Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 280
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Episode 280 – Room 204, Mission Room – ‘Hotel Cinema’ (4)
– Yoosongi
The duke’s party, a place filled with beautiful music and gorgeous dance moves.
I walked slowly, looking around. When Elena moved her gaze to the place where she had discovered the crown prince, she saw a boy with a disgruntled expression talking to her associates. She thinks as she creeps closer.
Why did Elena fail?
Colleagues outside often referred to individual ‘scenes’. What would it be like if you did something like this at a party? An example of this was the discussion that in fox hunting, the possibility of the crown prince finding out about match-fixing had to be taken into consideration.
But I want to tell a more fundamental story. Are you all listening?
*
“Are you all listening?”
“Songi just talks to us openly.”
“Well, I guess I’m just conveying my opinion in case I fail.”
“If Songi fails, won’t it be a big deal? “At that time, there was no one other than Ari who would seduce the crown prince!”
“Oh my, Eunsol. “Can’t you see what’s in front of you right now?”
“…”
“Gain possessed Princess Evelyn’s body -”
“Joe, be quiet!”
*
The more fundamental story is none other than the ‘attitude’ of the female protagonist. When Elena came into the movie, she never for a moment thought of herself as a ‘heroine’. Her disappointment in the crown prince, which she felt from the moment she first saw him, continued until the very end of the movie.
This kind of attitude is no different from a time bomb that will inevitably cause an accident at some point, the only question being when it explodes. So I think everyone should keep that in mind. I need to immerse myself more deeply in the movie. At least while you’re in, I hope you think about what it means to be the main character of a movie.
A moment ago, the crown prince turned his gaze towards me. Now is the time to approach.
“You-”
“Sir, please pay attention to etiquette.”
“…You’re Lady Crossibel, right?”
A lack of confidence, a withdrawn expression and a subtle sense of inferiority.
I think I know why Elena didn’t like you. Actually, even if she wasn’t Elena, there wouldn’t be many people who would like you. But this boy is the ‘main character’.
Therefore, I placed my hand on my heart and swore.
I will be completely by your side. Until the moment this world collapses and the movie reaches its conclusion – Songi Yoo, or rather Songi Crocibel, is on Joshua Persson’s side.
“Sir, I heard that you recently received a horse of the Thoroughbred breed bred in the north as a gift.”
“uh? uh? “How did Ms. Crocibel do that?”
“Sir, have you forgotten who gave you Motian as a gift?”
“Oh! sorry. “Please tell me that you received Count Crocibel’s gift.”
In the movie, there were various devices used to help the female and male protagonists become closer. One of those devices is the crown prince’s favorite horse, ‘Motian’. The person who gave it to me was none other than my father according to the setting.
Naturally, he sat in front of the crown prince and blocked his view. Luxurious scenes from the party held at the Duke of Verlaine. For some people, it may be something they would like to see at least once in their life, but for this person, it is just an unpleasant sight.
It wasn’t difficult to find a topic for conversation. Since her father had given her a horse, her daughter was entitled to talk about it. When I brought up the topic of horses, the crown prince immediately focused on me.
“Motian keeps trying to throw me away! “You must have eaten something wrong?”
“Should I apologize?”
“Huh, that’s not what I meant. It’s a horse that carries on a precious lineage. “I just need to take a little more care to tame it.”
A brief conversation. I felt it many times. This boy cannot bear the feeling of someone being ‘above’ him. He is the kind of person who can only talk comfortably with people who are always ‘beneath’ him. In that context, the fact that Elena was taller than this boy may also have been something that sometimes displeased the crown prince.
Another thing is, the crown prince already likes me. Honestly, I’m not as pretty as Elena – no, why are you thinking like this!
*
“I’m not as pretty as Elena – why are you thinking like this!”
“…”
“Everyone, please forget about the sentence you just said about Elena.”
“I already forgot.”
“You forgot? “What sentence did you just pass by?”
*
Huh! It’s natural that the crown prince likes me instantly. This is a ‘romance’ movie, not reality!
The eldest son of a chaebol family loves an ordinary girl.
The emperor of an empire loves a simple-looking maid.
The Grand Duke of the North or the Mage Tower lord falls in love at first sight with a commoner he meets on the street.
It’s all nonsense, but this is a natural development in a romantic movie.
So, there was no need for a peerless beauty like Elena to seduce the crown prince. Ga-in’s brother, who possesses Princess Evelyn’s body, will also be able to seduce the crown prince.
Now let’s focus on the conversation.
The conversation that started with Motian, the Rottweiler, naturally moved on to the hawks and parrots that the crown prince kept. It is natural for a son of a noble family to have extravagant hobbies. The crown prince brought up the story of ‘his own zoo’ as if it were obvious.
“Lady Crocibel.”
“I told you you could call me by your first name, right?”
“Lady Songi? “I think the name is something unusual.”
“Iknow, right. “It’s the name my mother gave me.”
Although that mother is not here.
