Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 283
Only Krnovel
Episode 283 – Room 204, Mission Room – ‘Hotel Cinema’ (7)
– Yoosongi
The moment I felt a sense of crisis, the ‘accident’ during the fox hunt flashed through my mind. The fox hunt went awry when an unknown entity fired in the direction I was in. Looking back, the anger of the crown prince, who was extremely excited and tried to find the culprit, was justified.
What is a gun in the first place? Even an empty gun without bullets is a weapon so dangerous that it can be said to be illegal if pointed at a person. There is a reason why the crown prince used such big words as assassination and treason.
“Someone is targeting me.”
“yes? yes?”
Gerland still didn’t seem to notice the situation. He doubted him for a moment, but soon put aside his doubts. Is it normal for someone to take care of the crown prince of a country since he was a child?
He must be from a family that has been loyal to the imperial family for generations. The development of such a person suddenly harming the crown prince’s fiancé is too ‘probable’.
— Rumble!
“Yes you bastard! how -”
“Kwaaaak!”
The coachman’s screams could be heard even inside the carriage. As I quickly grabbed the servant’s arm and jumped out of the carriage, the situation became clear.
“Geez, Lord Geland! miss! Bullets flew!”
The coachman was already dead, and the wheels of the carriage were broken by the sudden impact. As I looked around, I felt it. A place with few people, mountains on the right and the sea on the left.
“It’s the perfect place to die.”
“yes?”
In an instant, various possibilities crossed my mind. Because it’s a mountain, bandits? Since it’s next to the sea, are you a pirate? An enemy country’s offensive? The crown prince’s rival for the throne?
no. There is no need to consider too many possibilities.
Because this world is not reality, it is a ‘movie’. At this point, considering the movie’s running time, the ending is not far away. The play has reached the latter half, but there is no way a villain who deviates from the ‘Ropanese narrative’ suddenly appears.
The face of the girl who tried to kill me with her eyes came to mind. It looks like she and I will have to end things.
At that moment, a familiar voice was heard from far away.
“catch! “If possible, capture the stray cat alive!”
I burst into laughter for a moment. Where in the world is there a nobleman like an idiot who appears on the scene while assassinating someone?
Aside from the laughter, the situation was serious. This was because the carriage was broken, and with the speed that I, a teenage woman, and Gerland, an old man, could never escape our pursuers.
“Lady Crocibel! Come this way -”
— Bang!
With the sound of thunder exploding, a hole was created in the Howie’s neck as he waved his hand at me.
In a split second, the emotion I felt was ‘absurdity’ rather than anger or sadness. No matter how much of a duke’s family it is, does it make sense to assassinate the crown prince’s fiancé in such a deliberate manner?
Who really wrote the screenplay for this movie? Probability is shit!
…
probability.
I took a deep breath and looked down at my bracelet. It’s probable. When I think about it, I feel a bit sorry that I, and not anyone else, is blaming probability in this movie.
Looking at the developments so far, there is no magic or superpowers on stage in the movie. Even the knights protecting the crown prince have never shown any movement that transcends humans.
In this world, I used the bracelet to achieve anything I wanted.
It’s been a long time since we, who have the blessings and legacy, entered this idiotic movie and started to boil down possibilities. So, there is no need to blame anyone, just keep doing what you have done so far.
All you have to do is twist the scenario with the power of the bracelet to achieve what you want.
What should I do? ‘Diverse perspectives’ exert enormous power in a 1-1 structure. A superpower like Beatrix in Room 201 who can make the absurd response of creating additional eyes by tricking her senses might not know this, but an ordinary human would never be able to resist it.
The problem is that the current situation is not 1-1. There are at least double digits of pursuers chasing us. There is only one person I can fool!
“Gallion, I have a question for you.”
“yes?”
“How many people in the empire know my face?”
*
“Why can’t we catch that bitch yet?”
An incongruous harsh sound came out of the mouth of a girl who boasted the beauty of a goddess of the night. The duke’s vassal, Cedric, calmly comforted the princess.
“Lady Evelyn, please calm down. The crown prince’s fiancée is -”
“no! “I told you she’s not your fiancee!”
“…Lady Crocibel is not alone. Not only the crown prince but also the count sent an escort. Fortunately, there are a lot of people here, so please be patient.”
“…”
Evelin slowly took a breath and looked at the situation.
As Cedric said, things were going as she wanted. The group of unworthy people who had ‘dared’ to possess the crown prince were running away in disarray, and the duke’s private army was surrounding them on all sides, herding rabbits. There is no way to escape unless the enemies have the talent to fly through the sky.
Finally, the long-awaited news arrived.
