I'm a C-Class, but All the S-Classes Are Obsessed with Me - Chapter 85

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Chapter 85
‘What is this person doing…?’
I was already frustrated enough as it was!
I could understand the contact necessary for healing, but his sudden decision to cover my lips with his large palm was something I couldn’t quite make sense of.
I held my breath for a moment, then gripped Seo Do-hyeok’s wrist firmly while looking up at him with questioning eyes.
A small line appeared between his brows, and he gave a slight shake of his head.
‘Ah….’
I spent a few seconds turning the matter over in my mind, trying to gauge the intent behind his expression, before I finally understood his reasoning.
The heavy, sticky air that had been creeping upward now pressed against both my elbows—something that clearly hadn’t been there before Seo Do-hyeok moved in.
Before he’d come over, the sensation had been confined to around my knees, after all.
Even as I felt the warmth still lingering against my lips, Seo Do-hyeok’s hand slowly withdrew.
“Hah—.”
I exhaled involuntarily. My frustration was truly suffocating.
At that, Seo Do-hyeok frowned slightly once more, then gently grasped my right wrist.
Given how my entire body felt achy and heavy, weighted down by some inexplicable helplessness, it seemed a Debuff weakening my physical abilities had taken hold. And yet…
‘Healing might not work on this.’
I’d heard that the more a Healer pours out their healing power, the more it can drain the health of the Healer themselves or their allies. Of course, it would be a fatal blow to the enemy.
I wondered if my constant mental calculations were being transmitted to him as well.
My thoughts were cut short when my right hand was suddenly lifted into the air.
It was at that moment, as I faced Seo Do-hyeok, whose expression had grown stern, that I made my move first.
He averted his gaze first, then arranged my palm so it faced upward. Then—his index finger lightly touched mine.
‘What is he doing?’
I’d assumed he was grabbing my wrist to activate healing, and I’d been inwardly braced for it.
The situation felt oddly ticklish, which caught me off guard for a moment, but I simply watched in silence to see what he intended.
Then his long, firm finger traced slowly across my palm.
「Don’t talk」
At his terse message—brief enough to understand even when written quickly—I slowly curled my hand and looked back up at him.
The moment our eyes met naturally, I answered with a single blink of my brows. Only then could I escape the warmth of Seo Do-hyeok’s touch on my wrist.
‘This feels like I owe him even more.’
I still hadn’t repaid the debt from the Slime incident.
My mind felt unsettled, and I could only watch quietly as Seo Do-hyeok moved ahead down the corridor, his broad back leading the way.
Tap, tap.
Just then, a rather dull sound reached my ears.
Along with the continuing sound of knocking against the wall, a blue system window suddenly bloomed across Seo Do-hyeok’s back.
[ The Guardian of Tae-won asserts that surely following his advice would be beneficial, and asks whether you have any intention of breaking your contract with the other Constellation. ]
[ The Arbiter of Truth pinches the Guardian of Tae-won’s forearm firmly, chiding him to stop spouting such nonsense. ]
[ The Arbiter of Truth, noting the Contractor’s pallid complexion, adds that if there is a Blind Spot, he can bestow Smoke Bombs and an Antidote aged several hundred years. ]
Among all this, a suspicious phrase caught my attention, and I found myself questioning it internally.
‘Is that really an Antidote…?’
I wasn’t doubting the efficacy of everything the Arbiter creates, but the mention of something aged several hundred years triggered an instinctive sense of unease.
In any case, there could be no Blind Spot in a space open to the sky, and even if there were, while drinking a potion might be manageable, there would be countless other complications.
I wiped away the sweat trickling down my chin with the back of my hand, naturally brushing off my palm into empty air.
‘I really do feel like I’m coming down with something.’
I’d never sweated this profusely in my life. And true to his nature as a Healer, when Seo Do-hyeok suddenly stopped ahead, my feet naturally came to a halt as well.
The moment he turned to face me and our eyes met, I made the first move.
“Isn’t it a bit hot?”
I forced my stiff lips into a smile and deliberately grabbed the hem of my T-shirt, fluttering it in front of me. That small gesture alone created the illusion that my breathing eased just a little.
Then Seo Do-hyeok gazed at me quietly, lowered his gaze slightly, and brushed his straight bangs back rather roughly.
It seemed like that gesture was his way of expressing that something didn’t sit right with him.
‘Ugh… my head hurts.’
In fact, as I followed him down the corridor and tried to mediate between the two bickering Constellations, we had already reached the far end of the passage.
The moment I realized I was standing at a crossroads of choice, a dull throbbing began at the back of my skull.
