knee, looking down at me.
Time seemed to have genuinely stopped.
Between us there flowed only an uncomfortable silence so thick it felt suffocating.
‘……Why is he like this.’
At the very least, I wished he’d let go of my hand.
I finally averted my gaze from his eyes, which seemed to hold nothing but confusion, and fixed it instead on my ankle.
The sharp pain that had radiated through my entire body was long gone, yet for some reason Seo Do-hyeok refused to release my left ankle.
As I was puzzling over this, a heavy, low voice reached me from close by.
“I warned you.”
At this reproof, I bit back a silent curse.
Feeling conflicted, I looked at Seo Do-hyeok’s face again, and his brow was even more deeply furrowed than before.
“If this had been real combat, you―.”
“That’s just the limit of what I can do.”
I deliberately cut him off, answering with deliberate indifference.
Part of me wanted to unleash a string of curses, but I held back.
Apparently unsatisfied with my reply, Seo Do-hyeok lowered his head and let out a dry laugh.
And then, with another deep humming sound, my vision washed out completely white. As I naturally squeezed my eyes shut against the brightness, a familiar voice reached me moments later.
“Ha-ryeong! Are you all right?”
At the worried question from just ahead, I slowly lifted my eyelids. The space around me had already returned to its dark expanse.
I offered a faint smile to the figure standing behind Seo Do-hyeok’s back.
“It wasn’t real combat, so of course I’m fine.”
Even as I said this, my eyes naturally drifted back to Seo Do-hyeok.
‘What is he doing, just standing there like that.’
Lost in thought about something, Seo Do-hyeok still held my ankle, his head bowed low.
I was about to tell him to let go when―
“It’s been over. Let go.”
Along with a cold, sharp voice, I felt a presence to my right. I didn’t need to turn to know who it was.
Perhaps thanks to Baek Seon-u stepping in like that,
Seo Do-hyeok exhaled once and released my ankle, then slowly rose to his feet.
In that moment, his face looking down at me stiffened once more, yet his gaze remained as persistent as ever.
It was as if he’d snap at me the instant I so much as twitched a finger. And yet, for some reason, I found my eyes following Seo Do-hyeok’s back as he left the training room.
“Ha-ryeong.”
Of course, thanks to Baek Seon-u again, I managed to tear my attention away.
When I looked back, a large hand was already extended toward me. Following that hand upward, I took a moment to assess Baek Seon-u’s complexion—he too seemed to have struggled, his breathing slightly ragged.
‘Still, moments like this are oddly reassuring.’
……What is this. Why am I suddenly feeling so sentimental.
Struck by an awkward self-consciousness, I let out a short laugh and quickly took his hand, pulling myself up.
“Thanks, Baek Seon-u.”
“Then―.”
“And to Im Ji-an as well.”
Eager to cut off whatever nonsense might spill from his mouth, I cut him short and turned toward the training room door.
‘Wait, just a second.’
I instinctively drew a sharp breath, bent forward, and pressed my palms against both knees. A strange nausea and a stinging sensation were creeping up my throat all at once.
‘Not here. Absolutely not here.’
For the sake of my dignity, I had to bolt for the restroom immediately.
“Ha-ryeong, you’re really okay, right?”
At the sudden question, I turned my head slightly, and Baek Seon-u’s worried expression immediately filled my vision.
The man was already reaching his hand toward my face―so I quickly straightened up and covered my mouth with my hand.
“I’m fine, so don’t worry.”
Having barely managed those words, I quickly escaped the space and pushed open the Waiting Room door toward the corridor.
‘Ugh…….’
Why won’t this door open!
No matter how many times I pushed and pulled, there was only a click-click sound, with no movement at all.
‘It can’t be broken, surely.’
At this rate, it was only a matter of time before my dignity was shattered right here.
In despair, I stood silently with my forehead pressed against the door.
“What’s wrong? It won’t open?”
With that, Baek Seon-u called out from behind me in confusion, nudged me gently to the side, grabbed the door handle, and pushed with all his might.
But the door didn’t budge an inch.
“Why is this―.”
“It shouldn’t open yet.”
Then, from behind me again came that flat, colorless voice.
‘What now.’
Something ominous stirred in my gut. I bit down on my lower lip, then forced my body around to lean against the Waiting Room door.
The moment my eyes found the touch screen, Seo Do-hyeok, who’d been standing in front of it, turned and walked away.
‘Is he not tired at all.’
Maybe it’s because his class doesn’t require direct physical movement. Looking at how fresh he still appeared.
I watched in silence, even biting the inside of my cheek as I wondered what he was trying to do now.
The moment he opened the training room door again, the pitch-black space beyond the glass window transformed into a bright ivory color.
