Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 534
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EP.534 Episode 534 – Room 207, The Gate Room – The Fourth Trial ‘The Fallen King’ (20)
Episode 534 – Room 207, The Gate Room – The Fourth Trial ‘The Fallen King’ (20)
– Han Ga-in
A dramatic agreement was reached.
Sophia agreed to accept Fortuna and sat on the sofa with a gloomy expression, perhaps filled with self-loathing.
I smiled broadly and approached him.
“I’m glad it worked out well. Should we go outside and check the Guardian’s location?”
“Check the location? My brother has to wear a lot of clothes, so I can go out alone -”
“I have something to say.”
“Oh, I see.”
I took the slightly embarrassed man out with me.
The hotel room where the two people disappeared.
A while later, ‘another me’ appeared in the hotel room.
“uh?”
Ari and her grandfather are slightly embarrassed.
Sophia opens her eyes wide.
“radish -”
When he says ‘be quiet’ with his mouth shape, everyone becomes silent, and Grandpa covers Miro’s mouth for fear that she will make a mistake.
Soon, Ari nodded and gestured.
“it’s okay.”
“…”
“I blocked the surrounding area with transparent walls, so no sound leaks out.”
“It wouldn’t be strange if it didn’t leak out at all. Just tear down the wall and have a few minutes of conversation among yourselves. I’ll lead him away.”
About 10 minutes passed.
With this much distance difference, even the most skilled martial arts master wouldn’t be able to hear.
— Ouch!
When we lightly clap hands, everyone’s eyes turn to us.
“I felt something strange at the end.”
“last?”
“I offered heaven to Sophia.”
“Uh… . Huh?”
I checked with Sophia again, looking at Ari, who noticed something strange belatedly.
“Sophia.”
“yes.”
“Did you tell people around you 50 years ago that you wanted to go to heaven?”
“Absolutely not. I’ve never told anyone but you.”
“I only told that to the people here. But how did that guy know?”
People who became quiet in the midst of tension.
“Someone unknown has passed information about us to him. That means there was an intervention. And… .”
“and?”
“Sophia, you said you turned Fortuna into flesh 50 years ago?”
“That, that matter, it is my own decision, but -”
“No need to make excuses. I killed him beyond repair, didn’t I?”
“yes.”
“How did you recover? You didn’t even write about the soul with your own mouth.”
“Whoa!”
A maze that hiccupped with surprise.
“There is one more thing that is most puzzling.”
Ari, who had guessed vaguely, said with a hardened expression.
“I only realized the point you made after I was away from Fortuna.”
Three problems.
First, Sophia only told me the goal, and I only told Ari, Miro, and Grandpa.
Second, he was resurrected without using the soul box.
Third, the fact that the colleagues realized the above two items only after they had moved away from Fortuna.
“A very solid hypothesis just occurred to me.”
“say it.”
“Yaldabaoth brought Fortuna back to life. He also relayed the information regarding Sophia.”
“Hey, how did Yaldabaoth know? He’s aware of everything that happens on Earth!”
“That may not be impossible, but there is a simpler possibility.”
“yes?”
“Sophia, you always have a shard of mirror as a trump card.”
“ah.”
Ari asked a question.
“Did Fortuna also have some kind of hypnotic powers, like making people love and hate each other?”
“…”
“So that we can accept Fortuna without any doubt?”
“maybe.”
“Ha, but, even if I knew, would it still be a problem?”
“…”
“We need Fortuna. If not her, who else can deal with the Guardians?”
I looked at Ari, whose title for men had changed back to ‘Fortuna’.
“what’s the matter?”
“…”
“Cain?”
“I think I know one of Yaldabaoth’s characteristics.”
“what?”
“There’s no law that says I can’t use a famous sword made by another being.”
Soon, the clone that had been walking around the hotel room disappeared.
*
– Han Ga-in
From some point on, the relationship between me and my colleagues began to subtly change.
Even if I saved Aidia, are you going to be manipulated by Aidia for hundreds or thousands of years just because of that one action?
This is something my past colleagues would not have done.
‘Look at this guy, Gain! I told you that he’s secretly a fool.’ He would have treated my choice as a misjudgment and killed Aidia.
After gaining insight, a lot changed.
Not only the Grimoire, but even the Sacred Sun couldn’t change it to this extent.
From the perspective of colleagues, this means that the pressure that insight brings is enormous.
The same goes for the other person.
“Seungyeop, can you stop for a moment?”
“yes?”
Finally, I think.
Is it possible that Yaldabaoth taught this man that I have no insight at all?
The answer lies in the conversation I had with Aidia.
Before I mentioned wisdom, Aidia didn’t even know it existed.
Also, even though I didn’t recover the blessing, I pretended to have insight, so no one doubted me.
“I think there’s going to be an accident up ahead in about 30 seconds.”
“Huh? Suddenly?”
“I can’t just step forward, so you’ll have to stop me.”
— Squeak!
“Whoa!”
“What, what is it!”
Out of nowhere, the bus started dancing and then crashed into the building.
