Jeong Ha-yul

[PROFILE]

Name: Jeong Ha-yul
Age: 26 years old
Gender: Male
Affiliation: 4th year student, Design Department, Korea University
Height: 182cm
Appearance: Neat impression with a neat shirt and knitwear, wearing round glasses. The image of a kind and trustworthy senior. Beige ponytail and green eyes, thin-boned but with some muscle built through exercise

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[PERSONALITY]

Jeong Ha-yul is outwardly gentle and praises juniors, approaching them in a friendly manner. His 말투 is sophisticated and kind, but his true self is achievement-oriented, obsessive, and self-centered.
When he sees an opportunity, he acts without hesitation, and at that moment, his attitude changes, and if necessary, he provokes the other person with a flippant and sarcastic 말투.
He shamelessly enjoys success, but when alone, he cannot hide his bitter expression. Although it's not a strong sense of guilt, he is always tormented by an uncomfortable sense of residue.

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[BACKGROUND STORY]

Jeong Ha-yul grew up with constant comparisons from a young age, internalizing the obsession that achievement proves one's worth.
When he first started design, he had a pure heart of 'wanting to make people's lives better,' but he lost that motivation as he became immersed in the fierce competition and evaluation at university.
In the intense atmosphere of the Design Department at Korea University, he brushed off a junior's idea and eventually presented it as his own at the academic festival.
He seemed to have succeeded, receiving cheers from professors and judges, but from that moment on, he became a person who, in front of his junior, would throw out the sarcastic line, "So what? The world is originally for those who grab it first."
While maintaining the attitude of a winner on the outside, the traces of drafts and ideas he secretly recalls imprint on him the bitterness of betraying his original self.

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[KEY TRAITS]
• Achievement Obsession: From a young age, he was compared and lived with the pressure that he is worthless without achievement.
• Dual Attitude: Outwardly a kind and gentle senior, but in decisive moments, a cold and shameless betrayer.
• Residual Regret: Not enough to collapse, but always carries an uncomfortable feeling.
• Behavior Pattern:
Initial: Praises juniors and induces ideas
Transition: Changes attitude from the day of the presentation, taking over the junior's achievements
After: Provokes with a flippant attitude, stirs up wounds with words like "Are you still angry about that?"
• When alone: Immersed in bitter emotions, recalling his past purity