I'm a C-Class, but All the S-Classes Are Obsessed with Me - Chapter 96

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Chapter 96
At that same moment, a solid warmth pressed against my back, and a cool scent brushed across the tip of my nose. It was an intense fragrance, strong enough to mask even the metallic reek of blood in an instant.
“What’s wrong……, Ha-ryeong.”
As I exhaled in ragged breaths, Baek Seon-u’s face flickered into the corner of my vision. When I turned my head naturally in that direction, I saw his expression crumple all at once as he bent slightly at the waist to look down at me.
“Why are you like that? Is it because of what happened earlier?”
Then he gently swept my hair, which had fallen forward, back over my shoulder.
‘My throat hurts.’
This was the first time in my life I’d coughed up blood.
Perhaps that’s why. I opened my mouth to answer, but only an unpleasant metallic rasp escaped. At the same time, chills still wracked my entire body, but I couldn’t afford to show weakness here.
No matter what, this was the price of my own choice, a burden I had to bear. I naturally lifted my hand and wiped across my lips.
The bloodstain smeared on the back of my hand made me confront reality once again. Then I gave a faint shake of my head and managed to push out a single word.
“I’m fine. Don’t worry.”
I really wish he’d just let go now.
The arm still wrapped around my waist showed no sign of loosening. And I didn’t need to check to know whose it was.
Even Cha Yu-hyeon was watching me quietly, his brow furrowed. That left only one person. I seized Seo Do-hyeok’s wrist and tried to forcibly pull his arm away.
‘……Why is he like this.’
But my resistance proved useless. Instead, I felt his grip tighten. A heavy, low voice cut through my ear.
“You said you weren’t hurt.”
Of course, strictly speaking, it wasn’t an injury so much as a kind of penalty. But I couldn’t very well tell them the truth.
As a result, I had to endure the worried gazes from everyone around me, as though I’d been handed a terminal diagnosis.
Just as I was about to say something—anything—a warm, familiar energy flowed through my back and into my hands.
Before I could even resist, Seo Do-hyeok’s Healing Power had seeped into every corner of my body. And miraculously, my knotted insides settled at once, and my blurred vision cleared.
When the bitter cold that had ravaged my body finally vanished, even my faint trembling stopped as if it had been a lie.
“……Thank you.”
I don’t even know how it came to this. After all, the four of us are effectively in the same boat right now, at least for the moment.
Swallowing my frustration, I tightened my grip on his wrist. This time, unlike before, Seo Do-hyeok’s arm relaxed smoothly, and the warm sensation against my back receded in an instant.
‘The atmosphere just got terrible.’
I hadn’t done anything wrong, so why did I feel so awkward?
I glanced around at the silence that had settled over us. The moment our eyes met, Cha Yu-hyeon let out a short sigh and turned away. Baek Seon-u, who had been staring at the floor, bit his lower lip.
And Seo Do-hyeok, who had somehow stepped behind Baek Seon-u, stood with an even colder, more subdued atmosphere.
“Let’s just go in.”
Then Baek Seon-u swept his bangs back and opened his mouth. Without even sparing me a glance, he turned away and stepped back, adding one more thing.
“This is seriously pissing me off.”
Baek Seon-u’s voice seemed to act like a signal. Suddenly, I felt a chill descend around us. It wasn’t just my imagination—I could actually see transparent flows beginning to shimmer at the tips of Seo Do-hyeok’s fingers.
‘What is this feeling of being left out.’
I hadn’t meant to think about it, but their movements left no room for hesitation. Really, had there been some silent directive I’d missed?
In that moment, multiple Ice Spears created by Seo Do-hyeok flew toward the glass door all at once.
Crash! Bang!
The Ice Spears shattered with a deafening sound in an instant, scattering into fragments, but I could see the chill settling across the glass surface.
Whoosh—!
At the same time, a strong wind rose from behind my back, rushing swiftly past my ear. Several arrows wreathed in blue light shot forward.
When the sharp arrowheads struck the frozen glass with force, the sound of a crack echoed, and fractures spread across the entire door in moments.
‘Really……, they’re impressive.’
Just as I was swallowing my admiration while simply watching it all unfold—
Bang—! Crash!
The glass door shattered and collapsed onto the floor in a heap.
A Dagger wrapped in black light had explosively carved through one of the gaps in the fractured surface. And at the same time, a clear Aura Barrier had unfurled.
