Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 319
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Episode 319 – Maze (4) Fin
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 137
Current Location: Tier 1, Room 105 – ‘Room of Rest’ (Room of the Maze)
Sage Advice: 0]
– Han Ga-in
A very scary story? What is it?
Miro looked like he was going to open his mouth right away, but when I got closer, he started to hesitate.
“What on earth do you mean?”
“horror story.”
“So what is it?”
Miro, who was hesitating again and gradually growing more curious, suddenly spoke very quickly.
“If the summoned body dies here in time zone, the main body dies too!”
“W-what did you just say-”
If the summoned body dies, the main body dies too! I was out of breath for a moment and grabbed Miro’s shoulders with both hands.
“Really? why -”
As I was talking, I realized the reason.
For convenience, the word ‘summoning’ is used, but as my grandfather pointed out, the function of time zone is completely different from ‘summoning’. Literally borrowing time from our past and calling it into the future!
The relationship between the summoned body and the main body is a relationship between the past and the future. The fact that my past self is dead but my future self is alive is a contradiction in itself.
“Ugh! Why did you say that important thing now? “Have you realized this a little while ago?”
At that moment, I also realized another way to use time zone excitation. The owner of the time zone can also kill the main body by summoning and killing the person who lent time at least once!
Of course, the maze should be able to kill summons.
However, a summoned entity cannot choose when and where it appears. All you have to do is summon the summoning body at a time and place where the maze is overwhelmingly advantageous to you.
Why did Miro try to hide this information… .
“Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”
“…”
“Did you think your colleagues wouldn’t lend you their time?”
“…”
“Or, if you think we threaten you, immediately -”
“Oh, no!”
If we felt like we were threatening the maze, wouldn’t we have planned to secretly harm them here in the timeline?
Many thoughts ran through my head. Among them, there was also a judgment that Miro’s intelligence was considerable. I felt it in Hanbing Hell as well, but apart from his childish personality, this part of his intelligence is quite fierce.
I felt a feeling a little similar to betrayal. But she also understood. The current situation must be very scary and confusing for Miro.
When I first came to the hotel, I used to feel quite threatened by Jincheol’s physique, and I was wary of him being violent, but I guess it’s no different with this kid.
We need to look at it rationally rather than reacting emotionally. Why did you tell me now instead of hiding it until the end?
The biggest reason is that the moment Miro cancels the summoning, I lose my memories of this conversation… .
If there is an additional reason, it may be that Miro himself is considering whether it would be better to share this information.
This is a moment when persuasion is needed rather than anger. I tried to keep my tone as gentle as possible.
“Were you a little scared when you were talking to the people at the hotel earlier?”
“… a little.”
“But wouldn’t it be better to pass on this information?”
“why?”
I chose the most reasonable reason possible.
“Depending on whether we know that information or not, our tactics will vary when we are summoned. “If you don’t know this information, the summoned entity may be overly aggressive, thinking that my ‘future self’ is safe even if I die anyway.”
“For example, Cha Jin-cheol charges while using too many stars?”
“It’s like that. In reality, even summoned bodies should survive if possible, right?”
“that’s right.”
“How is it handled if someone gets injured instead of dead?”
“I’m not sure about that part… .”
“I’ll have to check.”
There was silence in the room for a moment. She was somewhat uneasy, but when she saw Miro’s depressed expression, she felt the need for reassurance.
“Miro, I completely understand that you may be scared or wary of us. But don’t forget one thing.”
“One thing?”
“Who are the people who saved you from the cold ice hell?”
Miro answered with a wide smile.
“you!”
Joe, I was a little embarrassed.
“I didn’t do it alone, we all did it together. “People outside prayed while suffering from the cold.”
“Oh, that’s right?”
“Remember that. This is not a story about repaying a favor. “Just as we trusted you and woke you up, you must also trust us.”
“okay. “I’ll tell everyone tomorrow, tomorrow morning!”
There are some lies mixed in.
Honestly, I don’t think any of us believe in mazes. I just agreed to the resurrection because it was burdensome to even imagine what Ari and her grandfather would do if I gave up on Miro’s resurrection.
But I decided to leave this story behind for now.
