Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 191
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Episode 191 – Prayer for the Maze (10) Fin
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 94
Current location: Hanbing Hell – Room of Resurrection
Sage Advice: 3]
– Han Ga-in
When I came to my senses, I found myself standing in a harsh snowy field that I could not get used to even though I had experienced it many times. Although the previous participant’s hell was different from the Curse Room, it was no different from the Curse Room in that the space collapsed after the solution was resolved and the person was ejected to the outside.
As soon as we came out, the first thing we saw was Jincheol kneeling in the field.
“brother! “Did you wait? Why are you in this condition?”
This is the first time I’ve seen Jincheol so ‘thin’ since I entered the hotel!
I knew that the people praying outside were having a difficult time, but to exaggerate, my brother looked like he had lost more than 10kg of his weight. At this point, it was difficult to imagine what he had just experienced.
“at las! It’s finally here! “Really, if you guys had been a little bit late, I would have fainted too.”
“What on earth happened here? “Where have everyone else gone?”
“Everyone is going to room 105 and resting.”
“yes? Room 105? “When we left for the Cold Ice Hell, didn’t you even taste the first floor?”
Jincheol smiled bitterly, and the grandfather opened his mouth.
“Reward No. 106, you used a rest ticket.”
“I had no choice. “Everyone had extremely low physical strength and had been exposed to the harsh cold for too long, so I was afraid that if this continued, everyone would freeze to death.”
“Well written. Isn’t it a consumable item anyway? “I just used something that was meant to be used when the time comes, because there was a crisis.”
After listening to Jincheol’s explanation, everyone understood the situation.
“I didn’t know that the Scented Candle of Rest was such a dangerous item.”
“I don’t know what happened to this damn hotel, so much so that even a scented candle is eaten by people.”
“Did you use the rest voucher and move all the others?”
Jincheol smiled lightly and said.
“I moved Seungyeop, Songi, and Elena. You probably went by yourself. and… . “Actually, I’m having a hard time enduring it now.”
As soon as the words were finished, the grandfather answered.
“Even if it wasn’t like that, I was looking at your body earlier and wondering what was going on. How about you go to room 105 now? It looks like my business here is almost done. guide! “Is there still more for us to do?”
The guide who had been floating in the air from earlier answered immediately.
“no. All you have to do is listen to the instructions.”
“Go right away and get some rest. “It’s just a matter of listening to the instructions and passing them on.”
“Then please excuse me. And Cain?”
“yes?”
“What is that on your back? I don’t think it was there when I went in. “I told you because I thought you might not know.”
With those words, Jincheol trudging away.
“waist? “No, what is this again?”
Ari sighed.
“Merry Christmas~! It seems like Ga-in really liked the serial killer Santa. “Even until the last moment, she still had Ga-in’s gift for her!”
Grandpa sighed.
“Just throw it away. “You look like a crazy monster.”
The object attached to my waist was a stuffed toy that looked very much like me. To be honest, I felt creepy as soon as I saw it, but I couldn’t tell if it was because the doll itself was creepy or because the person who gave it to me was creepy.
After Jincheol disappeared, only the people who were going through the maze of hell remained in the cold ice hell where the harsh cold and sharp wind still blew.
“Obviously, when you come in here, the scenario says, ‘The sorrow of the dead suffering in hell is the cause of the cold.’ “I think he said something like this.”
“you’re right.”
“Why is it still so cold? “Shouldn’t the cold go away?”
“That’s a good question. We’ll walk you through that part right away. Dear participants! Thank you for your effort You have succeeded in stopping the suffering of one of the dead who suffered in hell!”
Once this guy’s confirmation was received, everyone’s attention finally returned to the statue where the maze was trapped. Miro was still asleep in the ice, but she no longer let out moans of pain like the other statue victims. just… . She had a peaceful expression as if she was having a good dream.
Ari didn’t show any particular reaction, but you could tell just by looking at his expression that he was greatly relieved. She felt good, knowing that she had once again achieved some decent results.
“The dead have found hope thanks to your good deeds, and the chill of hell can no longer threaten the hotel. The first floor has already escaped the extreme cold. “The second floor will be repaired tomorrow.”
“Seeing as they only talk about the first and second floors, is it the Cold Ice Hell, or rather the Resurrection Room? Anyway, I guess this place is always cold?”
“The reason the first and second floors became cold was because the chill of hell collapsed the hotel, not because they were originally cold places. On the other hand, Hanbing Hell is different. “It’s a place where it’s normal to be cold, regardless of the hotel’s repairs.”
This means that the Resurrection Room will continue to be cold, but this is not a big problem. It’s probably not a place you come into everyday anyway. The long-running ice age of hotels has finally come to an end! Feeling proud, we looked at each other and smiled.
“I explained about prayer and resurrection a few days ago, right? Let me say it again: prayer and resurrection are separate things. Prayer is just a procedure to end the suffering of former participants and return warmth to the hotel. If you want to be resurrected, you have to use a ticket. Do you want to write it?”