‘At this point, it’s reasonable to suspect.’line>
Their coordination was so perfect it made me wonder if the three S-Class hunters had done some secret training together. But such thoughts couldn’t linger long.

“……What is this place.”
It was Baek Seon-u, standing behind me, who voiced the question first.
I too found my eyes doubting what they saw. The harsh, metallic stench that struck my nose was one thing, but the sight before my eyes was enough to leave me momentarily dumbfounded.
Snapping back to my senses, I followed Cha Yu-hyeon, carefully stepping over the shattered glass fragments as I entered.
‘It really does look like a hospital.’
Everything was pristine white, and a faint beeping sound—beep, beep—echoed from somewhere, impossible to pinpoint. And in the front, a massive screen filled one entire wall, with a large desk to the right and several monitors besides.
Watching Cha Yu-hyeon walk straight toward the desk, I naturally turned my head to the left.
There, lined up at regular intervals, were transparent cylindrical glass tubes. And almost simultaneously with Baek Seon-u, who had stepped up beside me, I uttered the same curse.
“What the hell.”
My fingertips tingled and trembled at the shocking sight that filled my vision.
‘They’re all people.’
Yes, there were people standing inside.
The difference was that they weren’t floating suspended in liquid like something out of a film. They simply hung there, heads drooping low, unmoving—as if sedated.
Walking slowly toward that place as if entranced, the figures became clearer. White-painted supports locked their arms and waists firmly in place.
“Ha.”
At such an inhuman sight, a hollow laugh escaped between my teeth.
Father… no. Could the Hunter Association truly not have known?
“You really didn’t know?”
“…No.”
Behind me came Baek Seon-u’s strained voice and Seo Do-hyeok’s reply, somehow drained of strength.
“Hell, figures. Said they’d run training and all these CPs however they pleased. Insane bastards.”
Hearing Baek Seon-u’s curse, I clenched my fists tight. Then, lifting my head that had fallen slack, I scanned the long row of glass tubes stretching to my left.
‘…No.’
In that instant, a color caught my eye—one so conspicuous I couldn’t have missed it regardless.
“Kang Hye-rin.”
Why was the girl called away for Supplementary Training here?
Truth be told, coming this far, I’d secretly hoped nothing would be amiss—that Cha Yu-hyeon’s premonition would be wrong, at least this once. Or that discovering a laboratory like this would have been the end of it.
‘Steady yourself, Ju Ha-ryeong.’
Biting the soft inside of my mouth by habit, I approached the glass tube with quick steps. Familiar pink hair hung limp and lifeless at the front.
‘…Why?’
What possible reason could there be for all of this?
Barely swallowing the harsh words that gathered on my tongue, I hefted the heavy Greatsword that had filled my palm. Then, aiming at the edge of the tube’s base, I brought it down horizontally without hesitation.
Crash!
“Ngh—.”
A sharp impact reverberated through both hands. Yet in that instant, I had to doubt my eyes once more. A C-Class Greatsword shouldn’t have failed to deal damage like this.
And yet the transparent glass tube bore not even a crack.
Bang—!
I drove the blade hard against the same spot again. But only a tremor rippled through my palms and ragged breaths escaped me; the glass remained unmoved, untouched.
“…”
At last the sword’s edge fell to the floor, and my head drooped helplessly with it. The timing couldn’t have been worse.
If only I hadn’t drunk that Potion the Arbiter of Truth helped create…
That was it—what did it matter if my identity was exposed? If I still possessed the power originally given to me, I’d have shattered that glass tube to pieces.
All that desperate clawing, erasing myself piece by piece to survive under my father’s shadow—it felt unbearably bitter now, in this moment alone.
To stand before someone precious and be unable to do anything.
‘Ha—.’
But what good is resenting it? In the end, it was all my own choice.
As fury and helplessness welled up and threatened to overflow, the hand gripping the sword began to tremble violently. Then a pair of feet entered the edge of my vision.
And soon after, a warm hand covered the back of mine.
C-Class, Yet All S-Classes Obsess Over Me
Episode 96
Author
| Seo Yu-yeon
Publication Date
| March 6, 2026
Publisher
| Talesyx Inc.
Illustration
| Cho Geuk
Title Design
| Mallang Kongtteok
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© Seo Yu-yeon, 2026
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