Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 334
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Episode 334 – Re No. 203, Room of the Curse – ‘New Beginning’ (14)
– Park Seung-yeop
The doctor, who was weakened, could not get up from the bed easily and his voice became quiet. Fortunately, her pronunciation was still clear, so she had no trouble conversing.
Also, as a person who was originally wise and thoughtful, I felt that he had become wiser as time passed.
“I realized your failure and returned to my original tribe. “But Varna, the new guy who will replace me, has already arrived.”
…
“Fortunately, Varna had a good nature and followed me well, so we got along smoothly. Looking back, I was actually lucky. Two rookies contributed to the development of the tribe. What happened to Varna? He unfortunately died about 120 years ago.”
…
“I didn’t know that making bricks was that difficult. Of course, it was nothing compared to the effort it took to handle the metal later. Seungyeop probably didn’t know how difficult it was to make the things he saw in everyday life.”
…
“What happened with the blue wind?” . I will spare words on this part. Because it’s a private part. However, she asks that you refrain from referring to her as a ‘caveman.’ “She was a very wise and patient person.”
“S-sorry!”
“no.”
I had a long conversation with the doctor until late at night.
At times like this, I felt grateful for the ‘endless time’ in this room. If it were in most other rooms where the winner had to be decided in a day or two, there wouldn’t have been time to talk about this.
After about three hours, the story finally started to include content about us.
“Adravita has scattered frozen sleep facilities across the continent where you sleep.”
“Why did you do that?”
“It’s exactly the same reason why I’m the only one left among us.”
“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.”
“Do you understand the purpose of the Demon God now? He hopes for the continuation of the eternal room. “I don’t want the hotel party to escape or be resolved, nor do I want death.”
“If we were all in one place… .”
“An earthquake or other natural disaster could cause equipment to collapse, causing many of you to escape or be killed. Adravita must be more afraid of the latter.”
To prevent all of us in frozen sleep from dying all at once due to natural disasters such as earthquakes, they were scattered across the continent.
It was shocking, yet understandable.
This is because anyone who wants to maintain this world for hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years must also prepare for natural disasters.
At the very least, don’t humans prepare for natural disasters in advance at the national level?
“After you were scattered across the continent, I didn’t know what to do. Then Perot led me and his tribe into this vicinity. So he founded a city on this place.”
I built a city waiting for it to wake up one day. Even though I thought it was a great story, I was skeptical.
“Did Perrault lead you to this place?”
“The child born in the hotel, that mysterious bird, would suddenly fly to Seung-yeop’s location several times in the past or start with Miss Song-i.”
“Yes.”
“Perhaps it can tell where each of us is.”
I wasn’t surprised to hear that Perrault could track our location. This is because in the past, he suddenly flew to a distant location and came to me, and every time he went looking for Sister Song like a ghost.
“Why did Perrault lead you to me? I mean, I have several colleagues who are better than me. I also have older brother Ga-in and older sister Ari… .”
“Phew! Cough!”
The sudden cough could have been evidence of the weakness of the teacher’s weakened body, or it could have simply been laughter. Maybe it’s both.
“Seungyeop. This issue is not about who is superior or not. Perrault had no choice in the first place.”
“You have no choice?”
“I must have misunderstood something. Perot didn’t wake Seungyeop up. “When the great energy of the universe awakened Seung-yeop, Pero was just by his side at the right time.”
Only then did I realize it.
There is only one force that can wake us up ‘by working on its own’ when not only our bodies but also our minds are frozen due to cryosleep.
“Heavenly luck!”
“Of course. A few days ago, an earthquake suddenly occurred nearby, and the security unit guarding the facility fell into a gap in the ground. “The number of monsters was originally much higher.”
I had some doubts.
“How amazing. Heavenly Luck is a powerful force, but… .”
You caused an earthquake to wake me up? Is this possible? really?
Even the teacher could not give a clear answer to this question. Instead, she said, she talked about a plan her teacher had been planning for a long time.
“Seungyeop, your colleagues are still alive. It’s a paradoxical story, but it’s because the being who put them in danger did his best to protect them.”
“thank god.”
“What should I do from now on?”
“I need to wake you up, right? “Colleagues!”
“That’s it. You said your colleagues are scattered all over the continent, right? “Who should I wake up first?”
The teacher smiled and answered me as I was speechless for a moment.
“We need to wake up Ari first. She still has ‘captain authority’. “She will be very useful.”
“Where is your sister?”
“We are in the mountains where you slept. Everyone else moved, but Ari did not move. “Maybe he couldn’t move it because he was the captain.”
“aha!”
“Let’s set off for the mountains soon. There was no way to save Miss Ari with my own strength… . If it’s Seungyeop’s ‘luck’, there will definitely be light for everyone – cluck!”
Was it because he spoke to me for a long time while I was weak?
A brown lump popped out of the teacher’s mouth. The teacher, who was looking at the lump mixed with blood and phlegm in silence, muttered something close to ‘resentment’ for the first time.
“Why are you waking up now?”
“…”
“200 years, no, 100 years! “Couldn’t you have woken up 50 years earlier?”
I couldn’t answer. I also couldn’t understand why Cheonwoon woke me up ‘so late’.
