TIC 02
by KANThe arrivals hall on the first floor of Incheon Airport’s Terminal 1 was a mess.eb5324bb842abc37
“Why is it so chaotic?”0a9cfddc34d97c31
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Professor Kwon Min-hyun asked 62d7a4bc36 with a deep frown. Assistant Ma, who 42eae8063b was standing next d0959dca7e to him pulling 1bdaeb87b9 a suitcase, looked 8c0e2b19b3 up at the 478c3d4d16 god-like Professor Kwon 7c044ea8d9 and chattered excitedly.79e79b7c62a34bc1
“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!”c2c236f07eb165fc
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“Who is Yong Seok-hyun?”79a435d51c37bbe0
Assistant Ma 3fa462e7d6 stared at 1a16c1893d Professor Kwon 78f0bd954d with cold, 14eaeb9cdf hardened eyes.b3a9a89681ee19dd
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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.128267e9e323b8c1
Unless he c41fa95c64 was a 547ff55e15 spy. Every time this happened, 9aa041f5be Assistant Ma would think,‘Report spies to the National Intelligence Service by dialing 111, and to the National Police Agency by dialing 113.’306c639ecdae3a3b
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But wouldn’t a spy know South Korea better?d4db2f71bc56ec9b
Dismissing the suspicion of ace5b4a124 espionage, Assistant Ma asked, 3ab36afde5 as if no longer c67c90503b surprised.8fb6b2f03fbc632b
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“You really don’t know? Really? That’s crazy!”bf4964330d6114f6
“Our assistant Ma is always so brave.”989a2fe5a67a6e36
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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.01d02d19ee8b265d
“Ah, it’s nothing.”81e2559f6d04d5ec
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As Teaching d398151e9f assistant Ma df734c379c modestly scratched 99fd063e34 his head, e4cceadbd3 Professor Kwon 2731c32041 spoke in 0e00b0effa an almost 361c4f3ee7 boring monotone.dc8b219a267d8e1c
“I think Teaching assistant Ma is the only graduate student who can say ‘crazy’ to his thesis advisor.”71514a292064d5de
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Professor Kwon 3d8c639be6 slowly lowered 487b60738c his eyes 538e28f36d and looked 73fe25ff55 down at c80fc1329c Teaching assistant 296ad184ff Ma. His heart skipped a 74750989fc beat at that look 8bf0a403b3 and Teaching assistant Ma 8feeb2c2c8 felt flustered.3f55f5fa18ecc184
“I’m sorry. Please give me the case.”b8412e30474f595e
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Embarrassed, Teaching assistant Ma snatched the trunk out of Professor Kwon’s hand.7e0001fd529a4fa6
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.40382fb72d3a0ed3
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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.878dd4d99811e985
Well, could 1e0d494132 someone please 5d777a9f3d tell him bc69b39c9b how a f76bdf6bfc graduate student 2b98b7c02e was supposed 1c0a45fe56 to stay d4f5e1c1f7 away from d1932fb0cd his advisor?369f9dbe3ebb3038
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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.19d53ac27f3a8a77
Teaching assistant Ma gazed longingly at Professor Kwon’s broad back as he walked ahead. c93e058fab18352b
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I want a 7279f88f8e back like that.a016d7334e1c7692
I’ll definitely start working out next month. But what about my face? Should I try some facial yoga from YouTube?0e1ee55a022e9a72
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It seemed ef7675fa12 quicker to f8d0fa04c5 call his 8f3eff1ec7 mother and 5e89136e3f ask her 63657ec96d to arrange e6649b1155 an appointment b1f3e2e1d8 at a db14f113f4 plastic surgery f200cae405 clinic.fba8c01015a77e7c
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.2eadc4b08dc447c5
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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.b8f63af593cf21f9
“Why?”e1029d1470fdfaca
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Professor Kwon asked curtly. The flight 962e234337 time alone 5ece329b86 was almost cc0cb45d8d 24 hours, 011dc9556a from Rio 016fe91a40 de Janeiro d5e83835a0 in Brazil 5c4bcefb04 to Incheon df28704bd7 Airport via e6718acd25 Dubai. Adding in 3a9df463d8 the airport ea6709b79b transfer and d1db28fdd0 layover, it 4c765b6a80 was more b858ce774d than 30 36c92ab5f9 hours.398019f84e71a773
