I'm a C-Class, but All the S-Classes Are Obsessed with Me - Chapter 78

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Episode 78
Sitting at my desk just like yesterday, I glanced sideways at the empty seat next to mine.
Hye-rin, who’d returned looking utterly drained from whatever she’d been doing these past two days, was already fast asleep, breathing softly and evenly.
‘It’s a relief for me, at least.’
I exhaled slowly.
With a complicated tightness in my chest, I turned my attention back to my mobile phone, and felt tension creeping into my body without reason.
Just another minute had passed—it was already 9:05 p.m.
‘I’m handling this, aren’t I.’
I knew full well it was insane, and I knew perfectly well that if Cha Yu-hyeon got caught now, it would all flow in Father’s favor again.
But what choice did I have? With nothing to my name, if I wanted to dig up anything and turn things upside down, I had no choice but to use Cha Yu-hyeon.
A sharp buzz.
The dark screen suddenly lit up, and I immediately tapped the message popup.
「Cha Yu-hyeon: Smth came up.」
For a moment, another word came to mind first, but I quickly grasped the meaning.
‘What happened?’
I had no idea why my fingertips were tingling when I wasn’t even seeing this myself.
‘It’s already been six minutes.’
Like any normal company, the Hunter Association’s servers usually went down and came back online after about ten minutes, but variables could arise at any moment, anywhere.
So right now, I had to act.
Whether all the small performances I’d practiced would show their worth here was another question.
I drew one long, deep breath. Then I opened my contacts and touched the name I’d grown familiar with.
Perhaps because I was doing something that weighed on my conscience, my heart felt as though it had moved into my ears.
Soon the dialing tone cut off, and beneath the murmur of background noise came a heavy voice.
—What is it.
I couldn’t remember the last time I’d called him first, but Father spoke with the same dry tone he used with his subordinates.
So there was no need to steady my voice. It already felt as though tension had wound tight around my throat.
“…….”
—I’m busy. Get to the point.
“I’m sorry. But right now…….”
I deliberately let my words trail off, letting my voice tremble slightly as though on the verge of tears. Honestly, I’d never imagined I could go this far.
But then again, when survival was on the line, people could do anything.
“A reporter contacted me.”
—Just hang up then.
“The thing is, they mentioned Mother’s name, and…….”
At my words, the line seemed to go dead.
The moment I moved the phone away from my ear to check, I heard a deep sigh from the other end.
—Tell me everything.
Father’s voice dropped even lower. It wasn’t irritation at an annoying complication, but something far sharper.
I’d anticipated this much, so I recited the lines I’d even written down, pouring all my acting skill into them.
“They said Mother ordered the investigation, and if you don’t explain right now, they’ll release everything in five minutes.”
—Ha.
“They said they’ve already tipped off other outlets too. I’m sorry. I don’t know what else to do…….”
—You crazy……!
As expected, Father’s voice rose sharply.
For him, the most sensitive word was the one I hadn’t been able to speak for over a decade: ‘Mother.’
‘He must be furious.’
He hadn’t even asked what they needed him to explain. That much was clear.
He was probably already planning to call Mother immediately. And so I had to hear words that made my chest ache.
—Don’t get involved. Stay put. If that crazy woman calls, don’t answer under any circumstances.
Click.
Before I could respond, the line went dead. I stared blankly at the home screen that had returned in an instant.
‘I really am something.’
That blood runs deep, doesn’t it.
In the end, I’d sold out a mother I’d never even met, just to give Father’s opposition the upper hand.
‘But there’s no other way.’
[ The Guardian of Tae-won raises her thumb in surprise, and with a satisfied smile remarks that as long as you don’t let out any more strange screams, things should be fine. ]
[ The Arbiter of Truth nods his head a couple of times, saying that this is precisely why he had no choice but to keep his eye on his Contractor from the very beginning. ]
As the comforting words of both Constellations filled my vision, my mobile phone gave a short vibration.
On reflex, I tapped the popup that appeared on the screen, and only then could I finally breathe a sigh of relief.
「Cha Yu-hyeon: (Hamster emoji with thumb raised)」
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I rested my chin in my palm, staring blankly at the lectern.
I couldn’t understand why this Monday malaise never got any easier to bear.
‘Though, there’s probably more to it than that.’
The past weekend had been something of a whirlwind for me, after all.
