Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 485
Only Krnovel
EP.485 Episode 485 – Room 207, The Gate Room – The First Trial – ‘Eternal Life and Resurrection’ (3)
Episode 485 – Room 207, The Gate Room – The First Trial – ‘Eternal Life and Resurrection’ (3)
– Maze
“Introduce yourself. Miro, Taio. You’ve heard each other’s names, right? You’re one of my few friends, so let’s get to know each other.”
Contrary to what Aidya said, this is the first time I’ve heard the name Taio.
I feel like he’s one of Aidy’s close associates?
“Miss Miro, I have often heard from Lady Aidia. My name is Taio.”
“… yes.”
“Miro, what’s the answer?”
“Hello. My name is Miro.”
“Haha, no. It seems like the beautiful lady is hiding her face.”
“Oh my! Taio, are you already crazy about Miro? He’s acting all snotty and snotty, unlike how he looks?”
“Don’t roses have thorns?”
‘The rose has thorns’
This is something so old-fashioned that it looks like something from a drama 30 years ago –
Come to think of it, it’s ancient now.
Could it be that the man named Taio threw out a sophisticated work comment that was surprisingly 5,000 years ahead of its time?
Men in black, who appeared to be his subordinates, were bringing in about fifteen children.
“Miro, are you going to stay that fat forever?”
“Aidia, what about those kids over there?”
At that moment, Taio’s expression hardened noticeably.
“Mr. Miro, please go in now.”
suddenly?
“No, that’s fine. I have to see the maze too.”
“Aidia, Miss Miro is still young -”
“My friend. There should be no secrets between friends.”
What is this atmosphere?
I don’t know anything, but what are you two talking about?
“If that is what Lady Aidya wants, then I understand. Miss Miro, from now on, please keep what you see to yourself.”
“… Hey, I don’t know what the hell you two are talking about.”
Aidya answered.
“Miro, I’m going to write a miracle from now on.”
“miracle?”
“The great power that my great ancestor – Menes – has passed down to me?”
Menes, the great pharaoh who united Egypt and was said to be the son of a god.
A great power inherited by his descendants.
“You should see it too. You had to see it at least once anyway, and today is the day.”
Soon, Aidya walked towards the children.
Even though the situation was serious, the children remained still with a dazed expression on their faces, seemingly under the influence of drugs.
Before she knew it, a round cloth had been laid on the floor, and Aidyah was kneeling on it.
“Mother of all things, beginning of all things, ruler of the distant stars, great Menes… Here is your daughter. Show me the future.”
and.
—Thud!
All the children started to fall down, pale!
“Ouch! Aah! What the -”
“Please calm down. Lady Aidya will explain soon.”
“What the hell! The kids right now -”
Taio placed a firm hand on my shoulder, preventing me from moving.
This looks like some kind of evil black magic!
I never thought of Aidia as a villain, but was she really this kind of character?
Should I stop this by writing a timeline right now?
But, the teacher told me not to do anything when I’m alone!
While I was frozen in place, not knowing what to do, the unidentified ritual ended and Aidyah approached me.
“Miro, are you surprised?”
“…”
“Calm down. I’ll explain everything.”
She explained in detail what had just happened.
It is true that I have drawn on the children’s life force, and my purpose is to see their ‘fate’.
Children have longer remaining lifespans than adults, so they do not die even if they use up some of their life force.
Also, he never abused his power to see fate, and only used it for the future of Egypt.
“So, you sacrificed children for the future of Egypt?”
“Sacrifice? Oh, my. I don’t think I received any help from these kids, I don’t think it was a sacrifice.”
“But if you keep draining your life force, you’ll eventually die -”
“Just 3 times! No more than that. After that, I will take responsibility for these kids’ future.”
“… take responsibility for the future?”
“These children are all slaves. They come from poor families or are orphans. But not anymore. If you help me just two more times, I will help these children live happily.”
“…”
“I can either adopt you into a wealthy family, give you a job in the palace, or, if necessary, have you work in my mansion. Either way, you won’t have to worry about making a living anymore.”
“…”
I understood the words themselves.
All children were left with the miserable fate of slavery.
Aidia periodically brings in such children, drains their life force three times, and then looks after their future.