This is because the bus driver has been under the control of an unidentified magician for a long time, but even the most skilled martial artist would have no way of knowing this.
The moment when everyone was half out of their minds and expected a terrible accident.
“Ta-at!”
The martial arts master, who flew in with a burst of energy, immediately sorted out the situation.
People flock to the man, as if in awe, and express their gratitude.
The man I could no longer call ‘boy’ smiled awkwardly and quickly turned towards me.
“Brother. Let’s go far away.”
“Why? Everyone calls you a hero.”
“It’s burdensome! If you think about it, it was mostly my older brother who noticed it in advance and did it.”
“…”
Late at night, I walk under the dark night sky and stare at him intently.
The man who had been smiling as if it was fun at first started to look anxious at some point.
Even though thousands of years have passed… .
The young man and the Virgin Mary are ‘still’ awestruck by the insight.
“Why, why are you doing that?”
“Come here.”
A beautifully decorated fountain.
After picking off an unknown lavender flower that had grown next to it, I let its petals flutter in the wind for a long time.
What does this mean?
I don’t know either.
When a mysterious scene appears in a movie, flower petals suddenly start fluttering.
When we see that lotus flowers suddenly flew around when Buddha was giving a sermon, we can see that this is a common emotion among mankind.
“…”
“…”
Next, put your hand in the running water and speak in a low voice.
“It’s just like our lives.”
What on earth is this?
I don’t know, but I’ve heard people in Chinese movies say things like this out of the blue.
Since then, he has spent his time putting on various ‘mysterious performances’.
Until the other person felt like I was a ‘mysterious demigod’ rather than a hotel roommate.
Finally, the young man, unable to bear the pressure, opened his mouth.
Even the tone of speech had changed subtly.
It was as if the will to maintain the ‘boyish appearance’ that was shown in front of me had disappeared.
“Did you see something about me?”
“well.”
“Can’t you just tell me?”
“Do you really need to do that? The person who knows you best is you.”
“…”
“If you have a lot of worries before a big fight, your body will naturally become dull.”
Soon, I began to sense a somewhat empty spirit from him.
“When I woke up again, I thought this.”
“…”
“Who am I? Am I Seung-Yeop Park?”
“…”
“The original Seungyeop always saw an opaque window with numbers on it. It was a kind of status window that told him when he could use ‘Cheonun’ again. I couldn’t see it.”
“…”
“Not only the fortunes of heaven, but also the original humans have disappeared. Actually, the expression “disappeared” is strange. I never used a blessing in Room 207.”
“That’s an interesting story.”
“The power I use is not a blessing granted by the hotel. It is simply something imitated by the Great One beyond the mirror, looking at the ‘traces’ of good fortune left on my body.”
“The Demon King did something similar in Room 206. If you’re a prisoner, you can imitate blessings.”
“I have lost my blessings and my ego has become distorted… Are you Park Seung-yeop?”
At this point, I vaguely understood the other person’s concerns.
“You think you are not Park Seung-yeop, but a separate being born in room 207, Fortuna.”
“…”
“If you think about it that way, the solution to Room 207 isn’t escape for you. On the contrary, it’s death. Because this room is your reality.”
“Isn’t it?”
Is this Yaldabaoth’s intention?
Fortuna, who accepted that the solution to Room 207 would mean her own death, goes berserk at the last moment?
“When I looked into you, I saw two possibilities.”
“Two possibilities.”
“A future where your relationships with your colleagues are ruined. Some say you should be kicked out, while others say you should be ‘purified’ of your corruption.”
“…”
“Another possibility was completely different. As always, we were laughing and chatting and eating delicious food at the table. Eunsol noona joked that your ‘stab’ hurt so much, and you bowed your head and said sorry, and then we all laughed together.”
Both possibilities contain content from ‘Outside Room 207’.
That is, I tried to instill one perception by pretending to talk about the future of men.
‘You don’t die in room 207, there’s something else. Fortuna and Park Seung-yeop are the same being.’
“What about Yumi? Was she next to me?”
The most urgent answer is probably one that should not be given.
That way it will become more urgent.
“Sorry. I didn’t see that far.”
“Ugh… .”
“Possibilities are just possibilities. Look, I also saw many possibilities with my insight, but I did all sorts of tricks to realize the ones I wanted.”
“…”
“What matters is choice. It’s a question of which possibility you choose.”
After saying this, he turned around.
…
I look at a man lost in endless self-reflection.
It may be paradoxical, but such ‘worries’ and such ‘conversations’ once again prove this fact.
Ari, who came from beyond the mirror, still helps us with her own will.
‘Another me’ who had gained more power than me chose to commit suicide of his own volition.
When Yaldabaoth twists creatures, he does not take away their free will.
What does this mean?
Maybe, we… .
You may face Yaldabaoth at the last moment.
*
– ???
Early in the morning, when the sun was rising, Sister Ari approached me.
“Seungyeop, do you understand the plan?”
“yes.”
The plan and everything is so simple.
Sophia and I get into some crazy shit in downtown Florida to get the Guardian’s attention and have a blast with him.
