Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 416
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EP.416 Episode 416 – Room 104, The Cursed Room – ‘Hotel High School, a prestigious entrance exam school’ Re (15)
Episode 416 – Room 104, The Cursed Room – ‘Hotel High School Entrance Exam Prestigious’ Re (15)
– Lee Eun-sol
As I walk down the noisy hallway, I think about a person named Han Ga-in.
Gender is male.
He looks like a fairly handsome young man.
Specs: freshman at K University.
Up to this point, it’s a very common profile.
But now, these words have no meaning to Cain.
Age cannot be measured.
Race: half human, half transcendent.
The owner of the Grimoire and a user of the Descent.
Wouldn’t this be a more appropriate adjective?
As time went by, I gradually came to understand what kind of people my other colleagues were, but I don’t know about Han Ga-in.
Let’s think back to the time when we first entered room 102.
Even at that time, Gain was quite smart and had considerable reflexes.
In sports terms, he was a promising prospect from then on?
So, it’s likely that Owl wouldn’t have hesitated to intervene as actively as other sponsors mentioned.
As I gained experience, I became wiser and wiser.
Understand the scenario, analyze the current situation, and plan for the future.
In these things, the guy’s role gradually increased, and Ga-in became less and less hesitant.
No hesitation in thoughts and actions.
Once you make a decision, there is no hesitation.
I will do whatever is reasonably necessary.
Is it too positive to say this?
Let me put it this way with a slightly twisted example.
He has no qualms about excluding anyone other than himself and his hotel colleagues.
If I feel I must harm someone, I will cut off their neck without any hesitation, even if they are a child.
If reasonably necessary, we do not hesitate to sacrifice human beings.
Is it too negative to say this?
Actually, I don’t know.
In the Nirvana Sutra, there is a saying, “Many blind men touch an elephant.”
Several blind men gathered together and touched an elephant, and each said something completely different depending on the part of the elephant they touched.
This is an idiom that satirizes the foolishness of trying to judge the whole by looking at only a part.
Could it be that I’ve fallen into this exact trap?
I, who have not been able to escape from humanity, may be talking nonsense when I try to judge the one who has gone the furthest among us.
After leaving room 203, I saw a monster in the shape of a crow on Gain.
A while ago, I honestly told Gain about this fact.
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“I didn’t know you saw me like that. For some reason, you flinch whenever you look at me!”
“…”
“So I’m going back to room 104. If my balance is off, the sacred sun can fix it.”
“Then that’s good.”
“Also, don’t worry too much.”
“huh?”
“Those guys, they’re really nothing special.”
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Gain, who said that, giggled as if it was really nothing.
What’s been going on lately?
Why would we consider the influence of the Grimoire or the Descent to be trivial?
It’s something I don’t know.
I just hope that judgment is correct.
Let’s put that thought aside and get back to work.
There is one notorious cult in South Korea, and it is bigger than you might think.
What kind of country is my proud homeland?
A great nation with twenty self-proclaimed Jesuses, and three-digit numbers when you add up the Bodhisattvas and prophets!
Wow~! Are you crazy about patriotism?
…
In a country like this, it is not easy for a single pseudo-religion to become notorious.
It means that there has to be something special, and their specialness was none other than their ‘missionary method.’
Because their main prey were not people without religion.
Terraforming, which involves eating up entire churches, was their specialty.
The contents are as follows.
“Terraforming Stage 1: Discord.”
Just then, the fat guy appeared in front of me.
“Ugh, Teacher Eunsol! Where on earth did Butterfly go?”
*
The fat man who is embarrassed in front of me is called Deacon Park, and he is one of the people who connects the church and the school.
“I, I don’t know! Suddenly, butterflies started flying out of my body, and now they’re gone!”
Everyone tried their best to throw the school into chaos right away, but that was only the first step.
In stage 2, except for a few, they start to act like ‘ordinary people possessed by the devil’.
“The devil, the devil! The devil must have taken over the school! Oh, Lord! Father! Aurelia will save everyone -”
He said with a frightened expression.
“Aurelia? Are you talking about the Saintess of the Church you mentioned earlier?”
“Of course! The saint will appear soon and -”
Let’s take a peek.
“Why… why aren’t you helping us now!”
“Uh, Teacher Eunsol?”
“The school is in chaos! Oh my, the teachers and everyone else are being tormented by the devil! Where on earth is the saint and what is she doing -”
“Can’t be quiet!”
“…”
“…”
“sorry.”
“Hmm, hmm. Teacher Eunsol, I got too excited. First, let’s go outside. Obviously outside-”
— Boom!
Before I could even stand up, the door opened wide and excited teachers appeared.
“Where on earth did the saint go!”
“Father, Father! Have you forsaken us?”
“Alas, the world is in chaos as order collapses -”
The grandfather was leading the group of about fifteen teachers, and he smiled faintly as soon as he saw me.
Grandpa is using the recently strengthened power of blessing, ‘Crowd Psychology’.
“What the hell is that? These fucking bastards -”
I grabbed the excited fat man’s arm.
“Butler, please stop yelling and join us first. We can persuade them later.”
“Okay, let’s do that!”
*
“Lady Aurelia! Where are you? Please don’t abandon us!”
