Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 261
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Episode 261 – Party Time – Concerns about the next room, parcel arrived (7)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 110
Current location: Tier 1, hallway
Sage Advice: 2]
– Han Ga-in
The warning about Room 203 that Seungyeop heard and the warning about the ‘Last Cursed Room’ that Ari heard.
The contents of the two warnings are subtly different. So which room is more dangerous? Room 203? Or the ‘Last Cursed Room’, presumed to be room 205 or 206?
Jincheol murmured in an uncertain voice.
“What do you think about the possibility that room 203 is the last cursed room and that rooms 204, 205, and 206 are not all cursed rooms? If you look at it this way, both warnings refer to No. 203… . Isn’t this it?”
“I don’t think so.”
I don’t think so. There is no way the number of cursed rooms is that small. It is reasonable to assume that the two people heard the warning about separate rooms.
“hmm?”
The moment I lifted the cup containing the cola, I felt a sense of discomfort. Why is the cup so light?
As soon as I recognized that fact, I felt a somewhat unpleasant sensation. What is this feeling, as if something opaque and vague is hovering around me? .
— Wow!
“oh! “It’s cold!”
And then everyone came to their senses.
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“… So, you’re saying that you’ve been wandering around between us since a while ago?”
“huh. “It was so fun because no one noticed, right?”
“Eight! “Stop talking nonsense and raise your hand again!”
Eunsol, who found Ari with a cup of cold water, walked up to her and lifted Ari’s hand up. Ari grumbled, but calmly got down on his knees and raised his hands.
“Suddenly the cocktail glass became empty and I did something! “What kind of joke is it that you play around with as soon as you gain a strange ability?”
“Just~!”
With those words, the older sister sat Pero on Ari’s head this time.
“to! to! “He’s trying to rip my head off!”
Why on earth does Perot try to rip out someone’s hair whenever he climbs on top of someone’s head? .
Just as I was about to feel dizzy for a moment due to the confusing yet childish atmosphere, Ari asked a question in a slightly serious tone.
“But how did Eunsol find me? “She was nearing the end of her time limit, but her powers were active and no one else could find her.”
“… You know my eyes have some sort of ‘capture’ function, right? “You can save the scene you see as a very clear image and review it again.”
“It functions like a real camera.”
“No matter how much I think about it, I don’t remember drinking the cocktail, but the glass was empty, so I thought something was strange, so I captured it a couple of times and checked the image in my head, and then I saw you.”
“Hmm… . I expected it, but couldn’t I avoid the camera with the power of a ‘girl without presence’? Because my body hasn’t become particularly transparent. “Is it a cognitive impairment system?”
“If you focus your mind, you will feel it. “I was shocked at times when I realized you were there.”
As expected of a Bureau agent, the grandfather seemed to sense Ari’s presence with extraordinary concentration. My sister reacted somewhat nervously to these words.
“Did grandpa just watch while Ari was doing strange things?”
The grandfather, who was very embarrassed when a spark flew at him, hastily made an excuse.
“Huh, it’s a misunderstanding. “It wasn’t a situation where I felt it moment by moment and then forgot about it again and again, blocking something and going to sleep.”
Fortunately, I don’t think even Grandpa will raise his hand next to Ari.
Anyway, as I watched Ahri laughing and analyzing her new ability, I felt like pushing her from behind. As if I wasn’t the only one who thought it was disgusting, Seungyeop opened the peanut again and gave it to Pero this time.
Pero said, ‘Why are you giving me all this?’ Looking at Seung-yeop with a feeling of excitement, she eagerly began to eat, dropping peanut crumbs from her head.
“Aaaah! powder! powder!”
Everyone’s expressions relaxed when they saw that. The doctor next to me burst into laughter.
“Miss Ari, you take after your mother in some strange ways.”
Ari, who naturally returned to his chair, responded to those words.
“Miro and I? “Did you find anything in common between this and this?”
“Miss Miro also used to relieve other people’s tension with absurd jokes at unexpected times.”
It was a somewhat different story from the self-righteous image of Miro. Of course, since people don’t only have one side, there’s nothing strange about it.
Looking back, the childhood Miro I met in Hanbing Hell was also very playful. It wasn’t normal for me to just stare at a boy I met for the first time.
… Does Ari resemble Miro’s playfulness?
— Tak!
“ruler! Look at the whiteboard again!”
Everyone’s eyes turned to the front again at my sister’s words. Ari opened her mouth as if she remembered.
“Oh, I’ll even tell you what I was going to say earlier. Ga-in and Seung-yeop heard a warning that Room 203 was dangerous, but I heard a warning about the ‘Last Cursed Room’ so the two pieces of information seemed contradictory, right?”
I felt that way.
“that’s right.”
“The story that Seungyeop and I heard had a slightly different nuance. The warnings I heard were generally about rooms being difficult for the entire party. On the other hand, the warning Seungyeop heard.”
“It seemed like they gave me a special warning. Unidentified voice, sponsor. Neither of them spoke with the feeling that room 203 would be difficult for ‘everyone.’ “I think the room that is difficult for everyone, in an absolute sense, is probably room 205 or 206.”
When I interpreted it this way, the question was resolved.
The last room of the curse is a difficult room for everyone, and room 203 is a difficult room for Seung-yeop. In that case, No. 205 or No. 206 should be delayed in order. Naturally, you should avoid rooms that are difficult for everyone first.
“Then what do you think about passing room 203 and going to room 204? This is also the opinion Ari expressed. “He expressed his opinion and confused the meeting with his strange actions!”
When her older sister’s harsh gaze turned to Ari, Ari raised her hand again.
