I'm a C-Class, but All the S-Classes Are Obsessed with Me - Chapter 83

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Chapter 83
We hadn’t walked far before the path split into three directions.
‘I’ll have to pass on going straight.’
Well, Seo Do-hyeok, who’d been just a step ahead of us, had just taken the center path straight on.
As I paused to think for a moment, the footsteps of Baek Seon-u beside me halted as well. And in that instant, a playful voice reached my ears.
“Want to make a bet?”
I hesitated for a fraction of a second at his sudden proposal, but without so much as a glance at the person beside me, I turned my feet toward the opposite path.
Honestly, I wasn’t the type to turn down a race to see who got there first…….
“Never mind.”
“I want something from this.”
……
As though he’d already known I would refuse, Baek Seon-u simply spoke his piece and swept past me. Then, turning to face me while walking backward slowly, he pulled his lips into a meaningful smile.
‘Really now. What scheme is he cooking up this time.’
Suddenly, a memory surfaced—the conversation I’d had with him in the downpour as we rode the bus back after finishing the Resort training exercise.
In any case, the promise we’d made that day remained valid. Though I hadn’t imagined he’d use it like this, I had an intuitive sense of what Baek Seon-u intended.
‘Well, I suppose it’s just his way of saying I should give it my best.’
I watched his figure, now a mere speck in the distance, with a somewhat bewildered feeling, then turned back around.
Now that things had unfolded this way, there was only one path left, and since I’d somehow ended up taking the bet, I couldn’t afford to waste time.
Stepping into the right corridor, I quickened my pace and scanned my surroundings.
Because I’d been standing at the very end of the line from the start, there was no sign of anyone on the path I was walking.
As had always been the case in places like this, there was only a faint unease beneath my feet.
[ The Arbiter of Truth set a teacup down on the table with a sharp tap, narrowing her eyes before studying the floor intently. ]
I’d assumed it was the Guardian who always advised me to watch my footing wherever I went, but unexpectedly, the Arbiter’s words came back to mind.
And as the sight that followed unfolded, I found myself thinking that no one could have anticipated this.
A clear red line had been drawn across the gray floor just a few steps ahead of where my eyes fell.
‘Something feels wrong.’
I came to an instinctive stop, and in the moment I began backing away—
Crack—!
The floor where the red line had been drawn split open in an instant, and a gray wall rose rapidly from the gap.
‘Why something so dangerous—.’
“Damn…….”
Before I could even finish the thought, the wall on my left descended in the same manner, and from the shallow vibration it caused, I naturally pressed my right hand against the wall beside me.
Looking around in that moment, the sight that greeted me was as if I’d been instantaneously transported to a different section.
In other words, because Baek Seon-u had stolen a march on me and I’d taken the right corridor, even the entrance to that passage was now sealed by a wall.
‘At this rate, there’d be no need to use the Hunter Association’s VIP Training Grounds.’
It was certainly true that the incident at the Resort had acted as a catalyst, but even including the midterms, I was learning for the first time that the Academy Training Grounds system could operate at this level.
It felt like an entirely different scale from my early days as a student.
‘Well, there is one difference, though.’
That is, unlike the Academy, the Awakener Association’s VIP Training Grounds required you to face actual monsters. Just like the rats and the mutated Slime Boss we’d encountered during the Resort training.
As the vibrations finally ceased, I withdrew my hand from the wall and slowly advanced into the newly opened passage on my left.
‘…Huh.’
At that very moment, a female student approaching from the opposite direction, at some distance from me, entered my field of vision.
She must have noticed my presence immediately as well, for she stopped right where she stood without any further movement.
I too stood still, absently curling my right hand into a fist—
Thump—!
A different, gentler vibration than when the walls had moved made my eyes naturally fall to the floor ahead. A dark chasm had suddenly opened between me and the female student, as though a small sinkhole had formed.
‘What on earth is that?’
But that wasn’t all.
A small form leapt from the dark opening, and as though regaining its senses, it shook its head vigorously from side to side.
……
I suspect the female student watching this alongside me shares my exact impression.
A compact body, lustrous white fur flowing thick and soft, ears that were pointed yet delicate, and—discovered only now thanks to how it had spun in circles through the air—a thin red ribbon encircling its neck.
The creature then turned its large, bright red eyes toward me and tilted its small head slightly.
—Squeak?
Perhaps because of the adorable little cry that reached my ears in that moment, a sudden urge welled up to cradle it in my arms and stroke its head.
‘…Get yourself together.’
I absolutely could not be swayed by cuteness.
Because what was hovering there at about shin height was nothing less than a young fox that couldn’t have been more than a few months old.
And if I lost focus like this and the creature suddenly flew away beyond the opposite wall, I’d naturally lose the bet with Baek Seon-u.
With that judgment, I was about to call forth my weapon.
The creature’s body suddenly spun away from me, whirling toward where the female student stood.
[ The Arbiter of Truth narrows her eyes with intrigue, sensing a fresh power she hasn’t felt in quite some time. ]
[ The Guardian of Tae-won clicks his tongue in displeasure, muttering that he can’t fathom which Constellation this one has contracted with, shooting a disapproving glance at the Arbiter of Truth. ]
I felt deeply apologetic toward the Guardian, but I couldn’t help but silently agree with the Arbiter’s observation.
