Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 435
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EP.435 Episode 435 – Party Time (6) – Final Meeting
Episode 435 – Party Time (6) – Final Meeting
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 379
Current Location: Tier 1, Hallway
Wise Man’s Advice: 2]
– Han Ga-in
I showed up to the lunch meeting in a bad condition, unable to get any proper rest due to the weird picture.
The atmosphere among my other colleagues wasn’t particularly pleasant either.
“Let’s check the meeting topics once in a while!”
In the midst of all this, my older sister shouted quite energetically and checked the meeting agenda written on the whiteboard.
“Meeting 206
1. Gain’s new legacy
2. Strengthening the blessings obtained by Miro
3. Artist’s Compensation
4. Soul Ham and Yumi
5. Progress of No. 206
」
Looking at the writing on the board, it seemed like he was employed at a large company.
Do I have to report to Manager Eunsol soon?
Interestingly enough, it seems that none of us have ever had a normal corporate life.
Since Eunsol was the second daughter of a wealthy family, she would be far from ordinary.
“If you don’t say anything, I’ll do it in this order.”
Since number 1 was my story, the eyes of the people around me naturally gathered on me.
“Gain, do you have anything to say about the sacred sun? Did you discover a new way to use it?”
“no.”
As soon as I got it, I got entangled with the painter and experienced strange events, so I was out of my mind, but what did I realize?
For some reason, Eunsol looked slightly disappointed.
“Well, you were busy being swept away by memories of your country home.”
“Even if I were awake, it would have been similar. As I said before, the sacred sun is rechargeable, but it is empty right now.”
“okay?”
At that time, Ari asked me a question.
“Charging… You said that you have to put in the believers’ faith and soul?”
“okay.”
“It’s tricky to use in many ways. So, in room 206, you charge it first?”
“maybe?”
“Can you recharge? You see, 206 starts off with an unwavering rationality that suppresses supernatural powers.”
“…”
The first question related to number 1 came out of Ari’s mouth.
The sacred sun must be charged with the faith or soul of believers to function.
That is, in room 206, I have to establish some kind of religious group.
If you think about the settings for room 206 up to this point, you can see how each angle will turn out, but here’s the problem.
Even if I set it up, will I be able to charge it?
Obviously, charging itself is a supernatural phenomenon.
“It might be a good idea to hold religious ceremonies outside of paradise.”
“Think carefully about that part.”
This concludes my discussion on this topic.
“Next! Miro, how are your newfound powers?”
Miro, who had caught Eunsol’s gaze, smiled slightly and showed off his superpowers once again by holding a dagger in his arm.
“Everyone look! If you do this!”
The dagger went deep into my skin and came out, but not a single drop of blood fell.
Even looking at it again, the power that Miro gained this time from the Sanctuary of Blessing is quite a magical power.
“That’s enough. I have to go to the room of curses tomorrow, so don’t use up all your immutability or whatever in advance.”
“huh.”
At Ari’s words, Miro stopped bragging about his abilities.
The second stage of immutability is the ability to receive attacks inflicted on the body with the power called ‘immutability’, and while the immutability remains, Miro’s own body will not be harmed.
To put it simply, it is similar to the shields that often appear in games.
After Miro finished showing off his abilities, Eunsol asked a question.
“It’s similar to what I showed you last time. You didn’t realize there were any additional uses, did you?”
“Huh? What else?”
“Let’s move on to number 3. The artist’s reward, two paintings. Gain, what did you find out?”
I took out two pictures in front of my colleagues.
“I found out by asking if there was a secret to the painting after writing a piece of advice.”
“Have you already written it?”
“Yes. The purple door painting had a separate title. Look at it.”
I flipped the picture over and rubbed the lower right corner hard with my finger.
Soon, an unidentified string of characters appeared, reacting to the heat of friction.
‘Somnium regnum’
“I don’t think it’s English. Does anyone know?”
Eunsol shook her head with a puzzled expression.
