I'm a C-Class, but All the S-Classes Are Obsessed with Me - Chapter 80

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Episode 80
Why is this place so empty today?
Even more awkwardly, the owner somehow remembered me and greeted me first—right in front of Baek Seon-u, which left me thoroughly embarrassed.
…….
Because of that, an uncomfortable silence hung between us.
Baek Seon-u sat across from me, chopsticks in hand, staring intently at his kimbap bowl.
I wanted to say something first, but his expression looked uncharacteristically hollow, so I decided to wait until he broke the silence.
After a while, Baek Seon-u finally set down his chopsticks with a sharp clink and spoke, his tone brimming with frustration.
“Am I the one being weird here?”
Here we go.
Without responding, I filled his empty water glass.
‘The way he was acting, I swear he would’ve flipped a table all the way to the Administrative Office.’
That’s why I’d brought him to this Kimbap Restaurant.
Leaving him alone today felt wrong somehow, so I figured I should smooth things over first and then send him back to the Dormitory in better spirits.
Then Baek Seon-u’s eyebrows shot up sharply, and his voice grew more heated.
“I didn’t skip classes, I did everything I was told to do—so why are they coming after me?”
“Baek Seon-u.”
“This is exactly like making someone an example. What’s the difference? Right?”
So the Academy actually mattered to him.
It was unexpected—this guy who usually complained about things like academic records actually caring this much.
I met his eyes without flinching and answered calmly.
“You know what they’re after—that kind of reaction.”
“Yeah, I know, but…. Ugh.”
Frustrated, he brushed his bangs aside irritably. With a single gesture, his soft hair fell into disarray as if it had been tangled all along.
I watched him for a moment, lost in thought.
‘Should I call this another coincidence?’
It felt like I’d had this thought before.
That a string of coincidences never felt right.
‘This is suspicious.’
The Academy was centered on the Cheong-un Foundation after all, so touching the system like this had to be within the Board Chair’s authority.
‘Which means they deliberately targeted Baek Seon-u…’
But wait—was that even logical? The board felt like it was getting too big.
I swallowed my sigh and looked away from Baek Seon-u, who was now chugging water.
Just then, with a sharp sound, a steaming bowl of ramen arrived in front of each of us, wisps of heat rising from it.
“Let’s eat first.”
I picked up my chopsticks and stirred the springy noodles once. Right now, I genuinely wanted to eat something and think clearly.
Just as I brought a bite to my mouth—
“Ha-ryeong.”
My eyes still lowered over my ramen, I glanced up sideways. Baek Seon-u, rather than picking up his chopsticks, rested his forearm on the table and propped his chin on his hand.
“You and Cha Yu-hyeon—there’s something between you two.”
“What?”
Caught off guard by his sudden question, I was in the middle of my second bite when I choked, erupting into a coughing fit.
‘I’m going to die.’
The spice seared my throat, each cough sharper than the last. I felt my face flush red, so I twisted my body and dropped my head.
Even so, my mind was spinning.
‘This doesn’t feel like a random jab.’
Right now his tone wasn’t circling around things like usual—I was suddenly certain of that.
After the cough finally subsided, I gulped down water to settle my stomach, and my irritated throat eased a bit.
I straightened up and fixed my gaze on Baek Seon-u’s face. His expression was still devoid of any playfulness; his eyes seemed colder somehow.
My reaction alone seemed to have become the answer.
“Actually, it bugs me a little.”
Baek Seon-u’s voice dropped even lower, the words hitting my ears precisely.
“How you two got closer.”
“Don’t talk nonsense—”
“But that’s all it could be.”
I cut myself off and watched him silently as he continued with his own thoughts. Then, as if to prove his point, he threw out an unexpected word.
“Vulnerability.”
The moment that sharp, brief word reached me, my eyebrows creased hard. Then Baek Seon-u lowered the hand propping up his chin and leaned his torso forward slightly.
“If that’s what it is, I can help.”
There was no wavering in those brown eyes.
Truth be told, I wanted to ask him how much he already knew about everything. Still, feeling caught out despite myself, I let out a hollow laugh before quickly straightening my expression and answering.
“It’s not help—we could die together.”
“That’s better than dying alone.”
“Seon-u.”
Perhaps because I’d spoken his name with such gravity, Baek Seon-u’s eyes widened slightly.
No matter what happened, I couldn’t drag an innocent person into this.
“I’m not joking.”
But the boy, oblivious to my true feelings, met my gaze with seriousness and opened his mouth.
“I’m not either, Ha-ryeong.”
And there he sat, spouting such carefree words.
Perhaps we were interpreting the word “vulnerability” in completely different ways.
Yet if I was right about what I felt in that moment, it sounded like he was saying he’d stand by my side no matter what happened.
‘Let me think about this coldly for a moment.’
In a sense, Cha Yu-hyeon and I alone might lack the firepower we needed—whether it came down to strategy or direct confrontation.
‘Besides, my CP was exposed right in front of everyone.’
Paradoxical as it was, the Academy viewed Baek Seon-u unfavorably, which explained everything perfectly. Just look at the ranks of Seo Do-hyeok and Cha Yu-hyeon.
Baek Seon-u himself probably never anticipated that his overflowing confidence and self-esteem would become a liability.
So even if Baek Seon-u and the instructor let things slide today, there was no telling what kind of trouble he’d cause next time.
