Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 231
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Episode 231 – No. 202, Room of the Curse – ‘The Little Mermaid’ (9)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 101
Current location: Tier 2, Room 202 – Curse Room ‘The Little Mermaid’
Sage Advice: 3]
– Han Ga-in
— Squeak!
In the middle of a starry night, the date passed and the number of advices reached again. And we finally arrived at the hospital.
The location is in a corner of the island and there are no signs. How on earth do you do business? Upon arrival, the updated scenario simply provided the answer to this question.
This hospital is none other than a facility to care for the daughters of the Sea God.
The daughters of the sea god are the ones who come closer to the ‘memory of their ancestors’ than anyone else among the fish people. This gave her a variety of superpowers, but it also came at a terrible price. Every night, they struggle through a never-ending nightmare filled with immeasurable pain.
Since no one was happy that the island’s leader was mentally insane, the daughters of the Sea God needed to be treated ‘secretly’, so this hospital was created.
Should I say I am fortunate?
The hospital’s facilities were clean. The antique paintings on the walls, the soft carpets on the floor, and the shiny clean walls proved that a considerable amount of money had been invested in this hospital. The island’s absolute powers must have paid special attention to this facility as it was built for them.
Since it was a hospital originally intended to serve the daughter of the sea god, when Riringanor appeared, the few staff and doctors treated her with caution, almost as if they were royalty. They didn’t stop us because they thought we were part of Riringanor’s party too.
Soon, we arrived at Elena’s hospital room.
“Why can’t Elena wake up?”
“Miss, this is because Elena’s mania is getting worse day by day and the saint has ordered special treatment.”
“Special prescription? what is that?”
“… Did you receive permission from the saint to come here?”
The doctor seemed to be trying to hide the truth, but it was a meaningless action. This is because there was excellent faith on our part.
“What on earth are you administering? morphine? Is this fentanyl? They gave me endless doses of drugs and sleeping pills so that I couldn’t even wake up. Since the cause was a nightmare, did they make me fall into a dreamless sleep? “In this case, it seems right to just let him rest.”
“Hey, hey! you! “Who has permission to install the equipment?”
When Kim Sang-hyun calmly walked through the facilities and found out the true nature of the ‘treatment’ being carried out on Elena, the doctor showed a perplexed attitude.
“I gave permission.”
“miss… !”
“Please just wake up my sister.”
“Miss, this is a special order from the saint -”
“I know about Elena. Until just three months ago, she was a perfectly fine person. “It was almost 10 years ago that Elena awakened as the daughter of the Sea God.”
“…”
“You are talking nonsense now. “A person who endured nightmares well for over 10 years and was sane enough to have a fiancé suddenly passed away in a matter of weeks and ended up having to sleep endlessly with drugs?”
“that.”
“The person who turned away was not Elena, but Serenade. It’s definitely true. So wake up!”
Instead of answering, the doctor blinked at the people around him. It’s an obvious modification. In the end, even though she is the daughter of the same sea god, it is proof that Serenade’s power is much stronger than that of Elena, who is sleeping with the young Ri Linganor.
Eunsol’s older sister, who was watching, put on a ‘chef’s hat’.
“Now is the time to use this.”
I quietly covered my ears.
“hey! Where is this bastard dog really rolling his eyes and making a fuss? “Can you pull out my spine and make gamjatang for me?”
“Ap, ap, ap suddenly what-”
“Pull it out alive, clean it, and do as I tell you before putting it in the fryer. Give me 3 seconds. Elena wake up. 3, 2, -”
“Wait a minute. “You can’t wake him up in three seconds!”
“Wow, look how sick this dog is! Do you see me talking nonsense this time? You are -”
“Ugh, Eunsol unnie. “I’m already operating the machine.”
“… okay?”
The cool swearing time has passed. I already knew this, but it was surprising all over again. The performance of that hat, which my sister named ‘special chef charisma’, is simple.
When he spews out thick, profanity-laced words, a supernatural sense of intimidation arises for a moment, and ordinary people follow his words as if possessed.
There was an evaluation that it was not a power that would work against people with strong mental powers, such as agents of the Management Bureau. However, if you think of it as the power to gain temporary command authority over ordinary people, it is quite useful.
— BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
A moment later, a strange mechanical sound filled the hospital room, and the hoses connected to Elena’s body fell. Elena’s seal was finally lifted.
“sister! “You recognize me -”
[Advice: 3 -> 2]
[Kneel down now!]
— Kwasik!
A shark came out of the ‘picture’ on the wall, passed above me, and crushed the dazed doctor’s head in one bite.
*
I can’t breathe. The moment I took in a breath of air, an unbearable and intense pain hit my respiratory tract. Every human being in that place collapsed in a single breath.
What happened? The hose fell off. Elena woke up. and… .
The world became an ocean.
Does this make sense? Without any warning, the air, thick as water, passed through my nose and squeezed my lungs painfully. I could even feel the extremely salty and sea smell in the air.
The ocean is the space that contains the most life on this planet. As if it were natural, there are fish everywhere, with no way of knowing where they came from.
