Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 530
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EP.530 Episode 530 – Room 207, The Gate Room – The Fourth Trial ‘The Fallen King’ (16)
Episode 530 – Room 207, The Gate Room – The Fourth Trial ‘The Fallen King’ (16)
– Han Ga-in
After retrieving the clone, I exchanged opinions with my colleagues for the first time in a long time.
The topic of the meeting is future plans.
“I’ve gathered enough strength, so now it’s time to go to Spain and attack the Virgin Mary! If you look closely, the final boss is obviously the Virgin Mary, right?”
“Grandpa, you have a point.”
Grandfather’s opinion: let’s go to Spain without wasting any more time.
“I don’t know how much time I have, but I’m still anxious… I’m also anxious that Cain hasn’t recovered her blessing, and there are also tools that I haven’t found.”
“Ari, that makes sense.”
Ari’s opinion that we need to recover some more power.
“Hmm. Is it true that the Virgin Mary is really in Spain? What do you think, Horus?”
Sophia basically asks if the Virgin Mary is really in Spain.
“Sophia pointed out a good point.”
It is true that the Holy See, and in particular the headquarters of the Inquisition, are located in Spain.
However, as we have seen, Aidia can send clones hundreds or thousands of kilometers away, so she can control the Vatican from outside Spain.
“I think it might be near the mirror.”
Grandfather opened his mouth again.
“Cain, that mirror was right there in the Spanish basement.”
Ariga immediately refuted.
“That was the case 120 years ago. Who knows now?”
Perhaps because she had previously fought against the Virgin of Spain, Ari was more cautious.
The more time passes, the more bizarre things the Virgin Mary will do, so the opinion is that the match should be decided right away when the owners of Time Zone and One More Chance join forces.
The opinion is that the match should be decided after recovering more power.
Either way, there was a point.
“A protective suit, a gun that recharges blood, Ari’s thermos, my pen, and an hourglass. Are these the only treasures you haven’t found?”
“Gain, how can I find all the tools scattered all over this wide world? I’ll have to give up on some of them!”
“That’s right.”
“Gain, I don’t know about other tools, but I think you need an hourglass.”
“That’s true.”
At this point, Miro, who had been eating potato chips, chimed in as if he found it absurd.
“What is Gain talking about now? She just keeps saying “yes, yes” like a parrot.”
“What are you talking about? Pero doesn’t say yes or no, he just grits his teeth and bites.”
“… That’s what they say.”
At a time when the meeting was going through difficulties like this.
Sophia frowned for a moment and muttered.
“By any chance, there’s something called an hourglass… Is there something strange inside that isn’t sand?”
Everyone’s eyes are focused on Sophia.
“That’s right. It’s not sand, but some strange air that boils like bubbles. Don’t look at it too much, it’s burdensome.”
At that moment, our next schedule was decided.
I don’t know about other tools, but let’s find and think about the hourglass.
*
It is said that a mysterious hourglass was put up for auction about 10 years ago.
It is rare for magical tools imbued with the power of chaos to be auctioned, but it does happen.
If it seems real, it usually falls into the hands of a mysterious power such as the Vatican or the Cult of Horus, but there are many cases where it never finds its owner.
It seems like a special item, but its purpose is unknown.
“It seemed like there was some sort of mysterious substance inside, but that was it. I flipped it over and over and nothing happened. They were asking $2 million for something like that….”
If it really had some kind of mystical power, an organization like the Vatican would have retrieved it, even if it meant killing its owner.
However, the hourglass is a tool provided by the hotel.
To the NPC in the trial, it appears to be nothing more than an hourglass worth 2 million dollars, or about 2.5 billion won in Korean currency, with a glowing gas inside.
It was nice to suddenly find out where the hourglass was, but there was a minor problem.
The place was Texas.
“Texas? Hey, this is Massachusetts! How far is it to Texas, so -”
“It’s about 3,000km.”
Ari’s mouth opened halfway at Sophia’s answer.
“Hey, far away!”
“Right now, charter a plane -”
“No, there’s no need for that.”
He stood up and answered calmly, as if nothing had happened.
“Horus?”
“I got on a plane once. This time, there’s a better way.”
When I took out the ‘painting’ from my bosom and handed it to Ari, Ari made a face as if she was wondering if it was true.
“You fly alone? We’ll join you in the kingdom of dreams?”
“I know right.”
When I came to the US, I took a plane to save energy, but I realized it after riding it once.
It would be more of a waste if we started fighting the Vatican drones to protect our comrades in the sky.
Grandpa looked slightly embarrassed.
“You and I are like that, but what about this girl? Miss Sophia, the kingdom of dreams – oh my.”
—Whoosh!
We arrived in Texas around evening time.
*
“Uwaaaaaa! Eww!”
As soon as she landed on land, Sophia began vomiting uncontrollably.
Meanwhile, as I was checking the news on my smartphone, the whole world was in chaos.
“Hey…! Why didn’t the Vatican drones attack? The whole of America is in chaos! Chaos!”
“Eww! Cool!”
“Oh, what is that Kraken that swept over Beijing? Huh? I heard a whip-wielding red devil appeared in Korea?”
“Pretty much!”
“Oh, that sounded a bit like a duck just now. Anyway, it’s clear that the world is really going crazy -”
“Phew… .”
“Are you okay now?”
“… yes.”
Sophia sighed deeply and muttered while leaning against the tree.
“The Vatican is beginning to lift its curtain.”
“The curtain is lifted. I’ve heard the word ‘curtain’ many times before, but what exactly does it mean? Ari doesn’t know exactly either.”
