Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 11
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Episode 11 – Rest, hotel basement
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 2
Current location: Tier 1, hallway
Sage Advice: 0]
Everyone except one was mesmerized.
Jincheolhyeong was sprawled out on the floor, making strange sounds like “hehehe, hehe,” and Eunsol noona sat at the coffee table and drank 10 cups of coffee.
Songi was squatting down next to the bonsai like before, crying and saying creepy things like “Happy… Som…” and sitting across from Eunsol, curling up with her whole body.
I… just wandered around with my head empty.
What on earth? What on earth have we been going through?
Recall your memories. Family members who have gone crazy, no, ‘they’ should not be called family.
Monsters who copied my family’s appearance even violated my spirit. I took strange thoughts for granted,
In the end, he rolled around naked in the middle of winter and froze to death.
Other people probably feel the same way.
It doesn’t even occur to us to ask each other what happened.
Because I’m not curious and have no intention of answering.
and –
Among us, the only one who was okay came back.
“Well, it’s lunch time in about 30 minutes. Shouldn’t we go to room 105 now?”
… … … … …
The silence of five people.
I forced myself to open my mouth.
“Right… I have to eat. And, Seungyeop, thank you so much.”
When I started speaking first, people who were out of their minds soon began to open their mouths.
“Oh my… it’s embarrassing that I went in there pretending I was going to protect everything.
I never thought something strange like this would happen. Seung-yeop, no, Seung-yeop the great hero, thank you so much.
“If it weren’t for the great hero…”
“Iknow, right. If it wasn’t for Seungyeop, we would have all ended up there miserably. “Thank you so much.”
As we took turns expressing our gratitude, Seung-yeop, whose face became hot, waved his hand.
“no! Actually, I don’t even know what it is… In fact, I don’t even know why I was able to escape successfully.
Just huh? uh? As I was doing it, I suddenly got carried away. Ahaha, you really don’t have to do this.”
Does it feel like receiving praise from many people for the first time in your life?
It seemed like he couldn’t control the corners of his mouth from tearing up, as if the mentality of a young middle school boy couldn’t handle it.
At least, it’s a good thing.
Seeing even a lively middle school student looking so fine and smiling from the corner of his mouth, the atmosphere that seemed to be filled with depression in the room disappeared a little.
Everyone wakes up in a hurry.
“ruler! Then, let’s all give three cheers to Seung-yeop and go eat. After all, what is life? First, you have to pop it in your mouth. hurray! hurray! hurray!”
“hurray!!!! hurray!!! hurray!!!!!!!!”
Half of my feelings of gratitude to Seung-yeop and half of my desire to release the almost traumatic memories with three cheers for my life,
After shouting three cheers to the boy whose face was now as red as a strawberry, we returned to room 105.
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 2
Current Location: Tier 1, Room 105 (Room of Rest)
Sage Advice: 0]
10 minutes before meal time. Calming her mind, she washed her face in the bathroom and changed her clothes here and there while keeping an eye on the status window.
Neither the date nor the sage advice were updated.
Surely you hadn’t been in that hellish place for more than a day?
He went to the arboretum in the morning, stopped by a duck meat restaurant, went to a resort, stayed overnight, and skied to his death.
Since I slept for a day, shouldn’t the date have passed?
Then, suddenly, I realized something.
If you think about it, the progression of events in that nightmare was not normal at all.
It’s not just a matter of people going crazy.
There is no delay at all when moving from place to place, and even when I sleep, I just close my eyes and it’s morning.
At the time, I thought it was normal because I was crazy too, but now that I think about it, it was all a strange phenomenon.
Maybe, in reality, not much time has passed.
I didn’t check the time exactly, but since I entered room 101 straight after breakfast, I must have entered before 9 o’clock at the latest.
It was probably around 11:20 when we all came out.
At first, I thought it was 11:20 the next day after entering, but…
Now that I look at it, I just entered in the morning and came out around lunch.
It was a nightmare so terrible that it made not only me but also a strongman like Jin Cheol-hyung faint in that short period of time…
How many more terrible things are waiting in this hotel?
need a break
I was too heartbroken to just write it off as ‘just two hours of hard work’.
“Let’s take a break for a while.”
As soon as we arrived at the restaurant, Jincheol hyung immediately told us to take a break.
“Okay… Let’s take a break today, or even tomorrow… First, let’s eat a delicious lunch first.