“miss! “Lady Crocibel has been captured.”
Evelyn’s first emotion after hearing the news was embarrassment rather than joy. Because she didn’t expect to catch it so quickly.
“Bring it to me!”
And when the family’s soldiers brought in ‘Crocibel’, who called herself ‘Crocibel’, dressed in fluttering clothes, Evelyn felt like the sky was falling.
“No!”
“yes?”
“No! They look alike, but they’re different people! Who are you?”
“…”
“This woman is not Crocibel…” . this… . “You idiots!”
As Evelin shouted in anger, the complexions of everyone around her turned pale.
What does this mean? This is the woman who was with the carriage sent by the Crown Prince himself and the attendant sent by the Crown Prince himself, but she is not Lady Crocibel?
Cedric couldn’t believe it. But it was difficult for him to refute Evelin’s words. What kind of person is Lady Crossibel?
She is a mysterious woman who grew up in the count’s family all her life, but immediately captured the crown prince at his first party. Before she became the crown prince’s lover, no one knew who she was, and after becoming his lover, she became so noble that it was not easy to see her face even once.
In other words, Evelyn is the only person here who has met her in person.
“Evelyn! Is that really true?”
“Isn’t that true? hey! “Who the hell are you?”
The story told by the girl who was kneeling in silence was the height of absurdity. She says that she is Crosibel’s half-sister, and that the real Crosibel contracted a severe fever two days ago and became unable to get out of her bed.
“Well, then why on earth were you in the carriage?”
The answer was extremely absurd.
A person with an infectious disease cannot be sent to a place where not only the crown prince, but also the empress and the emperor are present. Therefore, she had no choice but to postpone the engagement, and the story goes that she was afraid that if no one got in the carriage, outsiders would notice Crosibel’s misfortune, so she brought her half-sister, who looked similar to her, on board.
Of course, she couldn’t deceive the crown prince, but the crown prince also didn’t want her lover’s situation to be revealed to the outside world, so she planned to tell him that and ask for her cooperation in ‘acting’.
Cedric lamented and muttered.
“After all, the real Crocibel never left the count’s family!”
At that time, Evelin turned her head in a different direction.
“Cedric, this situation is not bad for us.”
“What do you mean?”
“Let’s take this girl to the imperial palace.”
Cedric’s eyes widened for a moment, but he soon realized what it meant!
“Are you planning on informing us that Crocibel has a fever?”
“that’s right! The person who is suffering from the plague today and tomorrow is the crown prince’s fiancée? Does this make sense? What would you do if you spread the plague to the Crown Prince? Or, if the plague spreads to the future grandson!”
It is a reasonable opinion. It is also a safer choice. In fact, Cedric thought that today’s plan was too risky. Are you going to kill the crown prince’s fiancée? Isn’t this a really crazy plan?
In comparison, revealing publicly that your fiancée has an infectious disease could achieve your goal with much less risk.
*
– Yoosongi
“Son, you just have to say what you promised. got it?”
“All right.”
“Keep in mind. All of this is not for anyone’s personal benefit, but for the future of the empire. How can you place a person with a plague next to you? And – um?”
I immediately flinched. Evelyn, who had been tilting her head, soon dispelled her doubts and began to continue her nonsense.
A plan made in an urgent situation. Honestly, it’s not a big deal.
In a world without cameras or the Internet, how many people would know what the crown prince’s fiancee looks like? I thought that no one but Evelyn would know my face.
As expected, I fooled Evelin’s eyes and the rest of the people were also fooled by the weak lies I made up on the spot and mistook me for someone else. It was good up to this point… .
I never thought Evelyn would take me in her carriage!
This moment was truly eerie. This is because the bracelet’s illusion has a limited time. The first time I got different perspectives in Room 103, it was only 10 minutes. Since then, it has gradually increased over time, but it never exceeds 20 minutes.
Of course, the illusion that had been placed on Evelyn was soon dispelled, and now Evelyn was simply mistaken due to first impressions and my performance of shrinking my body as much as possible and putting my head down on the floor.
I waited and waited. While the imbecile girl in front of me was worrying about the future of the empire, something she had clearly never done in her life, I just waited for the moment when the power of this damn bracelet would be restored!
Fortunately, the waiting time was not that long thanks to the movie’s unique omission of boring scenes.
“under! “Now!”
“You – huh?”
I straightened my curled body and raised my head, which had been down as if it was going to hit the floor. Evelyn, who was observing me with her eyes wondering why he was suddenly like this, seemed to doubt her own eyes for a moment.
“What on earth-”
“You idiot, you still don’t recognize me?”
A flash of light from the bracelet filled the carriage.