Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 18
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Episode 18 – Room 102, Room of the Curse – ‘Mansion of Horror’ (4)
Episode 18 – Room 102, Room of the Curse – ‘Mansion of Horror’ (4)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 6
Current Location: Tier 1, Room 102 (Chamber of Curse – Mansion of Horror)
Sage Advice: 3]
The cathedral was neater than I expected. The butler said that it was half in ruins, but was that really the standard for a very neat mansion?
At this level, since it is not large, worship can be held even if it is only cleaned for half a day.
Following the deacon, I passed the chapel and went out the back door, where I saw a boat and a lake.
The water level in the lake rose rapidly due to the storm, and the water reached almost the door and was lapping.
Due to the aftermath, the ship also appears to be nearing the back door and knocking.
Of course, the condition of the ship was miserable.
It was caught in a storm while exposed to the outside, and as the water level rose rapidly, it was covered in mud as if it had collided with the surrounding terrain.
“It’s definitely not clean… but it’s not so much that it’s impossible to drive.”
“I’m asking just in case, but you know how to serve a boat, right?”
“of course. miss. However, it seems difficult to drive this ship right now.”
The butler quietly stretched out his hand and pointed to the outskirts of the ship.
As the water level rose rapidly, did it collide with something and cause damage?
Water was seen leaking inside the boat. For now, it’s just slowly seeping in, but it certainly looks like it needs repair.
“There are tools for repairing ships in the mansion. If you bring it and close that hole, you can cross the lake. “The motor will be fine.”
After exchanging opinions with Eunsol for a while through eye contact, she answered that she understood.
“Cluck, clack, eeetch!”
“Are you okay? “You’ve been exposed to wind and rain for too long.”
“are you okay. “Don’t worry, you can go back.”
“No, I think it would be best to warm up for a bit. The road to the mansion is not short. “I’ll go get the stove for a moment.”
When the deacon brought the stove and left to warm up for a while, we relaxed a little and sat down here and there on the long chairs in the chapel.
Rattling, rattling
Meeeee profit
Sounds eerie. When I held back my discomfort and raised my head, I saw a door across from me shaking.
“Is that… what kind of room is that?”
“It’s probably the room the priest used.”
Suspicious.
Even though the person concerned said it was okay, the butler disappeared, leaving us alone, saying we needed to rest.
The door opens as if it had been waiting.
“Is this something to tell me to search?”
“I will go.”
“Come with me. “It would be easier if one person held the fire.”
“No, I think it would be better for you to stay near your sister.
I guess… the butler will come back.”
butler.
From the first day, as soon as my brother saw the deacon, he was wary of him, saying that he was a very strong person.
When the butler said that we had to prepare for his return, Jincheolhyung seemed to agree and sat down again.
Of course, I was also conscious of the butler…
Dangerous places one person at a time. Even if we die, one person at a time.
Just as you should not put all your eggs in one basket when it comes to stocks or investments.
We should not all enter a dangerous place at once.
I entered the room holding a lamp in one hand.
A table that looked half rotten. Various documents scattered here and there.
I took a quick look here and there, but most of them are transcriptions of passages from the Bible.
It may have been written during worship, or it may have been a phrase written by the priest himself that impressed him.
Rummaging through papers, tearing apart a Bible that was, I’m sorry, half-crushed,
I was patting the rotting desk and glancing around to see if the butler was coming.
I discovered an unusual document for the first time.
Documents relating to litigation between the cathedral and the manor.
The contents of the lawsuit were as I heard from the deacon yesterday.
Each person was claiming, for various reasons, that they had ownership of the cathedral and the nearby land.
Let’s search more carefully, and letters sent to each other have started to appear.
At first, the correspondence began in a polite atmosphere, starting with ‘To the respected priest’ and ‘Faithful Lee Se-hyun – I know the name of ‘Elder’ – Dear believer’, but before long, harsh words began to be exchanged.
The letters in the middle were difficult to understand as they were about legal grounds and arguments, but at least one thing stood out.
The titles they used to refer to each other had suddenly changed to ‘money-mad rotten bride’ and ‘a satanic bastard who has fallen into evil heresy.’
I’m crazy about money.
Up to this point, it is a category of ‘general’ swear words that may come up when there is a lawsuit over land, but…
‘A vile heresy.’ This doesn’t seem like a typical swear word. Isn’t this a word that cannot be ignored, especially in this situation where occult incidents are constantly occurring?
There is a need to be suspicious of ‘elders’. After coming to this rough conclusion and having nothing more to see, I left the room.
