I'm a C-Class, but All the S-Classes Are Obsessed with Me - Chapter 87

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Episode 87
When the time limit ended and we escaped from the interior of the Grand Training Grounds, which had been themed like a maze, we quickly gathered in front of the platform.
—I’ll now announce the final results. Class A: eight artifacts, Class B: seven, Class C: five, Class D: six. Class A wins this inter-class competition. Prizes will be distributed tomorrow during morning assembly through the assigned instructors, so please take note of this.
The moment the instructor’s bland voice finished echoing through the microphone, Baek Seon-u, standing beside me, whispered low into my ear.
“It doesn’t make sense that we lost.”
Suddenly, I felt a pang of conscience stabbing at me.
And for good reason—we should have tied with Class A for first place, but the problem was that Seo Do-hyeok and I had encountered that brown bear monster.
That is, because of the Ice-Attribute Skill he’d cast, we fell short by one artifact in the total count and were overtaken by Class A. On top of that, it seemed that even if someone else in our class picked up an artifact in that situation, it was excluded from the count.
But no one except Seo Do-hyeok, myself, and the instructors and staff who watched through cameras invisible to our eyes would ever dream that he was the culprit.
Because of that, the moment the final results were announced earlier, our classmates let out only sighs heavy with disappointment. After all, the prize hung on the inter-class competition was something difficult to obtain anywhere else.
“Ah, should we just steal it?”
Even Baek Seon-u, who then dropped his head slightly and tapped the innocent floor with his toes, showed such subtle regret as this, and that said everything.
‘I feel a little sorry for thinking this, but…’
For me, it might have actually been a problem if our class had won. Even if the VIP Training Ground Access Pass from the Awakener Association had fallen into my hands, it would surely rot away in a corner of some drawer.
And like Baek Seon-u’s reaction just moments ago, the prize could be transferred to someone else, but as someone who had already experienced that place a few times, I felt no inclination to do so.
Yes, perhaps it was even a hundred times better for me that Cha Yu-hyeon’s Class A had taken the championship.
Thinking thus, I fixed my gaze forward on the platform again and casually fielded Baek Seon-u’s muttered comment.
“From who?”
Then, as if he’d been waiting, he brought his lips close to my ear once more.
“Cha Yu-hyeon.”
I felt my shoulders stiffen momentarily. I hadn’t expected that name—the one I’d just been thinking of—to slip out from answering without thought.
Eventually, as I slowly turned my head to the right, Baek Seon-u, who had already straightened his posture, looked down at me with slightly widened eyes.
As if to say he knew absolutely nothing at all. His already docile gaze, like a gentle puppy’s, only looked even more harmless.
“Well, there are plenty of people to ask.”
Baek Seon-u’s words that followed, though ambiguous on the surface, seemed in this moment to carry a sharp edge, stabbing keenly. It felt as though he hoped I’d be caught in his remark.
—Then, we’ll conclude today’s schedule here. New students should head straight back to the Dormitory, and everyone, thank you for your hard work.
Thanks to the instructor’s voice that came at that moment, the gazes we’d been stubbornly tangling together finally broke apart.
‘…It’ll be fine.’
I’d already made Baek Seon-u promise to stay put, but anxiety rose up every time like this.
Standing at the back of the line just as when we entered the maze, I turned myself around before anyone else and moved my feet to leave the Grand Training Grounds building.
‘Ugh, I want to hurry back and collapse.’
Perhaps because I’d expended so much stamina inside, not only was hunger washing over me now that the competition had ended, but my whole body felt unbearably heavy. So the two feet carrying me toward the Dormitory were dragging like I was being forcibly pulled by someone.
And that was only part of it. Soon enough my arms hung limp like a zombie’s at my sides, and it was a miracle I didn’t greet the ground.
It was right then, in that very moment, when a dangerous thought flickered through my mind—how nice it would be to be carried on someone’s back, arriving instantly at my dorm room door.
“But Ha-ryeong.”
In the midst of all this, Baek Seon-u, clinging to my side like gum, called out to me quietly in a hushed voice.
“What?”
“You told me to play solo.”
My feet stopped dead in their tracks. And at the same time, my eyes, which had been fixed on my toes, slowly turned to the side and took in the figure beside me once more.
Sure enough, Baek Seon-u had already stopped walking and was standing level with me.
“And?”
When I replied, deliberately keeping my tone flat, he suddenly turned his head back slightly, then faced me again, his expression stripped bare of all playfulness.
“It felt a little lonely.”
Then his brown eyes moved slowly as if examining my complexion and appearance, and he continued in a still-serious tone.
“You clearly said I could help.”
“Out of nowhere?”
What was he suddenly going on about? The inter-class competition was already over, and honestly, there was no part of today where I needed his help.
It was at that moment, as I reflexively tilted my head and tried to discern his intent, when a pale shadow passing near Baek Seon-u caught in my field of vision.
Walking past us with complete indifference, not sparing a single glance, Seo Do-hyeok naturally drew my eyes to follow him.
“…….”
I kept my gaze on his broad back as it grew distant ahead, then turned my head to the right again.
At that, Baek Seon-u, who seemed to have been watching only me this whole time without much movement, softened the stern expression he’d held until moments before and lifted the corners of his mouth slightly.
