# Chapter 35
As I quickly launched my body forward, I saw the rapidly changing numbers.
「97.3%」
This was beyond what I had imagined.
This is almost at the level of soulmates, isn’t it?
The two of them seemed tense as well.
They probably thought it would be difficult for them to score higher, and now I could see they wanted to take the test a little later if possible.
Shim Woo-jin showed the composure of a winner, and I waited for the two to make their decision.
I didn’t think they would take more than ten minutes to decide, but I was underestimating them.
“Aren’t you coming up soon? Should I just go down?”
Then Byun Tae-young trudged over.
I thought Kyun In would come first, so it was unexpected.
It seemed that when he was being stubborn, even others would surrender, and it worked again this time.
“Hah……”
I couldn’t understand why Byun Tae-young was so nervous.
What’s the big deal if it’s a little lower?
“97 percent?”
“Byun Tae-young got 97?”
Shim Woo-jin and Kyun In said in turn.
With them saying that, I didn’t feel the need to go and check myself.
Kyun In had a proud expression for no reason.
He seemed to have gained confidence that his score would be better.
Finding his thinking amusing, I waited for him.
The result was 97.2.
I didn’t know how much difference such a small gap in matching rate would make during Guiding.
Either way, it was a frighteningly high matching rate.
They must have thought the same, as later they had pleased expressions, not minding the minor differences.
“But Seo Eunwoo really is amazing. Lee Ha-min is also impressive, but Seo Eunwoo is incredible too. An Esper who’s also a Guide? I checked if something like this had happened in other countries, but there was nothing. They said it’s impossible and asked why I was asking such a thing.”
Byun Tae-young said with a satisfied face.
He looked like he thought they couldn’t possibly understand.
“There’s one more thing I want to check.”
The S-class Espers, who had been chattering about the matching rate, looked at me at the sudden statement.
“My rank. I want to check it once more.”
“Rank? You were D-class.”
Kyun In said and then looked at me as if he understood something.
He seemed to think there was no point in talking about it there.
Shim Woo-jin turned on the machine that measures rank instead of saying anything.
Then others also quietly waited for me.
Come to think of it, those people were funny.
It was strange that they just accepted it like that.
Byun Tae-young even urged me, and I stepped onto the machine.
Until then, I didn’t know why the machine had shown me as D-class.
I had thought it was strange from before, and vaguely wondered if the system was showing that in accordance with my will.
Even if it still showed D-class, it wouldn’t be strange.
But I also had expectations.
The three of them looked at the screen and seemed to freeze.
As if they had made a promise, their eyes widened and mouths gaped simultaneously.
I thought they would say something, but even then, they couldn’t say a word.
They seemed unable to look at me.
“What’s wrong? What does it say?”
I could have looked myself, but I wanted to hear what they had to say.
“S-Seo Eunwoo Esper… why……”
Kyun In stuttered.
But he couldn’t finish his sentence.
“Eunwoo, you knew it, didn’t you?”
Shim Woo-jin said with an unbelieving face.
“You knew from the beginning that this would happen. That you’re an S-class Esper.”
While listening to Shim Woo-jin, I thought it was fascinating.
Nothing about me had changed.
Only now, they acknowledged me as an S-class Esper.
“How is this possible? This has never happened before. No… even if it were just a higher rank, it would be strange, but S-class?”
Kyun In was particularly excited.
Then suddenly, he looked at me as if startled.
“Seo Eunwoo, could this rank possibly be your Guide rank?”
At that, the expressions of the other two changed drastically as well.
They seemed to think that was quite possible too.
“That’s right. It could be. That seems right. Originally, Seo Eunwoo can’t fight well in dungeons. When facing monsters, he can’t do anything.”
Kyun In seemed determined to bring up what happened that one time repeatedly.
“I think that could be right too. If that’s the case, many things make sense. When I’m with Eunwoo, my wavelength stabilizes without doing much. Even without holding hands, it happens naturally.”
Hearing Shim Woo-jin’s words, I also thought that might be correct.
“Ah, what a waste!”
When Kyun In said with a distorted face, Byun Tae-young and Shim Woo-jin looked at him.
They seemed to think that among them, Kyun In was the quickest thinker, wondering if he had thought of something they missed.
