I'm a C-Class, but All the S-Classes Are Obsessed with Me - Chapter 82

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Episode 82
Seo Do-hyeok’s gaze turned cold again—that same chill I’d seen right after the Resort training and in the Grand Hall. In that instant, something clicked into place in my mind with a violent jolt.
‘Ah.’
I swallowed a laugh that was threatening to spill out. The scattered pieces suddenly fit together on the puzzle board.
‘So he suspected.’
That every incident and accident tangled up with the Academy was connected to the Association. Every time something happened, Seo Do-hyeok thought of our father first.
And that wasn’t all. To his eyes, I must have looked like I was moving on the Association chairman’s orders. Which meant every time we met, he showed me that suspicious gaze without fail.
[ The Guardian of Tae-won tilted his head, scratching his chin, and asked whether mana-suppressing drugs were typically used on living beings like Contractors. ]
The Guardian’s words that surfaced before me were sound. Mana, after all, could only exist in living organisms. In other words, the section his finger indicated bore the names and quantities of medicines received from the research facility.
So I tilted my head slightly and answered in measured tones.
“That’s strange, isn’t it? Something does seem off.”
Being coldly rational about it, I had no need to make needless enemies.
Never mind that we were already practically enemies—things couldn’t spiral into something worse.
‘I have to find a way to win him over.’
Especially since he was an S-Class Hunter, and one as rare as a Healer at that.
‘……Yes.’
Even as we faced each other, Seo Do-hyeok’s eyes had already turned cold and hard. Yet somehow this felt familiar—that same sense of relief I’d felt when I first remembered he wasn’t yet affiliated with the Association. That same feeling lingered now.
“Ha.”
Then Seo Do-hyeok was the first to look away, letting out a bitter laugh. He pulled out his mobile phone and turned, setting a file on the table.
‘Ah……, of course.’
I could tell at once what Seo Do-hyeok was about to do.
He likely sensed it too.
Whether our father was truly scheming something or whether the Cheongun Foundation was up to more nonsense, even the slightest particle of suspicion would be enough to prick Seo Do-hyeok’s pride.
For this man, it was a matter of family honor.
What followed was Seo Do-hyeok carefully turning the pages one by one before photographing only certain sections. Then he grabbed the back pages in a bunch and flipped through them quickly, and snapped the file shut with a sharp sound.
That final sound made it clear he was irritated.
Standing beside him, I simply watched his movements in silence.
He placed the file and torn papers in a drawer, closing it without a sound.
‘How does the timing always work out like this?’
I didn’t know what else was in there, but one thing was certain: I absolutely couldn’t let him slip away.
Unlike when he’d entered, Seo Do-hyeok now radiated a sharp intensity as he brushed past me. The moment he did, I opened my mouth.
“Would you believe me if I said I was interested in you?”
At that, Seo Do-hyeok halted. He slowly turned around, looking down at me with those still-cold eyes.
“What?”
“I’d like to get to know you better, Seo Do-hyeok.”
And I answered in an even tone.
If we hadn’t crossed paths that day on the Training Grounds, this opportunity might never have come.
Taking the optimistic view, I held out my mobile phone with the screen already lit.
Clearly he hadn’t anticipated this—a faint wrinkle appeared between his brows. I didn’t miss that moment; I smiled brightly and delivered my strongest card.
“The enemy of my enemy is my ally, or whatever they say.”
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I kept my gaze on my own feet while stealing glances at his familiar back.
Every time I faced Seo Do-hyeok since then, memories of that night kept surfacing unbidden.
‘It was really unexpected.’
That is—before we left the Pharmacy Room, the last thing I said was all it took. He quietly accepted my mobile phone. Then he slowly worked both thumbs before pulling out his own and checking the screen.
He kept his expression hard and radiated that chill the entire time, so it was remarkable we got through without any real friction.
It was strong enough to make me believe he’d likely already heard something from Cha Yu-hyeon, whom he naturally would’ve encountered coming and going from the Dormitory.
Of course, even now, days later, that assumption hasn’t changed.
‘Somehow I feel like I was the last to catch on.’
Anyway, when I made it safely back to the Dormitory that night, Seo Do-hyeok was the first to contact me. And his message contained only the dozen or so photographs he’d taken in the Pharmacy Room.
What struck me as very strange was that until now, Seo Do-hyeok has shown no word or action related to those photos.
‘Could those two have talked about something too?’
I have the photographs, but I still haven’t passed them on to Cha Yu-hyeon.
Honestly, my priority was understanding what that list meant and what Seo Do-hyeok’s true intentions were in handing them over so readily.
‘Besides, even if I gave them to Cha Yu-hyeon—’
Even if I did, he’s still someone I can’t read, so there’s no way he’d be honest with me from the start.
