I'm a C-Class, but All the S-Classes Are Obsessed with Me - Chapter 99

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Episode 99
“Go on ahead.”
At that, his face crumpled with displeasure as he stared at me, the image burning itself into my vision.
“Ha-ryeong, what are you―.”
Bang!
The floor shuddered violently, and a deafening roar erupted behind my back. I spun reflexively—the far end of the corridor had already collapsed, the ceiling caved in entirely.
I thrust Kang Hye-rin, whom I’d been cradling, toward Baek Seon-u in one fluid motion. His brown eyes, now holding her, flickered with a mixture of confusion and bewilderment.
There had to be a reason why Cha Yu-hyeon had entrusted the USB to him instead.
Ding!
[ The Arbiter of Truth advises that sometimes, rather than painstakingly untangling a knotted thread, it is better simply to cut it. ]
As the Arbiter’s words surfaced unbidden in my mind, space warped and shimmered transparently before me, as if on cue. Something small and round tumbled through the tear.
Of course, every eye in the vicinity—Baek Seon-u’s included—snapped toward it, but I had no time for their stares. And the moment I snatched it from the air, I knew instinctively what it was.
‘A bomb.’
Black, slightly soft to the touch, with a thin fuse-like protrusion jutting from its center.
[ The Arbiter of Truth further notes that if deployed by the strike of another Awakener, its effectiveness will be properly realized. ]
There was no time to finish reading the system message.
Decision made, I drove the device without hesitation into his trouser pocket. When I looked up, Baek Seon-u’s eyes had widened further, lost in confusion.
“What are you doing right now…?”
“Listen to me, Seon-u.”
I cut him off sharply.
In a situation like this, an archer with overwhelming speed would have the advantage over an assassin strong in explosive bursts of power.
“You know there’s a Barrier set around the Academy, right?”
“…Yeah.”
“Attach this to an arrowhead and shoot it straight up.”
A line of concentration furrowed between Baek Seon-u’s brows, then vanished. He understood what I meant.
We were trapped in the Underground, but everyone inside the Academy could be in danger too—they all needed to be woken and evacuated.
“Go. Now. I’ll follow right behind you.”
At my firm command, his expression crumpled. Time was running out, so I grabbed his arm hard and forced him to turn away from me.
Crash—!
And in that instant, the ceiling came crashing down exactly where Cha Yu-hyeon had been standing.
“…Don’t get hurt.”
“I won’t.”
“And don’t be late. I’ll come back if you are.”
Baek Seon-u’s low voice was nothing but steady.
That’s why. Why I could trust him like this.
“Got it. Now move.”
I shoved his back as I shouted, and Baek Seon-u exhaled once before sprinting through the inner door.
Twelve people remained. Seo Do-hyeok and Cha Yu-hyeon were still supporting students, ushering them through the doorway where Baek Seon-u had disappeared.
Which meant I―.
Clench.
“I can’t. I can’t go out…. Either we die together, or take me with you!”
Suseok, having come to his senses—when, I don’t know—seized both my ankles in his grip. Beyond him, through the fractured wall, a female student limped into view.
‘…No.’
Sensing her somehow, Suseok released my ankles and twisted his torso. His desperation was absolutely repulsive.
Bang!
I summoned a Greatsword and drove it shallowly into the floor just before his outstretched fingers, toward the girl’s feet.
“C-crazy…, ugh!”
In the same moment, I stepped over his hand and seized the girl’s arm, pulling her forward urgently.
“Is everyone else accounted for?”
“Yes… I was the last…”
Catching sight of Seo Do-hyeok by the door as I was about to head back out, I gave the girl a gentle push toward him.
“Ju Ha-ryeong. We’re out of time.”
“We have to get him too.”
“Yes! You’re people, aren’t you? You won’t just leave him here to die!”
A curse rose to the tip of my tongue. How he could be thinking about his own survival in the middle of this chaos, I had no idea.
Seo Do-hyeok seemed to share my sentiment—I could see his brow furrow distinctly even in the darkness. At the same time, Suseok’s cry rang out again.
“Dammit, my foot…! Ahhh!”
I glanced back to see him suddenly pitch forward, collapse to the ground, and begin crawling toward us on his hands. The Cold Energy binding his feet had faded, but he’d lost all sensation from frostbite.
‘Too slow.’
At this rate, Seo Do-hyeok, myself, and that student from moments ago would all be buried here.
I stepped forward quickly and grasped the outstretched hand of the man beside me. In that moment, something flickered across his murky eyes—a relief, perhaps, at the simple fact of being alive.
