Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 532
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EP.532 Episode 532 – Room 207, The Gate Room – The Fourth Trial ‘The Fallen King’ (18)
Episode 532 – Room 207, The Gate Room – The Fourth Trial ‘The Fallen King’ (18)
– Han Ga-in
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— Paat!
When I regained consciousness, the first sensation that came to me was ‘falling’.
“Gyaaaah!”
“Eww!”
It’s only natural, since I was using an hourglass in mid-air while on an airplane.
“Hey!”
“Whoa!”
“Miro, be quiet, your ears hurt!”
“Gyaaaa – eww!”
Ari, who was wearing wing boots, quickly grabbed Miro.
I also immediately summoned the sacred sun and caught my grandfather.
“Ugh! Oh, thank you.”
“Let’s go down.”
As soon as I got down on the floor, I looked around.
I was on a plane from Texas to Spain and it crashed, but luckily it wasn’t in the ocean.
“There’s debris everywhere. It looks like a plane crashed.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
The hourglass protects only four people: me, my grandfather, Ari, and Miro.
Of course, airplanes and such are not affected by the hourglass, so they would have flown a little longer and then crashed.
“Then Sophia!”
“…”
Everyone was momentarily lost in thought at Miro’s question.
“Wow, no way! Did he die when the plane crashed?”
Ari grabbed Miro’s hand, who was about to cry, as if he had developed some affection for Sophia.
“No. He’s not the kind of person who would die that easily.”
I think the same thing.
Sophia is a great sorceress who was able to defeat Fortuna by borrowing the power of the mirror.
I don’t know if it had the ability to fly, but I think it had the ability to fall slowly.
So rather than Sophia being dead… .
“The problem is light. Sophia has encountered the light that brings about the end.”
The possibility that Sophia is twisted is more problematic.
At this point I felt the need to make something clear.
“I think everyone can guess -”
“What is it? What is it?”
“… Miro, be quiet for a moment. Do you have any idea what Aidia’s plan is?”
Ari and her grandfather nodded.
“Well, I had a lot of time to think about it. It seems like I distorted all of humanity with the power of the mirror.”
“Whoa!”
Leaving the surprised Maze behind, the rest of the people continued their conversation.
“I understand the plan, but how is it possible? Did the original mirror that Aidia had have this much power?”
Ari answered with an ambiguous expression.
“Strictly speaking, a mirror is a passage. The source of power is a distant being beyond the mirror, the ‘executor’ or ‘Yaldabaoth.’”
There is no doubt that Yaldabaoth has the power to shake the entire Earth.
Most of the prisoners I met in the cursed room had that much power.
However, even if Yaldabaoth had infinite power, the ‘channel’ through which to project that power to Earth is a separate issue.
“I’m asking about the mirror, not Yaldabaoth. Could Aidia do this much trickery with the mirror?”
“Well… I can say for sure that it wasn’t like this when we fought 120 years ago.”
“then?”
“It seems that after 120 years, Aidia has found a way to amplify the mirror.”
“…”
Grandpa intervened.
“It doesn’t matter what happened, since it already happened. It seems like that girl has been struggling for 120 years. What matters is what exactly happened.”
Ariga answered.
“You’ll find out when you go to the city.”
“Let’s go right now.”
“No. You guys stay here for a moment. I’ll go by myself.”
At those words, my grandfather, Miro, and I turned our gazes toward Ari.
“why?”
“… disgust.”
“what?”
“We’ll have to wait and see exactly how it changed, but I’m sure all of humanity was distorted by the mirror.”
“yes.”
“Those people will go crazy when they see you.”
“why?”
“Because you will feel intense disgust.”
The three became quiet, and Ari disappeared with a simple answer.
“I’ve experienced it myself, and if you cover your whole body with clothes and a mask, a lot of the problems go away. The weather is chilly right now. I’ll get some clothes to cover your whole body. Wait.”
After Ari left, Miro muttered cautiously.
