Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 247
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Episode 247 – No. 202, Room of the Curse – ‘The Little Mermaid’ (25)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 106
Current location: Tier 2, hallway
Sage Advice: 3]
– Han Ga-in
It only took about 30 seconds for Elena, who suddenly ran away screaming, to come to her senses. According to Elena, who returned with an awkward expression and apologized to Ari, she saw such a terrible sight just before her escape that she seemed to have lost her mind.
Afterwards, we had to talk for quite some time. The party split up, and Seungyeop and Elena obtained different information in different situations. Because the information everyone had collected was very chaotic, it took quite some time to sort it out.
The latter part of the second attempt was actually carried out by Elena alone. As we listened to that, our mouths fell open. There were strange and hideous things happening in almost every room in the hotel, but even taking that into account, what Elena went through wasn’t easy.
When everyone felt slightly confused for a moment amidst the confusing information, my older sister, who was worried, stood in front of the whiteboard.
“I think I have almost figured out the scenario for Room 202. Enough of talking about each person’s experience, let’s arrange the events that occurred in room 202 in chronological order. “This way you will see clearly.”
Soon the events began to be recorded in chronological order.
1. 800 years ago, poor fishermen along the coast accepted Rudach, a member of the sea god, and became fishmen. Later, it was revealed that a side effect of fish-humanization was turning into marine life.
The fishmen cannot accept this fate. Those who embrace high-ranking individuals of the colony creature Rudach, that is, the daughters of the sea god, use their abilities to allow the fishmen to remain on land.
2. 20 years ago, Imelda, a former deep-sea saint who suffered from a long nightmare, made a contract with the Management Bureau and sold Rudach as an experiment.
The Bureau plans to use Rudach to improve humans. This act of betrayal made the Sea God so angry that the nightmares the fishmen experienced became much harsher.
3. In modern times, the sea god rises from the deep sea and prepares Isuho and Riringanor to judge sins. Given the circumstances, it appears that Lee Soo-ho will step in first, and if he fails, Riringanor will step in.
It seems like all major events are roughly written down. My sister continued to explain.
“You can think about ‘sin’, which was an important point in No. 202. Number 1 is related to the first sin the fishman committed, ‘rejection of life in the sea.’ Number 2 is the second sin, ‘the act of handing over a member of God’s family to an experimental subject.’ The last three are the Sea God’s response to this. “If there is any point you don’t understand, please tell me quickly.”
Jincheol raised his hand first.
“I’ve experienced it twice, so I’m curious about it again this time, and it’s about the bridge to Sea God Island. “Who do you think was responsible for the fog curse on that bridge?”
“We should think about the purpose of that fog. It was clearly a curse meant to kill us. There are few forces in the scenario that can use that kind of power. “Serenade and Management Bureau, plus Lee Su-ho and Riringanor.”
“I guess it’s not the management bureau. “There was no reason to purge because we didn’t know about the ‘project’ at that point.”
“It’s not even a serenade. How would the Bureau react if a Management Bureau agent heading to Sea God Island was suddenly killed? “I’m not the type of person who would do something like that, even if I’m afraid of the repercussions.”
“It must be Lee Su-ho or Riringanor. For those two, the sea god will descend tomorrow anyway, so there is no need to consider the aftermath. “Is the purpose of preventing the Management Bureau forces from intervening just before the arrival of the Sea God?”
“I guess so. Perhaps the purpose of the tsunami in Busan is the same. “We just didn’t feel it because we got to the island before the tsunami hit us.”
When the story of Riringanor came up, Seungyeop immediately raised his hand.
“Did Riringanor know his fate from the beginning?”
I think you can tell what the question means just by looking at Seungyeop’s expression. In the first attempt, Seungyeop seemed to have become quite friendly with Riringanor. That relationship disappeared in the process of repeated attempts, but his memory did not disappear.
Ari answered on behalf of his older sister, who could not easily open her mouth.
“I don’t know. But either way, he’s still a big risk. maybe… . “I’ll have to kill you.”
It’s a similar idea. He may have known from the beginning that he was a tool for the Sea God’s resurrection, or after Lee Su-ho died, the Sea God may have awakened him through a dream. Either way, he is a very dangerous child for us.
Elena carefully raised her hand.
“Do you remember the message the Sea God delivered? In the first attempt, Mr. Ga-in heard ‘Give me an end to the pain,’ and in the second attempt, I heard ‘One more time,’ and ‘We’re almost there. ‘Why are you a fishman?’ “What do these words mean?”
Grandfather expressed his opinion.
“Give me an end to the pain. Isn’t this a request for the Bureau to stop experimenting with Rudach? Or, it could be that he is asking us to fix this room so that he can rest.”
Just like the prisoner in Room 103, he too may be someone who wishes for rest.
“One more time, we’re almost there. This is almost a solution now, but it’s a bit lacking, so I’d say try a little more. The last sentence is the most puzzling. Why are you a fisherman? “How does it sound?”
There was silence around for a moment. She expressed her opinion cautiously.
“For context, ‘you’ is obviously Elena, right? ‘Why is Elena a fish-man?’… .”
Why are you a fishman? So it can’t end and we need humans. Is this what it means?