‘Ha…….’
It was as I dragged his limp body toward me and began backing away that it happened.
Boom!
A deafening roar erupted from the right, loud enough to shatter eardrums.
Bang—!
“Ju Ha-ryeong!”
Someone’s urgent cry reached me even as a wave of searing heat surged forward in an instant.
I reflexively gripped the man’s hand tighter. But a wall of crimson flame unfurled before my eyes, and the heat engulfed my skin in seconds.
“Ah, ahhh! Hurry, cough—!”
And in that moment, someone wrapped an arm around my waist and pulled me backward with brutal force.
“Let go.”
“But—”
“Listen to me.”
Seo Do-hyeok spoke with uncompromising firmness, seizing my right wrist and yanking hard toward him.
The palms we’d clasped together were slick with sweat, and I lost my grip—lost him entirely. I was dragged backward helplessly, and the dull clang of an iron door slamming shut drove itself into my ears.
Boom!
Another explosion followed from beyond the door, followed by a piercing scream. And in that same instant, the pristine iron door before me froze solid as if sealed behind a transparent barrier, exhaling waves of cold energy.
‘Our eyes met.’
He deserves the world’s condemnation—he’s a villain through and through—yet those eyes held something like resignation mixed with longing. Enough to stir guilt in me without reason.
“Ju Ha-ryeong.”
Then, a soft voice called near my ear. Only then did I release the breath I’d been holding.
“Ha—.”
My legs went weak. If Seo Do-hyeok hadn’t been supporting me, I would have collapsed right there. As the tension drained away, pain rushed in to fill the void.
It was from reaching out through the flames until the very end.
My right arm, from hand to elbow, had suffered burns—the skin flushed and angry. I trembled involuntarily at the searing sting, a small cry escaping my lips.
“Ah……!”
They say burning is the cruelest punishment in the world. If mere heat did this to me without direct contact, what must that man have—
‘Damn it.’
Those eyes wouldn’t leave my mind.
I bit my lower lip hard enough to draw blood, barely holding back the sigh that threatened to spill out. And in the moment I went to lift my other hand to my trembling right arm—
Hisssss—!
White vapor suddenly erupted from the thickly frozen iron door. The heat beyond must have been far more intense than I’d imagined.
‘There’s no time for this.’
I twisted my body to break free from Seo Do-hyeok’s arms still cradling my back. The pressure around my waist vanished, and my body spun around.
Instinctively raising my head, my gaze collided with dark eyes at close range. Seo Do-hyeok’s face was a mess—likely scorched in that brief moment as well.
“Don’t lose focus.”
In that instant, multiple Ice Spears materialized around Seo Do-hyeok and shot past my head, embedding themselves noisily into the door.
But then, he suddenly seized one of the flying spears in his own hand.
‘What is he—’
As I stared in confusion, Seo Do-hyeok tightened his grip, and the slender ice spear shattered with a sharp crack.
Then he extended that hand toward my right arm.
Huh—!”
In that moment, a breath-stealing cold bloomed against my skin. My shoulders instinctively hunched at the sudden intense stimulus, and I clenched my fist, enduring the pain.
As the cool touch began tracing gently down from my burned elbow to the back of my hand, the throbbing ache subsided almost miraculously.
“……ah.”
A wry laugh burst from me unbidden. While cold lingered on the surface of my skin, the sensation beneath was warm.
So Seo Do-hyeok had deliberately infused cold energy into his own hand while simultaneously channeling healing—an improvised first aid of his own design.
‘Not the moment to think about this, but……’
How did he learn to wield his Authority in such a way?
The instant I glanced up to take in his impassive face, Seo Do-hyeok’s hand withdrew. The fog of pain cleared from my mind as if cold water had been thrown over it.
“……Thank you.”
I barely parted my lips, quickly surveying the damage to my right arm. The skin that had been grotesquely swollen was now nearly normal, bearing only small blisters and a faint redness.
And then, Seo Do-hyeok suddenly grasped one of my hands and met my eyes directly.
His dark eyes betrayed no disturbance whatsoever. Just as always—straight and resolute.
“Think only of one thing.”
“…….”
“You didn’t come here to die.”
Right. There would be time for useless sentiment later.
The moment I nodded, Seo Do-hyeok turned and led the way forward.
We didn’t look back. We just ran.
C-Class, yet every S-Class hunter obsessed over me
Chapter 99
Author
| Seo Yu-yeon
Publication Date
| March 6, 2026
Publisher
| TaleSyx Corporation
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| Choguk
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| Mallang Kongtteok
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