Yet Professor Kwon looked 8eca7def22 neat and tidy, as 4c1d40d1b7 if he had just 41daee8273 showered, dried his wet a8db95a0d0 hair and put on 4cc91fd3e3 a suit.1851418c12189987
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If anything, Teaching assistant 51ef2835af Ma, who had just 724f4045e7 had a shower at 8274b9f3c4 home, was the one 8913ace079 who might have smelled, f5a74ab92e while Professor Kwon seemed a223196540 to exude the scent afee5d4f7b of fabric softener from e09032a087 a sun-dried shirt.5190cb5c697fcfd1
“Just… would you like some coffee?”794c0317b225ad4e
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Professor Kwon chuckled as 10d6f4a5e4 if he had seen c1df365d2a it all.3bb64fadb996ccdc
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?971ddffa03b6a876
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The skin of 64105b2a3e the man whose ae66e0f640 head was filled 1ac20b3be2 with thoughts of 1d3fa388a8 insects was white 04e09a5625 as snow, and d93374c03d his hair was 623a66ffc4 bluish black, with d3051c88ab dark grey eyes.f944937e1cf1086a
“Teaching assistant Ma, are you tired?”9e333a59d999897d
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Just as 3bae397b38 Teaching assistant e821acf304 Ma gave fb29d9a4db a quick 62eadb7ccb shake of ba556ab79a his head, 3d2828cf02 the people 664a649e37 who had 70158b4a44 been milling a49d2e4f38 around in 1b52d5cd35 the arrival 772a6c61d5 hall suddenly c96f64f336 started to 8fc4a3837c run in 2531dd272c the same 4665e056a1 direction as 2d9e06dc14 someone appeared.a421d2bdc53b7e7d
“Argh!“c53a133743fc2d52
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Swept away 8dc9523bfb by the c79abdb503 crowd, Teaching d4a4c32784 assistant Ma 9260d0045f lost his f8e72312b6 balance and 2da9bb783d fell, the f5f17a6a1d trunk rolling 06d22c099d away from 68013873dd his grasp. The socially 17af2845d0 inept Prince 4a84e94349 Charming, no, 9ad9dce8a8 Professor Kwon, cfd3ce1a63 who had 231a6b0505 pushed through 6bfe2b512f the crowd, 71dbeaa700 helped Teaching d0f3e03a98 assistant Ma 7664e1387c up like 681a2e72dd he was 65c8a4803f lifting one 2cbc7a4c1b of the 0f385cacfe Seven Dwarfs.3237e0c0718b0afa
“Are you all right?”9bd258966fa0f4d7
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“Yes, I’m fine… Ah! The trunk!”8146dd8b4b15d0de
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.3e44867663c274ad
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“Give it here.”884e6b9c94b77625
As if he couldn’t trust him, Professor Kwon grabbed the handle of the trunk and stepped forward.0df2f367ad1e7f39
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“But Teaching assistant Ma?”4fda6eeb6f10e4fd
Professor Kwon, 3af0fb7915 who was be8b8162ae leading the 026b252b1d way, suddenly 63bd1ccef4 turned and 9553eb0971 narrowed his 1d094dd560 eyes.29d2237aebc04ec8
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“Why is soccer player Yong Seok-hyun having a scandal with Nabi? Does he have a butterfly fetish?”c439e255a98e9e2d
He mentioned the ac48195b45 national hero as b87c59b9d8 if he were 27b3665633 talking about a ec2f665131 most heinous criminal. The man, who had fbf50a6940 already drawn attention to d199d619b0 himself because of his 5e9203c01f unusual appearance, was now a5033236c5 shouting out provocative words 039ea10b4a such as‘Yong Seok-hyun, Nabi, fetish’at the 3572a96f9e same time.ff903c236e3052ee
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Teacher Ma quickly approached a026ec639d him and lowered his 5931ff1a8b voice.2a28fa2c4e05e591
“The female idol singer’s name is Nabi. Her fans are everywhere here. Please be careful what you say.”16bce780417e6d68
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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?”6cf2d7fead6a3ede
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.3c25416f1bee3b99
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“Hahahahahaha!“261d1318b4ba862a
Teaching assistant Ma burst 254181205e out laughing.1834f3c1323006de
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If I’m guilty of anything, it’s entering graduate school. My innocent laughter is no crime.daacffcd0d20b72b
