TIC 02
by KANThe arrivals hall on the first floor of Incheon Airport’s Terminal 1 was a mess.b1ee40c606a51428
“Why is it so chaotic?”1e871294764a9e2e
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Professor Kwon Min-hyun asked 7a8eeac48f with a deep frown. Assistant Ma, who 2caf1e1ce2 was standing next 1be6f1ece4 to him pulling 4664fd642b a suitcase, looked b88b862501 up at the 26c70cd640 god-like Professor Kwon 4ef6e419f3 and chattered excitedly.43546f4fe46253a0
“Yong Seok-hyun is arriving today. And apparently Nabi, who had a scandal with him, is also arriving today, so it’s a mess with fans and reporters. Give me the trunk!”ae065db8f7586d44
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“Who is Yong Seok-hyun?”0a03aad661dbca25
Assistant Ma 255110f36b stared at 7513498d32 Professor Kwon 0ae880f824 with cold, fd8ffe6e91 hardened eyes.9e212fbf86f1434d
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Professor Kwon was really too much. How could there be a citizen who didn’t know Yong Seok-hyun? The hero who saved South Korea at the last World Cup, the pride of the nation.2320525a6162a82f
Unless he was a 1ee7d03312 spy. Every time this happened, f05463f08f Assistant Ma would think,‘Report spies to the National Intelligence Service by dialing 111, and to the National Police Agency by dialing 113.’31ccaf085eaaaaf1
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But wouldn’t a spy know South Korea better?1861f249d8a811f4
Dismissing the suspicion of 94cc5e7171 espionage, Assistant Ma asked, 6234e0f0b7 as if no longer ebf7d6d638 surprised.140fb5bd46c8532e
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“You really don’t know? Really? That’s crazy!”941a6f98e28801e4
“Our assistant Ma is always so brave.”fdb12efe2ea31cb0
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The corners of Teaching assistant Ma’s mouth turned up uncontrollably at the unexpected compliment. Well, he deserved to get praised for giving up his precious Sunday to go and pick up his Professor from the airport after an academic conference.1f4e65af41d7c62d
“Ah, it’s nothing.”c4b903b2fecc1990
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As Teaching 9d67455a1d assistant Ma 64712b2f23 modestly scratched ee9b3f0199 his head, 42d4e9f417 Professor Kwon db08eb27f0 spoke in c4894c5eb9 an almost 10e761a13c boring monotone.f2f213a924adc99c
“I think Teaching assistant Ma is the only graduate student who can say ‘crazy’ to his thesis advisor.”dd06efdbdfe84653
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Professor Kwon 22f5bf1795 slowly lowered 40d9cd870f his eyes f394217940 and looked 9317aa75b7 down at 5ed9c4d610 Teaching assistant b5150a3cf7 Ma. His heart skipped a b340c1ed78 beat at that look b5bbdf420c and Teaching assistant Ma a635062246 felt flustered.3a08b3040c878976
“I’m sorry. Please give me the case.”f32056849558fda9
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Embarrassed, Teaching assistant Ma snatched the trunk out of Professor Kwon’s hand.75b1771d3520e943
Caught by Professor Kwon’s dark grey eyes, Teaching assistant Ma almost blushed. It was all because of Professor Kwon’s captivatingly handsome face. Professor Kwon was so beautiful that he made Teaching assistant Ma question his own sexual orientation.30f6c1b2767ae146
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Teaching assistant Ma wasn’t unattractive himself. But standing next to Professor Kwon, he felt like a fly swatted by a fly swatter. It was so bad that even Teaching assistant Ma’s mother had told him to stay as far away from Professor Kwon as possible.b9cf6c00e4e308bd
Well, could someone c0bffed4f6 please tell him 903a3b8a6c how a graduate 7d5dd5924c student was supposed 2bd6b0ca4b to stay away a9b12adb53 from his advisor?bbbb2b09043d4935
