Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 433
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EP.433 Episode 433 – A Family with a Backbone (9) Fin
Episode 433 – A Family with a Backbone (9) Fin
– Han Ga-in
I thought as I touched the lid of the jar.
The final variable of this event and the second game’s tagger.
Great-grandfather trapped in a jar, the real Han Jin-seong’s soul.
“…”
What kind of person is he?
I had a recurring dream where I realized that my great-grandfather had fallen into the abyss with me many times.
Han Jin-seong, who was in his right mind, was by no means an evil person. He was more like a kind old man who cared for his descendants, although he was a bit ill-tempered.
After all, the management office that my grandfather devoted his youth to is fundamentally a group that protects the world.
— Squeak!
The moment the jar was opened, the employees who saw the name tags that suddenly appeared began to panic.
“Oh my! What is this?”
“It looks like a name tag? Sir! Are you okay?”
I calmed everyone down with a firm voice.
“Calm down, everyone! This jar is originally a sacred object, so there’s no need to be surprised, Seungchan!”
“yes!”
“Are you holding on well, Gain?”
“I can’t move.”
Han Min-sang, who had been subjected to rough corporal punishment and beatings for half a day, was on the verge of fainting.
He couldn’t lift a finger even though he knew the game had started again.
He just raised his head slightly and had a desperate expression on his face.
“…”
I have some complicated thoughts as that guy takes over my body and acts like that.
— Bam!
As I took off the [Han Min-sang] name tag attached to my chest, my body fell to the floor like a machine whose electricity had been cut off.
“…”
Now, I just need to have the [Han Ga-in] name tag that appeared on my chest transferred to my original body by a hired hand.
“Can you all hear me?”
“yes!”
“yes!”
“It’s nothing serious, so don’t worry and go to the next room. You won’t be able to leave the house, so don’t waste your time.”
“All right.”
The employees left for the next room as I instructed, even though they had no idea what was going on.
Now, in this room, there was only me, the jar, my body lying on the floor, and Han Min-sang’s name tag in my hand.
“Come out now. No, come out now.”
…
“Grandpa, I cleaned up all the people. I only have my brother’s name tag in my hand.”
…
“If you don’t say anything, should I put your younger sibling’s name tag back in the jar and close it?”
As I began talking to my great-grandfather, my speech quickly began to return to normal.
Soon a familiar voice was heard, accompanied by the sound of boiling phlegm.
“Baby… stop for a moment.”
“…”
“Listen to me.”
“It stopped.”
Suddenly, a shape like white smoke appeared in the air.
This is the spirit of my great-grandfather who lost his physical body but was unable to leave for the world of the dead due to the magic of the jar.
“Thank you. What was in the jar?”
“You were locked up last night. It’s been about 16 hours.”
“That’s all… I was only locked in for 16 hours and it’s this cold and harsh…”
“…”
“Minsang, my younger brother is truly a pitiful child.”
I have no intention of denying the statement itself.
“Grandpa, I have a question for you. Please answer honestly.”
“Okay. How could I have any secrets when things have come to this?”
Who started the second game currently in progress?
It’s me.
The second game began when I, who was outside the jar, took the jar and opened the lid.
Recognizing this, one question naturally arises.
Who the hell started the first game?
A portrait of Han Min-sang in a jar?
“No matter how much I think about it, it doesn’t seem like the sacrifice trapped in the jar could escape from the jar on its own. If that were possible, why would Han Min-sang have been trapped for decades?”
“…”
“Someone brought the jar and unwrapped it.”
“…”
“The only one who can do it is my grandfather. Why did you let him go?”
The first person to start the game was my great-grandfather.
When I pointed this out, the floating, white smoke suddenly began to twist.
Not long afterwards, I realized it spontaneously when I saw smoke rising from the black eye sockets in a similar place to the face.
Now, great-grandfather was crying in a state of spirit.
“…Grandpa.”
Looking back, there was clear evidence that my grandfather had started the first game.