And then a ‘shark’ appeared. The moment the shark came out through the picture on the hospital wall, crushed the doctor in one bite, and turned to look at us, the complexions of my colleagues, who were struggling in pain and not being able to breathe, turned pale. Should I at least be possessed?
Before I could react, Songi, who was shaking, slowly swam forward and stroked the shark’s head. The shark, which looked somewhat confused, ended up circling around Songi and acting in a way that I couldn’t tell if it was cute or not.
…
The shark lifted the doctor’s head, which was chewing in its mouth, into its hands. Are you saying that you are giving a gift of ‘delicious food’ in your own way? I was glad that the friendship was working. Songi even accepted the human head as if she was grateful!
After escaping the imminent crisis, I managed to turn my gaze to look at Elena. Only then did she realize one thing.
Elena hasn’t woken up yet!
Even though all the hoses had fallen, Elena was still squirming on the bed, letting out strange moans. Only then did I realize that the cause of the strange phenomenon happening now was her nightmare.
It would have been better when drugs and sleeping pills completely paralyzed my consciousness and I fell into a dreamless sleep. But didn’t this accident happen because the hoses fell off and he woke up awkwardly?
In a split second, various thoughts passed through my mind. Should I at least possess Elena’s body and resolve her situation?
no. It’s too dangerous. Now, Elena is in a state of madness due to the memories of her fishman ancestors! If I possess that body, I might turn around this time. This is because you cannot receive mental protection from the status window when possessing another person’s body.
[Advice: 2 -> 1]
‘What should I do!’
[Wait calmly. It will end soon.]
All I have to do is just wait?
*
– Elena
[The seal has been lifted!]
A void without anything. The mind that was swimming in nothingness slowly descends. As I slowly regained consciousness, I saw myself in the sea.
iced coffee… .
The first life was conceived in the sea. Therefore, we are all children of the sea. I felt a world teeming with life, a huge flow circulating endlessly within it.
An ecosystem is a cycle. Some people eat and others get eaten. Sharks eat octopuses, and octopuses eat crabs. However, this is ultimately just a difference in order. One day, the shark’s body will rot and fall into the abyss of the sea, and then it will become the crabs’ daily food.
Embrace the cycle.
Embrace the cycle.
Embrace the cycle.
This is the only law that the children of the sea must follow.
My children, know that you too are part of the great cycle. therefore –
[The Myeongkyung Index is activated!]
It felt like someone had poured a bucket of cold ice water on me while I was napping on the sofa. My mind, which had been listening to a strange voice with a hazy feeling, became clear in an instant.
Where are we? Who am I?
…
I am Elena Ivanova, contestant of Hotel Pioneer. Master of justice and sinister imagination.
I barely opened my eyes and looked around. Eye-piercing bright lighting and luxurious, comfortable beds. Complex machines scattered around my body and hoses falling off my arms.
What on earth is this?
My colleagues who were supposed to answer my questions were fluttering their arms around the room as if they were dancing or something, and Songi was absurdly holding a painting in one hand while holding a picture in the other –
“OMG! “Song, what is that on your right arm?”
“…”
“Is it Song?”
“Elena, you’re awake. “Don’t worry about this.”
“Sa, sa, it’s a human head?”
“It’s no big deal. “There was a bit of an accident.”
“Elena sister? “Do you all already know Elena?”
“Ah mistake.”
“yes?”
The cute-looking girl tilts her head and seems to be puzzled by her colleagues who recognize me. Who is that kid?
Other colleagues also approached me as if they had finally come to their senses.
“Are you okay?”
“yes. picture-”
Without any warning, information poured out in waves like a bomb exploding in my head. As my whole body trembled in confusion, my colleagues panicked and grabbed me, but there was no time for me to respond.
It pours down. Information pours down like rain and hits my head.
I knew what happened to ‘Elena, Daughter of the Sea God’. I realized why Serenade had me in this place. She knew the despair that befell this island.
“We must leave immediately! Right Now! “It’s too late now!”
“El, Elena? What do you mean suddenly? “Let’s go meet our Serenade sister-”
The grandfather immediately removed the girl who was crying in front of him with one hand.
“Where do you mean I should go?”
“Harbor!”
My body is shaking. I felt that the long-term use of drugs and sleeping pills had completely destroyed my body. His grandfather lifted me up with one hand and started running.
…
I’m not in very good shape. In that moment, my mind became blurry again. voice. voice. voice. I also heard a strange voice in my ear.
‘Embrace the cycle. Know that there is death at the end of life. Know that the end of death is the beginning of new life.’
To have a headache. Mr. Gain held my hand with an urgent expression.
“Elena! Are you not feeling well right now? You have to tell me one thing though! “What on earth is going on in the port?”
“…Lee Soo-ho.”
“yes? “The chairman’s son who died?”
“He’s still alive.”
“yes?”
Know that just as there is death at the end of life, there is new life at the end of death. Therefore, his death was by no means the end.
— Shoot!
It started raining from the sky. It’s pouring rain that smells very salty and fishy. I had one last thought in my fading consciousness.
It’s too late. The first ‘Saint of the Sea God’ to be born in history has already achieved all of his goals. Eventually, everyone’s fate will turn around. A world has arrived where those who eat are eaten, and those who were eaten are eaten.
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