Cha Yu-hyeon’s message, arriving last of all, had brought some relief—but if I’m being honest, the unease lingered more than the comfort did.
It was just then that a tiny hamster emoji popped into my head.
With a soft creak, the front door opened and the Instructor stepped through.
He carried a bag in one hand, approached the lectern as he always did, and seemed to fiddle with something for a moment. But something about the Instructor’s presence felt different from the week before.
‘As I thought, this feeling is…….’
I had the uneasy sense that a string of troubles was about to unfold.
“All right, everyone focus here.”
His voice came out clipped and flat. I watched the cursor move across the screen lighting up his left side.
As everyone’s eyes shifted to it, the Instructor opened his mouth dryly.
“Starting today, the Academy is introducing a new evaluation standard.”
From just those words alone, I couldn’t shake the foreboding. This Academy seemed to spawn variables at every turn, and the outcomes rarely went well.
‘I hope it’s nothing serious.’
In that brief moment, I found myself praying earnestly. I already had a mountain of unresolved matters to contend with; I couldn’t afford another burden piled on top.
But the Instructor’s next words shattered whatever hope I’d been clinging to.
“We’ll use an Individual Capacity Index—what we call CP—to evaluate each student’s training results and stability within Academy life, and assign a rank based on that.”
I kept my eyes on the Instructor’s face and swallowed a sigh.
‘The world is cruel indeed.’
Why did my bad premonitions never fail to come true…….
My vision dimmed for a moment as my thoughts scattered.
‘The “stability within Academy life” part bothers me.’
It sounded like a euphemism for letting personal judgment slip in somehow.
The Instructor’s gaze shifted, and everyone’s eyes moved back to the screen in unison. A neatly organized chart appeared.
The instant the small text inside enlarged, I doubted my own eyes.
‘What is that?’
Were they really allowed to display the entire class roster like this?
Moreover, contrary to what the Instructor had said moments ago, it seemed the Academy was already evaluating students using these new standards.
And just before the Instructor scrolled down quickly, I caught sight of something: Cha Yu-hyeon’s rank—first on the CP list, top of Class A.
Class B’s roster came into view next, and it too started with Seo Do-hyeok at the top. But there was something odd about it…….
‘Both Cha Yu-hyeon and him—why does the internal rank only go up to A?’
And Baek Seon-u, whose name should have appeared somewhere around Seo Do-hyeok’s position, either before or after, was nowhere to be found. The Instructor scrolled down very slowly, as if giving us time to read.
‘……I’m ranked C.’
That’s right—my CP grade was stuck at C-Class.
I hadn’t expected much, but actually seeing myself marked as C-Class was strange. It felt like I should have placed higher, though I wasn’t quite sure why the rating felt off.
Then the large letters “Class C” started coming into view at the very bottom.
“Ha.”
Someone near me let out a short laugh. Instantly, the classroom—which had been quiet until then—began to stir.
“That doesn’t make sense. He’s S-Class, isn’t he?”
“Doesn’t that look like someone’s gotten marked down unfairly?”
“His face didn’t look like it would turn out this way…….”
They were murmuring among themselves, but their words came through clearly to my ears. And for good reason—Baek Seon-u’s name was written at the very end of Class B.
Honestly, the moment I saw that, I almost said something myself.
‘It’s even lower than my current rank.’
Baek Seon-u being graded D was absolutely absurd. I turned my head slowly to the right, my mind working.
‘……Is he angry?’
Baek Seon-u’s face, which usually wore a bright expression, showed surprisingly little change. He simply kept his chin propped up as always, staring at the screen.
But something about the energy seeping from Baek Seon-u felt off. He was probably also looking at the System Window his Constellation was displaying.
I hoped, at least, that window wasn’t glowing orange.
“Instructor.”
That’s when Baek Seon-u spoke, his voice pitched low.
I saw the corners of his mouth lift slightly, but with his eyes fixed on the screen, there was no hint of playfulness in his gaze.
“The standards are quite entertaining.”
With that added remark, the already-subdued atmosphere of the classroom froze completely solid.
C-Class, yet all the S-Class hunters are obsessed with me
Episode 78
Author
| Seo Yu-yeon
Publication Date
| March 6, 2026
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| TaleSix Corporation
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Title Design
| Malangkongtteok
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© Seo Yu-yeon, 2026
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