Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 317
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Episode 317 – Maze (2)
– maze
I looked closely at the pieces on the table. I don’t know why, but I was convinced that this moment was very important.
At first, I liked the crown-shaped piece. Someone whispered the word ‘dominance’ in my ear. That’s cool, but I don’t think I need this kind of power.
Next, the telescope-shaped piece looked good. Just like a moment ago, I heard the word ‘clairvoyance’. She felt vaguely. This power is for my colleagues rather than for myself.
Do I really need to have that kind of power? Colleagues will do things for their colleagues.
When I turned my head to the side, I saw a star-shaped piece. This is ‘foreknowledge’. It was very powerful, but I immediately knew that it was too much for a human to handle and that it was the perfect force to drive them crazy.
… More than that, who is the being who gave me this knowledge earlier?
“who is this!”
…
“good. I won’t ask who it is, so just tell me what’s good. “I wish it had the power to keep me safe while being easy to use.”
Suddenly, I saw a very beautiful sculpture. A blue gem placed against a red background. As I approached, I could vaguely hear a voice saying, ‘I don’t know this.’
“I don’t know? I thought I knew everything. Then choose this!”
I expected that if I behaved like this, the unidentified being would get annoyed with me and reveal its identity, but that didn’t happen. The voice that tickled my ear had disappeared somewhere. Strangely enough, I felt like I would be able to hear the voice from before again someday.
The moment I lifted the beautiful jewel, the whole world began to shake.
“W-what is it?”
*
As soon as I came to my senses, I was completely lost. My body was trapped in a huge, extremely cold wall of ice!
“town! town! “Save me-”
— Ugh!
Before I could scream, the ice split and my body flew out. At the same time, a tremendous cold hit me.
“Dae, where on earth are you? Please save me! “Save me-”
“Quiet.”
A cool voice came from next to me. When I turned my head in surprise, there was a girl with an incredible appearance.
“…Huh, a mirror?”
“We kind of look alike. Put this on first.”
A girl with black hair who looked so much like me wrapped my body in a thick blanket. Around that time, I realized the identity of the girl in front of me.
“You’re Ari, right? Ari, where are you? And why do you resemble me so much?”
“Stop asking questions. I’ll answer you at the hotel. “Didn’t you get a notification or something?”
When I heard those words, I realized that an unidentifiable translucent window was blinking in front of me from earlier.
“Congratulations on the start of your second adventure!
You have received an undying blessing. Now you are like ice that does not melt even in lava, and like a flame that does not go out even in the ocean.
No outside force can break you. As you progress in your adventure, new possibilities arise for your undying blessings as well.
The blessing is activated.”
“Undying blessing? A second adventure?”
“immutability? “What is that?”
“I don’t know either.”
“You chose it – well, you probably didn’t choose it knowing what it was. This is a bit disappointing. “You chose a blessing without any information from the management bureau.”
“Administrative Bureau?”
“Any other notifications? “The doctor said he received a congratulatory message.”
“Doctor? “Congratulations?”
Just as Ari said, the next window soon blinked in front of me.
“Participant Kim Mi-ro, I sincerely congratulate you on the start of your second journey.
You’ve won a lot of treasure in your first adventure!
Among them, one treasure can be reused. please select.
1. Time ZoneClick here
2. Old blood (not optional)
3. Spear of Mortality”
As I stared blankly, Ari cheered next to me.
“What did it say?”
“I want you to choose one of the treasures. “They say that anything but old blood can be used again.”
“Pick a watch. “That’s what I heard.”
“clock? “There’s no name like that?”
Ari frowned and asked his name. Time ZoneHere, Old Blood, Mortal Spear. He said that only the names of the three treasures and the old blood were written as unselectable.
“Time zone here? This is the feeling. “Because the spear of mortality is ‘spear.’”
“Choose a time zone here?”
“huh.”
When I pressed number 1, an object resembling a ‘pocket watch’ suddenly fell out of thin air.
“Pocket watch?”
