Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 452
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EP.452 Episode 452 – Rest Day – ‘Kingdom of Dreams’ (2)
Episode 452 – Rest Day – ‘Kingdom of Dreams’ (2)
– Kim Ari
“Ms. Gain, filming will start soon, so let’s go up!”
“yes?”
Elena calmly says she will start filming, not being surprised at all even though Han Ga-in appeared in her dream.
It didn’t take long to realize what this meant.
It’s said that he often had dreams about Ga-in by himself!
“Eww! Oh, Elena, really!”
“What, what is it?”
“Come here!”
I quickly pushed Gain back and approached her instead.
Elena made a blank expression.
“Uh… . Huh? Ariya? Right now -”
— Snap!
He grabbed Elena’s upper body and shook it back and forth while speaking.
“Wake up! This isn’t a dream -”
I was going to say it wasn’t a dream, but then I thought about it and it was a dream, right?
It’s Elena’s dream, and we’re in the middle of interfering with it.
When I was flustered and at a loss, Elena reacted strangely.
An expression that suggests something funny just occurred to him rather than one that makes him angry or flustered!
Isn’t this some kind of crisis?
— Gulp!
A moment later, Ga-in and I were literally overwhelmed by the sight that unfolded before our eyes.
The broadcasting station disappears like a ghost, and a huge building rises on the plain where there was nothing.
A scene where dozens or hundreds of people walk around in a lively atmosphere in an instant.
This sight of him creating a new world with just a moment’s thought was truly like the Creator.
Of course, everyone is a god in their dreams.
“Hey, what the heck is this place… .”
“Are you in a university district?”
When I looked back, I saw Ga-in wearing a K University jumper.
“I know it well because I’ve been here a few times since I passed the exam. It’s just like a college town. It’s probably not the college town Elena saw when she came to Korea – ugh!”
— Bam!
Gain and I were both speechless at the same time because Elena’s behavior was different from usual.
His appearance became a little more difficult, and his actions became more playful.
Above all else… .
“Hey, Hanga-in! What are you doing, stupid?”
“Uh, Elena.”
The unique, cautious atmosphere of ‘Ms. Ga-in’ has completely disappeared.
“Go quickly. If you’re late, the wait will be really long.”
“Huh, huh?”
An informal atmosphere, like we’ve known each other since childhood.
When I saw that sight, something complicated came to mind.
Did he secretly dislike the fact that even after spending a long time together at the hotel, there was still a cautious atmosphere?
“Ugh! Hey! Ah, Ariya! Help me!”
It was a bit funny to see Ga-in bewildered by Elena’s changed mood and ask for help.
Anyway, this awkward atmosphere needs to end –
— Woof! Woof!
?
— Growl…! Warp!
???
“Ariyaaaa!”
“Gain, you’re late? Let’s go.”
Suddenly, a golden retriever as big as Seungyeop jumped out from behind and bit my clothes and dragged them behind me?
This isn’t a coincidence, is it?
Isn’t this 100% the dream watchman summoned by Elena?
“Don’t worry about that weird kid, the police will help you!”
Elena even said ‘merong’ to me while saying that.
Well, it seems like I got screwed over, but the situation was so childish that I ended up laughing rather than getting angry.
I think Gain understood the situation belatedly.
“Hey, Elena! Let’s go to the coffee shop first! Coffee shop! Is there a coffee shop nearby?”
“Huh? There is something -”
“And chase that dog away!”
“…”
“I told you I have a fear of dogs!”
“…”
Elena didn’t react to being told to chase dogs away, but she did react to the outrageous lie that she had a phobia about dogs.
— Squeak!
Because the golden retriever who was acting like he was going to eat me just a moment ago suddenly turned into a tiny puppy.
I thought, lifting the puppy with one hand.
I guess I’ve lived a long time.
You’re having all sorts of really weird experiences!
*
After arriving at the coffee shop, Gain and I quickly realized one thing.
“… Mr. Gain.”
“Yes, Miss Ari.”
“Mr. Gain, I don’t think it’ll be easy to wake Elena up.”
“Ari Yang, I think the same thing.”
Just like in The Gatehouse Room and Perfect Life, Elena has a hard time waking up from these dreams.
“Miss Ari, don’t you think this way of speaking is a bit funny?”
“… Don’t look in my direction. Elena might be offended. I’m just a cafe worker.”
“Ah, ahem. Elena, I have something to tell you -”
Elena in my dream felt bad that Gain and I were having a casual conversation.
Thanks to that, Gain and I had to go back to our weird speech patterns before the giant golden retriever swallowed me up again.
“Ahem! ‘Ms. Gain’. I don’t know if it’s fun to play like this, but shouldn’t we hurry up and say something to ‘Ms. Elena’!”
“Uh, Elena. Here, let me introduce you to Miss Ari.”
“Who are you?”
“… a psychiatrist?”
“Doctor? There’s no way a doctor can be this young! More like someone I know -”
He quickly shook Elena’s shoulder and cried out.
“Don’t discriminate!”
“Huh? Huh?”
“It’s discrimination that only old people can be doctors!”
Let’s just say it roughly.
“Oh, no, it’s not discrimination, but at your age, there’s no way you would have graduated from medical school -”
“It’s discrimination to say that you have to graduate from medical school to become a doctor!”
Oh, is this too much?
Gain sighed, covering her face with both hands –
— Boom!
Suddenly, he slammed the table!
“Hey! Elena! Just listen to me!”
“… Uh, uh.”
Wow! It works if you go hard?
Should it have been done this way from the beginning?
And Gain explained step by step.