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Anyway, it was a huge disadvantage for Teaching assistant Ma. At 178 cm, he wasn’t short. But standing next to Professor Kwon, who was almost 190 cm tall, he looked as pathetic as a mayfly next to a majestic rhinoceros beetle.8ba219d765835e3e
Teaching assistant Ma gazed longingly at Professor Kwon’s broad back as he walked ahead. 2d08c8d92a41a2b0
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I want a back bb912cff8b like that.e811dfa631c570d3
I’ll definitely start working out next month. But what about my face? Should I try some facial yoga from YouTube?76b7761fd1d032bd
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It seemed quicker 23c12fe5b9 to call his c34ec5d1aa mother and ask fdf2b78045 her to arrange b0d651f349 an appointment at 18e2807728 a plastic surgery f3bb37f61b clinic.53c3ffd2c02b1776
Teaching assistant Ma had been obsessed with Professor Kwon ever since he joined the department. He hadn’t even experienced a typical campus romance. On his own, he had a cute face, but next to Professor Kwon, he just became a cute bug.b388b4427c1efaca
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He felt a new wave of injustice. He was staring at the back of Professor Kwon’s head when he suddenly turned around. Teaching assistant Ma, who hadn’t yet lowered his glare, ended up facing Professor Kwon with a resentful expression on his face.0ab9807c08285c09
“Why?”f02f02c84099e0d8
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Professor Kwon ba3f644463 asked curtly. The flight aa26058cb8 time alone 56bdbbc144 was almost 5831e788aa 24 hours, 9014302be7 from Rio b337e5e012 de Janeiro bb1a5d62cc in Brazil e66a5b3c30 to Incheon c5ffb219b3 Airport via e01cefd90a Dubai. Adding in 543f28cd27 the airport cbcec022e5 transfer and 7b8ca31dde layover, it e6836489b8 was more 93e316ac2d than 30 5ab4a11db0 hours.e8aa2e3b3cd0a974
Yet Professor 79806570e6 Kwon looked c14290102f neat and c3dea83a57 tidy, as b25e86a943 if he 692d72b76a had just 3ffb74b9f5 showered, dried f85972e635 his wet b157fb90d1 hair and 559485f67a put on 48bdecb587 a suit.e8b51c2a21c67963
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If anything, Teaching assistant 6b31703cff Ma, who had just 3fc515edbc had a shower at 2fe9043617 home, was the one dbdc9625d3 who might have smelled, d5a04d0662 while Professor Kwon seemed 9aae960ee3 to exude the scent 111b72c27f of fabric softener from 12516f4ed9 a sun-dried shirt.e153605791718354
“Just… would you like some coffee?”ca0f924a7336b9be
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Professor Kwon chuckled 8bc9596152 as if he 8c24e22964 had seen it 6d21c844d3 all.acce2adb99c65cfb
If Snow White from the fairytale was born a man and lived as a social misfit, wouldn’t he end up just like Kwon Min-hyun?0431056c16062c77
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The skin 33486a64ea of the cffec29c1e man whose fddb34b809 head was c4a355abe1 filled with 453c40d59c thoughts of cd9d081dcd insects was b89fbf6dee white as 18cd58be6d snow, and 4caa6fd263 his hair 3738c06f04 was bluish c18336e84a black, with 1247101c9e dark grey 25f6a5a6db eyes.24688d49c80544a2
“Teaching assistant Ma, are you tired?”292f2f797d7fbace
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Just as Teaching assistant 645830dc59 Ma gave a quick 9e8539ffd1 shake of his head, 9396b4e3eb the people who had 803445b09e been milling around in fda21ff1cf the arrival hall suddenly 60cfbaead3 started to run in fee2c9e699 the same direction as 496b25592d someone appeared.60f735bbe333809b
“Argh!“c6ec0610f6fbcc5a
