Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 174
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Episode 174 – Party Time – Elena’s Troubles (1)
– Han Ga-in
The expressions of everyone who was perusing the notice hardened.
The contents at the top were the usual congratulatory greetings and party time information that I had heard several times, but the really important information was in the ‘additional information’.
“Check your ticket? Are you talking about the Gateway Room reward? “Where are the tickets now?”
My sister rushed over and got the ticket back.
A hazy sheen was already showing on the ticket. As soon as the ticket arrived, another small notification appeared.
/You had to give up one thing among different treasures! Isn’t it a pity? Don’t worry! Missed rewards can also be obtained by using tickets in the Mirror Room./
When I saw this notification, I became convinced.
What is the significance of the fact that there is even a separate ‘mirror room’ to compensate for missed events?
Choosing one of two rewards is not a unique feature of Room 201!
In another room on the second floor, we can choose between two rewards, and get the missed reward with a ticket.
Also, Ari’s guess that there were other ways to obtain tickets became more persuasive.
It has so many uses and even a room for tickets, so the one you get now won’t be the end!
“The missed reward refers to the scalene polyhedron?”
My sister answered with her eyes wide open.
“I guess that’s what it means? You can get the rewards you missed by using your ticket at a place called the ‘Room of Mirrors.’ Where is the room of mirrors? “Ari?”
Ari’s blessing, ‘Secret’, is a power specializing in not only protecting one’s own secrets but also finding out the ‘secrets of the hotel’.
“wait for a sec.”
Ari, who seemed to be concentrating on something for a long time, kept tilting his head.
“There’s nothing.”
“huh?”
“It says there is nothing. Usually there are a few hidden NPCs and a few hidden rooms, right? For example, the NPCs on the first floor were merchants and doctors, and the rooms were the blessing sanctuary and souvenir shop.”
Ari went to the whiteboard for a moment and marked it.
‘Really Real’ Secret Information (2nd floor)
Hidden NPC: –/?
Hidden Room: –/?
Location information: ?
detail of fuction : ?
“I have this kind of image in my head, but as you can see, the main content is all ? “It gives you a hint to find a room or NPC before you find it, but that hint doesn’t even appear.”
It’s surprising, but wasn’t it because of that blessing that Ari visited the sanctuary of blessings before anyone else, and that grandfather suddenly took us to the ‘hiking’ room and then visited the souvenir shop?
“How can there be nothing? According to the ticket notification, there is a place called the ‘Room of Mirrors’?”
I had an idea as I listened to the conversation between Eunsol and Ari.
“It looks like it will only be fully activated once the ‘hotel repairs’ are completed.”
In the end, it went back to square one.
All notifications from the hotel are focused on ‘hotel repairs’ to normalize the damaged second floor of the hotel.
Jincheol took a deep sigh.
“Where in the real world is this hotel? “If the equipment goes bad, isn’t it normal to refund the money, apologize, and send the customer home?”
Seungyeop finally spoke with a tired expression in a quiet atmosphere.
“Anyway, party time starts tomorrow, right? “How about we talk about the rest tomorrow?”
I came out of Room 201 today, and I was really tired after talking about my headache for a long time during dinner.
Just before disbanding, my sister told me about tomorrow’s schedule.
“rest well! Everyone come out as soon as you wake up tomorrow morning! First, let’s start with the Sanctuary of Blessing. “When party time starts, we have to strengthen the blessing first.”
Starting tomorrow, I will have to think about where I can use the advice.
Ari suddenly asked a question.
“Elena, you said you’d take a nap first, right? “So she’s in the bedroom alone?”
“maybe? men! be careful. “There are still a few minutes left before meal time, so if you go to the bedroom, Elena will be there.”
“yes.”
“Han Ga-in.”
“hmm?”
Suddenly Ari called.
*
— Cry!
… Noisy.
— Squeak! Squeak!
…Would you like to check it out?
That wouldn’t work. Every time I checked, the situation only got worse.
…
“Aaaah!”
— Uddangtang!
The moment I couldn’t bear it and opened my eyes slightly, I fell into shock, stepped back, and hit the wall.
No, really, what is that thing under the blanket?
The sound of the cuckoo clock seemed strangely vivid, and a live cuckoo with a serrated beak jumped out.
The picture of a mountain and a waterfall in a frame on the wall strangely became slightly distorted, and the waterfall turned red.
It didn’t seem like there was a doll or anything on the table, but before I knew it, an unknown clown doll was looking clearly at me.
And a little while ago. I couldn’t bear the noise and as soon as I opened my eyes, my hand came out from under the blanket!
In an instant, my stress skyrocketed and I felt like I was going out of my mind.
The bedroom door opened.
“Hey guys, don’t come in! “It’s dangerous here -”
— Squeak!
The moment the clown, with blood flowing from his mouth, spewed out something sharp and turned around, the translucent blade cut through the air and instantly tore the clown doll to pieces.
“What danger? “Isn’t it a big deal?”