The butler still hadn’t arrived, and the older brother and older sister were seen shivering.
“Are you still here? “They said they were bringing a stove…”
“I know. “Where on earth do you get a stove? It’s been more than 30 minutes, but I think it’s been an hour.”
“Grandpa, this guy is definitely trying to kill us here. That’s why I made that bastard-”
“Be quiet. “Please do me a favor.”
I remember what my sister said earlier. ‘Jincheol was lost’
I understand little by little.
This brother has clearly been unable to control his emotions since Elena’s death…
After about 10 more minutes, the butler returned.
The stove was in my hand, but there was really no one who wanted to stay in this gloomy cathedral any longer, taking in the warmth of the stove.
So, as soon as the butler arrived, despite the fact that he had brought the stove, he immediately left for the mansion again.
The deacon did not raise any objections when asked to leave and started right away.
It’s as if the goal wasn’t to warm our bodies in the first place.
After arriving at the mansion, we all rested and warmed up together.
Since they spent time worrying about each other, Seung-yeop and Song-i, who stayed in the mansion, as well as Ari came out worried and made a fuss, busily boiling water and heating the bathtub.
After eating lunch and dinner, I went to the cathedral and put into practice the plan I had made.
“Deacon, please give me the key to the study.”
“yes?”
“Study key. “I’m going to go and find something.”
“Hehe, lady. I told Mr. Seungyeop, but the elder asked me not to enter the study. I guess… there are a lot of various legal and financial documents-”
“Ah, butler. “Then you can at least call your uncle.”
“miss…”
“I need to look in the study. Since a while ago, there are a lot of strange things going on in this mansion. What do you know?
I wonder if my uncle was hiding something in the study. So, please bring the keys.”
“Sister, anyway, the owner of the house told you not to go in… aren’t you suddenly too excited?”
“You just shut up. “There is no way to contact that damn landlord even if someone dies here, and if you listen to that, two more corpses will appear.”
After pretending to fight a couple of times, I turned around and saw other people looking at me with wide eyes.
I was worried that Tina might be acting better, but maybe she was better than I thought.
Or is it because my fear grows as I fight in a scary and gloomy atmosphere?
Even Jincheol-hyung was looking at me with surprised eyes, and it was difficult to explain, so he sat down in silence.
It’s funny, but everyone showed such great reactions that I didn’t think there would be any suspicion.
The study room was really neat and plain. As for ‘Lee Eun-sol’, that was the most suspicious thing.
Starting with Elena’s death – the mansion started going crazy.
The mirror is laughing at me, the cuckoo clock is busy ticking every hour, and the doll has become more interested in people.
Without going too far, even when I was just finishing my dinner with a sandwich and coffee, didn’t the ‘cup with raised legs’ move on its own and catch me trying to pour hot water into it?
However, this study room… seems as if it is far from the atmosphere of the mansion.
It was so – comfortable.
I stand still and think about the information Ga-in gave me.
The ‘elder’ was tainted by heresy. That’s definitely meaningful information.
The deacon had been trying to drag us to the cathedral since yesterday, and eventually took us away and made us stay in the cathedral for an hour.
It must have been to find something. If the information found is the elder’s heresy…
There must be something related to it somewhere in the study.
Look around. I opened all the books and even opened the desk drawer.
Why ‘me’?
This is something I’ve been curious about ever since the situation at the mansion began.
Elena said in the car that the current situation was like some kind of play.
We were given a role, so to speak.
And, in this ‘Mansion of Horror’… the most important role is, no matter how you look at it, me.
As for the rest, if you think about it, they just came to the mansion because they were Lee Eun-sol’s college friends.
I am the nephew of the owner of the mansion, and at the same time, with that status, I can control the mansion’s suspicious employees.
It’s location. Obviously, my role is the most important.
But why ‘me’? Why was I given the most important role?
What am I better than other people?
Second generation chaebol? It’s not like I can spend the money in my bank account, so I don’t think that has any meaning.
Do you have a good head? From what I’ve felt so far, Ga-in is no easy feat. He has the sense to want to roll under me when he leaves the hotel.
I can speak quite a few foreign languages.
I reached out my hand and touched the ambiguous space between the second and third drawers of the table, and caught a thick envelope.
The envelope contained documents in various languages. Spanish, French, German, English, etc.
Not only was the language different, but the font, format, and type of paper were all different.
It looks as if fragmented information from all over the world has been collected.
And- all that information explains ‘one object’.
I knew it the moment I read the last line of the fourth document.
Although I was prepared – I couldn’t help but feel nervous.
Now, it’s time for me to sacrifice.