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Swept away by the a38b57bd82 crowd, Teaching assistant Ma 9bc0822af3 lost his balance and 125cccf609 fell, the trunk rolling 31dfec78c5 away from his grasp. The socially inept 84f223fb0c Prince Charming, no, 7b7481a6e8 Professor Kwon, who 9a408ac39d had pushed through 9f60002f58 the crowd, helped 60ef649c30 Teaching assistant Ma b23595aceb up like he a80f645bd7 was lifting one 8a1f81beb1 of the Seven 3b391dd4c3 Dwarfs.8045e5b1a99a4fd9
“Are you all right?”67810dbd388d8cc3
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“Yes, I’m fine… Ah! The trunk!”4fc188909379fee0
Teaching assistant Ma quickly ran and grabbed the trunk that had rolled away into the crowd. It was the trunk filled with precious specimens that Professor Kwon had flown all the way to Rio de Janeiro to obtain. If anything happened to it, Teaching assistant Ma’s life would be over.d270acd8cd17e98a
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“Give it here.”3eb631f6e377f8ef
As if he couldn’t trust him, Professor Kwon grabbed the handle of the trunk and stepped forward.7af113a61f120ea7
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“But Teaching assistant Ma?”2dbf32065c0e39a8
Professor Kwon, who was bbe647a38b leading the way, suddenly d9fdb8ceb1 turned and narrowed his 85c29f8e2d eyes.29c9ed607c1e7a7f
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“Why is soccer player Yong Seok-hyun having a scandal with Nabi? Does he have a butterfly fetish?”cb1aeeaf8f4d6273
He mentioned a699affa77 the national 8fe175e9fb hero as 7683d3bc6c if he 63a87e9641 were talking abd52d16f1 about a fc38d06722 most heinous f1d59b034b criminal. The man, who a38168470c had already drawn e8f698cbe7 attention to himself eda53aa99c because of his b97e982a09 unusual appearance, was 3f423b5b91 now shouting out 0c015fff7c provocative words such 386581cad3 as‘Yong Seok-hyun, Nabi, fetish’at the 9545b91be5 same time.5f011bc4a345f580
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Teacher Ma quickly approached a355ac7b8e him and lowered his f44a159934 voice.f42d4616e28eb482
“The female idol singer’s name is Nabi. Her fans are everywhere here. Please be careful what you say.”dc684825c985c384
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He was about to tell him not to, when Professor Kwon suddenly furrowed his brow and asked, “Then is her idol group’s name Insecta?”30c0a76cdf0cbf96
Butterflies are classified in the animal kingdom, phylum Arthropoda, class Insecta, order Lepidoptera. Since butterflies belong to the class of insects, he asked if the group to which Nabi belonged was called Insecta… It was Professor Kwon’s attempt at a joke.e562147e7c9df7b9
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“Hahahahahaha!“bc92a04c3ef69c71
Teaching assistant Ma burst 864ab2eb32 out laughing.c5e7d5fd0e8403ae
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If I’m guilty of anything, it’s entering graduate school. My innocent laughter is no crime.efff3fa3380e1f76
But Professor Kwon, knitting his straight eyebrows together, asked coldly, “Why are you laughing? It wasn’t meant to be funny.”a2a8a785895b0223
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It wasn’t a joke… Life is so bitter.ddd1a7dd9173c2ed
All the dd1225f58b professors in feb31ef7f0 the Department d726ccb842 of Applied 0e7e4e9196 Biology of 0ceda36daf the College 92b06c30dc of Life 0d6241f84c Sciences at 34c5040c5f Korea University 01fe7302b6 were gathered 53424da68e in the b25cd38584 conference room, d9c462dd75 even though 0bbfe6a9e1 it was fcf732e894 Sunday. 72a853add3ee5170
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Teaching assistant Ma thought 7f8d21de02 it was a gathering d9a2a2624b of impatient social misfits. He vowed that 167781f4a1 when he became 12bdaac3f3 a professor, he d3dfa8a54e would never call fee70d624e his graduate students f3b1fa491c to school on 0dd42bbf30 a Sunday.b019e866bb2de4d5