Here, I am thankful for one thing: rice is always served well. “I would be 100 times more grateful if you just let me go.”
“So… ah black… so…”
“stop! Flow song pops! Let’s all promise today! Just forget what happened in that room. Not saying a word to each other.
We just had a terrible nightmare for a few days. Everyone, look down and take a look at yourself.
Has anything changed? Nothing at all, right? Are you all healthy? I just had a nightmare. Forget about it and be done with it.”
“You are much better than me… That’s right. “It’s not like you’re saying strange things in front of meat.”
“yes. Everyone relax and eat. And… I’m just saying this just in case, but it’s probably only been about two hours, not a few days.”
“Eh? “What did I do with my younger brother for a few days, no, that’s enough, what did I do for a few days?”
“No, maybe Cain is right. I… I looked back on my memories and the progress was strange.
If you look back, no, don’t look back, the progression must have been strange anyway.
“You’re talking about the status window I mentioned last time, right?”
“yes. “It’s already the second day, and the advice hasn’t been updated.”
“Ugh… you’ve done so much shit in just two hours. okay. Now let’s really put an end to this fire.”
After roughly summarizing the situation, everyone continued eating in silence.
Really, even in this situation, the food was delicious.
Three scoops of stir-fried pork on top of white rice, lightly oiled with sesame oil, and topped with a fried egg.
With that one bite, about 1/3 of today’s nightmare becomes blurred. Truly, people live to eat.
“Wow, you really enjoy it. Ah, I was thinking about eating pork too.”
“Wow… there was so much food that I just grabbed it without thinking about it.”
“No, no, it’s okay. I’m just saying. The ribs here are really delicious.”
After eating delicious food, the mood naturally relaxed somewhat.
As everyone was slowly compiling themselves, Elena opened her mouth.
“We decided to rest together for at least today and tomorrow, right?
“I’ve been seeing it since yesterday… There are a ton of underground convenience facilities, so why not take a break today and take a look around?”
“Well, that’s a good idea, but isn’t this damn hotel a place where it wouldn’t be strange if monsters appeared in the convenience facilities?
“It’s what I said on the first day, but I think it’s dangerous to wander around when Ga-in’s warning is zero.”
“Hyung, don’t you have any advice?”
“huh. The date is 2 days old and the number is 0. “I think I used all three in that room…”
“Jincheol is right. It’s too uneasy for Ga-in to walk around here without any abilities.
“Today, let’s just have lunch, then go back to room 105 and take a rest.”
Since there is no ‘sage advice’, just relax with a proper meal rather than exploring a dangerous hotel,
The consensus was that we should tour various underground convenience facilities tomorrow.
“Anyway, swimming pools and gyms are common sense…
‘Zoo’? ‘Botanical garden’? Do hotels usually have something like this?
Campground? Amusement park? Eunsol seems to have been to this place a lot. Is there a hotel like this?
“Well… I also find zoos and botanical gardens absurd.
Aside from the absurdity of camping sites and amusement parks, how could something like this exist ‘underground’?
But, well, it’s a hotel where something similar to another world pops out when you enter the room, so there’s nothing that can’t be done.
Well, it looks like an ordinary room, but when you open the door, it becomes an amusement park! Isn’t it like this?”
A voice with a hint of anticipation rang out.
“swimming pool! Most of the hotel facilities themselves are very fancy and cool, but doesn’t the swimming pool look amazing?
But what should I do if I don’t have a swimsuit or something?”
“Haha, you’ll find out when you go. “It seems like Miss Elena is good at swimming too?”
“I’ve been doing it a lot since I was young. “I think Jin-cheol is also good at using his body.”
“I… just do the basics.”
“I really want to go to the zoo! “I feel like there are some strange animals out there.”
Everyone thought it was a really lively atmosphere in a hotel full of chaos.
As if I wasn’t the only one who had such thoughts, another voice came out as expected.
“Yes, yes, it’s great to see everyone so excited to have fun.
I hope the hotel likes us too. “Don’t just think about hiding monsters in every corner.”
At some point-
I feel that the trauma caused by the terrible pain I felt on everyone’s faces is being washed away a little.
Perhaps, everyone forced themselves to have a happy conversation in order to wash away their trauma.
I also felt the terrible memories fading away.
Today, nothing more happened after that.
We rolled around and rested, ate dinner again while chatting happily, and then rolled around again and fell asleep.
If it lasted this long, it would be worth living in this hotel.