It was confusing.
Even if the lifespan is reduced to 20 or 30 years, wouldn’t it be better to live under Aidia’s care than to live as a slave?
If you think about it this way, there are no victims in this place.
It’s good that Aidia helps the kingdom by reading fate, and it’s good that the children are freed from the fate of slavery.
“Do you understand? If you don’t believe me, I can show you the children I look after.”
“…”
I don’t need to check to see if this is true.
First of all, since she is the daughter of the Pharaoh and has mysterious supernatural powers, it would be easy for her to change the fate of a few children.
“I, um, so -”
At that moment, when I was confused and didn’t know how to react, a familiar yet sharp voice was heard.
“This is a really funny story.”
Everyone – even Aidia and Taio – turned their heads in the direction of the voice in shock.
Two familiar people, Seungyeop and Yumi, appeared.
“I took the kids and did something, and this is what it was? Even in this day and age, there are all sorts of strange magic tricks.”
“Huh! You! Did you come chasing me?”
“… Taio. Who is that woman?”
“I don’t know! I’m the magician who suddenly appeared when we were rescuing the children.”
“Ah, I should introduce myself. I am Yumi, daughter of the precious sky god, Horus!”
“Horus?”
For a moment, I burst into laughter.
I’m sure you made up your identity, but why is she the daughter of Horus?
He is the god of Egyptian mythology that we know.
The god of this Egyptian country is an unknown being called ‘Malkab’, whom I have never heard of.
This situation itself seems like a strange joke.
“Whether you are the daughter of Horus or not, this is a place where anyone can enter -”
“Daughter of Pharaoh, I heard on my way here that Pharaoh is dying.”
oh!
The moment I heard those words, I realized why Yumi had stepped forward.
When the doctor lost the blessing of sincerity, he also lost his supernatural healing powers, and was unable to heal the dying Pharaoh.
Wouldn’t it be different if it were Yumi?
Because Yumi’s magic can be used just fine!
“…what does that have to do with you?”
“I might be able to get him out of bed.”
“Ha, even the best doctors in Egypt couldn’t do anything -”
I quickly stepped forward.
“Aidya! Listen to me!”
“Miss Miro, politely to Lady Aidya -”
“Quiet. Miro, speak.”
He said that he met Yumi when he was young and that Yumi cured people who had fevers.
It was a hastily made up lie, but Yumi quickly agreed and kissed me, so a plausible story was quickly created.
“… What is this all of a sudden.”
Just like I was before, Aidia is also in a state of confusion now.
Finally, Yumi took action.
“Look at this.”
He reveals his pure white forearms and scratches them with his sharp nails.
In an instant, enough blood flowed to soak the wrist, causing everyone in the room to open their eyes wide.
And then, as if by magic, when I tapped the wound, the bleeding stopped.
“…”
“There isn’t a single scar left?”
“… You do have some mysterious talents.”
Eventually, Aidia asked Yumi to go to the palace and heal the Pharaoh.
“gladly.”
“If you heal my father, I will give you a treasure worth a thousand gold coins -”
“That kind of thing isn’t necessary.”
“…”
“Instead, can I ask you one thing?”
“Tell me.”
Yumi soon remembered something that everyone in the room had forgotten.
“You said you could see the future using the children’s life force?”
“…”
“I’ve been wondering for a while now. So, what kind of future did you see?”
“…”
“If you lie or conceal… .”
Yumi mumbled the words, but everyone understood what she was trying to say.
He said that he would heal Pharaoh if he told him the contents of the prophecy.
After hearing that, I became curious too.
Let’s think like Ariana Gain, who always pretends to be smart!
The hotel, well, there’s no way they would have put in meaningless scenes while putting together the ‘scenario’, right?
What kind of future do we see when we bring in children out of nowhere and shorten their lifespans?
“Mom, should I tell everyone?”
Aidia’s reaction was beyond my expectations.
I thought you would lie by trying to hide it with a serious attitude or by pretending to be calm.
Suddenly, she blushed and looked extremely embarrassed.
Yumi smiled faintly.
“Then, just whisper in my ear.”
“That, that’s not it… Taio, take the kids out! Get ready to leave for the palace. Horus’ daughter and the boy, please go out too.”