Ari seemed interested, looked at the item, then took my hand and led me.
“That’s why it’s called a clock. Anyway, let’s go to the hotel now. “It’s extremely cold.”
After that, Ari tried to say various things to me, but I couldn’t hear anything. This is because as soon as I grabbed the watch, a large amount of incomprehensible information poured into my head.
By the time I arrived at the place called ‘hotel’, I finally realized that this information was an explanation of the function of ‘time zone here’.
*
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 137
Current location: Tier 1, hallway
Sage Advice: 3]
– Han Ga-in
While Ari went outside to revive the maze, the remaining people discussed it among themselves. The topic of conversation was how to convey her current situation to Miro.
There were also opinions that it would be a good idea to take a cautious approach and convey the information slowly over time.
“When I came to my senses, didn’t I suddenly wake up in an absurdly dangerous place? I think it’s hard to accept reality… . “Why don’t you take it a little step by step?”
However, as always, reality is harsh.
“I understand what Songi means, but we have to enter the cursed room tomorrow.”
“…”
“I don’t have time to take a long time to tell you step by step. In fact, that’s why I told Ari to come right away. “After all, today is my day off.”
Fortunately, there is no need to enter the cursed room today. After the hotel cinema, we were given two days of rest.
At that time, the sound of the elevator coming down was heard and the room fell silent. and… .
A girl who looked very similar to Ari appeared.
“…”
“…”
“Miro, hello. “It’s the hotel people.”
“Oh, hello!”
After the awkward greeting, we talked for a really long time.
Not only did we know that we were at a place called ‘Hotel Pioneer’, but we also informed them that Miro was in an organization called ‘Management Bureau’ outside, and that this was his second time entering the hotel.
Of course, no matter how well you try to convey it, much of the content is summarized. The detailed story will be told naturally over a long period of time.
Surprisingly, Miro wasn’t that shocked, so it felt strange.
“Aren’t you surprised by the current situation?”
“… Ga-in, I’m more surprised that you treat me with such respect. “Can’t you just say it comfortably?”
“Cough! “I will do that.”
“Strange. “A little while ago, Ga-in was taller than me by a thumb’s length, but now he has suddenly grown as tall as two hands.”
It is a subtly specific standard.
“Well, other than that, isn’t the story of the hotel and your own past surprising?”
“… Something.”
“Something?”
“I’m used to it. that… . “This isn’t the first time I’ve heard this from people here.”
Ari, who was next to me, spoke softly.
“What if it doesn’t feel like hearing it for the first time? “I forgot something I knew well for a while, but it feels like I remembered it again?”
“That’s it!”
“It’s fun. “It seems like you are a bit different now than you were when you were a ‘real’ middle school student.”
Was he vaguely aware of the truth that he was in a hotel even though he had a terrible dream in the cold ice hell?
Ari’s attitude was as strange as Miro’s. You were so crazy about wanting to save the maze, right? After resurrection, shouldn’t we hug and cry and cry?
Not at all. Rather, it seemed like there was some distance between them, and it also felt a little cold.
When things got quiet little by little, Miro suddenly raised his hand.
“I want to ask a question!”
“Let’s ask.”
“I’ve been wondering since I first woke up, who is Ari? You look so much like me! Why didn’t I know that at school, that is, in my ‘dream’? “A hidden sister I don’t know about?”
Miro looked at Ari with a truly curious expression. I turned my head slightly.
Among the information delivered to Miro so far, there was no information that Miro created Ari in the Hall of Mirrors. Honestly, wouldn’t it be better for Ari to say this directly?
Ari, who had a somewhat vain expression on his face, laughed for the first time in a long time.
“mom I love you!”
“…don’t play around. Did your father have an affair? is not it?”
Ari gently poked her eyes with her finger and started pulling out tears.
“Oh, how! How can you not recognize me? “How could you do that to me!”
“Oh really! Is he really like this? “I’m so annoyed!”
This is the only way the story progresses. She sighed and touched Miro’s shoulder. Her words just made me feel comfortable.
