Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 125
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Episode 125 – No. 107, Gate Room – ‘The Secret of the Esper’ (16)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 45
Current location: Tier 1, Room 107 (Gateway Room)
Sage advice: 1]
– Han Ga-in
As I pretended to be asleep as much as possible and overheard the strange conversation, Perrault transformed into a grotesque and appeared among us.
The faces that had been so quiet for a moment began speaking ominously again.
“What on earth is that? “Is there such a thing?”
“There is nothing surprising about a monster bird in a world where there are devils.”
“You’re just talking about something comfortable. “Have you forgotten that you have to give one today?”
“… Why doesn’t that bird sleep? “Doesn’t the music box work on animals?”
“That can’t be possible. “In the meantime, it worked for dogs and cats without exception.”
“It might be a little different because it’s not an ordinary animal. “Wouldn’t it be okay to just kill him?”
“Lady Amiens, these men might wake up in a fight. Moreover, seeing them unleash such monsters makes me feel like they are not ordinary people. Let’s avoid loud fights. Let’s take the opportunity and subdue that monster appropriately. After all, isn’t there a proper ‘cage’ as well?”
“Then today… .”
“Let’s use ‘preliminary’ today. “Wasn’t it difficult to give it to someone anyway?”
“That is correct. Everyone was sparing their words. I could only find out the name. “I have to find out a little more anyway.”
Because my eyes were narrowed, it was difficult to clearly distinguish between the speakers.
I divided it based on voice. It seems to be two older men, a woman with a high-pitched tone called ‘Amien’, and one young man who suggested using ‘Jeje’.
After saying that we needed to find out a little more, the ominous signs that had been felt in the room disappeared.
However, I was worried about something so I didn’t move until morning.
I analyzed the conversation I heard until just before I fell asleep.
*
When I came to, my colleagues were already awake and eating a light breakfast.
I waved to my grandfather when he woke up.
“Hey~! Are you awake now? “Come and eat some bread.”
“Gain, are you awake? He must have been tired yesterday. “I heard you don’t wake up even if you shake me in the morning.”
… Everyone, what is this cheerful atmosphere?
If you fall asleep while waiting for a scenario to appear, shouldn’t you feel something unusual as soon as you wake up in the morning?
But everyone was sitting with relaxed expressions without any suspicion.
He approached me right away and pointed it out.
When I started talking about what happened yesterday, everyone’s eyes got big and they stopped eating and listened to me.
After relaying the dialogue between the ‘faces’ as he remembered it, the grandfather expressed his opinion.
“I never noticed it before I heard you point it out. “I was waiting for your scenario to wake up at midnight, and then suddenly fainted as a group, so I have to be suspicious as soon as I wake up.”
Ari seemed to intuit the cause.
“You said we all fell asleep because we heard the sound of the music box, right? It seems like the music box has some kind of hypnotic effect. Nothing happened yesterday. Rest in peace. “Isn’t this kind of hypnotizing?”
“Oppa Gain. “Have you checked the scenario?”
“I couldn’t do it last night because I couldn’t open my eyes at all because I was pretending to sleep all night. “I have to see it now.”
/Scenario: Gate Room – ‘Secret of the Esper’
As soon as midnight struck, the hotel party fell asleep thanks to the power of the music box and was in danger.
Fortunately, thanks to the performance of the grotesque parrot, I was able to get through the first night of the contract safely.
However, the magical beasts targeting the group are narrowing down by the minute.
Can the hotel group overcome tonight’s crisis?
Please check back at midnight for the following information./
The first two lines are a description of what has already occurred, but the words ‘first night of the contract’ stand out.
What does ‘contract’ mean? A warning about ‘tonight’s crisis’ is also included. It clearly means that the same crisis as last night will come again today.
It may be new, but it is an incredibly convenient ability that makes you wonder how you managed to break through the cursed room without understanding the scenario.
I started a meeting with my group. The topic was definitely the conversation between the suspicious faces heard last night and the analysis of the scenario confirmed a while ago.
Ari started to express his opinion.
“I noticed two characteristics in the conversation I overheard last night. First, ‘one person must be sacrificed today.’ Seeing as they had to make an offering, I guess they were planning to perform some evil ritual on one of us. Second, let’s use ‘preliminary’. “We were trying to perform an evil ritual, but it was blocked by Pero, and since you asked to offer up a ‘spare’, it looks like there are victims besides us being held somewhere on the ship?”
Grandfather Mukseong also expressed his opinion.
“The content behind it is fascinating. ‘It’s an ambiguous situation to give it to, and all I can find out is their name.’ Looking at the nuance, doesn’t it seem like the ritual they are trying to perform requires quite a bit of our personal information? “If you think about it, even at the dinner party yesterday, they were trying desperately to find out information about us.”
I also opened my mouth.
“Let’s combine the information we have now with the information from the scenario. It looks like our enemies are planning some evil ritual, and they need to offer us up as a kind of sacrifice. It seems like our personal information is needed for that ritual. That ritual is probably the ‘contract’ referred to in the scenario, right? “I think they’ll attack again tonight.”
Elena questioned.
“I have a question. Why bother waiting until night? There were a lot of people on the ship’s crew with guns. Why don’t you just think of threatening us with force? Of course, if they point a gun at us, I can punish them with justice, but the other person won’t know that information.”
“Isn’t there some kind of restriction on the other person as well? Just as consciousness requires our personal information. “For example, you can’t do strange things during the day?”
Grandfather Mukseong agreed.
“It makes sense. If he could use his hands during the day, he would have already turned on the music box again and dragged us away. Since you can’t do something like that during the day, aren’t you leaving us alone? And the scenario continues to emphasize the time ‘midnight’.”
