I'm a C-Class, but All the S-Classes Are Obsessed with Me - Chapter 73

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Chapter 73
As the breath that had tickled my ear grew distant, I caught his gaze sweeping across my face as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
‘Unexpectedly, he likes being noticed.’
Which means he could have just spoken at this distance, so why whisper in my ear when everyone’s already looking at us?
I wasn’t imagining it—when I glanced around in that instant, I caught sight of a few people actually staring at us and murmuring.
He’s already striking in both face and physique, so doesn’t he realize he can’t help but draw attention?
‘Sigh.’
I exhaled silently and met the gaze of Cha Yu-hyeon, who was still looking down at me from close range.
Just then, a cheerful slurp echoed from the cup I was holding.
Apparently, I’d downed the rest of my smoothie without noticing.
I pulled the straw from between my lips and opened my mouth to speak.
“Don’t you have any sense of self-awareness?”
I barely managed to swallow back the follow-up—something about whether he was deliberately trying to put me in an awkward position. Yet even at this mildly barbed observation, his expression didn’t shift in the slightest.
He simply looked as though he were waiting for me to produce the answer he wanted. I couldn’t shake the feeling of being a rat trapped in a vat.
“Look, let’s move somewhere else.”
In the end, I was the first to look away, turning my back to him.
I was heading toward the somewhat secluded spot I’d noticed on the way here—just an alley that opened up a little beside the shopping complex, but it would do.
It wasn’t dark yet, and even if people passed by, I could simply change one word and it would all be fine.
‘There doesn’t seem to be anyone watching.’
This should be far enough in.
I stopped walking and turned to face the person who’d been following silently behind me.
Just to be safe, I tilted my head slightly to the side and checked beyond him all the way to the alley’s entrance, then exhaled a shallow breath and looked back at Cha Yu-hyeon, who was standing close by.
“You know that place is dangerous, right?”
“I’m not so sure. It could be the opposite, couldn’t it?”
While I’d spoken with gravity, he replied lightly with a shrug of his shoulders. Watching him like that made me want to give him a sharp flick on the forehead, if I’m being honest.
My mind and heart both felt cluttered, but I pulled myself together and quickly moved on to the main point.
If there was something coming, something had to be going back—at least, that’s how these things worked. Though I wasn’t sure this would actually be a fair trade.
“How far did you get?”
Ah, had I asked that too vaguely?
A subtle shift crossed his face as I looked up at him from close range.
It was just the slight twitch of one eyebrow, but it was something.
At least he didn’t seem to think what I’d said was meaningless.
“I went as far as I could.”
“And the back?”
“Oh, now that you mention it, there was a deep section. Looked dangerous.”
What was he doing, speaking about it so casually?
If it was deep and dangerous, it had to be that pit I’d explored before.
One more step that day and I would’ve tumbled down without question, let alone kept it hidden.
‘Wait, I shouldn’t be saying this.’
My desire to speak suddenly evaporated. He was right—he’d already known such a place existed.
On top of that, this man seemed to have been wandering around at night too.
Honestly, for an assassin to be this…
[ The Guardian of Taewon stops wiping the Limited Edition Teacup, turns her head sharply toward her contractor, and gazes at them with narrowed eyes. ]
When would I ever not be envious?
Never, absolutely never. The Guardian is the best!
Worried that the Guardian, whom I hadn’t seen in a while, might actually be upset, I quickly pivoted my demeanor.
As I stood there momentarily dazed, Cha Yu-hyeon tilted his head slightly to one side, seeming confused by my sudden blankness.
‘I think I messed up.’
It was right then that an embarrassed, breathy laugh escaped me before I could stop it.
“But that place didn’t have an entrance either.”
……
Why did that single statement bring relief flooding back in?
Snapping back to attention, I gestured for Cha Yu-hyeon to come closer. He obediently bent his upper body down, and I rose slightly onto my tiptoes to meet his height.
‘It’s become the opposite of how I planned it.’
I leaned in toward his ear and whispered.
“There’s a Greenhouse deeper down than that place.”
In that moment, I felt one of Cha Yu-hyeon’s shoulders stiffen beneath my light grip.
‘Oh, did I get him?’
The moment I straightened up, his eyes seemed wider than before. He looked like he was asking how I could possibly know about that.
Soon after, I shrugged just as he had done and spoke lightly.
“I’m not sure if it was much help.”
“Ha.”
At that, Cha Yu-hyeon let out a soft chuckle and lowered his head.
Truth be told, I should have given him the exact location of the entrance to the Greenhouse…….
‘Even if I speak in riddles, he’ll understand me just fine.’
This much he had to accept. In a sense, he’d practically dragged me over to his side against my will.
A wave of frustration washed over me so suddenly that I squeezed my eyes shut and opened them again. This time, not out of anger but with genuine sincerity, I spoke to him carefully, word by word.
