Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 212
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Episode 212 – No. 104, Room of the Curse – ‘Prestigious Hotel High School for Entrance Exam’ Re (6)
– Eunsol Lee
My grandfather, who was listening to Pero Gain’s explanation, thought for a moment and then started to organize.
“After hearing your words, I understand what the Lord’s purpose is. For that purpose, he must have deliberately failed to provide proper help to Aurelia in Room 104 and caused her to be defeated by you, right?”
“Of course.”
“Then why did he intervene?”
“yes?”
“According to what you said, Aurelia was pushed by you anyway and was on the verge of defeat? If ‘Divine Sun’ had not appeared, he would have died by your hands and the room would have been resolved. “We would have already obtained the sacred sun and left the room.”
“…”
… That’s what I heard.
If the Lord’s purpose was to solve the problem, there was no need for him to do something noisy in the first place, such as sending some kind of sacred object or coming down to steal Ga-in’s body. Aurelia was on the verge of being defeated by us anyway! If you wait patiently, you will have achieved your goal.
As I thought about it more, another strange thing occurred to me. Why did you give information about ‘justice’ in the first place? If it weren’t for that information, thanks to Elena’s justice, we could have defeated Aurelia much faster.
“Both of you, listen to me for a moment. I think you were so shocked by the overwhelming power of the Lord that you missed some pretty easy parts. In fact, moves that are obvious to the eyes of a person practicing badukdo next to him are not visible to the person playing the game himself.”
“Did you think of a trick?”
“After listening to you, I came up with a hypothesis. So that you don’t get frustrated, I’ll tell you the conclusion first. I believe that the victory condition for the main gnome is not simply resolving the room, but ‘acquiring Han Ga-in’s legacy.’”
“Do I have to obtain the inheritance for the Lord’s purpose to be fulfilled?”
“If you think about it that way, quite a few of the questions you have are easily understandable. Why did they intervene? If you had left it alone, someone else would have acquired the inheritance instead of you. “You said that the fight against Aurelia at the time was carried out by everyone on site working together, right?”
“you’re right. It was a situation where everyone was recognized for their contribution to the solution. If we had resolved it in that situation, the time of choice would have come and we would have decided among ourselves who would receive the inheritance. I probably would have given up on my inheritance. “If I get it again, I will be sealed in the remaining rooms on the second floor.”
“So the state intervened. After killing Aurelia, Cain had to kill the rest of the participants and leave you as the only one who could receive the inheritance. After that, you must have cleared out the room by killing the remaining cult members in the hotel high school.”
“Seeing it in that context, I can understand the intention behind giving Aurelia information about justice. “Because if Elena invokes her justice and beats Aurelia 1-1, there’s a chance too much credit will be given to Elena.”
“right. If the difference in contribution is too large, Elena can receive the inheritance right away without any time to choose. So justice had to be sealed. Also, I think there may have been a second purpose. “It is possible that you will be defeated due to the variables of the battle.”
At this point, I was starting to feel it too.
“You never know a fight until you try it, so the Lord took into account the possibility of us losing!”
“The revelation was given to prevent Aurelia from killing you if you fight too poorly compared to your strength and are defeated.”
After hearing his grandfather’s hypothesis, Pero Gain seemed to have come to some realization.
“Is it related to the Advent that I must receive an inheritance for the Lord’s purposes?”
“I think it will definitely happen. What is the state going to do by going out in the form of legacies? You may not know it, but in order for him to act as he pleases, he must be able to control the owner of the inheritance. The foundation for that is probably the descent you obtained.”
To summarize my grandfather’s hypothesis, it is simple. For the Lord’s victory, no one else should receive the inheritance, but Cain must receive the inheritance!
There are three main grounds for the hypothesis.
First, the fight against Aurelia was going to be ours anyway, but the state intervened. If the only goal is to solve the problem, it is a problem that can be left alone.
Second, information countering Elena’s justice was delivered to Aurelia. This blocked the possibility of Elena single-handedly punishing Aurelia to build up her overwhelming contribution, and prevented Aurelia from annihilating us even if she were to win.
Third, the very existence of Advent means that Cain is somehow special in the Lord’s plan.
After saying that, my grandfather became quiet, probably a little tired. However, the surrounding atmosphere was noticeably brighter than before. Because hope is finally starting to appear. If the solution to the problem itself is the Lord’s victory, we have no answer. But if Cain’s gaining the inheritance is the Lord’s victory, the Lord’s victory can be prevented by another one of us gaining the inheritance.
My grandfather, who had regained some energy, asked the question again.
“There are still parts I don’t understand. Why on earth can that damn state intervene so freely? “We have already solved several cursed chambers and met many prisoners, but we have never seen one like this.”