I was also curious about why Kyun In was acting like that, but whenever our eyes met, Kyun In just turned his head and blushed without explaining why.
“What’s a waste?”
“Nothing. Pretend you didn’t hear it.”
“How can I pretend I didn’t hear something I heard? What is it?”
“No, it’s nothing, really!”
But why did his face keep getting redder?
“What is it, Hyung? Don’t be frustrating, just say it. I’m curious too. If you weren’t going to say it, you shouldn’t have started.”
When even Byun Tae-young joined in, Kyun In scratched his head as if troubled.
“No… it’s not that I want to do something with Seo Eunwoo… I just misspoke.”
Hearing that, I suddenly understood what he meant.
If I had manifested as an F-class Guide, to stabilize wavelengths or heal small wounds, intense skinship would be required, so…
‘No, that can’t be it. It felt like he was disappointed, but Kyun In wouldn’t be like that, right?’
The expressions of the three gradually became similar.
“So that’s why. Back then, my wavelength shouldn’t have stabilized so easily, but it did because you’re S-class. Now I understand everything. Damn.”
Kyun In got annoyed for reasons I couldn’t understand and moved first.
Byun Tae-young didn’t say anything, but he seemed upset, and Shim Woo-jin didn’t look pleased either.
“It probably isn’t. This rank is likely my Esper rank. You all know I’m good at it.”
“Perhaps Eunwoo wants us to make this public? Well, that would be better. It’s not impossible that your Esper rank is S-class.”
I thought Shim Woo-jin would say something like that.
Kyun In should do the same.
“If this becomes known, data worldwide would change. Congratulations, Eunwoo. This is something to celebrate, isn’t it?”
When Shim Woo-jin said that, Byun Tae-young said he still couldn’t believe it, and Kyun In said he didn’t want to believe it.
“Let’s do this. We’ll certify that Eunwoo is an S-class Esper, but don’t take separate tests in front of others. You wouldn’t want it to be revealed that you’re a Guide either, right?”
While others were being emotional, Shim Woo-jin was quite specifically assessing the situation and making future plans.
If it’s revealed that I’m a Guide…
I didn’t want to imagine what would happen after that, so I nodded.
“What if they try to force me to be measured again?”
“I don’t think that will happen, but if it does, say that I prevented it.”
I was about to be moved by Shim Woo-jin’s words when Byun Tae-young looked at me strangely.
“An S-class physical enhancer saying such things. Isn’t that a bit detestable?”
This guy suddenly throwing a curveball?
“Hey, Tae-young. That’s going too far. Seo Eunwoo Esper might want to pretend to be weak sometimes too. Seo Eunwoo Esper, do as he says. If the command tries to force you to take the test, use our names. Say that if they force the test, all of us S-class Espers will leave the Center. The Center isn’t only here, right?”
I looked at Kyun In, wondering if he still hadn’t given up on the new Center, but Kyun In waved his hands as if he noticed my misunderstanding.
“I’m not really saying we’ll leave. If we say that, the command won’t act recklessly, so use it then.”
“I don’t understand why we’re making this so complicated. Who could forcibly take Seo Eunwoo anywhere? If they try, he could twist their wrists. He could do that well enough without us telling him.”
It seemed I needed to have a deeper conversation with Byun Tae-young.
***
Lee Ha-min looked at me with a blank face.
He had just heard about me.
The S-class Espers hurried to tell Lee Ha-min themselves, thinking it would be better if they did, and I hurried along, thinking it would be better if he heard it from me.
The S-class Espers said that if I, who couldn’t gauge others’ emotions, spoke, Lee Ha-min would be shocked, and such stories should be told by sensitive people like them. I said not to talk nonsense and hurried along with them.
As a result, it looked like I was desperate to tell the news that I had become a Guide.
And now this situation had unfolded.
Lee Ha-min had been sitting peacefully on the living room sofa, listening to music and relaxing, when he saw us appear, stirring up a breeze.
Actually, I was the one who stirred up the breeze, and the other S-class Espers were just standing in the breeze I had created.
“Eunwoo, did something happen? You look extremely happy.”
Lee Ha-min said with a bright smile.
I don’t think so.
Do I really look that way?
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
