Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 184
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Episode 184 – Prayer for the maze (3)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 92
Current Location: Maze of Hell
Sage Advice: 2]
We wish you a merry Christmas
I moved to the location indicated in the chat window while listening to carols that endlessly tickled my ears. I was convinced within 5 minutes of leaving the room and starting to walk. This place is a boarding school. It was also a British or American boarding school from quite a long time ago.
— Snap!
When I entered the place that would be considered a ‘teacher’s office’ these days, my grandfather and Ari had already arrived.
“uh! You came. “I wondered if I had lost my way.”
“It’s a little late because I was looking around on the way here. As I walked, I gradually remembered the information given to me by the hotel.”
“okay. “Here, say hello to your sister.”
“…”
“…”
Neither I nor Ari laughed. Ari and I are, absurdly, twin siblings.
“… To be honest, we don’t look very similar.”
“you idiot? Twin brothers, they’re not sisters, they’re brother and sister. Since they are fraternal, scientifically speaking, it is normal for them to resemble no more than an ordinary sibling.”
It’s not that much, honestly, it feels like the races are different. Ari’s appearance is quite surreal, so it’s hard to say for sure, but it feels like she has both Western and Asian ancestry mixed together. Of course not.
I thought so. If the location is a hotel, most things can be done as usual.
“Where on earth is this school? In the circumstances, the United States or the United Kingdom -”
“The era is probably the early 1980s, and the school name is Eastwood Highschool. It’s America. For your information, you may have thought of it by now, but it seems like we recently transferred to first grade, so please refer to it.”
The general settings came to mind in real time, and I knew the school name and country as soon as I heard them. But it’s the times… . I don’t think this information was given to me.
“Do you know this school?”
Ari nodded confidently.
“This is the high school where Maze came from, but the school system here is not the 6 3 3 system like in Korea, which is 6 years of elementary school, 3 years of middle school, and 3 years of high school, but the 5 3 4 school system, so in Korea, we should think of it as the 3rd year of middle school rather than the 1st year of high school. .”
“It looks like you know a lot.”
Ari’s expression suddenly became somewhat vague.
“What kind of person was Miro on Earth in the past? I was curious about this, so I looked into it for quite some time. Miro experienced something very tragic and scary at this school. The timing is right around now. “At that time, he was rescued by the Management Bureau and became a member of the Management Bureau at a young age.”
This is a time when something very tragic and scary happened during Miro’s school days. When I heard those words, the reality of this ‘hell’ dawned on me.
“Isn’t it a coincidence that the most fearful point in my life is being replayed in the maze?”
“…”
Perhaps what happened during this time was the ‘first’ chaotic disaster that Miro experienced in his long life. Later, while working at the Bureau, he would have seen all kinds of hellish horrors, but it would have been nothing compared to the shock he first experienced as a child.
The reality of this hell is none other than repeating the most painful moments in the lives of those imprisoned.
…Who on earth could it be? Who creates these painful places and treats so many people so harshly? I took a sigh and returned to reality.
“I’m just saying that you traced Miro’s past. Do you remember ‘what accident’ you experienced?”
Ari smiled bitterly.
“Originally, of course I knew. Originally.”
As expected, it seems that the hotel temporarily erased only the part corresponding to ‘What happened to Miro’ from Ari’s memory. It was so expected that I wasn’t surprised. There was no way they would have allowed him to come in knowing the correct answer in advance.
“Anyway, there is an advantage to having Miro’s childhood as the background. At least Miro won’t run wild with the legacy he got from the hotel.”
“You’re running wild… . What we have to do is save the maze. “It’s not about conquering the maze.”
“It’s a rescue job, but from what I’ve heard so far, it feels like the person we need to save is in the most danger.”
“And in case you haven’t noticed yet, Maze isn’t the only one without a legacy.”
As soon as I heard those words, I tried to summon the grimoire and then realized. Nothing came out. It seems like the thread connecting the grimoire and me was broken from the beginning. Like some of the rooms that sealed the legacy, this place also cannot be used in grimoires. Does this mean that you should just try it with blessings?
Fortunately, the wing tattoo and pen were intact. Her grandfather slammed the desk.
“Just move. You guys have to take classes starting this afternoon. Check out the maze, and if possible, check out the school. However, there will be limits to the student’s body, so don’t overdo it. Because it’s tiring to be caught by a security guard. “I plan to do the active exploration.”
Teachers probably have more freedom of movement than students. After roughly explaining our roles, we left the teacher’s office.
While walking down the hallway with Ari, I couldn’t bear it anymore so I asked.
“There is one part that has occasionally struck me as strange.”
“What?”
“This school. “You said it was set in the 80s, right?”
“huh. I can’t remember exactly what year it was. “I think the hotel erased that part of my memory as well.”
“This is your mother’s childhood, who is older than you, so how can it be in the 1980s? It’s not just this school that’s strange, it’s the first party you experienced, or what you talked about in Perfect Life… . “Something about the ‘time zone’ always feels strange.”
Ari grinned instead of answering.
“…A long time ago, maybe before entering the gateway room? Didn’t you promise? Rather than hiding from each other -”
“I can tell you this clearly. First of all, this is not my personal secret. Secondly, at least in this hotel there is no problem at all. Third, when you go out, you will naturally know the right answer.”