“At least the state won’t be too powerful.”
“I agree with that. “As a human being, it’s ridiculous to dare to discuss the strength and weakness of divine beings, but if the Lord was strong enough to ignore the hotel’s laws, he wouldn’t be trapped in Room 104.”
“Actually, I also came up with a hypothesis. “Do you remember the advice I received from the owl about room 104 before?”
“What did you do?”
“It was, ‘The wisest person makes a plan that everyone can benefit from.’”
I also remembered.
“For quite some time I did not understand the meaning of this advice. But I think I know now. There were three keys to interpreting the advice. First, who does the wisest person mean? Second, who all benefits? Third, what benefit do they gain?”
“Is not the Lord the wise? “I guess he was the one who did the trick in room 104, right?”
“Owl always has multiple meanings in one word. I thought it was just bad taste the other day, but it’s probably because he also has restrictions imposed by the hotel. In the hotel, ‘wisdom’ refers to the owl herself. I go further and believe that this expression refers to all sponsors. In other words, the state and its sponsors set the tone.”
“Who is ‘everyone’ who benefits?”
“It won’t be the cultist who died yesterday or Aurelia, who almost died at the hands of the Lord. Unfortunately, the NPCs inside the room of curses in this hotel are not qualified to even stand at the negotiation table. There are three players at the table of the huge game taking place in the hotel. Prisoners, participants and sponsors.”
When I heard this far, I understood what Ga-in was trying to say.
“Cain, this is what you mean. Originally, participants and sponsors aimed to solve the problem, and prisoners were in a position of resistance. However, Joo also made a plan to solve the problem. This purpose also coincides with the sponsor’s purpose.”
“So I think the sponsors turned a blind eye to the state’s various tricks. In fact, Advent, one of the tricks the state pulled, was a tremendous help to us. “My grimoire is something I wouldn’t have been able to obtain if it weren’t for Kanglim.”
Grandfather muttered with a bitter smile.
“To add a little more, in fact, in the eyes of the sponsors, the problem of the Lord seeping into your spirit as a side effect of the ‘Divine Sun’ or Advent may not be a big deal.”
“…”
“Because they are not people who care about human circumstances. Look at Elena, who is still passed out on the sofa. If they had cared about people’s mental health, they wouldn’t have left a legacy like ‘Ominous Imagination’. ‘The star fragment of another world’ is also a problem.”
“What on earth will this meeting we are having look like in the eyes of our sponsors?”
“It may seem like a pathetic worry. You may feel that you are avoiding the easy path and taking the difficult path by worrying about trivial things like ‘human purity’. But as a Bureau agent, I can tell you that Cain should not think of you as a supporter. That’s why I plan to risk my life to stop the Lord’s plan for you.”
It’s a simple story.
Joo came up with a plan to escape the hotel through Advent and Legacy, and in the process of that plan, the cursed room was resolved. Furthermore, Advent becomes a tremendous force in helping participants proceed with the hotel. Therefore, since the state’s plan is also beneficial to the sponsor, the state is using all kinds of tricks with the sponsor’s connivance.
Is this true? It is an unknown issue as it is a hypothesis that Ga-in himself is not sure about. There are many cases where our guesses were wrong in this hotel. But this is not the time to worry further about this issue.
Grandpa sorted out the situation.
“Now~! This is enough to understand the situation. “You can’t worry endlessly.”
“Because the goal has been set. “Someone other than me can inherit the inheritance.”
“That’s it. I can see what needs to be done for that. “Why don’t we just find Aurelia and beat her?”
“Grandpa, think about that part a little more as you move.”
“Eunsol, do you have any other thoughts?”
“yes. First of all, I heard from her friend that Aurelia seemed to be devastated when she realized that her lord was trying to kill her.”
“Well, she must have been in a position similar to that of a saint, but she must have been surprised that the god she served tried to kill her.”
“She may have lost her faith now. “How can she still say she is ‘the fittest’?”
“Listening to what my sister said, it reminded me of what the head researcher once said. In fact, the expressions such as prisoner and adversary are more like concepts created for convenience in order to facilitate the room process, and the hotel itself does not have such a concept.”
“The scenario is fluid. So, it is difficult to blindly judge based on previous information. furthermore… .”
“hint.”
“okay. hint. Klitschko is a way to criticize his father. I still don’t know what this means, but I think at least the first letter means daughter. This is a hint to use the daughter to do something to the father, the Lord. The daughter, feeling quite betrayed by her father, ran away. “Could this be a coincidence?”
“Let’s find Aurelia first. “I think it starts from there.”
Everyone nodded. When Perogaine nodded her head with his parrot body, she was so cute that it made me laugh for a moment.
I thought as I left the hiding place and went outside. Where is Aurelia now?
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