Truly, it remained difficult to follow where his emotions and thoughts led.
“I won the bet, remember?”
“Ah…”
Right, that was still hanging there.
When all was said and done, there was no denying that Baek Seon-u had played a significant role in Class B collecting that many artifacts. The instructor had made this clear publicly.
‘So I can’t argue against it.’
Having obtained only two myself, I had no words even if I had ten mouths, so I simply waited quietly for Baek Seon-u to open his lips.
Or rather, unlike before, I was now afraid, because I had no idea what he might demand using the bet as a pretext.
And after a while, Baek Seon-u suddenly burst into short laughter, let his head drop, then looked straight at me.
“This time, make sure you stop by the Medical Office, Ha-ryeong. I’m heading out first.”
I was about to fire back some retort, but he’d emphasized the word “make sure” so deliberately that he gave my shoulder a couple of light taps before breezing past me and taking the lead.
‘That just makes me more uneasy.’
What kind of scheme is he always cooking up in that head of his…….
My wish to slip into Baek Seon-u’s mind for just a moment and then slip back out remained unchanged even now.
Standing there watching another person’s tall silhouette move ahead of me, I let out a small laugh and shook my head a couple of times.
‘Forget it.’
I couldn’t figure it out. Right now, all I wanted was to get back to my room and collapse onto the Bed.
Only then did I lift my heavy feet, which felt like they were glued to the ground, and followed in the footsteps of those ahead of me.
My throat felt even more raw than before, and my condition was terrible.
* * *
‘Wait, is this right?’
Just until dinner, it was only my throat that hurt.
Lying on the Bed in the Dormitory with the blanket pulled all the way up to my chin, I frowned deeply. My whole body was trembling with chills that had suddenly come over me.
‘Could it be a summer cold……?’
Earlier, when Hye-rin was having dinner at the Student Cafeteria, she’d mentioned that the air in the Grand Training Grounds was so cold she thought she might catch a cold if she wasn’t careful. But I hadn’t felt particularly cold…….
‘This is driving me insane.’
Now my throat wasn’t just raw—every time I swallowed, it throbbed with pain, and though I’d only slept for a brief moment, I must have sweated so much that my thin t-shirt was plastered to my back.
Not only that, but with every breath, I could clearly feel heat that was hotter than usual coming through my nose and mouth.
In truth, after arriving at the Dormitory, I’d washed up and drunk the centuries-old Detoxicant that the Arbiter of Truth had given me.
While abnormal states usually vanish the moment one leaves that space, as if they never existed, aftereffects that linger for a while are hardly rare.
‘In any case, the fact that my body condition has deteriorated this much…….’
For a moment, I quietly cursed to myself. At this point, it seemed unmistakable that I’d picked up that summer cold that even dogs don’t catch.
Ding!
Just as I was curling my body up like a shrimp, a faint notification sound rang through my ears, which felt dull and heavy.
Finally lifting myself back to a proper position with effort, I pulled the thin blanket down to around my shoulders.
[ The Guardian of Tae-won, having stretched their loosened body, suddenly freezes mid-motion and, alarmed by the Contractor’s unusual condition, springs up from the sofa! ]
[ The Guardian of Tae-won demands to know what on earth they fed the Contractor, then criticizes the Arbiter of Truth, saying they should throw away old things they don’t even use, and shakes them by the collar! ]
The moment I opened my heavy eyelids, I was met with a message filled with the Guardian’s concern. The rough manner of expression aside, I wasn’t confused about the reaction itself.
Ever since the Guardian made a contract with me, this was probably the first time they’d seen me suffering like this, except for when I’d drunk the Potion Made from Baeksanghcho Root.
I suppose I could seek out any Healer right now and recover instantly, but since it wasn’t wartime and I was only afflicted with something this minor, my conscience wouldn’t allow me to use their remarkable healing power.
[ The Arbiter of Truth pushes away the Guardian of Tae-won’s hand, which was shaking them hard enough to tear their collar, then mutters that they never expected the finest-grade Detoxicant made from such precious materials to conflict with the Contractor’s constitution. ]
[ The Arbiter of Truth, admitting that their own oversight in overlooking the fact that the Contractor was currently a full C-Class had been at fault, quietly stands up from the sofa and crouches down in a corner. ]
People usually say they feel lonely when there’s no one to take care of them while they’re sick, but I didn’t feel that way at all right now.
Even if that S-Class Detoxicant hadn’t worked on my body, the Arbiter of Truth had still given me a precious potion thinking of me.
‘I really can’t take this anymore.’
I tried to concentrate on the conversation with the two Constellations, but the chills that made even my lips tremble finally forced me to pull the blanket completely away and slowly lift my upper body.
I exhaled shallow, burning breaths and naturally found myself looking at someone lying on the opposite Bed. And in that moment, another system window full of meaningful text suddenly appeared.
[ The Guardian of Tae-won, throwing all caution to the wind, insists they must immediately summon another Awakener to the Contractor’s location through the **, and snorts sharply, radiating resolute determination. ]
C-Class, Yet All S-Classes Are Obsessed With Me
Episode 87
Author
| Seo Yu-yeon
Published
| March 6, 2026
Publisher
| Talesyx Co., Ltd.
Illustration
| Chogeuk
Title Design
| Malangkongttok
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