Are you telling only men to leave?
Taio and Seungyeop took the drugged children out, wondering what was going on.
After a while, Aidia told him what she had seen in the future.
“I, that is, in the future… .”
“In the future?”
“…you’re going to have a lot of kids.”
“…”
“I heard you’re going to have a ton of kids.”
“…”
“No, that’s not a lie! Seriously -”
“Okay, let’s go.”
It’s a strange prophecy.
The content was absurd, but more than anything, it seemed to have nothing to do with Pharaoh’s current situation.
It definitely makes sense, it seems like very important content… .
I couldn’t understand.
*
– Yoo Song-i
I am a junior priest of the Malkab cult, and you are the Pharaoh’s personal physician.
Since it is not easy to meet in person, you must convey all important information when you meet.
At times like this, my grandfather’s chat window felt truly precious.
“… Do you understand?”
“Uhm, I understand.”
Two days ago, Omar had been pressuring Hesperia to hand over the sarcophagus of immortality, and Hesperia had demanded that someone else be sent away.
Then the guards sent everyone out, including the lower-ranking priests, and came out themselves.
…
Are you just going to go out like that?
Do you have a bracelet?
Diverse perspectives make it difficult to manipulate multiple people at once.
So, it was ambiguous to use in a situation where there was Pharaoh, Hesperia, a lower-level priest, and even guards in the room.
However, the situation became more comfortable when Hesperia and Omar sent the rest out, leaving only the two behind for security reasons.
Pharaoh can’t even get out of bed, so all he has to do is fool Hesperia!
Of course, it wasn’t as easy as it sounds.
If I may exaggerate a bit, I’d like to say that I made a movie.
The problem is that it’s a movie that no one knows about except me.
“Thank you for your hard work filming this spy movie.”
“…”
“Let’s organize the story that Songi overheard. Is ‘Menes’ sleeping in the Immortal Sarcophagus?”
“Yes. That is the identity of the eternal life that the Malkav sect offered to Menes.”
“Then it would have been difficult for Omar to covet the sarcophagus any longer.”
Why would you dig up the tomb of Menes, the great pharaoh and de facto founder of the nation, and open the coffin lid?
No matter how high the authority of the current Pharaoh is, it is not an easy task.
Isn’t there even a superhuman sleeping inside the coffin who is closer to a god than a human?
Regardless of the cause and morality, Menes, who performed miracles as if he was breathing, might wake up and beat Omar to death.
“Omar also gave up on the sarcophagus. Instead, Hesperia made another offer.”
Give up the sarcophagus where your ancestors sleep.
Instead, accept the blessing of Malkab, the god of the Underworld, and become his apostle.
“The Apostle of Malkab. What do you think this means?”
“I don’t know. There is no such story in the scriptures.”
At this point, we have figured out several keywords.
The dying Pharaoh Omar.
The great Great Pharaoh Menes, who is still alive and rests in the sarcophagus of the Immortals.
The Malkav sect, which is intertwined with both.
A high priest of the sect who advised the current Pharaoh to become the apostle of Malkab instead of the sarcophagus.
I kind of know something, but in the end I don’t know.
So who’s the boss?
“Teacher, who is the boss?”
“I thought it might be Menes sleeping in the sarcophagus. I’m embarrassed to say this, but an ordinary human king isn’t as big of a boss as we are now.”
That’s not wrong.
Only someone like Menes, the son of God and a man who performed miracles as if he were breathing, could be called boss by us.
“Menes?”
“For some reason, I thought of a scenario where Menes is resurrected and destroys ‘Fallen Egypt.’ The one who awakens Menes is Omargo, who covets the sarcophagus.”
“That sounds plausible.”
“Now I have other thoughts.”
“yes?”
“Apostle of Malkab… Miss Songi, this may be a new question, but what exactly is Malkab?”
What on earth is Malkab?
“It is not a fictitious being imagined by the ancients. The sarcophagus, the apostles, and other obvious supernatural entities prove the existence of Malkab.”
In the strange and twisted land of Egypt, God is real.
“If the ancients were worthy of worship as gods, wouldn’t they also be worthy of being bosses?”
“…”