‘I know this isn’t right, but…….’
Humans are selfish creatures, after all.
Regardless of everything else, the fact that Baek Seon-u was S-Class remained unchanged. So it made sense that I should secure him before some ruthless organization set their sights on him.
Soon the heavy silence was broken by me.
“Don’t regret it later.”
At my words, a flush seemed to color Baek Seon-u’s face.
“That’s what I should be saying.”
Seeing him slip back into his glib manner, I naturally let out a sigh. Yet Baek Seon-u continued, his tone slightly more animated than before.
“So what should we start with? First, the instructor―.”
“Eat your ramen first.”
Cutting him off before nonsense could pour out, I jerked my chin toward the bowl. At that, Baek Seon-u let out a soft laugh and finally began moving his hands slowly.
‘What is this…….’
Why did everything resolve so easily?
It was hard to believe this was the same person who, moments ago, had been swearing in a rigid, tense state.
Of course, I had hoped his mood would lighten quickly at first, but even I hadn’t expected things to unfold like this.
I watched his figure, strands of noodle bulging in his cheeks, with a sense of bemusement, and shook my head weakly.
It would’ve been easier to coax a four-year-old child.
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Fortunately, Baek Seon-u agreed when I told him to stay put and entered the Dormitory.
Afterward, I was moving about somewhat busily in the Bathroom of the Dormitory room.
‘They call it a Vital Check.’
But I was certain it was far more than that.
‘The reaction was almost identical to the Guardian’s.’
For the first time, I was able to hear about another Awakener’s Constellation.
Even Baek Seon-u had said that the moment he put on the Band, static electricity arose, and simultaneously his Constellation felt displeasure.
‘Really, how vicious…….’
The CP System itself might well have been implemented for this very reason.
An Academy diploma would undoubtedly help a career, and so even if Baek Seon-u harbored resentment, he wouldn’t dare voice it openly like this.
Thinking such thoughts, I carefully spread something across the sensor portion inside the Band on my wrist.
It was a thin formulation of Coating Medicine made from materials the Arbiter of Truth had hastily provided—meant to introduce interference into the real-time transmission of my bodily information being monitored.
It operated on a principle similar to the Smoke Grenade I’d used when I’d smashed the Ogre.
Just as I was deeply focused, blue windows began appearing before my eyes in succession.
[ The Guardian of Tae-won worries aloud about what would happen if you truly encountered a dangerous situation, rising from his seat and pacing anxiously. ]
[ The Arbiter of Truth grasps the hem of the flustered Guardian of Tae-won’s garment, stopping him, and advises that to deceive your enemy, you must first deceive yourself. ]
‘High risk, high return—it’s finally being put to use.’
Well, if I hadn’t considered even this, I shouldn’t have made a contract with the Arbiter in the first place.
After that, I picked up a small Glass Vial sitting on the sink.
‘The appearance is a bit……, doesn’t look appetizing.’
This time, since it was made from the potent Root of Baeksang Herb, the Potion was opaque white, different from before.
I really couldn’t guess what it would taste like.
“Ha―.”
Letting out a long deep breath, I unscrewed the cap without hesitation and tilted it toward my lips. First, I needed to finish quickly before Kang Hye-rin arrived.
[ The Guardian of Tae-won collapses heavily and stretches his arm toward the Contractor with a wistful gesture, then lets slip a mournful sound warning him not to cross that river. ]
The moment I saw the Guardian’s words, I squeezed my eyes shut and swallowed the liquid in one gulp.
‘Huh?’
What? It’s fine. My eyelids snapped open instantly.
I’d braced myself for the worst, but the liquid sliding down my throat had no taste whatsoever.
‘It’s just like drinking plain water.’
Honestly, if the effects weren’t involved, I could probably drink a hundred vials of potion with this flavor without complaint.
With that thought, I drained it in one long pull and was just setting the vial down when it hit.
“Ugh—!”
My body lurched suddenly, and I grabbed the sink with both hands to steady myself. A heavy thud echoed through my ears as my heart seemed to plummet straight through my chest into the floor.
In the same instant, my vision spun, and a pain like thousands of needles pricking every corner of my body swept across me in a wave.
The sudden agony was so intense I couldn’t even cry out. All I could feel was sweat trickling down my spine.
‘If it’s like this…….’
Even if someone offered me money, I’d firmly refuse to drink another one.
I bit down hard on my lower lip until the taste of blood bloomed on my tongue.
If I wasn’t careful, I’d collapse right here and crack my head on the bathroom floor. I forced myself to turn slowly while hunched over, then dragged myself out and pulled the bathroom door shut behind me.
‘Is this really it……?’
If the pain from drinking was this intense, I had no idea what kind of backlash would hit when it wore off.
I didn’t even want to imagine the future at this point.
With blurred vision, I barely made it to the bed and collapsed onto it. My eyes closed naturally as I draped one arm across my body.
As I exhaled hot breath, a memory flashed through my mind—a version of myself from another day.
‘……It feels like I’ve gone back to when I was twenty.’
Before I awakened, that freshman year when I’d gotten into the university I wanted and celebrated alone.
Yes, it felt exactly like I’d returned to a body from that time.
C-Class, but All S-Classes Are Obsessed With Me
Episode 80
Author
| Seo Yu-yeon
Release Date
| March 6, 2026
Publisher
| Talesyx Inc.
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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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