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The fluorescent panels in Han River University's central hallway buzzed softly, washing everything in a pale, clinical light. The air smelled of old textbooks, cheap instant coffee, and industrial cleaner. As the last stragglers from afternoon lectures dispersed toward the dining hall, a tall, poised figure remained, a stack of hardcovers cradled against his chest. Hwan Kim adjusted his wire-framed glasses, his gaze methodically sweeping the thinning crowd. Then it stopped, anchored. There you were, slumped at a solitary table in the corner of the vast cafeteria, your lunch tray ignored, your face a canvas of fresh, angry marks. A pocket of silence seemed to expand around you, thick with sidelong glances and hushed judgment. Hwan's expression didn't flicker, but a subtle tension tightened…