“Shall I earn it again?”
Surprisingly, Seungyeop expressed a different opinion.
“Let’s go to room 203 first. The sponsor told me, ‘It is both a crisis and an opportunity.’ “Maybe a good reward awaits.”
“There was a warning this time, so let’s not hang ourselves in room 203. “If you find it difficult, it would be better to go to room 204.”
At this point, the meeting was concluded.
Avoid rooms 205 and 206, and focus on rooms 203 and 204. First, go to room 203, but if you feel like there are too many answers, go to room 204.
What should I do with the rest of my time today? Should I read a book?
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“Ugh!”
I thought dark red liquid was flowing from my eyes and then a notification popped up.
[Advice: 1 -> 0]
[Don’t be nervous and just do this. There is a right time for things.]
“When is that time?” . “I guess not now.”
The reward for having some free time after a long time, removing the status window and reading the grimoire was significant. As a result of forcing myself to interpret phrases I couldn’t understand with the help of advice, my body ultimately couldn’t take it.
In the end, the last bit of advice of the day was spent with a warning to stop.
“Are you okay?”
My vision was blurry so I couldn’t see anything. But it’s Elena’s voice.
“yes. “I wrote some advice and warned you to stop reading grimoires.”
“I think that’s right, too. Do you know that blood is flowing from Gain’s eyes right now? “I don’t think you can see.”
“I can’t see very well. Still, there is room 105. “It will be okay tomorrow.”
Elena covered my eyes with a soft cloth she had brought from somewhere.
“Don’t do it because it’s dangerous. It feels a bit odd to even say this. It’s a place where if you neglect your efforts to become stronger because you’re afraid of danger, you could die because you’re weak. But even so, I think Ga-in is special among us.”
special?
I think I know what you mean. Except for me, there didn’t seem to be many people in our party who were this focused on heritage training. In fact, it is unclear how to train in the first place, excluding the ‘magic book’.
For example, how on earth do you train a star from another world?
The star fragments just emit waves that destroy all things on their own, so how can Jincheol train for this? Would a star in another world become stronger if he held a rock and did a bench press? I don’t think it means anything.
“It may seem like I’m bragging, but the magic book I obtained seems to have a very high ‘potential’. So it’s fun to practice in its own way.”
I feel the possibility of gaining more power, and I also know how to seize that possibility. These elements are powerful advantages of the grimoire that I did not feel when I just acquired it.
“No, I wasn’t talking about the specialness of the grimoire, but about the specialness or uniqueness of Mr. Gain.”
Slowly, pain came from the corner of my eyes. I am not in any condition to practice further. Now that I’ve written all the advice, I think it’s best to go to bed.
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[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 111
Current Location: Tier 1, Room 105 – Room of Rest
Sage Advice: 3]
/The parcel has arrived! Please check./
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/The parcel has arrived! Please check./
“Oh, what are you doing at this hour?”
I was having a hard time falling asleep due to the pain around my eyes. Why are the notifications so loud?
It was even difficult to read the contents of the notification due to blurry vision. As I read the content with concentration, I realized that the package I had obtained from outside the second floor, at the bottom of the snow globe, had arrived.
No wonder I arrived at dawn.
As I went outside room 105, rubbing my eyes, my colleagues who had seen the same notice gathered in one by one. If Suje didn’t wake up, they would pound that ‘notification’ on his head until he did, so there was no one who could stand it.
“Ah~ What the hell is this? “Have something to look at tomorrow morning!”
When I heard Jincheol’s annoyed complaints, I unconsciously started to wonder. Is there a reason why you must see it ‘now’? What if it’s too late? What’s the problem?
Everyone went up to the second floor with expressions full of complaints. It may not be possible, but if there were hotel staff on the second floor, they would be grabbed by the collar right now. As I moved, the blurred vision caused quite a bit of discomfort. Has the treatment not progressed yet?
“Ga-in, are you still having trouble with your eyes?”
“yes. “The pain has subsided, but I can’t see clearly.”
“Let’s stop for a moment.”
The doctor stopped me, took out a magnifying glass from his pocket, and examined my eyeballs. And, for a moment, the doctor’s finger came into my eyes.
“Ugh, wow!”
“Please stay still. “It is dangerous to move.”
Suddenly you put your finger in your eye and tell me to stay still? Don’t you think the doctor’s mind is a little strange?
“hmm. It looks like basic treatment has been completed. “Maybe by tomorrow morning the pain will subside and my vision will clear up.”
“…Do I really need to have my finger in my eye for diagnosis?”
“ha ha ha! Ga-in, it would be good for you to get used to my treatment method.”
Around that time, a voice was heard from the table on the second floor where the package was placed.
“like! “Is it open now?”
The grandfather was amazed and opened the box, and what looked like a piece of glass in the shape of an 8 came out.
“Is it an hourglass?”
“It looks like an hourglass, but it doesn’t seem to be sand inside. Sanghyeon, have you ever seen a substance like this? “I heard you were an astronaut?”
It’s an amazing thing. As Song said, the exterior was similar to an hourglass, but something inside was squishy like a liquid and trembled like a solid. It even periodically floated like a gas.
The doctor who lifted the object looked at every corner as if it were fascinating.
“This is my first time seeing such a strange substance. like -”
[Advice: 3 -> 2]
[Don’t let it turn over!]
What just popped up? I can’t see very well anymore, so can you please speak to me in times like this?
“It feels like a mixture of jelly and clouds. On the back… . There’s a number written down, right? 7?”
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[Date: Day 111]
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[Date: Day 113]
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