Ari passed in front of me as if he had no intention of saying anything more.
That afternoon, I encountered Miro for the first time since entering the hotel.
*
“During the War of Independence, the Iroquois Confederacy faced the greatest crisis of division since its formation… .”
“The six tribal alliances are divided one by one and take independent steps… .”
…I feel dazed.
I think it would have been worth listening to if it was about math or science, but as I was listening to things like the movements of Native American tribes in American history, which I had never heard before, my mind naturally became blurry.
— Tak!
In the midst of all this, something that awakened my concentration made a sound.
“teacher! “I’m going to take a little rest.”
This is not break time, it is during class time. The girl who didn’t care at all about such trivial issues and openly told her to take a break didn’t even wait for the teacher’s answer. Soon the students took something out of their bags and started eating it.
“Oh, oh! Was class a little boring? I guess I should have said something fun. “What’s the fun story about the maze?”
“Let’s eat sandwiches.”
“okay!”
What on earth should ‘yes’ be? Isn’t this a classroom? This is the moment when religious authority collapses!
A crazy scene where a student arbitrarily interrupted class and started eating snacks, but the teacher responded in kind. Watching this, the Confucian dragon inside me began to erupt with anger.
Be that as it may, Miro began to stir up the children with a single wave of her hand, almost like a queen bee among a swarm of bees.
“hmm. Thomas, do you want a sandwich too?”
“huh! I want to eat!”
“Handstand for 30 seconds! “If you hold out, I’ll give you a bite.”
Soon, a white boy began standing on his head to eat a bite of Miro’s leftover sandwich. It was hard to bear seeing this mind-boggling sight.
Han Ga-in: Your mother is so amazing.
Ari Kim: This is what American kids are like.
Han Ga-in: Don’t turn American children into crazy people.
Mukseong Kim: Saving type!
Ari and I couldn’t even think of stopping this chaotic atmosphere, and we couldn’t even find a way to intervene. Above all, it was a very dangerous situation considering that if we intervened clumsily, we could get caught up in it! Depending on your perspective, this is no different from a situation where some kind of mental contamination is spreading.
As the next hour passed, more and more ‘freewheeling’ things started to happen.
— Boom!
“Ahaha! “Eye, it’s a knuckleball!”
“Headshot~! nice!”
“maze! This way, this way!”
“The ball is rolling!”
The sound of a crazy snowball fight outside the window was very enjoyable. More than 20 children were rolling around on the floor, covered in snow, and Miro was knocking them out with one soulful blow, as if he had possessed a major league pitcher.
It’s a very happy scene. Except this is math class.
Of course, there doesn’t seem to be any major problems. Because the teacher also went out and was throwing snow. The only people left in the classroom were the kids who were sick or sleepy and wanted to sleep, and Ari and I.
“… Miro had such happy school days.”
“Isn’t the maze really cute?”
I was dumbfounded as I looked at Ari, who was already looking at her mother’s past with happy eyes.
“Aren’t you a student with bad hair?”
“You’re a middle school student. It was originally an immature time. And I didn’t do anything particularly bad. “I think he just likes to have fun.”
— Swish! puck! thud!
A snowball flew out the window and hit my head.
“…”
“to… . “Isn’t it fun?”
Kim Muk-seong: Ari, can you come out for a moment?
Suddenly, the grandfather called Ari alone. Did you find any traces of something unusual? Ari, who was embarrassed to see me hit by a snowball, hurried outside as if she had been waiting.
— Swish! puck!
second? Isn’t this a coincidence?
“no? Who are you? “I have no intention of leaving.”
“Are you really not going to come out?”
When I turned my head toward the window, I realized that a girl who looked like a snow fairy was looking at me with a smile on the other side of the window.
“…”
“Why aren’t you coming out? let’s play together! “If you stay there alone, I’ll keep throwing!”
“I said I’d just stay here…” .”
“It’s fun when everyone plays together. “Come out quickly~ come out~!”
I slowly felt tired, so I just turned my attention towards the classroom. She has no intention of studying at the middle school level again, but she also has no desire to go outside.
“… You don’t listen to me very well.”
?
“Look into my eyes.”
I feel dizzy. Her consciousness floated as if she was dreaming. Without realizing it, I turned my head and caught the red burning flash of light. Those eyes. It is similar yet different from Ari’s, which I have already seen several times. An infinitely deep and deep whirlpool. Blessings of those born from above.
“You are my friend. Friend should follow me.”
Why did I keep acting the way I wanted? Is this reasonable vigilance? Or is it the instinctive fear of a weak mind in the face of a predator? A friend is essentially one. Since I am Miro’s friend, it is natural that I should follow Miro. This is the law.
“You’ll have a good time with me.”
aha! Now my mind has become clear. How fun would it be to follow a maze? Let’s go outside. Let’s go out and have a snowball fight. The discomfort that had filled my mind just a moment ago was pushed aside in an instant, and the empty space was filled with the utmost tranquility.
Stand up with a happy heart and go outside –
— now!
“Aaaah!”
“Don’t give a damn! Would I still fall for this shallow trick?”
I immediately drew out Miro’s eyes with a pen and ran out into the hallway.
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