The atmosphere seemed to have calmed down, but for some reason, Miro’s eyes began to turn red. Is the physical and mental fatigue you felt during the day about to explode in an instant?
“…Why don’t you go to the bathroom?”
At that moment, I remembered something I had to do on my own.
“Okay, I’ll be back for a bit!”
…
I felt it again after a brief conversation.
This girl looks like Ari, but she is completely different. He is not a ‘management bureau agent’ like Ari who would snort even if you stab him with a knife.
Like a middle school student, his personality is childish yet emotional. My mind turns quite quickly from moment to moment, but in the end, due to my lack of experience, my thoughts are not very deep.
So, even if you feel like you’ve been persuaded by me now, you might change your mind later when you’re alone.
The problem of conveying such important information cannot be left to the whims of middle school students.
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 137
Current Location: Tier 1, Room 105 – ‘Room of Rest’ (Room of the Maze)
Sage Advice: 0]
There is always a special pen inside my jacket, and that pen can write everything in the world like paper.
“If the summoned entity dies here in the time zone, the main body in the current time zone also dies.”
After thinking about it, I added one sentence.
“Tomorrow morning, if Miro doesn’t tell you this, be on your guard against her.”
… I guess this is enough, right?
I felt relieved once the minimum safety measures were in place. Tomorrow’s Gain will take care of all problems from now on –
– “now”
?
-「Did Miro summon me here in time zone?」
The sentences that I did not write appeared in real time in the status window. The main body of this time zone has not yet fallen asleep and is awake.
…
“okay.”
-「Did Miro hide that information? Did you convince me to tell you tomorrow morning?”
“that’s right.”
-「Wow~ Han Ga-in! I believed it~! Well done. Anyway, it’s an amazing experience to have a conversation with my past self.”
“You could use this as a means of remote communication.”
– “I know? “It could be used in a remote location like room 203.”
Another conversation with me, not in this place but in room 105… .
very.
very.
Uncomfortable.
What’s so funny about that bastard that he’s laughing so hard? What if you didn’t even know I existed? You believed it?
I am here in the first place, so why is there another ‘me’? Why is someone else looking at my status window?
I gained information here, persuaded Miro, and reduced the possibility of future conflict. But why does the cub who was playing around on the bed get all the balls?
“Whoa!”
I patted my chest and calmed my mind.
no. It is difficult to think of it this way. Because my relationship with him is not something real or fake. How can the real die just because the fake dies?
It’s the relationship between the past and the future. It’s just a type of time travel created by Time Zone!
While I was trying to calm my extremely excited mind, ‘I’, unable to understand the situation, asked a question.
-「How about a maze? Bye?”
Why is that guy sending me messages so casually? Doesn’t ‘he’ feel what I’m feeling right now?
“Keep in mind. “You must not meet me.”
With those words, he threw the pen on the floor and pushed the status window to the corner. The ‘other me’ was taken aback by what I said and seemed to be asking something, but I couldn’t find the heart to answer.
By then, the maze in the bathroom had appeared clean again.
“sorry! Now I’ve decided. “I’ll let everyone know tomorrow!”
“Good idea.”
“…Gain? “What happened?”
“What happened?”
“is not it?”
Nothing much happened after that. We talked about the schools we went to and what we would do when we went out.
Miro was very curious about the ‘distant future’ or ‘vanished past’ that he himself did not know about, that is, the adult Miro. Unfortunately, there wasn’t much I could say.
“It’s time to say goodbye. Well, I’ll see you tomorrow.”
“…”
Is there still anything left to say? The look on his face looks like he has something more to say… .
“See you tomorrow!”
“okay. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
“Today was fun! “It’s a shame because tomorrow’s Ga-in won’t know anything about what I’m arguing with today.”
When I heard those words, an indescribable emotion filled my heart. The fact that my other self, who is currently rolling around in bed, doesn’t remember the time I spent with Miro… .
Strangely enough, I was happy. This was the end of my consciousness.
*
– Kim Ari
Suddenly, I came to my senses. what? I lent some time to Miro a little while ago –
“…you called me.”
“huh!”