…
Ari giggled as if wondering what was going on, and soon he tore off the framed picture and broke the neck of a live cuckoo.
“Have you been having this much fun alone?”
“Ari… .”
As soon as Ari hopped onto the bed, his hand stuck out.
“What is this again?”
When Ari pulled his hand out from under the blanket, it disappeared like dust.
“It looks like you haven’t slept a wink.”
“…”
“Ah, this is my first time seeing such an interesting ability. “It would have been so much fun if I had gotten it!”
…
This kid is really different from me. I always knew, but I have never felt it as clearly as I do now.
How can we laugh at these monsters? Even I, the one who created it, is so scared that I can’t bear it!
As I looked at Ari’s nonchalant attitude, I felt that my heart was becoming more and more peaceful.
Ari looked at the clock for a moment.
“Meal time will be over in about two minutes. “We are divided into our own spaces.”
“I see.”
“You sleep with me today on the sofa at the refreshment table on the first floor.”
“Ari?”
“If you continue like this, you won’t be able to sleep at all. “Am I wrong?”
I just couldn’t refuse. Ari grabbed my hand and dragged me outside of room 105.
*
– Han Ga-in
As I was watching from afar, Ari came out of room 105, dragging Elena.
As Ari predicted, Elena doesn’t seem to have slept a wink. It must not have been easy for her to sleep peacefully while constantly creating monsters around her.
I sat near the two people as naturally as possible. Because these two were together, it felt like they were shining in a real space.
If you had bumped into each other on the street in the outside world, wouldn’t you have felt pressured to even make eye contact?
“Elena! How many times have you used your abilities?”
“… It was written on its own rather than written by me.”
“Hey~ I’m curious. I saw it earlier and it seemed like a really fun ability! Making a wolf out of snow? Isn’t it really amazing? “It’s even really cute!”
“Honestly, I don’t think it looked cute… .”
— Tuk!
Meanwhile, Ari kicked my thigh and told me to act naturally!
He has been wanting too much from me since a while ago.
We sat down near the refreshment table and started chatting about our daily lives before entering the hotel.
“Elena, since when did you dream of becoming an actress?”
“Since I was young! Since I traveled from country to country with my parents, I didn’t have many friends… . I just enjoyed watching plays or movies sometimes. And I thought, well, I could be an actor.”
From my perspective, if I were born like Elena, I would think about becoming an actress or a celebrity every time I look in the mirror.
Ari intervened.
“Isn’t it time for the two of you to start talking more comfortably? “I still feel the most awkward when you two talk at our party.”
Ari, the best genealogy destroyer in our party, who speaks informally to everyone and listens to everyone’s informal language, was very persuasive when I told him to speak more comfortably.
“Ehehe… . “I think I need a little more time.”
“Gain, try Elena right now.”
“… Sister Elena?”
“You really shouldn’t do that.”
“It’s better not to do it.”
If you’re going to do this, why did you order it?
The topic of small talk naturally shifted to my story.
“So, Ga-in, you’ve been getting good grades since your second year of high school?”
“ha ha ha! Yes. In fact, until I was in first grade -”
“Gain, tell me something interesting. “Do you really have anything to say other than high school studies?”
“…”
“Oh my, I was enjoying listening to it. As I listened to the high school story, I also remembered my childhood… .”
Ominous! Ominous! Elena’s ‘childhood’. Isn’t this a taboo?
Similar topics include Ari’s ‘Age’, Jincheol’s ‘Dream’, and Seungyeop’s ‘LOL Tier’.
Ari’s expression darkened momentarily.
“At that time, it was difficult to drink a cup of tea comfortably because I was afraid it might be poisoned.”
Purple bubbles began to rise in Elena’s teacup.
“When I was walking down the street, I sometimes wondered if there was someone behind me.”
‘Something’ began to stir in everyone’s shadows.
As Ari’s expression began to lighten, I made a decision.
“I guess this tea is filled with the warm love of Elena’s motherland, right?”
I took Elena’s teacup and poured it into the shadow.
— Cheeeeeek! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
For a long time, a strange sound and smell emanated from the floor, as if sulfuric acid had been poured.
“…”
“…”
“…”
Belatedly, Ari laughed again.
“Ahaha! Elena, you really have the power to make everyday life fun! “I can’t believe that even drinking a cup of tea can be made into something so tense, or even fun!”
“sorry… .”
“No, it’s because Elena is really fun. “I’ve never had so much fun drinking a cup of coffee.”
The tea time ended in an awkward atmosphere.
As I took a deep breath and returned to my room, I remembered the conversation I had with Ari earlier.
“Isn’t Elena’s ability fun?”
“What on earth are you talking about? “This is my first time seeing such a terrible ability.”
“Don’t ever say something terrible again. Because fear is contagious. I think it will be fun from now on. I just believe it’s fun. Until Elena believes it too.”
“…”
… I really think it will be a fun daily life for a while.
I recalled the memories of the chief researcher. What kind of training did Beatrix receive to enable her to control that power?
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