Songi, who had been listening quietly for a while, opened her mouth.
“I remember the last part of our conversation from earlier. Since Pero was in the way, I took the opportunity to subdue her, and she said there was a ‘proper cage,’ right?”
“Even after seeing Perrault transformed into a grotesque, I spoke with quite confidence. I guess she’s not an ordinary birdcage. “Even if she’s a monster, isn’t she the type of person who can’t get out if she’s trapped?”
There was silence at the table for a moment.
Ari opened his mouth again.
“It’s a good idea, but let’s take care of the urgent matters first.”
“Urgent?”
“Music box. Also, if it works, won’t everyone except you, who uses the filter, fall asleep? I heard it rang all over the room. I found one yesterday, but it looks like there were more than that. “Let’s find it and destroy it.”
Everyone nodded and stood up. A plan is a plan, and the biggest threat to us right now is the music box, so we need to find that first and destroy it all.
We searched the entire room all morning.
Music boxes were constantly popping out from under the bed, under the chair, behind the table, inside the clock, etc.
When we found them and put them all on the table, there was not enough space on the table. Seeing such a large number made me feel uneasy.
“Are we sure we found everything? “I have a feeling it’s hidden somewhere again?”
Grandpa Mukseong seemed to be thinking about something, and then looked at Ari.
Ari nodded.
“There is a way to find it.”
“What?”
“hmm… . “Actually, I have an ability called ‘compass.’”
???
What are you talking about again?
While Songi, Elena, and I had our mouths half-open, Ari continued speaking.
“It’s an ability I gained when I strengthened my blessing. It’s the power that helps you find what you want. Actually, there are quite a few restrictions. There are times when you are blocked by the enemy’s strong supernatural power, and you need to know the appearance and characteristics of the object you are looking for. It cannot be used against people. But you can find something like this music box.”
Songi, who had been listening blankly, opened her mouth.
“Why now that I’m getting such a useful ability!”
I smiled awkwardly and grabbed Song’s hand.
“If you got it when you strengthened it, it must have been a while since you got it. Because things have been complicated so far. “Let’s consider myself fortunate that they told me now.”
Ari also made a slightly apologetic motion and started waving his hands in the air.
After a while, we found three more music boxes.
“Is this the end?”
“maybe.”
“Anyway, I’m glad. “If I hadn’t found them, I would have fallen asleep again at night.”
“okay… . So, Song, please take him away.”
“I think Pero likes you. What should I do?”
It’s a bit difficult to argue during the ordeal, and since we opened up and talked to each other in the past, I’ve come to understand Ari’s highly wary psychology quite a bit.
So I decided to just guess. However, Songi seemed a little annoyed with Ari and ordered Pero to do something.
The morning ended with watching Songi’s faithful servant, Pero, attempt to bite off Ari’s ear more than 10 times.
*
Just as I was about to open the window and throw the found music boxes into the sea, a bell rang outside the door.
— Ding!
There is tension. After looking at each other once, Grandpa Mukseong opened the door.
“Who are you?”
Standing outside the door were two people who appeared to be ship crew members.
“hello? “Did you have a good time last night?”
“My bed was more messy than I thought. “Do you have anything to say?”
“I received complaints last night from guests staying in other rooms nearby.”
“protest?”
“I thought you were raising birds in this room? They say the bird made too much noise.”
It’s cheap. I remembered the conversation I overheard last night, where they said they would subdue the bird.
“Our birds don’t make noise. “I think you’re mistaken.”
“no. “It’s definitely this room.”
“An unpleasant sound… . Is there any evidence? “I won’t listen any further if there is no evidence.”
— chin!
Ignoring the flight attendant’s words, the old man tried to close the door, but the flight attendant stuck his knee in to stop the door from closing.
The flight attendant naturally put her hands on her waist. The revolver hanging next to his waist had a menacing sheen.
“What is that again? “Are you threatening me?”
“ha ha ha! sir. You mean a threat? However, we have a duty to keep order on this ship. “Please cooperate.”
It’s not that there aren’t guns on this side, but the number of people is different.
In the end, Grandpa Mukseong had no choice but to retreat.
Another crew member held a rusty cage in his hand.
It was a cage that looked ordinary at first glance, but I was convinced as soon as I saw it.
That must be the ‘proper cage’ mentioned in yesterday’s conversation.
There was tension throughout the room.
The flight attendant who was threatening us with a revolver suddenly burst into laughter.
“There is no need to be this nervous. We will take good care of your parrot. “We will provide you with plenty of high-quality nuts every day, so you don’t have to worry at all.”
The flight attendant carrying the birdcage approached with a calm attitude. What should I do?
By the time everyone’s eyes turned to Faro.
Songi naturally stroked Pero and conveyed ‘something’.
— Food duck!
Suddenly Perot took off!
Before we or the crew could react, Perot took off and flew towards the open window in an instant.
The moment the crew member with the gun took out his gun, Grandpa Mukseong next to him immediately turned the gun.
— Bang!
“What is this!”
“That’s what I’m going to say! 이 개새끼야! “Are you thinking of just shooting a flying bird?”
The grandfather beat up the flight attendant as if he had just thrown him away.
If you look at the situation, it appears that the bird just flew up arbitrarily, but the flight attendant fired the gun without any hesitation.
Perhaps because the cause was clearly on our side, the opponent also retreated with a bloody nose after getting hit a few times.
The flight attendant, who regained her senses, lowered her head.
“S-sorry. I was so embarrassed because the bird took off in an instant. “This part is clearly my fault.”
The other flight attendants also apologized repeatedly and both crew members left the room.
We belatedly opened our mouths and looked towards Songi.
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