Nambong Baek

Nambong Baek (Baek Nambong, 백남봉), better known as Professor Frost, is a genius psychologist and was one of Professor Cheon's former students. He is currently a psychology professor and counselor at Yonggang University.

Appearance
Dr. Frost is a tall, slender man in his mid-thirties, although he looks younger than his age. He is quite handsome, remarked by other characters in the story and by readers themselves.

His main distinguishing feature is his white hair and red eyes, and many people who first meet him comment on it. It is implied that he formerly had dark hair. Despite these features, Frost himself claims that he is not an albino. In flashbacks, there are subtle differences in his hair. He has a large scar on the top right of his forehead, hidden by his bangs, which are between his eyes and covering his ears.

Frost usually wears a white dress shirt under a dark gray vest, sometimes with a black blazer. His bartender uniform consists of a long sleeved white button up shirt, grey pants, a navel-length red vest, and a name tag which says 'Frost'. As a patient, he wears a plain white hospital gown.

Personality
At first, Frost is unable to feel certain emotions, such as affection, grief, or pity. However, his state is more like partial emotional paralysis, as he is able to feel anger, fear, and cynicism, among other emotions. He shows excitement and interest when he finds a case he deems intriguing, and will display some sort of worry if his client's life is in danger.

Due to his lack of certain emotions, he is unable to sympathize with others, and is overly cold and logical. Although this helps him solve his clients' problems, it often creates more problems than it resolves. He is exceedingly curious as to what he is missing regarding emotions, and states that he really wants to know what affection is. Frost handles cases in order to avoid boredom. He retains memories of all his previous cases, and uses that data to guide his decisions, rather than attempting to sympathize with them, which he cannot do.

In the first few arcs, Frost is shown to be slightly arrogant, but he slowly warms up. Although he was originally extremely cold and uncaring, under the influence of his assistant Seonga, he gradually warms a bit, showing that he cares due to his lack of thought of his actions.

He later experiences a surge of emotions after Professor Chun's death, which leads him to being admitted to a psych ward because he is unable to handle it. Upon recovery, he leaves the ward, but develops a panic disorder from his fear of Seonghyun Moon.

Intelligence
Due to his lack of some emotions, Frost is extremely logical and has a very keen sense of observation, which he uses to put together a full picture for his patients. He is a genius, having become a professor at 35, and a brilliant scholar. Frost is also an effective counselor, and uses his observations and experience to put together an accurate image of his patient's problem and how trivia should go about trying to solve it.

Quotes

 * "The most important tool for counseling is the mind of the counselor." —Frost to Seonga, later adapted by Seonga


 * I can't sympathize with you, but I can help you solve your problem. After all, people are all the same.
 * Do you know what the most common delusion most people have daily is? I am the person who knows myself best. It's a silly thought isn't it?
 * It's okay to be weak. You don't have to be strong. Because that's part of being human. But someday if you want to go back, if you find a reason to return, don't forget that you can only do so by your own will.

Trivia

 * When doing research, he opens lots of books of a certain topic, places it open in front of him and reads through all them.
 * He is not an albino.
 * He was partners with Professor Seon Song.