Either way, I had to either find some method to escape this space first, or grit my teeth and endure until the end whistle blew, pretending none of this mattered. One or the other.
‘Sigh.’
I barely swallowed the sigh that had risen to my throat, then took a few steps forward toward Seo Do-hyeok instead.
As I drew closer, I noticed one of his feet retreat slightly, but that was all.
This time, I was the one who lifted his wrist first, making his large palm visible. Then I wrote out the message carefully with my index finger, character by character, so he could understand it all at once.
「I’ll give it a try.」
The moment I finished the last character, I looked up to gauge Seo Do-hyeok’s expression. Our eyes met at the same time, but this time he furrowed his brows openly in displeasure.
‘Seriously.’
Every time I volunteer to help with something useful, they act like it’s a catastrophe.
There was nothing a Healer could do in a place like this anyway.
True, I could receive weapons from other classes like I did during the PVP match, but wielding an S-Class Short Sword in a situation like this would be utterly useless.
A Greatsword, with its superior versatility, would be a different story altogether.
[ The Guardian of Tae-won regarded the Contractor with narrowed eyes, then asked whether that versatility included using it as a Staff. ]
Just as I was about to offer the Guardian a sincere apology, I felt pressure on my left hand again—the one that had already slipped away from Seo Do-hyeok’s wrist.
When I glanced down, a familiar warmth had already wrapped around my entire hand.
‘Or maybe I should just hand my Greatsword over to Seo Do-hyeok instead—.’
[ The Guardian of Tae-won declared that this was absurd talk, and that a Constellation’s weapon bound to a Contractor could under no circumstances be transferred to another Awakener, nor should such a thing ever occur. ]
At the urgent notification that resonated loudly through my ears, I cleanly erased the thought I’d just entertained.
‘Right. There’s no way around it.’
I wrapped his hand with my free palm and pushed firmly, and the warmth retreated easier than expected. I then stepped forward to the edge of the passage that lay behind his back.
It was a space like a cube with everything sealed off except the sky, but the Maze was structured so that walls moved in real time to create passages.
‘Which means…….’
At the joints where walls met walls, there had to be gaps—however microscopic.
Based on that reasoning, I tried to gather hints by running my hand along the edges in each direction.
‘There has to be one.’
Is it here?
Contrary to my hopes, the texture against my fingertips was merely smooth, as if it had been seamlessly welded from the start.
To be safe, I returned to where I’d first encountered Seo Do-hyeok and similarly traced my fingers along the edges on both sides in turn.
Then, just as my fingertips were smoothly gliding down to the midpoint of the edge where the front and right walls met—
‘Hmm.’
Something felt off about this spot……?
Detecting a faint, rough sensation, I naturally looked up at Seo Do-hyeok, who had stepped closer beside me.
Whether he understood the meaning of that glance, his long, slender fingers soon took the place where my hand had just been. His dark eyes, met once more, remained fixed on me without the slightest movement.
‘I need to finish this fast.’
All this while I’d been walking, I’d only used my mind, yet the helplessness that swept through my entire body remained sharp and clear.
The urge to just collapse on the ground right then and there was overwhelming.
Yet I gripped the hilt of the Greatsword that had been summoned again with both hands and, almost unconsciously, drew in a deep breath.
I then aimed the blade’s point at that microscopic gap I’d felt with my fingertips just moments before and, without hesitation, drove it in.
Bang—!
‘Ugh!’
I barely stifled a gasp that threatened to escape by biting my lower lip hard. Despite the unexpectedly heavy impact resounding all around, the blade didn’t lodge in the gap at all—instead, it bounced right back.
‘Damn…….’
And of all times, Seo Do-hyeok was watching, so I couldn’t even show my frustration.
In truth, I’d gathered every ounce of strength I could muster, intending to end it with a single strike, and the recoil that traveled through my body was far more substantial than I’d anticipated.
A tingling shock shot up from my fingertips to my forearm in an instant.
Because of that, my vision blurred for a moment before clearing, and I felt sweat trailing down my spine.
‘Then I’ll just have to keep going until it breaks through, I suppose.’
Gritting my teeth, I lifted the Greatsword I’d dropped back down.
Bang! Crash—!
With less force than the first time, I struck repeatedly at the same point with the blade’s tip.
After hitting it this fiercely several times—
Crack—!
A dull sound erupted from somewhere, resonating clearly through my ears.
C-Class, Yet All S-Classes Are Obsessed with Me
Episode 5
Author
| Seo Yu-yeon
Published
| March 6, 2026
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| Talesyx Inc.
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