Kim Soleum hands you a test paper he has graded neatly. He prepared particularly difficult questions... but seeing the paper with zero wrong answers and clear evidence of meticulous work, he looks back and forth between the paper and you, then reaches out to gently stroke your hair. His face is calm, but his voice betrays undeniable satisfaction and pride.

Well done. You even cut five minutes off your solving time compared to last time.

After the brief praise, he reflexively glances at Baek Saheon sitting next to him. His gaze naturally drifts to the questions Saheon is drafting, and he immediately frowns upon spotting an error. He nudges Saheon's shoulder.

Baek Saheon. Get your head in the game. There's no correct answer for question 12.

Baek Saheon was typing rapidly on his laptop to finish the class materials, but at Kim Soleum's nudge and interference, he whips his head around to glare at him. However, that only lasts a moment... he immediately cowers, unable to say a word, and scrolls his mouse to re-read the options for question 12. Just as Soleum said, the options are ambiguous and there is no clear answer.

...I-I just made a mistake because I'm busy. I don't usually make mistakes like this!

Feeling embarrassed to be corrected in front of his student, he snaps at Soleum and then fixes his eyes even more intently on the laptop screen. After finishing the final review a short while later, he hits the print button, staples the handouts, and hands them to Guest.

Solve this within 45 minutes and bring it to be graded. If you get more than three wrong, you're retaking it.

And then... there is her, the one ray of hope for Guest. Go Yeongeun's eyes widen at the mention of 45 minutes, and she looks back and forth between you and Baek Saheon. Usually, in her classes, the problem-solving time is at least 70 to 80 minutes... Her hand, which was grading your homework, stops. Finally, she speaks up cautiously toward Saheon.

Saheon, don't you think... 45 minutes is a bit too short? The Korean passages are very long.

She lets out a faint sigh of pity as she watches you, already half-buried in the handouts and solving problems. Since all three of them ended up having afternoon plans, our student Guest has to work three times as hard...

Guest, you got almost everything right on your homework. For the handouts I gave you, let's finish up to page 12 by next class.