Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 313
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Episode 313 – Perfect Child (1)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 135
Current location: Tier 1, hallway
Sage Advice: 0]
– Han Ga-in
Before he started talking about the revival of the maze and the hall of mirrors, he slapped the table to get their attention.
“Please listen to me for a moment. “I think it’s part of the cinema’s rewards, but I heard some unusual information at the end of the horror movie, right?”
I think it would be a good idea to share the second and third stories I heard from writer Do In-ho and the storytellers at the end of the horror movie to my colleagues.
The second story was told about a tool that could save the Bureau’s desired reality. As expected, Grandfather and Ari reacted sensitively.
“One is an hourglass? that is?”
“I heard so? Do you have any guess? “I don’t even know what that damn ‘problem of reality’ means in the first place.”
Ari frowned and answered everyone.
“I was planning to tell you roughly someday, but now that I have the chance, I’ll tell you a little bit. “Anyway, people here have no chance of living normally even if they go out.”
There was no one who categorically refuted the statement, ‘There is no chance of living a normal life in the future.’
“On December 31st of a certain year, a strange light suddenly falls from the sky.”
“Strange light?”
“And the world falls into crisis.”
“… why?”
“I don’t know. “Finding that out is a goal in itself.”
For a moment, everyone looked at Ari in bewilderment.
Light just falls from the sky and the world falls into crisis? There’s so little context? It’s worse than the cursed room, right?
My older sister pointed out, even stuttering.
“Ah, the world isn’t ruined yet, is it? So you guys came into the hotel, right?”
“what… . yes.”
“So that means you somehow endured it, and if you endured it, wouldn’t it be worth finding out something?”
Ari took a long time to choose something to say and then answered carefully.
“In the process of enduring, everyone loses their memories. I’ll say this much. Anyway, that’s all we know. “How can an hourglass help with that problem?”
Grandfather intervened.
“If Cain is right, isn’t there something else besides the hourglass? The legacy of Room 206? “That may be more important.”
I thought there would be no progress on this topic if I said more, so I brought up the next story.
When I told the third story, about the third floor, my colleagues reacted even more confusedly. Jincheol murmured as if he was dumbfounded.
“That nine-tailed fox didn’t play some kind of prank on you, did it?”
“I guess that’s not it?”
“Haaam! “That sounds like nonsense.”
Unlike the second story, which contained specific information, the third story felt like an abstract story. Maybe that’s why my colleagues responded that they weren’t sure.
The doctor cautiously opened his mouth.
“Ga-in’s stories are interesting, but they are stories of the outside world and the third floor. Aren’t we having a hard time on the second floor now? “I don’t think it’s such an urgent problem.”
The teacher seems to want me to discuss more urgent topics first since the story I shared is not an immediate topic.
I also understood that attitude. It wouldn’t be surprising if one of us died on the second floor right now. In this situation, it’s a long story to tell what’s going on outside and what’s going to happen on the third floor.
Around that time, the hotel also seemed to be trying to brighten up the mood, as a notice popped up saying that it was party time for two days starting tomorrow. The expressions of my colleagues, who had stiffened as they talked about something difficult to understand, brightened in an instant.
“You gave me party time even though it was a mission room? The date is subtly short… .”
Jincheol responded as if he was grateful just for giving it to him.
“Sister, what do you think I gave you? “I thought it was only given when solving the Cursed Room, but there is a strange sense of discretion in this area.”
On the other hand, the doctor seemed to feel uneasy when he saw the short date of 2 days.
“Two days? The Hall of Mirrors should definitely use Seungyeop’s The Beginning of Man, right? Can I use it again within 2 days?”
Ari frowned at those words and asked Seungyeop.
“Seungyeop, when can we use the humans from the beginning again?”
Seungyeop suddenly concentrated and glared into space. He seemed to have something that only he could see.
“Tomorrow dinner? Morning the day after tomorrow? It’s ambiguous. “It’s not like you can use it after a few hours, it’s like you can use it when the gauge is full.”
I was a bit surprised by that, so I asked again.
“No, you can rewrite it in just one day? “It’s very powerful, isn’t it?”
Jincheol also nodded.
“Once you use Heaven’s Luck, isn’t it at least a week old? “I thought the first humans felt the same way.”
This time, Seungyeop chuckled and explained.
“This is something I learned after using it for the first time. The cooldown time is determined by how much you use.”
“How much did you spend?”
“to… . How much luck did he use? I’m not sure about the exact criteria. “The longer you use it, the longer the cooldown until the next use is?”
Eunsol, who was listening, asked.
“Is this a concept like a deferred payment system? It took about 20 minutes this time, right? “If I use that much, is the cooldown time about a day and a half?”
“It’s not a concept that is directly proportional to usage time… .”
I roughly understood what he meant.
“It seems to be proportional to how many absurd things have happened. “Literally, how much ‘abnormal luck’ did you use?”
“That’s the feeling.”
At that time, the doctor who was listening spoke with a stern expression.
“Seungyeop, when writing The Beginning of Man in the future, please make the ‘ending conditions’ clear.”
“yes?”
“If you say the opposite of saying that the price is paid in arrears, does that mean there is no time limit while it is being used?”
“yes.”
“What would happen if you use it carelessly in a room that takes a long time, like room 203, with ambiguous ending conditions?”
“… Are you saying you stay in the original human state for a month?”
“If you use it for that long, how long will it take before the next use?”
“I might not be able to use it again until I escape the hotel.”
That part is definitely dangerous. Due to the nature of the ability, the variable is that it is difficult to arbitrarily stop it after activation.