“Please do not abandon us!”
Just a 10 minute cut.
That’s how long it took Grandpa to ‘persuade’ the fat butler.
If I were to summarize the crowd psychology that I observed from the side, it would be something like an upper-level version of Miro’s ‘Voice’?
The ability itself is similar, but the range is wider.
The strength seems to be weaker, but thanks to that, it doesn’t feel like a ‘superpower’ even when viewed from the side.
In other words, the story is that secrecy is one step ahead.
Perhaps because it was quite an amazing ability, the grandfather’s expression was somewhat excited.
— Tick!
Then, the next step began with a beep.
“Terraforming Phase 2: Trials”
“Oh, the lights are out!”
“Whoa!”
“Eww! What the heck is going on?”
— Ooooooh!
Suddenly, half of the lights go out, the entire school becomes dark, and eerie sounds can be heard from all directions.
A red liquid soaking the floor, and an ominous figure emerging from it. A girl in pitch black.
At first glance, she looked like a little girl, but no one there thought that.
“Ugh! It’s a ghost!”
“Saint, Saint, Saint, Saint, Saint, Saint, Saint, Saint, Saint, Saint, Saint-”
“Father in heaven, we pray earnestly for you-”
Fear spreads everywhere.
Even my grandfather and I, who know that it is Elena and Ari’s work, find it creepy, so there’s no way a normal person could endure it.
—Slap!
That’s why when Ari suddenly started running, no one tried to avoid it or resist.
Just pray, pray, and wait for the help of the Father and the Saints –
— Crunch!
“Gyaaaah!”
“Eww!”
It’s so far away; what are you doing here? It’s so cold; how come you’re here? How come you’re here?
Kim Ari, you crazy bitch, you said you were just scaring people, but you actually killed two people???
Oh my gosh, what is this internal organ? Is it an artery? Seriously, my grandfather and I are doing this while we’re right next to each other. Oh my gosh, my neck is rolling. My neck is rolling next to me.
“Ugh, Eunsol! Calm down!”
“Haaaak!”
“Wow! That thing, that thing is the kid who turned it around!”
I could barely take a deep breath and look around me. My fucking artery was pumping blood into me!
Eunsol Lee: I said I really won’t kill you!
Kim Ari: How was it?
Eunsol Lee: Are you crazy? If you’re going to do something like this, tell me in advance!
Kim Ari: I don’t know, but your acting is realistic.
So you’re saying that you killed two teachers to make my acting more realistic?
Even if they are NPCs!
“Eww!”
“Please… please save me!”
I thought as I watched the teachers screaming in despair.
If Ga-in’s mind has become a bit strange, the main reason is of course the influence of the Grimoire, but the second cause is that crazy lady from the Management Bureau!
Kim Mi-ro: Should I go out now?
Yeah, yeah. Let’s calm down.
Ari is very old, so it’s time for her to start getting dementia.
Rather, we need to proceed with the plan calmly.
Because I have to use my strength in the next scene.
Eunsol Lee: Start!
“Raaaaa~! Aaaaa~!”
A beautiful song was heard from the stairs.
A voice that was completely different from the hellish atmosphere of the hallway filled with blood and writhing entrails – Ao Kim Ari!
She appeared, cutting through the darkness.
Silver hair flowing below the waist, mysterious eyes that shine red like jewels, and perfect facial features without a single flaw.
Miro, a girl who resembles a fairy rather than a human.
Her appearance, filled with pure white, seemed sublime in some ways.
If it’s just appearance, isn’t that appearance itself charismatic?
Of course, a little mystery is essential.
— Tick!
“Huh? Huh? Phew, the fire is coming back!”
The lights that had been turned off with a beep come back on.
“Gyaaaah~!”
The pitch-black girl who was emitting an ominous aura ran away screaming.
In the meantime, I hid behind my grandfather’s back and opened the brooch, and mysteriously glowing butterflies began to surround the maze.
This is the third stage of terraforming.
“Queen Bee Replacement”
*
A spiritual girl walks by singing a beautiful song.
With each step she took, the darkness receded and the wicked demon ran away screaming.
Ari really screams a lot.
Meanwhile, some of the ‘non-believers’ who had been looking at her with suspicious eyes soon began to look at the maze with a devout attitude as soon as Songi shook her hand a couple of times.
Holy girl, holy woman.
Some church members were already clamoring that the Father had given them a new daughter.
It was funny how they couldn’t tell the difference between the real saint Aurelia and the fake saint Miro, but it was natural for them.
In the first place, the only being that was always connected to the ‘Lord’ was Aurelia.
The rest only felt God’s grace indirectly through the saint.
So, when we see another miracle, we cannot help but think that this too was God’s choice.
Soon hundreds of people came out of the maze and into the playground.
The new saint turned to everyone with a beautiful smile.
“Ahhh…! Oh my god!”
“I have this glory in my eyes, so I have no regrets even if I die -”
“Joe, be quiet! The saint has something to say!”
Everyone waited for the saint’s new revelation.
…
I waited.
…
What is he doing?
Kim Mi-ro: Guys.
Eunsol Lee: ???
Kim Muk-seong: What are you doing?
Kim Mi-ro: I forgot my lines.
Mother and daughter are a real pair!