But I was sure of one thing. There must be a reason why I woke up so late. Because heavenly luck is that kind of power.
After a moment of silence, the teacher spoke again.
“I’m sorry.”
“Oh, no. Because you worked hard… .”
“Seungyeop, the story from now on will be somewhat surprising, so listen carefully. “Tomorrow morning, you will need to help with the city’s events.”
*
The next morning, with the help of the surrounding civil servants, we decorated ourselves extravagantly.
While naked, white powder was sprinkled all over the body and red dots were placed on both cheeks and forehead.
Lastly, what was placed in front of me was a pure white wing robe that seemed to mimic the wings of an angel.
At first, even though it was the teacher’s request, I wondered why on earth they would do such a stupid thing during this busy time. We have to leave as soon as possible and save Ari!
When I finished putting on my makeup and went out into the street with my aging teacher, I realized that everyone in the city had gathered since dawn to see my face.
There were no exceptions, not only men and women, but even the elderly and children.
When I felt an inexplicable pressure, I came to a vague realization.
There is no such thing as an unchanging heart.
Even the most loyal subjects will switch lords if their lords do not give them land and salary, and even between father and son, if they do not fulfill their obligations to each other, love disappears.
The same goes for faith; faith without reward is bound to be broken eventually.
That’s why our doctor and priest of the City of Light had to show me to everyone.
It was necessary to let them know that their beliefs passed down from generation to generation were not false, and that the descendants of their ancestors had finally awakened from their endless sleep.
What kind of existence are ‘we’ to these people?
He is the embodiment of the faith passed down from generation to generation from his father, grandfather, and superiors, and is a demigod who inherited the power of his great ancestors.
He is also a being who will guide those suffering from the unreasonable pain of this world to a paradise flowing with milk and honey.
We were Jesus Christ, Muhammad and Siddhartha Gautama.
This realization left me feeling guilty. Actually, this whole story is a lie.
what? A demigod who inherited the power of his ancestors?
A paradise flowing with milk and honey?
A being that will guarantee peace after death?
How can I do something like that?
Why on earth do you tell these people such outrageous lies?
Let’s calm down.
It doesn’t make sense for me to blame the teacher here. It must have been a situation where he had to say anything while leading these people for a long time.
Suddenly, I realized that everyone’s eyes were on me.
I knew that the people of the city, the subjects whom I had cultivated, were expecting something from me.
Sensing the atmosphere, the teacher lightly cleared his throat and tried to take my hand and leave.
I gently pushed the teacher’s hand away and looked into space.
I wanted to repay you.
Even though he was a fake, not a demigod or anything, he was a being who couldn’t give these people anything, like paradise… .
I wanted to show that the faith they had devoted their entire lives to was not a lie.
I had lied for so long that there was no turning back, so I wanted to lie to him until the very last moment.
If it’s now, if it feels like this. It seemed like something was going to happen.
Three white doves fluttered down from the sky and sat on my head, shoulders, and hands.
Silence fell for an instant in the bustling square, and everyone cautiously put their hands together without daring to open their mouths.
Was it because he was too young to hide his surprise? One of the children in the square shouted in surprise.
“bird! pigeon! “Did a rookie summon you?”
As if they had been waiting, the pigeons left my body and flew into the sky, lightly grazing the child’s head. I gave a truthful answer without any lies.
“I don’t know.”
When the people in the square dispersed, the teacher asked as if he couldn’t stand it anymore.
“What on earth did you do?”
“I don’t know. Isn’t it just a coincidence? “I heard the white powder sprinkled on me was grain powder. Could it be that you smelled it?”
“Khahahaha!”
Suddenly, the teacher started laughing like a crazy person, and the surrounding guards looked at him in confusion.
“Well, that’s a trustworthy answer.”
That evening the teacher announced to the city’s subjects that the hour of revelation had finally come.
The next day, we set out for the mountains with the city’s elite.
*
When I arrived at the mountain range, a familiar landscape caught my eye.
Hundreds of years must have passed since we remember, but the passage of time seemed to have eluded Mother Nature.
“As you know, there are quite a few security units in the mountains.”
“…”
“I hope Seung-yeop can do it. I am… . sorry. “It would have been nice if I had a younger body.”
“No. “The teacher has done this much, so I should be able to put a period at least.”
“Still, I’m glad I can give you protective clothing. “Really, you have no idea how hard it was to find this.”
As the teacher gestured, the men behind me moved a protective suit called ‘ancestral armor’ in front of me.
— Ugh!
As soon as I put on my protective clothing and entered the entrance to the mountain range, I heard an intimidating sound. At that moment, another colleague sat on my shoulder, as if comforting me on a nervous day.
“Pero! So you came? “Where have you been all this time?”
— Beep!
Perrault disappeared shortly after leading me into the city.
According to the teacher, it was difficult for the teacher to see Pero because he was rarely in one place.
The bird, which originally had many secrets, gradually became more and more mysterious. Anyway, I feel relieved that you are now by my side again.
I took a deep breath and clicked on the window that only my eyes could see.
[Celestial Luck activated! The energy of the universe protects you.]
“Sister Ari! “I’m going!”