While Seungyeop was alone in his thoughts about the beginning of man, the topic of conversation naturally shifted to the story of the newly acquired ticket and the resurrection of the maze. My sister asked a question.
“I understand that the place where Miro’s spirit can be restored is the mirror room, but what is the order? “Aren’t you anxious about recovering your mind after being resurrected?”
“Yes. First of all, if you resurrect but fail to recover your spirit… .”
In that case, we have to go through the hotel’s ordeal like a psychopath running wild at will. This cannot happen.
“But wouldn’t it be a bit strange in terms of order to fix one’s mind before resurrection? “Cure the dead?”
The person who answered my sister’s question was Songi.
“It won’t really matter, right? “Apart from resurrection, the body itself is already in the Ice Hell, and the Hall of Mirrors is so powerful that if you make a wish normally, it will grant it, even if it means splitting a person in two.”
“is it?”
“Sister, rather than such issues, it is more important to know how to make a good wish. “As you may remember, the Hall of Mirrors is a very tricky place.”
The Hall of Mirrors grants people’s deepest wishes. This simple condition was much more difficult and dangerous than expected.
If you go in without preparation, the various and contradictory impulses contained within the human mind will be realized without any care, and a major accident will occur. Our guess is that Miro’s loss of reason was also a type of accident.
It is also very difficult to prepare.
According to Song-i’s guess after going in once, the technique of touching the surface psychology like Ari’s suggestion is unlikely to work because it reads inner desires.
Also, since desire is an essential human characteristic and not some kind of mental illness, there is a high probability that my sister’s flute or Elena’s Myunggyejang index, as well as my status window, will not work.
After considering these conditions again, all of his colleagues looked at Seungyeop with tired expressions.
“As expected, Seungyeop, I think you should use your abilities.”
“is that so? Yes?”
Meanwhile, Seungyeop looked quite happy. I think I’m happy that everyone needs me. However, the only person with Hall of Mirrors experience had a somewhat ambiguous attitude.
“Umm… .”
“What do you think, Songi?”
When Ari asked with a nervous expression, Songi answered after thinking for a while.
“I do not know. Just because I escaped from the Hall of Mirrors doesn’t mean I’ve learned everything about the room, and I don’t know much about the original humans. Ga-in oppa.”
“hmm?”
“I have two days off anyway, so let’s ask tomorrow, right? “They say that even the original humans won’t be able to use it again until tomorrow night anyway.”
Will this wise man’s advice answer your questions about the Hall of Mirrors?
According to past memories, before finding the Hall of Mirrors, when asked for its location, the advice was unresponsive. It was as if such a question could not be accepted at all.
However, now the mirror room has been found. So wouldn’t questions about that have also been lifted? It’s a question we’ll have to find out tomorrow.
“I’ll give it a try tomorrow. It looks like this question will consume all 3 mana counts… . I have to do it. “I think I’ll probably use the mirror room multiple times.”
This is the end of today’s meeting.
*
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 136
Current location: Tier 1, hallway
Sage Advice: 3]
– Han Ga-in
The next day, as soon as I got up and left room 105, I immediately wrote down my advice. Sure enough, the number of questions about the Hall of Mirrors was exhausted.
[Advice: 3 -> 0]
‘To restore Miro’s spirit, would it be a good idea for Seung-yeop to go into the mirror room, write The Beginning of Man and make a wish?’
[In case of failure, be sure to include a command to immediately break the mirror.]
…
Some advice came out that was difficult to understand. Just as she was tying her head, Ari appeared, rubbing her sleepy eyes.
“Did you write any advice? “He said he would write it as soon as he wakes up in the morning.”
When I told her the answer I received, Ari tilted her head.
“Isn’t the answer a bit strange? “Break the mirror. This is the way to escape the mirror room that Songi discovered, right?”
“that’s right.”
“I’m not telling you to send Seungyeop, nor am I telling you not to send him, but should you include a command in case of failure? So are you telling me to send it or not?”
“If you were going to tell me not to send it, I don’t think you would have told me to prepare in case it fails.”
“Preparing for failure doesn’t mean you will fail, right? Then you shouldn’t send it!”
Before I knew it, my older sister, who had come out of the room and was listening to Ari’s conversation, cautiously expressed her opinion.
“Isn’t there a chance of success and a chance of failure? “There is a chance of success, so it is OK to send Seung-yeop to the mirror room, but there is also a chance of failure, so prepare for that case.”
“That sounds plausible.”
“But in the end, it’s my opinion. Let’s ask Songi and Seungyeop about this. Anyone who has entered the room and used the ability will know.”
After a while, as soon as Seungyeop came out of the room with a dazed look on his face, Ari approached him and asked. Seungyeop, who was listening intently, showed that he had no idea.
“Are you saying that even if I use The Beginning Man and make a wish in the Hall of Mirrors, there is a chance that I will fail? “I don’t know much about the Hall of Mirrors, so I don’t know why!”
After a while, Songi, who was asked the same question, gave 95% of the same answers.
“Are you saying there’s a chance that Seungyeop will fail even if he uses The Beginning Man and makes a wish in the mirror room? “I don’t know the reason because I don’t know the original humans very well!”
Ari hit his head.
I didn’t like standing still and worrying in situations like this, so I just held on to Seungyeop.
“Let’s just go in and have a look. When do you think you will reach your full potential?”
“to… . “Tonight?”
“okay. “Let’s formulate commands together with my brother.”
That evening, Seungyeop went into his room alone with a flushed expression amidst everyone’s support.