He was the only one who knew of the existence of the jar, and he was always lying down next to it when the first game started.
“Why did you do that?”
Because you felt sorry for your little brother who was suffering while trapped in a jar?
Up to this point, it was a psychology that I could understand as a fellow human being, but I couldn’t understand what happened next.
Why did you release him when his young descendants were gathered together?
“When it was time for you to die, did you feel sorry for your younger brother? Did you feel that no one would let him go after you died?”
“Baby… .”
“But why did you release me here in this house, when we were all gathered together?”
At that moment, the old man’s desolate voice was heard.
“You are such a smart kid, but you misunderstood one thing about this old man.”
“What is that?”
“I had no intention of letting my brother go… Think about it! Wasn’t it 70 years ago that Minsang was my good brother?”
“Yes.”
“You pressed Minsang, so you should know better than me. What kind of being do you think this child is?”
“… is an evil spirit, a devil. It is a being that should not exist in the world.”
“I’ve been working in the administration for decades. Don’t you know that?”
My great-grandfather spent his youth in the administration office.
Even if they were good people, they knew very well that after being swept up in such evil magic tools and being twisted for decades, only evil would remain.
“So what the hell happened?”
“I… . told you to break the jar.”
“…”
“Break the jar! Release your brother! I was planning to contact the management and have them take the property.”
I was momentarily amazed.
Because what my grandfather was trying to do was exactly the same as what I had planned.
The only way for the descendants to avoid the curse while breaking the jar is for the property to be taken by the management office.
“Then he would have lived well without any problems.”
“Even so, Grandpa will be cursed.”
After destroying the jar, if the management office takes all the assets worth over 100 billion, the descendants may be freed, but great-grandfather cannot escape that way.
Because you have already lived off the wealth that the jar has created.
“What are you afraid of? You’ve enjoyed decades of happiness that your fate didn’t even allow you to enjoy. All you have to do is die!”
“How did you fail?”
“… the devil grabbed my hand.”
devil?
Did you write some kind of number of Han Min-sang in a jar? Is that possible?
“I can tell just by looking at your eyes. Are you thinking that Minsang was the one who disturbed me?”
“Isn’t it?”
“No. There was a real devil who couldn’t even be compared to Minsang.”
The real devil who prevented Grandpa from breaking the jar.
The hazy mist pointed in all directions with a gesture that seemed to extend its arms.
“Do you know how much this house is worth?”
“…”
“Do you know the value of the green tea fields where your father is picking tea leaves?”
“…”
“The current market price of the Seruk Building in Gangnam is 22 billion won.”
“…”
“Grandson. Do you know what it means to have a lot of money?”
“grandfather….”
“Do you really think that this land of Joseon is equal?”
“…”
“No way! There is a hierarchy, and I have lived my entire life on the top. That was my luck.”
My great-grandfather explained in an excited voice what it meant to be over 100 billion won.
“I’m handing all of this over to the administration. My hands start to tremble when I think about it. Doesn’t that mean I can’t share the happiness I’ve enjoyed throughout my life with you?”
“So you couldn’t break the jar?”
“I was going to open it, but then I suddenly saw this Hanok and my hands lost their strength. So I was like, ‘Oh, oh, oh,’ and all I did was open the lid.”
The truth of what happened last night was absurd in many ways, and in some ways even absurd.
“If that’s the case, it’s over now. I’ve already contacted the administration through Attorney Park. Someone will come tomorrow or the day after.”
“What? You already contacted me?”
“What good is a trillion dollars and a damned fortune? I was thinking of telling you to take it all.”
The pale smoke pulsated and fluttered.
Even though he was not physically present, I could feel how surprised my great-grandfather was.
“You! Are you so young that you can do that? Don’t you know what 100 billion is? How could you…?”
“…”
“No. I, this old man, was such a loser! 100 billion won, and nothing is more precious than a human life. How could I not know at this age what even you, a young child, know…?”
It’s not like I’m not a greedy person.