My sister was fluent in English, French, and Spanish, but it seems she is not fluent in either of them.
Even Grandpa Arina, who has outstanding knowledge of the subject, responded that she didn’t know, but surprisingly, someone recognized her.
“It’s Latin. The first word is dream, and the second word is kingdom. In other words, it’s ‘kingdom of dreams.’”
He was a teacher.
The title of the second painting the artist gave me is ‘Kingdom of Dreams’.
“Latin? No… . It’s not even the Vatican, so why does the artist use such confusing words?”
Eunsol was dumbfounded, and I agree.
“Sister, what is the Vatican?”
Songi didn’t understand the word Vatican itself, which was a bit odd.
Doesn’t the Vatican appear in the news often?
“Don’t you know the Vatican? Do you know the Pope, the head of the Catholic Church? It’s a city-state where cardinals including the Pope are concentrated -”
“Didn’t the Catholic Church abolish the Pope or cardinals?”
“…”
At this point, the surroundings became quiet.
The fact that we have lived in completely different worlds.
We all know this now, but it’s still an embarrassing moment.
“Ahem! Let’s leave off the Vatican story. The important thing is that you now know the title of the painting. Mr. Cain, do you have anything else to say about the Kingdom of Dreams?”
“Ah, the kingdom of dreams is a living, moving picture.”
Surprisingly, none of my colleagues were surprised.
This is a hotel, a place where people could jump out of a painting.
“I was sleeping when suddenly this, the door opened and a monster-like eye appeared. It was looking at me intently.”
“Have you done anything strange?”
“I was trying to look at him to see what he was doing, and then he suddenly slammed the door and disappeared.”
“… You seem to be very embarrassed.”
There wasn’t much more to say about the Kingdom of Dreams.
Eunsol asked with a confirmatory tone.
“Aside from the Kingdom of Dreams, what about your portrait? Was there anything else?”
“The artist said that this was an ordinary painting. I guess he wasn’t lying.”
“That’s right. Let’s move on to the next topic.”
Number 4, Soul Ham and Yumi.
“Seungyeop, organize what you’ve said over the past few days and say it again.”
It seems that while I was caught up in the nightmare, my colleagues and I exchanged opinions about Yumi.
“Ahem! Everyone, you’ve all felt it after talking to Yumi, right? Because Yumi is kind -”
Have you all tried talking and felt it?
I couldn’t help but intervene at this point.
“I don’t remember saying it properly.”
“Huh? Huh? Oh, Hyeon, Hyung spent time with the painter… .”
“The main point of topic number 3 is whether we should allow Yumi to build a body, right?”
“yes.”
“Did everyone else agree to it?”
As Seungyeop was fumbling around, Eunsol simply sorted things out.
“I ended up giving permission for everything. Because he wanted it so desperately.”
“Hmm.”
At that moment, Ari took out a thermos with a cool attitude.
Because he had been near Ari until now, the blood, flesh, and hair inside the thermos were very fresh.
“Whew!”
It is certain because Miro reacted with disgust as soon as he saw it and Songi also frowned slightly.
“Seungyeop, take it.”
“Oh! Oh!”
Seungyeop happily took Ari’s thermos flask.
“You might have some physical problems, so go to room 105 and tell Yumi to get in shape.”
“yes~!”
“You know that the freshness retention function disappears the moment the thermos falls on me? Let’s go right away.”
“thank you.”
Seungyeop left the conference room almost as if it was his own business, but he felt a strange feeling.
My colleagues’ reactions were also as expected.
Not only people like Noona and Ari who were thoughtful, but even Song and Elena who usually only ate snacks during meetings had slightly cold expressions on their faces.
I opened my mouth carefully.
“Well… I think something unexpected happened while I was away.”
Everyone is quiet.
“I’m asking just in case, just in case?”
My older sister said with a bitter smile.
“Just say it out loud. Were you going to say that Seungyeop likes Yumi?”
