I'm a C-Class, but All the S-Classes Are Obsessed with Me - Chapter 91

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Chapter 91
I stood before a building and gazed for a moment at my reflection in the entrance’s glass door.
‘I’ve lost all shame, haven’t I.’
Even as I forced out a bitter smile, a subtle tension crept through my fingertips.
Truth be told, right up until I stepped out of the taxi, I’d agonized endlessly over whether this decision was truly right. To anyone watching, it looked no different from abandoning my filial duty.
“Ha―”
I exhaled a deep breath and headed toward the location Cha Yu-hyeon had given me. Soon after, I found myself in the damp air of the Underground Parking Garage, wandering between parked vehicles in search of the license plate he’d mentioned.
‘Is it that one?’
Then, among the parked cars, I caught sight of a vehicle whose hazard lights had just flickered off.
A moment later, a familiar figure stepped down from the driver’s seat.
‘……Doesn’t seem like he intends to hide at all.’
Cha Yu-hyeon cut a perfectly tailored silhouette today as well. Looking at him like this, I could only regret how I’d failed to notice sooner.
I turned my head away imperceptibly and approached him. Given the setting, we exchanged only a subtle nod. He then quietly opened the rear door for me.
The situation felt somewhat burdensome, but I stared briefly at his impassive face before silently lowering myself into the car.
Click.
The moment the heavy door shut, silence enveloped the vehicle—only the faint trace of cologne and the subtle warmth of another’s presence lingering in the air.
Yes, just then, someone’s fingertips brushed against my cheek.
“Really……”
And the voice of the person beside me, trailing off into silence, trembled visibly.
‘How many years has it been.’
Exactly twelve years, then.
As I worked through that vast span of time, I found myself naturally biting the inside of my cheek. And just then, the warmth that had been carefully tracing the side of my face withdrew.
‘It’s fine, Ju Ha-ryeong.’
There’s no need to be nervous. You’ve imagined this scenario countless times before coming here.
With my eyes fixed on the passenger seat’s headrest, I slowly turned my head to the side.
‘Ha, fine is absolute nonsense.’
The moment my eyes met those of the person sitting beside me, I felt tension grip my already clenched jaw.
‘……Still the same.’
Was I the only one who had changed.
My mother, who in my fading memories had always been busy and radiant, had grown only the lines around her eyes despite the relentless passage of time—yet remained beautiful.
As if she’d simply frozen in the moment I last saw her.
“It’s been a while.”
I was startled by my own voice, delivered so flatly. I hadn’t known I could speak to her with such detachment.
Because of this, her dark brown eyes visibly trembled at the sight of me like this.
“……Ha-ryeong.”
The moment she called my name, I saw my mother’s lips quiver. Perhaps there were countless things we both wanted to say to each other, but……
‘There’s no time for this.’
No matter that this place belonged to Cha Yu-hyeon, there was no telling who might be watching from behind her. Father was so wary of my mother’s news agency, for good reason.
“I’m sorry―”
“Mother.”
I cut off her words and turned my gaze forward, staring straight ahead.
‘Ha, this is……’
I’m losing it.
I clenched my fist against my leg. I simply couldn’t face that contorted expression, those reddened eyes.
My nails dug painfully into my palm, and I bit down on the tender flesh inside my mouth, suppressing the surge of emotion rising in my throat. If I broke down here, nothing would be resolved.
“……Yes, Ha-ryeong.”
My mother’s composing voice soon broke the silence. I reached into my pocket and withdrew a small object.
‘Really, think this through one last time.’
The source of the tens of billions of won that Cha Yu-hyeon had secured when he raided the Hunter Association chairman’s office traced back, as expected, to connections with the Cheongun Foundation. And then there was the smuggled drug shipment list that Seo Do-hyeok had uncovered.
‘It was something that had been diverted.’
The drug that suppressed magical power was used only on the monsters released when hunters under the Association’s command conducted training.
For such a substance to suddenly be funneled in large quantities to the Academy, with no connection whatsoever, was suspicious by any standard. Which meant that if the Association was truly involved—if my father was truly involved……
‘It’s unfair.’
No matter that I was her only child, I couldn’t simply remain ignorant and accept whatever happened to me. Especially not if such sordid corruption was woven through it all.
And even if it meant digging my own grave, I was willing to do it.
I closed my eyes tightly, then opened them and took a deep breath. After a moment, I turned my head back toward the seat beside me, fixed my gaze firmly on those dark brown eyes, and spoke.
“Why.”
“……”
“Why are you trying to do this?”
It was my final confirmation. If these pieces of evidence couldn’t even make a dent in their plans, we might end up facing a backlash instead.