Despite being such contrasting hues, it looked just as vast and boundless as before.
“Come in. We have time.”
At that, Seo Do-hyeok, leaning against the already-open door with one hand, looked at me and gave a short nod toward the inside.
“……Ha.”
I let out a hollow laugh at the sight.
I had some inkling of why the space had changed like this.
“What are you trying to do now.”
At that moment, Baek Seon-u, who’d been beside me, walked past and stood directly facing Seo Do-hyeok.
In my current state, I could do nothing but watch them.
I couldn’t afford to waste what little strength I had left on the pretext of mediation.
Perhaps because of the opponent standing before him, Seo Do-hyeok, who’d taken his gaze off me, spoke in a dispassionate tone.
“Training.”
“We just did that. And why Ha-ryeong specifically.”
“C-Class.”
Seo Do-hyeok’s face remained utterly expressionless as he replied without hesitation.
“Ha-ryeong, come in.”
Seo Do-hyeok turned his eyes back to me and delivered something close to a command. Then he walked ahead into the brightly lit training space.
Watching him go, my hands naturally clenched.
It had been a while since I’d drunk the Potion. By now, I should have about seven minutes left.
I could gauge the remaining duration through the Arbiter of Truth’s occasional warning messages, and since I’d checked just moments ago, my rough calculation should be accurate.
‘The timing is just―.’
I sighed internally.
If I refused now, I’d be giving him a clear answer to his suspicions. But if I went in there, he’d see me in a terrible state.
‘Well―.’
I had no choice.
[ The Guardian of Tae-won remarks that if a match was always going to happen anyway, then this is for the best, and vigorously waves the cheer batons held in both hands above his head! ]
“Ha-ryeong, don’t.”
Baek Seon-u hurried over from behind and grabbed my wrist as I approached the training room door, trying to stop me.
When I simply stood there without saying anything, his voice came again, tinged with agitation.
“You’re not in good condition right now.”
“…….”
“No, you’re not.”
At the same time, I felt his grip on my wrist tighten.
‘I want to say no too, Seon-u.’
Waiting for me inside was Seo Do-hyeok, who wanted to turn his suspicions about my Grade manipulation into certainty through PVP.
‘If he’s this lacking in perception, he should just quit being a hunter.’
Which meant I had no choice but to follow along with this so-called training.
I twisted my body slightly to look up at Baek Seon-u, then gently pushed his hand away. Perhaps because of this, the dissatisfaction on his already-creased face became even more pronounced.
“It’s fine. This is when you learn.”
“Ha-ryeong.”
“It’s not like he’s going to kill me.”
I didn’t even attempt a smile. I didn’t have the strength for it anyway.
After leaving him with those words, I turned back and opened the training room door wide.
‘Is it just the color that changed.’
There was no significant difference in how it felt compared to when I’d entered the black space.
The cool air still hung around it the same way.
The only real difference, if I had to point one out, was that now only Seo Do-hyeok and I stood in this empty space.
I walked to the opposite side of where he already stood on the left and faced him naturally.
Then I paused and gazed out through the glass window.
Beyond the glass, Baek Seon-u, with his brow deeply furrowed, and Im Ji-an, with the posture of someone gnawing at her nails, both watched us intently.
“Seo Do-hyeok.”
I turned to face him fully, my voice dry as I spoke his name.
His face, now completely turned toward me, revealed nothing—not a flicker of emotion. If anything, it was even more austere than Cha Yu-hyeon’s.
“I understand you have some issue with me, but why go this far?”
At my blunt question, Seo Do-hyeok parted his lips, his expression unmoved.
“It’s not an issue, exactly.”
“Then what is it?”
“I need to confirm it with my own body.”
So his intention to engage me in PVP was genuine after all.
Officially speaking, this was a confrontation between S-Class and C-Class.
In such a case, what Seo Do-hyeok was doing amounted to pushing me off a cliff while swallowing his pride.
Just as a hollow laugh was about to escape me, I saw a faint flow of energy gather in his hand.
In moments, that flow had materialized into something.
[ The Guardian of Tae-won’s eyes gleamed as it advised that against other Awakeners, striking first is the golden rule. ]
As the Guardian’s counsel echoed in my mind, a single spear wreathed in cold energy manifested around him, swiftly multiplying into a forest of them.
“Five minutes.”
My gaze, which had been lingering on that brilliant display, shifted toward the source of the low voice.
‘Is he actually insane?’
Five minutes or not—the moment I took in the sheer spectacle before me, my head reeled.
C-Class, yet all S-Class Awakeners obsess over me.
Chapter 61
Author
| Seo Yu-yeon
Publication Date
| March 6, 2026
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| TaleSix Corporation
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