“Hey… Gain.”
“…”
“I said that twisted beings hate humans.”
“yes.”
“I told you Ari was twisted too.”
“… yes.”
“So, then, was Ari feeling disgusted with us?”
“…”
It’s just a vague thought, but I don’t think he hated mazes.
But it must have felt disgusting to me and my grandfather.
And yet, he didn’t show any sign of it at all.
In this regard, it is often realized that Ari is a former agent.
*
The meeting continued even after Ari left.
“Didn’t Aidy say it’s on the moon now?”
“Yes. It’s a location I never imagined. I thought it might not be Europe, but I didn’t think it would be Earth.”
“Should I go to space? This is a complicated question –
At that moment, I instinctively opened my eyes wide!
“caution!”
— Gooooo!
I saw an eye appearing in the sky.
I saw an overwhelming view that overlooked everything with a single glance.
When my gaze met with those sublime eyes that seemed ready to crush any lowly being in an instant… .
Suddenly, I had a strange realization.
“…”
Is the focus off?
I can’t find ‘me’, no, ‘we’?
Soon, the pupils disappeared into the sky as if to say, ‘I didn’t find anything.’
“…”
A moment of breathtaking silence.
Only after a long time did the grandfather break the silence.
“What, what is that? That… That, why did it just pass by? I felt like it was going to tear us apart.”
“…I didn’t detect it.”
“what?”
“They didn’t see us.”
“Does that make sense? It was just a location that was clearly visible -”
Instead of answering, he showed everyone a note he had found late.
“Horus, watch out for the sky. If you make too much noise, you’ll get caught.”
“Someone must have put it in the crease of my clothes. I was hoping they’d find it when they came to their senses, but they found it a little late.”
“who?”
“No, it’s not Sophia. I know the handwriting.”
“Then Aidya?”
“Yes.”
The time of worry has come again.
Soon, Miro muttered.
“Did Aidya do something?”
Let’s think about it carefully.
Aidia realized that it was nearly impossible to protect humanity from the chaos that filled the universe.
She amplified the power of the mirror and changed the world.
We’ll have to check exactly what happened, but those eyes are also part of the ‘changed world’.
“…”
Aidy was unsure of what she was doing.
I made my choice believing there was no other way, but I also kept in mind the possibility of failure.
A conversation from a week ago flashed through my mind.
“I think I need insurance.”
“insurance?”
“My insurance is you. I am considerate.”
The insurance that Aidia envisions is ‘us’ and is also considerate.
“This is considerate.”
“… Those eyes can’t detect us?”
“Yes. They say if you act too loudly you’ll get caught, so let’s be careful.”
The old man nodded and muttered cautiously.
“If you get caught… Are you sure you can beat those eyes?”
“You never know until you fight, but it’s better to avoid it if possible.”
“i get it.”
— Dadaak!
“Everyone, everything is fine, right?”
“Ariyang!”
“I saw a strange eye passing by. Are you okay?”
“huh.”
“Then everyone, let’s get dressed first.”
Ari completely covered her body, including her face, with the clothes she had brought.
He muttered as if the maze was fun.
“I feel like I’m some kind of Antarctic explorer!”
“If you go to the city, there will be a lot of strange things.”
“what?”
“Just, don’t say anything for a while and just observe. And don’t panic.”
“How has it changed?”
“…See for yourself and judge.”
How did mirrors change the world and humanity?
*
Our current location was Florida.
The incident occurred before the plane from Texas even left the continental United States.
“…”
As soon as we arrived downtown, everyone became quiet.
“That’s -!”
Miro, who was pointing at something with his finger, stops at Ari’s wink.
As always, it was a reckless act, but I almost pointed a finger at him a little while ago.
No, but is it right for a monster wearing black leather to be walking around in the middle of a city where people live?
“…”
No one fears the devil.
However, this does not mean that the devil’s violence has disappeared.
— Kwajik!
In broad daylight, on the side of the road.