In the meantime, Ga-in hyung can take Ari noona and arrive at the moon.
“Can you do it?”
“I have to try it. I’m the best in the world, Park Seung-yeop, right?”
“Foot!”
My older sister’s appearance as she passes it off with a light laugh.
As always, it was so pretty that for a moment, my heart almost raced without me knowing it.
Not anymore!
I have Yumi?
“Just in case, Sophia and um.”
“are you okay.”
“…”
“There’s no need to fight. Even if that kid can’t control his emotions and curses at me, I’ll just ignore him.”
“What if you giggle and say that killing Yumi was fun?”
Sophia, who was far away, reacted to these words.
“Ari! Do you know what kind of psychopath I am?”
Just before we parted ways, Ari asked me one last question.
“Seungyeop. Last night….”
“…”
“I heard you talked to Cain.”
“Did you tell me the content?”
“You just said that you had a lot of worries. Did you solve them?”
I put on a bright expression, if only to reassure everyone.
“Yes. I have a definite answer. The best master in the world should not be swayed by distracting thoughts before a big fight.”
“That guy is the best in the world!”
*
About 30 minutes later.
Sophia and I stood in the heart of downtown Jacksonville, a city with a lot of people coming and going.
Now, all you have to do is cause a ruckus and bring the Guardians over.
“…”
“…”
A subtle tension.
Sophia mutters cautiously.
“That… . Now it’s time to start -”
“Sophia, I have one question.”
“question?”
“Right now, is Ga-in hyung seeing me through you? Is he possessing a part of your consciousness? Or is he communicating with you through magical means?”
“… I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
An incredibly calm answer.
However, it is not enough to fool the eyes of the world’s best expert.
“I had hoped, but it was as expected. This is a bit disappointing.”
“Wh, what -”
“Hyung Gain, listen. I was worried all night last night.”
“…”
Speak calmly.
A conclusion reached after much thought until dawn.
About the enlightenment of the world’s greatest master.
“I am not Park Seung-yeop. When I first looked into the mirror through Aidia, or even if not at that moment, at the moment of my resurrection after death, Park Seung-yeop was as good as dead.”
Sophia’s eyes are filled with confusion.
“I told you yesterday, right? From that point on, I gained strange powers that were supposed to be blessings. And when I went to the labyrinth this morning, I heard that the Dream Kingdom no longer considers me a companion.”
“… Another careless young lady!”
“Don’t scold Miro too much. There will come a time when his innocence will become his strength. Besides, if you think about it, the same goes for you, hyung.”
“Horus is -”
“Tell Sophia to be quiet.”
“…”
“From now on, I will speak not as Park Seung-yeop, but as the best in the world. Horus, which colleagues in the world deceive and spy on each other?”
“…”
“If you don’t even think of me as a colleague, how can I believe that I am Park Seung-yeop?”
Sophia, or ‘Horus’, who has lost her voice.
He took out the ‘soul box’ by looking at one or two people.
“This is….”
“Congratulations. Now you’re going to heaven. You’ll be able to see your mother again, whom you’ve been waiting for so long. Actually, I think Eunsol-unnie will be embarrassed!”
The last moment.
A newly immortal girl looks on as a martial arts master runs towards the end.
“What are you going to do now?”
“Last night, I was so scared because I was sure that I wasn’t Seungyeop.”
“what?”
“I was afraid of death. In all the thousands of years I have lived, I have rarely been afraid of death… I was terrified all night long.”
Looking into Sophia’s confused blue eyes, I think about old worries.
Even though I trained in martial arts for a much longer time than Lee Ja-seong, I never saw the ultimate.
I believed it was because I lacked talent.
Since I don’t have a talent as timeless as Lee Ja-seong, I thought that no matter how many years of training I had, I would never be able to get past the last step.
The soul ship that granted me immortality was my greatest weapon.
Also, it was the biggest limitation.
…
Gradually increase your strength.
I cleared away all distracting thoughts and was left with only one mind.
Soon, a being that sensed something strange approached.
A great view overlooking all things.
Guardian of the world created by the false creator.
“It’s scary.”
I laughed with such fear that my skin felt tingly.
“The belief in a next chance makes us weak.”
“…”
“There’s another chance, so it’s okay to give up this time. That’s why immortals always choose to run away when faced with an opponent and aim for the next opportunity.”
“…”
“We must have an end.”
“Is this advice for me?”
For the first time, Horus spoke through Sophia’s mouth.
“I hope that you will not back down at the most important moment. I believe that there are walls in the world that cannot be overcome in two or three attempts, but can only be overcome in the first attempt.”
“… For your information. Let me ask you something. If you’re not Seungyeop, why are you helping us?”
The answer was so simple.
“You have to win so that Yumi can survive!”
“certainly.”
“certainly?”
“I will try to save you.”
“I will believe you.”
And then, at the tip of the sword in my hand… .
The stars are shining.
— Gooooo!
“Oh, this is the last question. No matter how much I think about what you said yesterday, I still can’t figure out what it means. What kind of great enlightenment is that?”
“… sorry.”