“I’ll keep quiet and mind my own business, so please don’t drag me into anything else.”
With that one statement finished, I moved forward, and was just about to brush past Cha Yu-hyeon, who stood motionless.
“So that’s what I needed to see.”
Ah. So he still remembered that muttered remark.
I stopped in my tracks but didn’t bother turning around. Whatever judgment and action he took now was entirely his affair.
‘Just leave me alone…….’
That was the only thought running through my mind.
As if mocking me for it, Cha Yu-hyeon called out in a low voice.
“Ju Ha-ryeong.”
“What?”
I answered curtly, my eyes fixed only on the mouth of the alley, when Cha Yu-hyeon quickly closed the distance and blocked my path.
It felt like watching someone do what they did to me every single day.
In the end, I tilted my head back to take in his expressionless face.
‘……Is he smiling?’
What? In that moment, the corners of Cha Yu-hyeon’s mouth curved up gently.
Was it just my imagination that the entire atmosphere here felt frightening because of it, not just the man himself? Desperate to end this and escape, I furrowed my brow, and his lips, curved in that arc, parted lightly.
“Don’t you think we’d make a good match?”
……Damn it.
I never thought I’d hear those words from Cha Yu-hyeon either.
* * *
I swear, throughout my life I’ve never caused anyone harm or committed any real wrongdoing.
Well, if I’m being honest, there was one thing.
As a child on a playground, I unknowingly stepped on an ant and cried harder from my own shock than anything else. Could this karmic retribution be coming back around in this form?
‘Sigh.’
With a complicated heart, I sank deeper into the seat’s backrest.
The scenery flowing past the window gradually began to slow.
Before long, the car entered the quiet Stone Wall Road and came to a gentle stop in front of an entrance.
‘Why does he have to call me out now of all times.’
For a moment, I cast my gaze toward the empty driver’s seat.
I was even plotting whether I could slip over to that seat before the rear door opened and escape.
Because right now, there was far too much I felt guilty about.
As I was exhaling a sigh, the rear door clicked open from outside.
……Come to think of it, even if I did manage to slip away now, the storm that would follow later would probably be far worse.
‘Better to take the beating head-on, Ha-ryeong.’
Repeating that to myself, I stepped out of the car and glanced at the face of the executive secretary I hadn’t seen in a long time.
When I first saw him in the plaza, I was too flustered to look him over properly…….
‘He does seem to be an assassin.’
Looking at him now, his tidy features seemed younger than I expected. I’d guess he was around his late twenties.
In any case, Father’s taste in choosing people hadn’t changed one bit.
“Is there anything making you uncomfortable?”
“No.”
Yes. I’m very uncomfortable and I want to run away.
Only screaming that internally, I found myself already following him into the building.
‘It’s been a while.’
I looked around the quiet, spacious Blue Garden.
Nothing had changed here either. If anything, time had only given it a more refined character.
A small pond set to one side and a tiny water wheel brought the gentle sound of flowing water, and the gnarled pines scattered throughout displayed the grace of years.
So this was the Korean Traditional Restaurant where I sometimes came for family meals when I was young.
‘I wonder how that person is doing.’
The A-Class assassin who once stood beside Father had suddenly stopped appearing one day, and I’d found no way to get word of him since. He existed now only in these fleeting memories.
“Be careful.”
“Yes?”
“The threshold is high.”
Thanks to that man’s casual words and the way he turned his head without a second thought, my wandering mind snapped back into focus. I stopped in my tracks for a moment, then shook my head.
‘Right, of course.’
I’d nearly tripped here as a child. He—the one I’d just been thinking of—had caught me before I fell.
A small laugh escaped between my teeth.
Lost in memories that weren’t altogether unpleasant, I found myself sitting in a suffocating silence before I knew it.
It was then, as I stared at the carefully arranged dishes on the table.
“Eat.”
My father, already seated across from me and well into his meal, spoke curtly without so much as glancing my way. Even now, his posture remained perfectly composed, not a thread out of place.
You’d think a family dinner would allow for at least some loosening of that rigid formality.
‘This is exhausting.’
It struck me suddenly—almost ironically—that perhaps the Academy was where I felt most at peace.
“I’ll eat well.”
I answered in a flat voice and picked up my chopsticks.
Despite my fondness for Korean food, the elaborate spread before me did little to stir my appetite. I wasn’t sure how he’d picked up on my mood, but……
“Things seem loud around you these days.”
Before I’d even touched the food, my father spoke again.
C-Class, yet all the S-Class obsess over me
Chapter 73
Author
| Seo Yu-yeon
Published
| March 6, 2026
Publisher
| TalesSix Corporation
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| Cho Geuk
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| Mallang Kong-tteok
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© Seo Yu-yeon, 2026
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