And maybe Seo Do-hyeok was hoping I’d take those photos to Cha Yu-hyeon and probe him with them.
‘Or maybe the opposite.’
One thing was certain: no matter how things played out, if I moved carelessly here, I’d be the only one getting tossed around between those two.
“Ha-ryeong.”
Just then, someone’s call cut short the thoughts that were beginning to spiral.
I, who had been staring intently at the back of Seo Do-hyeok’s head without noticing, withdrew my gaze and turned toward the source of the voice.
There, Baek Seon-u’s radiant face came into view, as luminous as ever.
‘……He couldn’t possibly know about this, could he?’
Though I’d harbored a selfish wish to have him on my side, Baek Seon-u was genuinely uninvolved in this affair.
As I gazed at him with more genuine melancholy than usual, he tilted his head with a confused expression and moved his lips.
“What’s—”
“All freshmen, please pay attention.”
But at that very moment, the microphone’s resonant voice echoed through the Grand Training Grounds, drowning out Baek Seon-u’s words.
We naturally withdrew our gazes from each other and looked up at the sky, which hung gray and overcast like gathering clouds.
Stepping into the Grand Training Grounds for the first time since the midterms, I couldn’t help but catch my breath again.
Indeed, a soaring gray wall now filled the space before me—austere and massive. Each class’s students stood divided by gender in two lines before the entrance that stretched in a straight line.
“Today’s theme is a Class vs Class Competition with a time limit of exactly thirty minutes. You must defeat monsters that appear throughout the maze without using techniques, and artifacts are hidden within the structure. Since there are also duds, keep that in mind while collecting as many artifacts as possible within the time limit.”
Honestly, up to that point, it seemed like a simple endurance event that required nothing but physical stamina.
But the next words couldn’t help but shake even me.
“The winning class will receive one complimentary pass to the Korean Awakers Association’s VIP Training Grounds, so please do your utmost.”
After announcing that the competition would begin in one minute, no more words were transmitted.
Yet naturally, students’ chatter spread rapidly in all directions.
“Are you serious……?”
“Wow. Isn’t that a place only Hunters with the Hunter Association can use? I heard only A-Class or higher Hunters can make reservations.”
“God, I really want to go to the Association…….”
Not just the person in front of me, but the noise from other classes spaced at intervals blended together and pierced my ears.
Truly, judging by their enthusiasm alone, it seemed everyone would rush into that maze the moment the starting signal dropped, though it hadn’t yet.
I naturally turned my head to the left.
‘Did he know?’
Cha Yu-hyeon, standing at the very back of Class A’s male line, simply adjusted his wrist, showing no particular reaction. Of course, the distance made it impossible to read his expression.
For us both, this wouldn’t be particularly attractive.
Especially since it wasn’t a place I had fond memories of, a creeping sense of annoyance began to rise within me.
It was then that my expression naturally furrowed.
“Should we go together?”
A sudden whisper fell into one ear, and I reflexively shifted my gaze. At the same moment, Baek Seon-u, leaning in close, flashed a pretty smile with his lips slightly curved, just as always.
Letting out an inexplicable sigh at his ingenuous manner, I looked up at him and answered flatly.
“Solo.”
After all, in these maze-type themes, going with two or more people yields no efficiency whatsoever. As long as we don’t hinder each other, that’s all that matters.
At that, Baek Seon-u furrowed his brow slightly and spoke in a voice full of reluctance.
“Why, Ha-ryeong?”
“…….”
“You said you liked doing things with me.”
It was just like watching a docile puppy with drooping ears and wide, glistening eyes on the verge of tears…….
“Please, it’s my wish, Seon-u.”
“Huh?”
“Can you just say things properly?”
I even let out a shallow sigh and shot back with something between a plea and a demand, but apparently it landed no blow on him whatsoever.
The way he returned with a subtle smile, slightly shrugging his shoulders, seemed to be asking what the problem was.
I felt like the strange one standing alone.
‘Fine, fine.’
Instead of responding further, I shook my head weakly and once again cast a brief glance at the black back of the head standing in front of Baek Seon-u.
‘What’s Seo Do-hyeok going to do.’
It was merely a fleeting thought, but it created the illusion that I’d somehow spoken it aloud without realizing.
His head, which had been facing forward the whole time, turned slightly toward me.
The moment our dark eyes were about to meet in midair.
Beep—!
A sharp whistle sound filled the Grand Training Grounds.
‘……It should be fine.’
Seeing that the timing was against me from the very start, I felt an inexplicable unease.
Hoping it was just needless worry, we followed the person ahead of us into the entrance of the maze.
C-Class, Yet All S-Classes Are Obsessed With Me
Chapter 82
Author
Seo Yu-yeon
Publication Date
| March 6, 2026
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| TaleSyx Inc.
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