There was silence for a moment. Ari chuckled as my grandfather and I looked at her awkwardly.
“What you looking at? Resurrection through tickets must be mutually agreed upon. “You once said let’s save the doctor, right?”
“I said we would talk again after we found the Resurrection Room. “I didn’t expect to find it so quickly.”
“Anyway, I don’t plan on writing it now. You couldn’t find a way to bring Miro back to his senses, right? “I can now guess where there might be a way.”
thank god. Tickets are too precious for a meeting with just the three of us, and we can’t decide on a big event called ‘New Colleagues’ on our own. Of course, this is a matter to be decided after talking with the people resting in room 105.
Anyway, it’s a way to restore Miro’s spirit… . Considering the meaningful conversation from earlier, perhaps the answer to the problem related to the maze lies in the ‘Room of Mirrors’? Of course, this is an issue that will become clear only after we go.
The guide continued talking.
“For your information, the Resurrection Room is also one of the ‘secret rooms’ in the hotel. In other words, it is not a room that you can enter at any time, and you can only enter again during party time.”
Ari responded as if it was no big deal.
“Well, we already used our three-day rest ticket. “It probably includes today, so tomorrow and the next two days are party time.”
“If you’re thinking of using a ticket, let’s discuss it with others and come back tomorrow or later.”
In the end, I think I used my 3-day rest voucher appropriately. Time for rest and meeting was given to make the final decision on who should be resurrected.
With this, the work of Hanbing Hell was completed.
*
I was at peace with the thought that everything was over, and since I had used my rest ticket anyway, I told myself to take a break and started to get out of the cold ice hell.
An unusual event occurred.
[Advice: 3 -> 0]
[Why are the repair times different for the first and second floors?]
?
“uh? Now, everyone stop for a moment!”
“what? “Gain, did something strange happen?”
“Joe, your advice worked now.”
“What did you ask?”
“I didn’t ask! Just like in the gateway room before, all the remaining moves suddenly disappeared and only the answer came out!”
Grandfather sighed deeply.
“It looks like something happened again. Okay, what’s the content?”
“They say, ‘Why are the repair times on the first and second floors different?’”
“What is that-”
— Ugh!
The moment I explained the advice to my colleagues, a strange sound came from the drone that was watching us from across the street. The propellers that were keeping the drone in the air continued to vibrate and its body seemed to tremble, and then I heard a voice with a different tone of voice than I had heard before.
“haha! ‘wisdom’. This isn’t right. “The participants didn’t notice anything at all, so isn’t it a bit over the line to tell them directly?”
If this happens and we don’t notice at all, it means that the time we’ve spent at the hotel so far has been in vain. The time has come to ‘pretend to pretend’.
There was a ‘hint’ somewhere in the content we had just received from the drone, and as we tried to leave without noticing it at all, the owl gave some rather unreasonable advice!
Immediately all three stopped and began to think about the content of the advice, the topic of ‘when to repair the first and second floors’.
Ari muttered as if he felt something.
“After hearing it, it seems unusual. Is there really a need for different repair times for the two floors?”
Grandpa answered.
“I didn’t think it was strange. The cause of the cold in the first place is the cold ice hell, and isn’t the cold ice hell on the second floor? Since it was closer to the source of the cold, it seemed natural that repairs would take longer… .”
On the contrary, after hearing those words, I realized a sense of discomfort.
“Isn’t this a place where ‘common sense’ applies, like real buildings? It’s not a place where workers come and hammer and fix things. If an invisible fairy-like being lifts a finger, repairs are completed in just one second! “It’s not a strange place to do it.”
“There is no need for the repair timing to be different?”
“Yes. “When I think about it, we’ve had a number of hotel breakdowns in the past, but we’ve never had one where something was fixed and something else was still broken.”
Hotel Pioneer. If the so-called ‘special event’ had ended in this strange place, it would not be surprising if the damaged facilities were immediately repaired. Why did they immediately repair only the first floor and leave the second floor alone? There was no easy answer to this, so everyone just stood still –
Drones intervened.
“Looking at it, it will take quite some time for you to realize it yourself.”
“… I noticed this a little while ago, but your tone of voice is different from before.”
If the guide before was simply like an artificial intelligence drone, now it seemed to be relaying the voice of ‘someone’.
“Let’s say you are the manager of this place. “Actually, I was contemplating whether to erase your memories related to the owl’s advice until a little while ago.”
“…”
“but… . okay. The owl’s act of coming forward and informing you without you even noticing is definitely crossing the line, but it also means that the owl felt that you were worth investing in. “Isn’t it your ability to gain favor from sponsors by proving your potential?”
The owl likes me? This is truly an incredible story!
… For some reason, I remembered all the times I resented owls. He suddenly began to wonder if he should get down on his knees and apologize.
“Don’t worry here and go to the second floor. “Look around and think about what it means to say that only the second floor will be repaired late.”
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