Perhaps sensing what I meant, Mother didn’t furrow her brow or let her lips tremble as she had moments before. She simply reached out both hands and carefully wrapped them around my right hand.
“I have to protect you.”
“Protect me from what—”
“My precious daughter, Ha-ryeong.”
I really hated this.
I would’ve preferred if she’d just cried. Then, at least this once, I could’ve let myself fall apart without shame.
Yet Mother’s eyes remained steady—as if she’d grant me anything, no matter how unreasonable I asked of her.
Even now, she asked me nothing.
Not why I’d sold my name to Father that day, or my reasons for wanting to escape from whatever shelter might’ve been offered—none of it.
I loosened my grip with my empty hand, gently pushing hers away, and in that same motion, I placed the small USB drive I’d been holding into her palm. Then, in a tone uncharacteristic of me, I spoke with gravity.
“This is your chance. To have your revenge on him.”
At my words, Mother’s eyebrows finally creased.
I didn’t even know myself—how could she have known? That a daughter who grew up under his shadow would betray him.
“Ha-ryeong.”
“Mother.”
We called each other almost simultaneously. And that brief silence was broken by me.
“It’s all right. Just don’t regret it.”
At my calm words, Mother slowly bowed her head. Then she straightened her posture, which had been turned slightly toward me, and reached for the door handle.
“Be careful.”
“…Yes.”
“Even when you’re busy, make sure you eat properly.”
Even now, she was worried about meals.
Just as my lips were about to move, the door on the other side clicked open. Then it closed heavily again.
“…..”
Mother didn’t look back at me. Left alone, I watched her receding figure through the car window.
She climbed into the back seat of the car parked beside ours, and not long after, that car pulled out of the garage.
Only after she’d completely disappeared from sight did I let out the sigh I’d been holding back.
“Ha……”
I draped my arm over the window frame and irritably swept my hair back. Then I squeezed my eyes shut for a moment.
I’d tried to seem composed, but it wasn’t easy to gather my emotions.
When I was very young, there was a time when our whole family lived under one roof. Even if we weren’t as warm as most families, the images from those days still lingered in the corner of my memory.
‘This is pathetic. Really pathetic.’
I never knew the phrase “burning up inside” could hit so differently.
So why couldn’t we ever say more than this to each other?
If only we’d been a little more ordinary.
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The saying that time heals all wounds wasn’t entirely wrong.
A week had already passed since that day, and the turbulent emotions had settled as if they’d never been.
‘But why hasn’t she come back?’
I lay on my Dormitory bed, staring hard at my Mobile Phone screen. It was already past ten at night, well after Roll Call had ended.
‘What kind of supplementary training goes this late?’
A few hours ago, after dinner, Kang Hye-rin had been called out by an instructor. Given her midterm grades and CP Grade, there should be no reason for them to call her…
‘If it were me, I wouldn’t be surprised.’
No matter how I thought about it, I was the one who deserved to be called out—I’d gotten an F Grade and a C-Class rating.
Bzzt.
Just as I was feeling uneasy, my Mobile Phone vibrated briefly in my hand.
I’d grown quite used to this by now. And of course, I could guess exactly who was reaching out.
「Cha Yu-hyeon: M4 F3.」
‘What’s she saying all of a sudden?’
As soon as I typed a single question mark, the numbers disappeared and a reply came through.
「Cha Yu-hyeon: Down there now.」
Couldn’t she communicate more clearly when it mattered…?
Even so, I grasped what she meant instinctively. It had to be the Experimental Building Rear Path.
‘I should go out and check.’
She wouldn’t have sent that message on a whim. I’d been meaning to go to that place with Cha Yu-hyeon anyway.
So I got up from bed with some eagerness, but there was one problem.
With Roll Call finished, the Dormitory entrance was obviously locked, and the resident advisor was still awake—I’d definitely get caught if I just slipped out.
There was no guarantee the back door leading to the Waste Separation Area would be open. Besides, last time my condition had been so obvious from the outside, but looking at my face reflected faintly in my Mobile Phone’s dark screen now, I looked completely fine.
“Ha…”
Unable to think of a solution, I pressed the bridge of my nose repeatedly and paced back and forth in the middle of my room.
In that moment when I unconsciously stopped moving, a transparent current suddenly materialized in the air before me, twisting into a vortex.
And then, before I could even reach out, something tumbled down from the void.
C-Class, yet all the S-Class hunters are obsessed with me
Episode 91
Author
| Seo Yu-yeon
Publication Date
| March 6, 2026
Publisher
| Talesyx Inc.
Illustration
| Choguk
Title Design
| Mallangkongttuk
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© Seo Yu-yeon, 2026
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