I'm a C-Class, but All the S-Classes Are Obsessed with Me - Chapter 95

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Episode 95
In that moment, I felt a hand reach from behind and gently cover one of my shoulders, but I couldn’t hide the sense of futility washing over me.
‘What on earth were they trying to accomplish by going this far?’
Cheonun Foundation was already entangled with the Hunter Association in dirty misconduct. That such a foundation kept reaching into the Academy and committing all manner of shady dealings—I’d suspected it long before now.
‘The problem was it was only suspicion.’
But I never imagined it would go this far.
So what Seo Do-hyeok had said moments ago meant they were drugging Awakeners and attempting something with them.
‘How much does Father actually know?’
Was he only skimming money related to slush funds, or was he turning a blind eye to these horrific acts as well?
‘It could be both.’
There was no way my father, who managed dangerous pharmaceuticals within the Association, could have been unaware they were disappearing. But given how my father valued image and reputation, I wanted to believe he at least wasn’t involved in something this grotesque.
“Let’s go.”
That’s when Cha Yu-hyeon’s heavy, low voice reached me. I instinctively lifted my eyes, then barely managed to move my feet as I watched his cold silhouette turn away.
‘He clearly knows more than I do.’
Right now, Cha Yu-hyeon was closer to the Association than anyone else. Just as that nerve-wracking thought was about to continue, something happened.
[ Guardian of Tae Won flinches at the shoulder, remarking that this has turned into a horror film rather than a K-drama, and sits down right next to the Arbiter of Truth. ]
All of us, who had been walking in a single line, came to a halt.
‘What now?’
My temples throbbed. After a variety show, I was starting to wonder if I’d have to film a horror flick next.
Because suddenly, red light began flashing across the entire white corridor. When I instinctively tilted my head back, the fluorescent lights that had been blinding white had turned the color of blood.
It was like a warning light signaling something, somehow. And without any sound—dead silent—that red light just kept blinking rhythmically.
‘……This feels ominous.’
Right then, something like a faint hiss of escaping gas mixed into the air. The moment I saw Seo Do-hyeok’s arm move in front, I too quickly buried my nose in both palms and rolled my eyes.
And at that very instant, a sharp screech tore from the ceiling, and my vision vanished in moments.
I reflexively coughed once, then held my breath. But even that cough—should I have stifled it?
‘Wait, just—’
This isn’t even chemical or biological warfare……!
I’d never actually experienced it, but the sensation felt disturbingly close. My breath caught in my throat, and I felt ready to collapse any second.
Fighting back the stinging in my eyes, I jerked my head back and forth, but white smoke had already filled the corridor so completely that I couldn’t even make out a shadow.
I was an idiot for thinking this was just like a smoke grenade.
‘Ugh—’
I barely suppressed the groan threatening to escape by biting the inside of my mouth. A searing pain like flesh burning spread down from my throat and further below.
‘This is ridiculous timing.’
I was going to die before I could even do anything.
My eyes were already damp with tears, and my breathing came in shallow, pained gasps. Only a C-Class like me would be suffering this intensely right now.
Just as I instinctively reached out to lean on something, fumbling for an invisible wall—
Ding!
[ Constellation: The Arbiter of Truth arranges to call up status change information on the contractor. ]
【Price of Innocence (C)】
—If the body enters a poisoned state or worse, the physical condition reverts to five minutes prior, suppressing toxicity.
—Duration: 3 minutes
In the moment I confirmed the blue light through my blurred vision.
A sudden, refreshing energy spread from my chest that felt completely blocked. It was like plunging ice-cold water into a pot of furiously boiling liquid.
“Ha—”
And just like that, my obstructed breath cleared as if by magic. My throat, which had burned as though charring, calmed in an instant, and my racing heartbeat found its proper rhythm.
‘What is this……?’
I really did seem to have rewound time, returning to my perfectly healthy body from before I’d inhaled that strange smoke. But I couldn’t quite feel relieved.
The phrases written in the system window were frustratingly vague and unsettling, true to the Arbiter’s temperament so far.