The crown prince smiled brightly and said that he would invite me to ‘fox hunting’ for the last time. Of course, I also accepted with a big smile, and at the same time, the space began to shake.
This is the event in question where Elena made a mistake. How should I deal with it? As a result of discussing opinions with her colleagues right before entering the film, I came to my own conclusion.
*
— Bang!
“oh! “Lord Pendleton, you are truly a white man!”
“haha! George, it’s nothing. A fox is stopping in front of a tree asking for a guess. Wouldn’t it be stupid to not be able to guess it? At a time like this, two years ago, when I participated in the Northern Front -”
— Bang!
“…”
“… It appears that you are not yet accustomed to shooting.”
The beginning of the hunting event was the same as Elena’s.
That tactless man named Pendleton was busy wiping out every fox in sight with his brilliant skills, and the Crown Prince, who at first seemed happy to have me by his side, soon began to look gloomy.
What a tired person.
… Let’s stop thinking like this. Because I decided to stand by this boy’s side until the last moment.
“Sir, why don’t we go over there?”
“I guess there aren’t many foxes there?”
The crown prince, who saw the direction my finger was pointing, was a little embarrassed, but began to move as I asked.
“I am… . sorry. “Actually, I don’t like hunting that much.”
“… I don’t like it that much either.”
“oh! I am glad that you feel the same way as me. Don’t you think this kind of hunting is too barbaric? To kill a fox so senselessly just for a moment’s pleasure… . It’s difficult to understand. “What is it about Lord Pendleton that makes him laugh like that?”
“Well, Lord Pendleton has somewhat violent tendencies. Well, they say he went on a wild rampage like a mercenary even on the battlefield. Actually, I don’t like unnecessary killing either. “Is there any need to kill foxes senselessly for people’s entertainment?”
I slightly lowered one knee to the floor and held out my hand. A fox passing nearby spun around for a moment and started coming towards me.
A fox approaching my hand, a mysterious atmosphere. I can feel the servants and warrior guards who were following the crown prince looking at me, momentarily speechless. The crown prince also opened his mouth in a daze.
“How did you do it… ?”
“well?”
*
“well?”
“No, what did you really do? “Did you use Friendship?”
“Brother, Songi took the bracelet, so there is no blessing.”
“I see.”
“Actually, even if I took the blessing, it is meaningless against the fox. It’s a power that can be used against ‘chaos’. “It’s an obvious trick, but why can’t you recognize it?”
The attention of the surrounding people naturally focused on Ari’s absurd words. Ari reacted in bewilderment to the fact that no one other than himself had really noticed the ‘studio’.
“Did you see the bracelet flashing? What does the fox twitch when it moves? “Song probably made only the narrow path leading to him visible.”
Ga-in thought the slightly different part was absurd.
“Prince, that bastard, when I was with Elena, I vividly saw him stuffing a fox corpse into a loot box and laughing so hard, what’s wrong? ‘Don’t you like unnecessary killing?’ “Is that guy really a person?”
*
In the illusion of the whole world burning, the fox approached me, the only road to life, and climbed on my body, trembling for fear of falling into the sea of fire. Of course, the people around seemed to find this whole scene extremely mysterious.
At that very moment, a variable that I had not calculated arose.
— Bang!
The moment the fox landed on the ground for a moment, someone pulled the trigger and killed the fox!
“Aaaah!”
At this moment, it wasn’t just acting, I was so shocked that I sat down and screamed. And this scream was the highlight of the day.
“Who are you!” 이, 이 개새끼가!”
“Sir, be careful what you say -”
“Shut up! If you say one more word, I will tear out your eyes! The crazy bastard who just shot this way, get out now! Rupert!”
“Sir, please tell me.”
“I pulled the trigger in the direction where Songi was! “Isn’t this actually an assassination attempt?”
“I wonder if he shot the fox on the floor… .”
“What if I miss? “If I had missed, I might have been right!”
“I will find it right away.”
The prince’s face turned bright red and he spewed out tremendous anger. The momentum of the crown prince instantly swept over the hunting ground. Anyway, isn’t this movie set in a country with a caste system? In the end, if the crown prince makes up his mind, ‘ordinary’ nobles do not have the talent to withstand it.
In an instant, a number of suspicious noble children were brought in and they were busy passing the blame, saying, “It’s not me, it’s that guy, no, it’s that guy.”
A hunting ground full of chaos. As I was looking at the scene in fascination… .
The crown prince approached.
“Well, don’t worry. I will definitely punish you for today’s accident! “You weren’t hurt, right?”
This flow isn’t bad. I couldn’t help but secretly laugh.
“sure.”
For the first time, the boy in front of me became the ‘male protagonist’.
“that… . “Lady Songi.”
“Please speak.”
“Oh, today’s fox hunt was a complete disaster. That’s a bit disappointing… . “Would you like to take some time to come and see my zoo next week?”
This trend is a development that did not occur during Elena’s time.