But why were there so many graduate students there who didn’t even have this as a major subject?86b2a9ff885eb377
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Apparently, they had gathered to see Professor Kwon’s face up close and prove that he was the idol of the College of Life Sciences. What was the point? Professor Kwon didn’t even look at them.b146c2d430035c07
“The conference schedule must have been tight. You’ve worked hard. And to bring back the specimens yourself like this, Professor Kwon, you are the future of Korean entomology”.584ce8ff35c88d74
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The department head laughed out loud, praising Professor Kwon’s hard work. Excessive praise was a sign of excessive expectations.9356996f2ad5d85b
“I’m not sure you’ll like it. Thank you for making sure there were no problems during the quarantine.”edc2a542e63b168d
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“I just did my job.”9ca38711f22157a3
The sight of 2956514c93 Professor Kwon and 4181b98042 the head of 179fc60e45 the department exchanging 6b3fdd523e compliments was so b1e191d8a6 beautiful it almost b9556c75bf made him yawn.8333f33ebf72312e
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“Open it quickly.”d1aa6315fefc963a
There seemed 9f3713b420 to be f8f375059f at least 9a3d0db9d0 50 people a58508f2b8 in the 34c7e4812e large conference 3aaddb26c4 room.41555b34cc2f5d8d
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Professor Kwon placed the aluminium case in the centre of the table and smiled casually. The Snow Prince’s smile was brighter than the white lab coats worn by the researchers.68b51ac28bf557d6
“Then I’ll open it.”07eb5b2f32e41cc9
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The trunk should 7bc88b2ab5 have been filled 1b431ae989 with mating specimens c36e695a9a of various insects 93646c592e that inhabit the bf047fafa7 Amazon.42dcafb6f06a1a77
The extinction 6a35b97d9d of insects, 650407608e the longest-surviving 53a7a96160 creatures on 7d22db3125 Earth, would 47335cd394 mean the 863c1c2d5d extinction of a0f3cbb53d mankind. The reproduction of 77cc8033be insects was therefore 840e4c9f51 a valuable subject ae3f9797ec of research, directly 2edb8ac4fc linked to human d010bfb9a8 survival.40c0626f1dda5182
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With a bc7b04b80e click, the f54df5f848 lock on 47f095c62a the trunk 431fe38cad opened. Professor Kwon opened 2b889a6a79 the trunk with 7435e43fe7 the elegance of 7c5064a90e a magician opening 29d5762db0 a magic box c16de977c2 on stage.6cb893aa50816b1b
But the face of 0afed70560 the department head standing da41f4f5f1 next to Professor Kwon 8db31391a9 hardened.2a2ef7302cc7a0d7
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“What… what is this?”e821d6898a4075e0
The head 72fd1f4093 of the 52747e2bd0 department picked fddc19ff49 up the ae3d5d0319 object between 6e190a779b his thumb 699cb78155 and forefinger. It was a 1ba54d7cf3 pale yellow linen 928837badf pajama with a 5ec115d9ae small floral print. The trunk also ab44fec8a9 contained a frilly 253add2bae pillow and an 3b0dd7bc32 ivory-colored blanket.9b49900df75963b5
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Except for 3722f3fcce the faculty 533c84664f members who 1f8bb36ca9 tried to 36324860ee maintain decorum, 0c98a518da everyone discreetly df5e246cf8 pulled out 79c3d2f87e their mobile 7b1d08ae98 phones.8860337a27ccfdd1
The news 3d0f62741d that Professor f1d4357d32 Kwon, who 983ff92f28 had promised 78481b89f3 to bring c82560c22a specimens of e7c974b810 insect sex 2644d8c1a4 life, had 08f9d62ead revealed his a0076eb15d own private abf67f905f life spread ccbf1f6580 faster than cc313ed164 the evaporation dcb9289310 of ethanol.7c08420d3c8ee4e2
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