I am just indifferent because I know that all of this is just an illusion of the past.
“I will now return to my body.”
“… I’ll help you. You’ll faint the moment I take off your name tag, so it won’t be hard to move it.”
“That’s right.”
…
…
…
When I came to, I was back in the body of a handsome, smart, and kind boy.
…I screamed as soon as I got back.
“Eww! Oh my god, this hurts so bad!”
“Huh! You were acting smart just a little while ago, but did getting hit with a stick hurt that much?”
My great-grandfather also regained his original body.
“It really hurts a lot, doesn’t it?”
“Who can you blame? It’s all because of you, Min-sang, tormenting that poor kid.”
“…”
That’s right.
Before I knew it, my great-grandfather was looking down at the jar with a bitter expression.
Before I knew it, my grandfather was holding a name tag with the words ‘Han Min-sang’ in it.
“…Grandpa.”
“I just had this thought again.”
“…”
“What if Minsang puts the name tag back in and closes the jar lid?”
“…”
“I am about to die, but you will live your whole life above and die above.”
“…”
“Humans… are so vicious. If this isn’t the devil, then what is it?”
“Shall I break it for you?”
“… also.”
“yes?”
“You are better than me.”
“…”
Great-grandfather took two steps back with a gloomy expression.
I went to the jar, enduring the pain.
“I’m awake.”
“Don’t ask, just do it. Didn’t I say you’re better than me?”
I picked up the wooden stick that was rolling around next to me –
— Click!
Suddenly the surroundings became dark.
A strong hand appeared from the darkness and grabbed my arm.
“It must hurt. Why don’t you sit down again?”
“…”
“Elder, it’s been a while.”
A million thoughts swirling in my head.
Who is it? Is it an outsider or an employee?
Since the game is still in progress, the surrounding space will be blocked from entering and exiting due to the jar’s magic power?
He was of a properly trained adult male in height and build, but it was dark so I couldn’t see his face very well.
“… KD. I heard that Gain said she would come tomorrow or the day after.”
“Are you sad that I came so quickly?”
“No way. Rather, I’m grateful.”
KD called by Attorney Park?
He is a connection to the management office that my grandfather knew privately.
If so, it is possible that it broke through the closed space created by the jar.
This person is probably not an ordinary person.
“I’ll take the jar.”
“I originally planned to destroy it.”
“Is it to free the soul of the brother who is trapped inside? Oh, the soul is out now.”
“… How is it that you don’t know anything?”
“Please give me Han Min-sang’s name tag.”
When the grandfather handed the man a name tag with a sheepish expression, the man tore it up without hesitation.
“Oh my! Suddenly -”
“Your little brother is now free from suffering. I will take the jar with me.”
The man approached without hesitation, picked up the jar from the floor, and closed the lid.
At that moment, the name tags on my grandfather and I’s chests disappeared.
The game is over even though no name tags were placed in the jar!
At this moment, I felt more bewildered than happy, and even somewhat empty.
The man in front of us is handling the situation without any problems, while ignoring all the rules of the ordeal that we have painstakingly figured out.
Grandfather opened his mouth with a blank expression.
“Ah, the property is -”
“I’m sorry, but this property cannot be inherited. Do you know why?”
“…I know.”
“The company will send someone soon. The aftermath will be taken care of neatly, so you don’t have to worry.”
“…”
no one.
No one ever explained to this man the rules of the jar or the cursed property.
Yet KD knew the situation better than anyone else in the room.
“Congratulations!”
“…Congratulations?”
“Yes. The problem that has been tormenting your heart for so long is now over. I hope you can spend the rest of your life in comfort.”
“My, my children….”
“What are you so worried about? Even without 100 billion, everyone else is doing well. Here, even Ga-in’s father works at a big company.”
“…”
“Congratulations.”
“…Thank you.”
And so the confusing ordeal came to an end.
And then, a firm hand in the darkness grabbed me again.
“uh?”
“Let’s talk in the light.”