We know that if the veil is lifted, the area will turn into a hellish place infested with demons.
“It’s a complex concept. It refers to the entire range of means by which the Holy See protects the world.”
“ah?”
“For example, let’s say there’s an urban legend that gains its power through rumors. To stop this urban legend, you have to control public opinion to stop the rumors. In this case, controlling public opinion is also part of the veil.”
“I understand.”
When I heard the word “veil,” I thought it meant a protective shield set up by the Vatican, but it was actually a word referring to the entire means by which the Vatican protects the world.
“So, is the reason the world is starting to go sour now because the Vatican is no longer protecting it?”
“Yes.”
Our Lady of Aedea said, ‘I will take one step forward.’
It would be a huge plan that would change the whole world, so it would have to draw on the resources that were previously used to protect the world.
“There’s no time. I have to head to Spain as soon as I find the hourglass. Should I have my companions join me later?”
“…”
“Oh, by the way, do you have $2 million? If possible, I’d like to resolve this through words rather than taking it away.”
“If you ask for $20 million, not $2 million, I’ll just give it to you.”
I think that #207 is now in its latter half.
What does money mean at this point?
…
I didn’t need even two dollars, let alone two million dollars.
Because the old Texas couple who were lucky enough to obtain an hourglass had a completely different wish.
*
“Please! Horus, please… Our wish is only one!”
I was embarrassed.
When I think about it, it makes sense that an old couple in the twilight of their lives would recognize me.
Until last night, I let my guard down because few people recognized my face, but now I’m becoming the most famous person in the world in real time.
The video of 8,000 believers being led to light in the forest is said to have garnered hundreds of millions of views on YouTube alone.
Some people saw this sight and cried out that it was a temptation from the devil, while others believed it was a sight of Horus leading his followers to ‘heaven’.
The old couple was the latter.
“My wife and I don’t go to the Horus Church. I’m sorry.”
“You don’t have to apologize -”
“Well, we are proud to say that we have lived better lives than anyone else. Well, I graduated from Austin Tech when I was twenty-five -”
An old man who suddenly starts reciting stories about himself and his wife’s lives.
He was busy explaining to them ‘why they should go to heaven’.
“…”
It’s dizzying.
I never thought that there would come a time when ordinary people would bow their heads in front of me and pray, ‘Please send me to heaven!’
I honestly never imagined this kind of situation.
Sophia just smiled awkwardly and said nothing. No, she couldn’t help it.
“Ugh… .”
From a layperson’s perspective, I can vaguely understand.
A situation where demons suddenly began to swarm all over the world.
Isn’t this the moment of the end?
But when the moment of life or death comes, the Vatican, which he had believed in and relied on his entire life, has disappeared, and Jesus and God are nowhere to be seen.
Instead, a situation arises where ‘Horus’, who was thought to be a heretic, appears and saves the believers.
When the thought crossed his mind, the old Texas man quickly came to a conclusion.
The Christian faith he had believed in his entire life was wrong, and there was another ‘real’ God!
“Your Majesty! Can I, uh, be baptized right now? If you just command me, I will jump into the ice water -”
“… That is Orthodox baptism. We don’t have that kind of procedure.”
The old couple were desperate beyond belief.
Money and bullshit, shouldn’t we go to heaven?
“The hourglass is -”
“Here it is! Please, don’t abandon Amy and me -”
Finally, I said with a bitter smile.
“David, Amy.”
“yes!”
“You have found the sacred relics of the sect and have done me great service by offering them to me without compensation.”
“…!”
“Don’t worry. I have prepared a paradise for you… Spend the rest of your time in peace.”
“Ahhh… Oh my god!”
*
After retrieving the hourglass, I looked for a place where I could take a short nap so my companions could join me in the Dream Realm.
When it came time to find a suitable car, Sophia muttered after a long silence.
“Horus.”
“huh?”
“I don’t have much longer to live.”
“…”
The place where Ari and I found Sophia was the hospital.
The fact that she’s moving around normally now must be due to magic.
It won’t last long.
“It’s okay. I’ve lived long enough, so I won’t regret dying anytime. However, I have a question.”
“…ask.”
“Horus and his companions often talk about things I cannot understand.”
As we make plans, we inevitably end up talking about ‘hotels’.
Every time, everyone flinched and looked at Sophia, but Sophia never asked a question.
“You seem like you’re from out of this world, don’t you?”
“…”
“Is this the heavenly realm? The great land where the gods reside?”
“… similar.”
The celestial realm, the great land where the gods reside.
Surprisingly, this isn’t entirely wrong.
This is an idea that any head of a religious organization would likely think about.
“Then, Horus, is your mother still alive there?”
For a moment, I was speechless.
Is it true that you are asking the question, “Is Eunsol noona alive in ‘heaven’?”
“Uh, uh… .”
“Are you having trouble answering this question?”
“No. Eunsol, um, Eunsol is alive there too.”
Then Sophia smiled brightly, just like a painting.
“Thank goodness. My mother suffered all her life from being attacked by a monster, the Black Knight… Fortunately, you saved her soul.”
I was speechless and couldn’t say a word.
Should I say that I wasn’t the one who saved Eunsol’s soul?
Is the monster black knight actually Eunsol’s colleague?
In this way, Sophia embarrassed me with her innocent questions.
When I felt uneasy in the flow of conversation.
She finally asked the question I was most worried about.
“Horus, then can I go to your heaven after I die?”
“…”
Aidya, what are you doing now?
It’s so burdensome being with Sophia!
Hurry up and destroy the world or whatever!