The devil openly grabs a naked man and grabs his leg.
Soon, something cruel happened that was too much to bear.
What happened next was even more shocking.
“Haha! Tennessee, are you still drooling like this?”
“This kid also has really bad table manners!”
A demon that eats people.
People giggling at the sight.
At the moment when everyone was about to lose their minds, Ari whispered.
“He’s a scapegoat.”
“what?”
“Not all of humanity has mutated. About 10% have remained.”
“Wh, what do you mean?”
It’s not that I don’t understand.
I understood, but I was surprised at how cruel the meaning was!
“90% of humans are twisted. They live in peace without being attacked by the chaos beings. And….”
At this point, Miro also opened his mouth wide.
“10% of people are the same. They are the objects of disgust and scapegoats for the other 90%.”
Unable to bear it any longer, the grandfather asked.
“No, what if all 10 percent of them die? Won’t they all be lost someday? Then -”
“I will be born again.”
“what?”
“10% of babies born into this world will be human.”
“…”
“Don’t be surprised yet. This isn’t all that’s changed in the world.”
*
“Oh my, your family is sick?”
“Yes. Can I rent just a few hotel rooms?”
“Of course!”
“The calculation is -”
“You don’t have to calculate it.”
“yes?”
“Haha! You said Miss Ari? Isn’t this a blessed time! We’re saved?”
“…”
“Today’s service is free!”
“thank you.”
I think as I unpack in my fancy room.
In a sense, the new world created by the mirror was quite livable.
“Everyone… is so nice.”
“Everyone is kind and cares for each other.”
“…”
“If there really is a God in this world, this might be heaven.”
I opened the window slightly and looked outside, and saw a street filled with laughter and happiness.
Everyone is kind to one another, and consideration is evident in their every voice and action.
A world where all of humanity cares for and loves one another.
“You say you’re sick, but you don’t even think about checking.”
“Because I don’t doubt. Because we all trust each other.”
People who have become kind and pure like children.
For the chosen 90% of citizens, this world may truly be a paradise.
Since everyone cares for and loves one another, 90% of the problems that the wise men of human history have been struggling with have been solved in an instant.
“I’ve been feeling this way for a while now, but I think the chaos entity feels affinity towards the twisted people.”
“…All of humanity has gained Songi’s ‘friendliness’?”
“Not similar.”
Miro asked cautiously.
“How did you know that? So, um, is that what you feel, Ari?”
“that’s right.”
Demons, ghosts, aliens, cannibals – the fear of chaos has also disappeared.
Because the chosen ones will no longer be slaughtered by demons and can live in peace.
A fool will ask:
What can we do with the fact that so many hideous chaos entities still abound in the world, many of which demand human suffering?
The answer was also prepared.
— Kkaaaak!
“…”
There was one little problem in this beautiful paradise.
No more, no less, just 10% of those who were not chosen.
— Hey, save me!
Their suffering and screams will be the fuel that sustains paradise.
“I didn’t receive any money….”
“All the clothes you were wearing were free. They just gave them to me because I said I needed them.”
“No, have you all lost your sense of economics?”
“economy?”
“If you give everything away for free, saying you love someone, how can you make money?”
“Why do you need money? I’ll give it to you if you ask.”
“Oh, no…! Then who makes those clothes? If there’s no one to pay for them -”
“Don’t work. Everyone loves each other, so they’ll work for each other.”
“ah.”
We shouldn’t judge by the common sense of the world we know.
Because we live in a world where the very concept of ‘selfishness’ has become blurred.
If everyone truly cared for each other, capitalism would be meaningless.
Therefore, this world –
“Ahh…! Great teacher Marx! The communist utopia you dreamed of has finally become a reality -”
“Gain, stop whining and tell me what to do.”
I woke up in the communist utopia that Marx dreamed of.
If you add a little Hitler flavor to this, it would be similar.
“I wonder about one thing. Is this evil world really what the Virgin Mary intended?”