“…”
Ari sighed lightly.
“It’s not that big of a deal.”
“It’s not a big deal?”
“Because he falls in love like he eats rice.”
“…”
Now that I hear it, it’s true again.
“At first, if I remember correctly… Ahem! It was probably me.”
This is a story about when I first entered room 102.
At that time, Ari and her grandfather were hiding their identities.
Everyone nodded as if they remembered, but one of the two colleagues who had joined relatively recently responded.
“Ahhh! Seong-yeop bought Ari, bought Ari-”
Ari sighed at Miro’s noisy reaction.
“Stop being noisy. It’s even weirder when you do it. And after that, things kept changing.”
“what?”
“Room 202? There was something unusual about the youngest daughter of the sea god in that room. What was her name?”
I answered.
“Liringanor.”
“That’s right, Liringanor! I think he liked it too. What do you think?”
Elena, Songi, and several others nodded with bitter smiles.
Didn’t the old saying go that you can know the depth of ten feet of water, but not the heart of a one-foot person?
It seems like this story doesn’t apply to Seungyeop, but he is a very honest colleague.
At that moment, Miro tilted his head.
“Are you talking about room 202?”
“huh.”
“Why don’t I know? He’s the leader-”
“Liringanor.”
“Liringanno? Anyway, I’ve never heard of anyone like that.”
“People who fall in love easily forget easily.”
“…”
As I talk, I feel like I’m gossiping behind Seungyeop’s back when he’s not around.
Songi coughed in vain as if she had had similar thoughts and wrapped her arms around Seungyeop.
“Because Seungyeop is young! When you’re young, you’re naturally full of energy. Separately from Seungyeop, if we go back to Yumi, that girl’s story, I think you’ll have to build her body in the end.”
Ari also nodded.
“That’s right. If you were going to continue to doubt, you shouldn’t have put it in your soul in the first place. These past few days, we’ve let that girl know that we have the initiative.”
We can take away or expel Yumi’s body at any time.
Yumi herself must have felt this fact over the past few days.
Since it’s already been put into the ship, you should at least give it some faith.
If you do something crazy like a witch, that’s something to think about then.
At the end of the story about Yumi, Miro suddenly brought up an unexpected story.
“I feel a little sick.”
Ari tilted her head.
“Huh? Why?”
“I heard he liked you at first?”
“…”
“Next time, that, Leading Ding Nori?”
“… huh.”
“But why aren’t you responding to me at all? Ari and I look exactly alike!”
I was momentarily speechless by this incredible story.
What is stranger: Miro having such absurd thoughts, or him telling us about them without hesitation?
Ariga had an extremely gloomy expression.
“Please… don’t ruin my beautiful memories of you, Mom.”
“what?”
“Eight!”
“Whoaang!”
“Stop making weird noises!”
Ari couldn’t stand it anymore and grabbed Miro.
I thought I knew why Seungyeop didn’t react to Miro.
“… Be quiet. Now let’s talk about room 206.”
…
…
…
By the end of the meeting, the two remaining pieces of advice had also disappeared.
*
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 379
Current Location: Tier 1, Room 105 – ‘Room of Rest’
Wise Man’s Advice: 0]
– Han Ga-in
After the meeting, I returned to my private room.
My colleagues’ opinions on how to proceed with No. 206 were confusing.
Let’s eat comfortably.
Apart from other people, my job is pretty clear.
“…”
I sat up in bed and looked at the wall, where I saw a black and white portrait of myself that already felt familiar.
It looks like the artist drew it in about 5 minutes, but it turned out pretty well for something like that.
Suddenly, a thought occurred to me and I flipped the picture over.
As with ‘Kingdom of Dreams’, the back of the black and white portrait was simply rough, hard paper.
— Sasaak!
It was mixed.
From the top left to the bottom right, it was slapped here and there.
and….
This time, instead of Latin, a language I knew came up.
‘Save yourself from hell.’
“…”