I quickly wiped away the moisture that had gathered at the corners of my eyes with the back of my hand.
Still, I was left momentarily dazed. I’d only just discovered that this authority existed—and not just Alchemy.
‘The duration is pushing it, though.’
I’d have to experience this miserable sensation again……
Which meant I had to get out of this murky corridor quickly before that.
Then someone stood in front of me and gently grasped my wrist.
“You alright?”
I instinctively lifted my head, and Seo Do-hyeok came into view, his expression slightly drawn.
It was clear that only I had suffered miserably in that instant. His complexion looked no different from moments before.
In that moment, Seo Do-hyeok’s eyes moved downward, and a warm energy began to circulate gently around my wrist.
“You’re breaking out in a cold sweat.”
“……”
I stared at him, still caught in the lingering fog of shock. Thanks to the Arbiter of Truth’s power, my body had mended, but the cold sweat I’d broken into from the agony moments before hadn’t evaporated.
If I received healing now, it would only be a matter of time before someone noticed that despite appearances, I was perfectly fine underneath.
‘Damn it. Of all the timing…….’
Instinct screaming danger, I wrenched my wrist free from his grip with deliberate roughness. I saw a visible furrow deepen between Seo Do-hyeok’s brows, but there was nothing for it—I couldn’t let him stay offended.
The fact that I had another Constellation bound to me in contract was something I could never confess to anyone.
“I’m not even injured. Don’t waste your strength.”
So I spoke in an intentionally grumbling tone and moved past him without a glance. A sharp sting pricked the back of my head, but I pushed through it and kept walking.
As I went, I kneaded my shoulders, feeling them stiffen against my will.
‘There can’t be much time left now.’
What could the Price be once the duration ended? The thought of how I’d looked in the Special Training Facility made my body shudder faintly.
Swallowing the unease, I fell in step behind Cha Yu-hyeon at the front, quickening my pace in silence.
How much further we walked, I couldn’t say.
The thick smoke that had filled the corridor began to clear, and my vision grew sharper. Just as Cha Yu-hyeon’s movements halted, I spotted something ahead.
‘Looks like glass, but…….’
An opaque sheet had been affixed to it—the interior was completely obscured.
I stopped at a careful distance from Cha Yu-hyeon. He reached toward the side of the glass door, and shortly after came a soft beep.
“An ID Card is required here,” he said plainly.
His flat statement triggered a strange sense of déjà vu—I found myself recalling Seo Do-hyeok pressing the door lock button at the Medicine Storage Room, unhurried as anything.
It was an odd feeling, though none of us had known a place like this existed until now, so the sentiment was worthless.
It was then, just as an absurd sense of dissonance began creeping over me—
[ The Arbiter of Truth checks the time and exhales, then covers the eyes of the Guardian of Tae Won, who is clinging tightly to her arm. ]
‘Why is the Guardian suddenly covering their eyes—’
I hadn’t even finished the thought. Heat flooded through my entire body all at once, and an unfamiliar sensation spread through me—as if someone were gripping something deep inside and twisting.
‘What the—!’
My stomach churned like molten lava. I reflexively bent forward, and something hot clawed up my throat before spilling out.
“Ugggh—!”
There was no time to cover my mouth.
Tears welling at my eyes, I stared blankly at the blood pooling at my feet. It stood out far too starkly against the pristine white floor.
‘Oh……, Arbiter.’
Is this the Price?
Before despair could settle, strength drained from my legs. In that same instant, the rising heat vanished as though it had never been, and a terrible chill began radiating through my entire frame.
As if all the blood were draining from my body, I trembled weakly without intent.
The world spun suddenly, my center of gravity tilting toward the floor.
“Ju Ha-ryeong!”
With an urgent cry, someone’s arm clamped around my waist.
C-Class, yet all the S-Classes are obsessed with me
Episode 95
Author
| Seo Yu-yeon
Published
| March 6, 2026
Publisher
| Talesyx Inc.
Illustrations
| Cho Geuk
Title Design
| Mallang Kongtteok
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© Seo Yu-yeon, 2026
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