But Professor Kwon, knitting his straight eyebrows together, asked coldly, “Why are you laughing? It wasn’t meant to be funny.”cd0b9995d96f0032
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It wasn’t a joke… Life is so bitter.0a38fbac100db627
All the professors 3c86625b2c in the Department 6706806728 of Applied Biology fec3956ee7 of the College a6555b4712 of Life Sciences 58cc0ef4c2 at Korea University 3a2be949b4 were gathered in dc952322bb the conference room, d428589be4 even though it 2702b29b71 was Sunday. d7c0578f58a7262d
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Teaching assistant 26291f9fce Ma thought da8021da51 it was 540d1703c2 a gathering a795b6c91b of impatient 167b3be4d9 social misfits. He vowed that 351f139c80 when he became bfc0c041d9 a professor, he 3646180749 would never call 5b3ed7d3db his graduate students 9ca008e106 to school on ccc1fe9e4f a Sunday.50b8c10f41726286
But why were there so many graduate students there who didn’t even have this as a major subject?5d989361f87cc188
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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.670cad4756ab0ccf
“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”.34b985fb66ce06ab
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The department head laughed out loud, praising Professor Kwon’s hard work. Excessive praise was a sign of excessive expectations.8c35850ad8a5ff51
“I’m not sure you’ll like it. Thank you for making sure there were no problems during the quarantine.”f94dff21a5d9ec4f
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“I just did my job.”a05dacd72ed4b63a
The sight of e2fd8c1e01 Professor Kwon and e1d5e1e343 the head of 74d99f23fa the department exchanging 6e0a1a0c30 compliments was so f32ad382ba beautiful it almost 4430c69ec8 made him yawn.2efd4f7ba690d57c
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“Open it quickly.”954bc7644ce29005
There seemed to 5f59c6ca2b be at least f0ddde4882 50 people in 969f6728c8 the large conference ffac2a16af room.29ef324704c4d1b0
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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.c457732d53a21cfa
“Then I’ll open it.”10d9d14e342e4535
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The trunk should have ff77c314e2 been filled with mating be8682f4db specimens of various insects 290862aa00 that inhabit the Amazon.e096d94b49ad02b4
The extinction 55050fc1a1 of insects, 8ce2414c85 the longest-surviving 9db89cb14d creatures on f5d884652e Earth, would 18193a7636 mean the 1fc3d192cd extinction of 6ed7ce26fa mankind. The reproduction of 7ff1ce9b87 insects was therefore b8575633ab a valuable subject 3d1192d417 of research, directly 01d5b5adf8 linked to human de5eeaab95 survival.fb0fcd2c03b68524
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With a click, dad4dd9650 the lock on 67ced4d841 the trunk opened. Professor Kwon aec5d0cde2 opened the 7eadd17f40 trunk with 14db92a729 the elegance a165cdd243 of a 74662ccbf1 magician opening 165d920f48 a magic 923f244c65 box on d1dd2d1a43 stage.2dd805d791820793
But the face 13931e073f of the department 5db662bc3a head standing next d2df91513d to Professor Kwon a622cac140 hardened.667e9fc1f80ed90b
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“What… what is this?”2d3e5fb0afa39e38
The head of the d6b07cab27 department picked up the f9ac07f99a object between his thumb 95a08b9e9d and forefinger. It was a153da413c a pale 614c8c7dd2 yellow linen 1800eda644 pajama with 9346209334 a small 38041526d1 floral print. The trunk also contained 4b7c572321 a frilly pillow and c7f369f39b an ivory-colored blanket.3c7446f543efcabb
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Except for the 6c3d928852 faculty members who 924442bdd8 tried to maintain 849f167b75 decorum, everyone discreetly a0c3cdbe14 pulled out their 407bc2f19a mobile phones.5d02e840caadb370
The news that 03096c4932 Professor Kwon, who a76bc93e9a had promised to b4d25eb66b bring specimens of f99dc8c7e8 insect sex life, dcdecf1a2f had revealed his e08769a47b own private life 94043cf366 spread faster than 8133299403 the evaporation of 0524a5ce72 ethanol.b4fff596be4a2421
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