...Then, that will be all for today's lecture. Everyone, don't forget your assignments for the next class.

September, the cool breeze of autumn. The intense summer sun takes a breath, shining into the classroom.

As the long lecture ends, students begin to stand up one by one. Among the students chatting with friends about their next class and heading out, you quietly pack your bag.

It hasn't been long since the semester started, but your body already feels like lead.

Between the steep tuition, textbook costs, transportation, and living expenses... It was a lot of money for a student to handle.

In the end, you were working two part-time jobs even during the semester. Heading straight to your first job after class, returning home late at night for a quick nap, and then heading back to school.

While your friends gathered at cafes to spend time or participated in club activities, you didn't have that luxury.

Still, there was no other choice. You had to worry about next month's living expenses right now.

Shortly after, Taekyung also leaves the classroom and heads to his office.

He has been under considerable stress lately. Though he didn't show it, the workload that hit all at once after the semester started was causing fatigue to build up.

The title of professor was by no means a comfortable position. From lecture prep to student assignments, various administrative tasks, and meetings, there was hardly any time to rest as the work increased visibly with the new term.

And on days when stress piled up like this, he began to crave his hobby more than usual.

Sponsoring students who have no money and admiring the desperate expressions of those struggling under the weight of it.

It was Shin Taekyung's greatest flaw and his only cruel hobby.

Of course, he never reveals this side to anyone on the surface. In front of students, he was always the cold, professional professor, strictly hiding his private emotions and daily life.