The fox was emanating an unfamiliar current of mana that neither Hye-rin nor Ji-an had displayed—faint but unmistakably present in the air.
‘It doesn’t seem to be the type that boosts defense or attack power.’
I’d heard before that there existed rare support-type hunters whose abilities transcended rank—ones whose skill was the instantaneous maximization of instinct and intuition in a critical moment.
More importantly, the instructor had explicitly mentioned that blanks could exist inside the artifacts hidden within monsters.
Which meant that pale purple mana wrapping the fox’s entire body might be a technique for finding the genuine article—however faintly—through sheer instinctive detection.
And if we both reacted to that ability in the same split second…
‘I have to catch it no matter what.’
I felt the weight settle into my grip as I drove forward with force, pushing off the balls of my feet.
Something seemed to brush against my ankle for an instant, but I had no choice but to focus on reaching the fox before the support-type hunter who’d launched herself nearly in sync with me.
‘But is that actually…!’
The trouble was that the small fox seemed intent on mocking us, spinning its body once before beginning to sway back and forth through the air like a child on a swing, repeating the motion endlessly.
Just as I felt my eyebrows twitch at the deliberately grating movement, I saw the female student arrive first and immediately reach out her hand.
At that very moment, with growing urgency, I swung my right arm in a wide horizontal arc.
“Hey, that’s a foul!”
My transparent Sword Aura shot forward with modest force, and the female student withdrew her hand, dropping herself into a crouch against the floor.
‘Foul acknowledged.’
But if that’s the standard, then my opponent was already out for breaking the rule to use only pure force to locate it in the first place.
Had all techniques been permitted, someone surely would have scrambled quickly enough to sweep everything into their possession.
‘I should have just thrown it instead.’
She had a short dagger—the kind that’s practically standard-issue as a sub-weapon for combat-class hunters—but as a support-type, she seemed to find the weight awkward in her grip, uncomfortable even to herself.
She’d extended her right hand holding the short sword only to attempt catching the monster directly with her fingers.
Which meant this moment heavily favored me—the weapon lengths in our respective hands were worlds apart.
Soon enough, much like when I’d been possessed by the Ogre that one day, I adjusted my grip on the greatsword to hold it like a baseball bat. I watched for the moment when the creature completed two forward rolls in the air and drifted toward the right wall.
Crack!
—Screech!
The instant I saw that adorable and cunning creature collide with the broad face of the greatsword, my heart sank—but only for a moment.
As if to remind me it was truly just a mold, white powder scattered like sand, forming a small sand castle on the floor. The rhombus-shaped red artifact had already fallen and lay embedded within the dust.
“Isn’t that mine?” she asked.
As I reached down to pick up the artifact, the female student’s sharp voice came down from above.
‘I can’t split it in half either.’
Truth be told, it was the female student who had first laid hands on the monster. But she was also the one who broke the rules first, and because of that, I’d unleashed my Sword Aura—so the situation was awkward, I’ll admit.
Standing with my back fully straight, I faced the female student from a short distance away, letting my lips move slightly.
At that moment, the microphone’s voice echoed through the dome once more.
“Early-stage artifact collection status: Class A has one, Class B has two, Class C has zero, Class D has one. Class B currently leads.”
Not long after the competition began, the instructor’s announcement told us exactly where we stood.
“…Damn.”
The female student who’d quietly cursed while furrowing her brow wore a light pink name tag on her left chest bearing the letter A and her name.
Which meant Class C’s tags were light pink and Class D’s were mint green.
‘So it counts after all, I guess.’
With that thought, I tossed the artifact up into the air almost without thinking, then caught it again.
It was pure habit, but whatever interpretation she read into it, she muttered something about bad luck and spun around sharply.
There was a lethal edge to her movements—almost as if I’d crossed paths with Park Si-eun—but I remained standing until the female student’s retreating figure completely vanished from sight.
Just then, a few paces ahead, a familiar red line appeared.
With a sharp crack, a wall materialized directly in front of me, and this time, the previously blocked left passage opened up.
‘Isn’t it possible I’m actually winning?’
Contrary to my earlier worry, the situation was unfolding surprisingly smoothly, and I felt my mouth curve upward. More than that, once I became certain I couldn’t possibly lose the bet against Baek Seon-u, genuine confidence surged up within me.
It was all the more grateful that the person who found the artifact first wasn’t him.
With that buoyed mood, I turned on my heel toward the new passage.
But I shouldn’t have celebrated too early—that ease didn’t last long.
‘…What is this?’
The moment I stepped into the new corridor, the sensation beneath my shoe felt decidedly wrong.
C-Class, Yet Every S-Class Becomes Obsessed with Me
Episode 83
Author
| Seo Yu-yeon
Published
March 6, 2026
Publisher
Talesyx Co., Ltd.
Illustration
Cho Geuk
Title Design
Mallang Kongtteok
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© Seo Yoo-yeon, 2026
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