“Is Ga-in going to tell you?”
He spoke slowly. During your first adventure, you ‘created’ Ahri in a mysterious place to have a trustworthy companion.
Miro’s mouth, who wasn’t that surprised when he heard anything about the hotel so far, opened his mouth and something unexpected happened.
“That’s a lie! Everyone must be playing a joke on me. Therefore, everyone tell the truth.”
?
… I just felt something strange.
A strong sense of vigilance that cannot be explained in words rose up. At the same time, Ari’s expression, which had been playful just a moment ago, hardened.
“maze.”
“joy! Now you understand what I’m saying -”
“Miro, I guess I’ll have to teach you now.”
“what?”
— Taaak!
The next moment, Ari, without hesitation, gave Miro a powerful hit on his head. It hit so hard that Miro’s entire head swayed. Soon tears welled up in Miro’s eyes.
“What are you doing?”
“Keep in mind. ‘That power’. “Don’t use it carelessly on your colleagues.”
And then another unexpected situation occurred.
“I’m going out!”
Suddenly the maze screamed and ran away!
Ari, who saw the girl running away, literally crying like a child – in fact, Miro is not that young – followed her with a sigh.
And, the remaining people were speechless for a moment.
“… I thought you had a quiet personality because you listened to me calmly earlier.”
I also understood what my sister said. Because it was so amazing before.
“Sister, the maze I met in the Ice Hell was originally like that.”
“What just happened? Did you use that verbal superpower? To get us to tell the truth?”
“yes. Just Pabat! “I got that feeling.”
“Pavat? I have no idea. “I didn’t really feel like I had to tell the truth.”
Grandpa answered.
“It’s just that Miro didn’t know, and since we were already telling the truth, he didn’t feel any difference. “If I had been lying, I would have felt a strange pressure and spewed out the truth.”
“okay… .”
“By the way, besides Ari, I’m glad you felt it right away. “If you do something like that again in the future, Ga-in will scold you right away when Ari is not around.”
“yes?”
Scold me? I? While I was confused, the doctor gave me an intense look.
“Gain, don’t forget why the hotel party in the past collapsed. “I just got goosebumps.”
“…”
“This is for us, but it’s also for Miss Miro. “What would happen if Miss Miro used that kind of power as if she were breathing and tried to control us?”
Eunsol noona also nodded.
“There are means of resistance, such as my flute and Songi’s bracelet, but… . If you don’t realize it ‘immediately’ like you or Ari, it’s hard to stop Miro. Seeing it in person, it’s trickier than I thought. “Gain, you’ll hit me right next time.”
“… All right.”
The revival of the maze is likely to bring about many changes in the future journey. Around that time, something interesting came to mind from the conversation I had with Miro.
“They say the newly acquired blessing is an ‘immutable’ blessing.”
Grandfather nodded.
“Ice that does not melt in lava, a flame that does not go out even in the sea… . Is it strong resistance to external evil forces? “It seems like you barely know anything, right?”
“Would you like to show me my grimoire later and test it out?”
“That is too intense. Let’s test it with a weaker type. Elena?”
“yes. I’ll try to prepare. If possible… . weakly.”
“The explanation of the time zone and the pocket watch-like item was as interesting as the blessing. very… . “It seems like a powerful treasure.”
Grandpa grinned.
According to Miro’s explanation, the pocket watch is an incredibly powerful legacy. There was a reason why Miro of the past chose time rental without hesitation among the legacies of revenge.
“I’m not going to eat!”
“Don’t eat~! Don’t eat it~! “I have to eat everything, even the maze~”
“I really hate Ari!”
Jincheol sighed while listening to the conversation coming from afar.
“What is their total age?”
“The combined ages of the two of them would be older than the combined ages of everyone else except my grandfather.”
“But can you believe the level of conversation?”
“…”
The remaining day, there is a lot to do. We will have to find out the functions of Miro’s newly acquired blessing ‘Constancy’ and legacy ‘Time Rental’.