Elena’s prayer was heard in room 206, and the Holy Sun judged Elena to be a ‘believer’.
Here, the sacred sun is essentially a legacy that devours believers.
I was worried that the dreamy Elena would be able to understand a conversation that would only happen in a hotel like this.
“Hmm… I understand what you mean, but why did that happen?”
Interestingly, Elena understood this conversation and gave a more interesting answer.
“It’s true that I trust and rely on Um, Ga, Gain!”
Elena blushed for a moment after saying this, and Gain also made an embarrassed expression, which made me feel embarrassed as well.
“I never thought of him as something like God. I’m not stupid, so why would a god-like being suffer in a hotel?”
“…”
“I felt a great charisma when you wrote ‘Descent’, but….”
Elena’s aftertaste gradually faded, and for a moment the coffee shop became quiet.
In my complicated thoughts, I recalled Elena’s current state.
An attitude of treating Ga-in like a friend, unlike usual.
A considerable amount of jealousy that was revealed without hiding when I treated Ga-in like a friend.
Elena is currently being ‘excessively’ honest.
Because in dreams there is no need to hide anything.
Therefore, the statement that Cain did not think of himself as a divine being is ‘half’ true.
Rationally speaking, that means thinking that way.
Therefore, Elena’s problem is not a problem of reason but a problem of ‘instinct’.
“Why did you pray?”
“Ask me to kill Patrick? I didn’t know you would hear that. I was just joking around because I thought it was funny to see my colleague imitating the ‘cult leader’…”
Gain also hesitated for a moment, lost for words.
I tried to warn you about the dangers of religious belief, but the answer I got was that I never thought of you as a god in the first place.
I have nothing more to say.
“Gain, no, Mr. Gain. Let’s go outside first.”
“Well, then.”
Let’s go out and talk again –
The moment an eerie voice pierced my ears, the world turned black and white in an instant!
Literally the dream genre is changing from romantic comedy to horror!
“Eww! M-Moon, open up! Sesame! Sesame! Open up!”
“Why is it so slow!”
— Gulp!
*
I woke up alone in room 105.
Thanks to this, I immediately realized a few things about the Dream Kingdom.
Even though Gain and I clearly entered Elena’s dream together, my position did not change.
‘Move’ seems to be something only people who first used pictures in reality do.
Also, if you dream of multiple people in the middle, it seems like you wake up next to the last person.
So the place where Cain woke up was probably….
— Clang!
As I opened the door to room 105 and went out, sure enough, Ga-in was there in front of the door with a flustered expression.
“You woke up in Elena’s room?”
“… huh.”
“Elena?”
“I came out very carefully so as not to break it. You probably wouldn’t know.”
“Whew… .”
The reality is that it is already dawn.
Fortunately, the hotel gave us a day off, so we don’t need to go into the cursed room today.
Gain muttered as she walked towards the front.
“Elena’s dream was really scary. At the end, the dog’s head split into three -”
“Enough with the horror stories.”
“okay.”
After a moment of silence, Gain muttered again.
“The problem with the sacred sun trying to swallow Elena.”
“I’m listening.”
“It seems to operate in the realm of instinct and emotion rather than reason.”
Although Elena does not rationally think of Han Ga-in as a god, the problem is the experience of being overwhelmed by the transcendent charisma that Kang Rim emits.
The moment I was about to say that I would talk to Elena while she was awake during the day, Gain muttered with her eyes shining.
“We could take advantage of this phenomenon.”
“what?”
What do you use?
“Don’t you know? We have discovered something very important regarding the sacred sun!”
“What are you talking about -”
What did you realize?
“The ‘Judgment of Believers’ of the Holy Sun means that it is very broad! You don’t have to go to a lonely church every weekend, get baptized, or listen to my sermons regularly.”
“…”
“I remember being overwhelmed by the supernatural charisma created by my heritage. That’s enough!”
“…”
“Oh, but do I have to pray at least? Elena prayed too.”
I understood what Gain was trying to say.
The conditions for the divine sun to ‘eat’ humans are broader than you might think.
By using this part, you can swallow up more people more easily and quickly.
“…”
“Wow~! That’s an unexpected gain. If we reflect it in the next round, we can recharge our inheritance much more efficiently.”
A complex thought occurred to me for a moment.
Like Elena, I also believe that this man is fundamentally good.
Sometimes, I was confused as to whether this belief was really my judgment.
“Yeah. That’s a useful insight.”
It’s better to stop worrying about things that have no answer.
“Gain, lend me the kingdom of dreams.”
“hmm?”
“Because I have a dream that I want to see.”
“Huh? You? Can I ask who you are?”
“maze.”
“The dream of a maze? I, I’m curious too -”
“Hey… aren’t you being too shameless?”
I teased the young man, who was very embarrassed.
“What would you do if you entered the heart of a young girl who has a crush on you? You would play with the labyrinths of her dreams to your heart’s content, making it impossible for her to resist you -”
“Eww! I’m not going in! I’m not going in!”
“Then give me the kingdom of dreams.”
“… okay.”
“I’ll use it well and return it to you.”
“…”
Gain returned to her room with a slightly crooked expression.
This childish appearance and the somewhat eerie look he showed when speaking about the sacred sun.
I really don’t know what the essence of that man is.
…
“It’s creepy….”
That’s a funny story.
Shakes my heart?
A super-rational side that is not bound by human morality?
A complex personality with both good and evil traits?
In all these aspects, isn’t there another being that is far more severe in a negative sense?
A being created by a wish.
My creator and my source.
and….
“My love.”
He held the picture tightly, spitting out empty words.
To see ‘her’ again.