Or, is there some meaning in the fact that Elena is a fish-woman, and should we understand that meaning?
Uneasy. There was silence around again.
At that time, my older sister, who was in front of the whiteboard, raised her hand.
“Actually, there’s one thing I don’t understand. Firi, isn’t this too strange?”
The flute holds quite a few mysteries.
According to what Elena realized as her mind became closer to the Sea God during her second attempt, the flute was an object that felt like a ‘comforting lullaby’ created to soothe the Sea God’s own madness and pain. There was also a story that the sea god seemed to have regained his senses as the melody of the flute rang out.
Elena tilted her head.
“What’s strange? “The fact that you did not use the item that was meant to ease your own pain and instead gave it to the fishman?”
My sister shook her head.
“no. That’s easy. The flute is an item for the sea god, but it was also useful for the fishmen, right? You said it made the nightmares weaker? Since it is a useful treasure for believers, I can give it to you. What I found strange was ‘timing.’”
“period?”
Perhaps to organize her thoughts, my sister walked around for a while.
“The sea god is suffering. This point is not clear. He himself even said to Ga-in, ‘Give me an end to my pain.’ “What is the cause of that pain?”
Grandpa answered.
“Isn’t Rudach being captured by the Bureau and experimented on? “It would naturally be very painful for a god to have one of his descendants taken to the Bureau and turned into a lab rat.”
“Probably so, right? Soo-ho Lee, whose spirit is actually closer to that of Rudach than that of a human, asked Elena for revenge? Also, according to information obtained from Sea God Island, the daughters of the Sea God felt that various problems, including nightmares, had become more severe since 20 years ago.”
“Sister, so what’s strange?”
“The Sea God’s suffering began 20 years ago when the Bureau began treating Rudach as an experiment. But when did the flute come down? Elena?”
Elena’s eyes widened.
“uh… . I don’t know exactly. “It’s been passed down from generation to generation, so it seems like it’s hundreds of years old.”
The sea god’s pain began 20 years ago, and a flute was created hundreds of years ago to soothe the pain. How can a cure be created before the disease? It was only then that I realized the contradiction in the time zone my sister recognized.
Around that time, Ari hit the table with a thud.
“I think I’ve delved into too much of a minor detail, don’t you think? You don’t have to solve all the riddles in room 202 to solve the room. “I think I can solve the problem just with the information I already have.”
My grandfather also expressed a similar opinion.
“In the end, isn’t it a matter of stopping the sea god’s descent? It was a matter of what kind of hand the Sea God had prepared, but now we have figured it all out. First, Lee Su-ho, who was thought to be dead, but is alive and well. Second, Riringanor, who I thought was a gentle child, but turned out to be an outrageous monster. “It’s a problem that can be resolved by punishing these two.”
I also understand Grandpa Arina’s thoughts. If we had a month or so, we would have discussed it whenever we could and discussed every problem imaginable, but we have to go back tomorrow. There is no time to dwell on problems that cannot be answered no matter how much you think about them.
Now is the time to think about what to do tomorrow. We made a plan step by step.
A story about how to deal with Lee Soo-ho, who is plotting an evil plan on Sea God Island, and a story about how to deal with Riringanor, who wields a variety of supernatural powers.
If all of these plans fail, there is even a final escape method using the large number of ‘living flutes’ created by the Management Bureau!
In the discussion related to the last flute, a story inevitably came up about the flute owned by the daughters of the sea god, which can be said to be the original of the ‘living flute’.
“The living flute is ultimately a counterfeit imitated by the administration. The original is something given by the sea god. “Wouldn’t the flute given by the sea god be more powerful?”
Elena’s thoughts seemed a little different.
“I don’t necessarily feel that way. The living flute made by the Bureau… . It’s hard to say this, but ‘mass production’ was possible. “It was inferior in quality to the original from the Sea God, but perhaps the numbers more than made up for it?”
“Anyway, if we can secure the original flute, let’s get it. “Even if the situation goes to the worst, if you use the flute to quell the sea god’s anger, it means you can escape, so it is a very precious item.”
If you fail to secure the original flute, you must use a ‘living flute’. asked Elena.
“The original flute seems to be quite easy to use, but the living flute mass-produced by the Bureau seems quite difficult to use, right? Looks like the conductor needs to be a snail… . Elena, can you create that moth monster again?”
Elena suddenly opened her eyes wide and looked at me.
…
I looked down for a moment because I felt burdened, but the place where I got off was even more burdensome.
“never.”
“yes?”
“I will never make it again.”
“ah.”
“never. never. never!”
“Ah, I get it.”
Ari sighed.
“okay. If possible, proceed in the direction of securing the original flute. There is no need to create another monster that is difficult to control. There’s one for Riringanor and one for Serenade, right? “Doesn’t Elena have it?”
In this way, we filled in the details of the plan for a while.
Suddenly, I realized that Eunsol had been quiet since earlier.
“sister? “What are you thinking so hard about?”
“hmm… . “Suddenly something flashed.”
“Flash?”
“I think I just realized the meaning of the Sea God’s last words.”
“Why are you a fishman? “You mean?”
“Gain, you gave me advice again, right?”
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The next day, we re-entered room 202 for our third attempt.
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