In front of me was a girl who looked very similar to me. Well, I guess I should get used to this kind of thing by now. This will happen often in the future.
“Do you have something to say? Are you still angry about the bacon I ate earlier?”
“… I’m relieved now.”
I mean, I was really angry about that just a little while ago.
When I stretched out my hand and tapped Miro’s head, Miro dodged around. It looked funny so I moved to the side –
“…”
“Ari?”
“…”
“what’s the matter? “Why are you looking at me so scared all of a sudden?”
“…”
I glare at him gently.
There were clearly traces of a person much larger than Miro on Miro’s bed. I’m a management bureau agent, so I know things like this just by looking at them.
Miro felt my gaze and was belatedly embarrassed.
“Don’t think strange things!”
“What are you thinking? “Do you think it’s strange when you say that?”
“Aaaah! Forget it. “Empty your strange thoughts.”
“Do you still think that would work for me? Miro, a superpower should be like this.”
To scare him, he split a nearby chair in two with the power of old blood. Miro, who saw that, was surprised and recoiled.
“also! “Ari is trying to scare me again!”
“Kyaowong!”
I picked up the maze, making a monster sound, put it in the blanket, and rolled it. After giggling at each other for a while, Miro, who stuck his head out from between the blankets, opened his mouth.
“Ahahaha! But, I really don’t have time anymore. “I said there was a 1-hour daily summons limit.”
“I think we only had about 10 minutes, but is time already tight? The time spent experimenting during the day must have been short… . “You spent 30 minutes with ‘someone’?”
“Ahh!”
“Did you have fun playing with Ga-in?”
“Go, it’s not Ga-in!”
“… I just thought you were an elementary school student, not a middle school student.”
“… It’s Cain.”
“Okay, what do you have to say? “I guess I didn’t sing it just for fun.”
While playing for a while and straightening Miro’s tangled hair, Miro was informed that if the summoned entity with the watch dies, the main body also dies.
“I told this to Ga-in too.”
“what?”
Miro talked about the conversation he had with Ga-in. She had already been persuaded by Ga-in, and she didn’t have a bad knack for it either.
I decided to add just a little something here.
“maze.”
“huh?”
“You look like me.”
“…”
“Of course, if you look at the order, it would be the opposite. Because I resemble you. Anyway, I just noticed something similar to mine in your behavior.”
“What?”
“Secret nature. “If something seems ambiguous, I just hide it and start thinking about it.”
“I’ll fix it.”
“no. Hide what needs to be hidden. “One day, when I leave the hotel and return to being a Bureau agent, I will have even more secrets than I do now.”
“is it?”
“But don’t hide information that can’t be hidden.”
“Information that cannot be hidden?”
“If we who are summoned die, the main body far away also dies. “This is information that we would likely know if Miro used the time zone once or twice in the Curse Room, right?”
“…”
“Suppose the maze summoned me in a crisis. If I die protecting you, the real me, far away, dies at that moment. “Can you hide this?”
“I see.”
“So there is no point in hiding this information. It only creates conflict for no reason. By the way, I guess we could try using the tactic we just used in room 203?”
“Room 203?”
“If you summon me and kill me, what will happen to me running rampant in the mountains of Room 203?”
“well… .”
“It’s ambiguous. I feel like I’m going to die, but I don’t know what will happen because this kind of death doesn’t break my seal, it destroys me. “Just figure it out.”
“huh.”
“Is this all you have to say?”
Probably not. Just got it. Miro still has more to say.
“I didn’t even tell Ga-in about this.”
“Are you just talking to me? That’s kind of nice. What?”
Miro turned back and brought his pocket watch closer to my face.
“There are three spaces occupied. Is it me in the morning? “Noon is Ga-in?”
“huh. “I’ve used up most of the time I borrowed from Ga-in, so I’ll fill it up again tomorrow.”
“What about midnight?”
Miro looked somewhat confused and scared.
“…”
“who? Jincheol? Silence?”
“I’m the one saved at midnight.”
?
“What is that-”
“It’s already been midnight since I first got the watch. I’m the one saved at midnight. “This is me from a long time ago.”
It’s been a very long time… .
I got goosebumps. The fear of someone who was nowhere came over me.