Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 547
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EP.547 Episode 547 – One Ticket, Ten Dreams, and the Last Stop of the Train (3) Fin
Episode 547 – One Ticket, Ten Dreams, and the Last Stop of the Train (3) Fin
“User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 0
Current location: Gateway Train
Wise Man’s Advice: 3”
– Han Ga-in
“I want to take a picture of you with this. What do you think?”
It was such a sudden remark that I didn’t know how to react.
“If you’re going to joke, just put it together and then say it.”
“oh!”
Ari laughed lightly as if she had made a mistake.
“It looks like a great tool, but what does it do?”
“It’s a kind of sealing tool.”
“Sealing tool? If you take a picture with the camera, the monster will be trapped in the picture?”
“… Did you see it as an insight?”
“I think it would feel that way because it’s a camera.”
“Similar.”
Can you seal the chaos entity just by saying ‘Click!’?
I can understand why Grandpa Arina reacted so loudly to the camera.
However, it seemed that there would also be limitations.
It would not work on divine beings, and above all, it was meaningful that it was originally destroyed in reality.
How could an organization like the Management Office lose such valuable equipment due to employee error?
Of course, it’s the work of a crazy monster that tore the seal!
“Gain, are you thinking of writing your dreams too?”
“I’m thinking about it. What about Grandpa?”
“…”
A quiet silence.
Resurrecting a loved one with the power of dreams.
This is clearly a miracle that some people would be willing to sacrifice their lives for.
“… I’m thinking about it too.”
Is the family revived by the power of dreams fake?
It’s a matter of how you think about it.
Even Songi didn’t think that way.
It’s meaningless since it will disappear after the loop?
It’s as if people are saying that life itself is meaningless because people die when their time comes.
If my grandfather had thought this way in the first place, he wouldn’t have gotten married.
I didn’t bother asking Ari.
Because I didn’t think there was anyone I wanted to save –
“Why don’t you ask me?”
“…because the maze is already alive.”
Hotel official, Ari’s beloved maze is already alive.
“Well, that’s right. I don’t plan on using it.”
“really?”
“No, it’s not used for ‘reviving the family.’”
Use it for other purposes?
That could be the case.
Even Eunsol seemed like she would use it for purposes other than the revival of her family.
Soon, Ari could not hide her admiration as she touched the ‘dream’ that went back and forth between a bubbling bubble and a hazy flash.
“This is….”
“…”
“As far as I know, it’s one of the most powerful consumables in the world.”
“I guess so.”
Because it was a second floor compensation given by the hotel.
It is unlikely that something comparable will be common.
“I want to write at a decisive moment.”
“okay.”
It’s a decisive moment.
What moment are you talking about?
After slightly shaking my head, I asked a question that had come to mind while consulting with my colleagues.
“Ari, according to your explanation, the ‘agent’ is in a sense immortal.”
“yes.”
“… When Hyung Sang-Hyeon gave up on the ‘Unknown Cell’ and obtained the ‘Final Flash,’ I thought he would regret it.”
The unknown cell has numerous functions, the first of which is immortality.
“Now that I think about it, it was right to give up. The moment I left the second floor, it was as good as securing immortality.”
“You could look at it that way.”
“Is there any chance?”
She muttered with a somewhat gloomy expression.
“There is also ‘forced retirement’ for agents.”
“Forced retirement?”
“It’s an expression we use among ourselves. It refers to the moment when an agent’s permanence is broken and they face true death, just like a normal person.”
“…is this the case when you encounter a very powerful chaos entity?”
“It’s typical.”
Ari’s expression was filled with ominousness and a hint of fear.
Has she ever encountered such a chaotic entity?
The ultimate chaos entity that can put an end to Ari’s eternal cycle!
Even if you are an agent, if you encounter a very powerful chaos entity, you can meet an inevitable end.
Ari, perhaps feeling uncomfortable with the topic, brought up a different topic.
“I’m talking about number 207, but I think it ended up being a bit ambiguous.”
“…”
“I wondered if the hotel would accept your answer, and they did. In fact, it felt like they ended up just saying a possibility rather than providing a fundamental solution.”
“Surely, there must be a fundamental answer.”
No fundamental answer was found in Room 207.
However, problems similar to #207 are likely occurring in reality as well.
“I hope you can find it outside.”
“I will work hard -”
“I’m not asking you to do it alone. Let’s do it together. This time, let’s all work together.”
When I made eye contact, I saw Ari smiling brightly.
That smile was so bright, I felt like I was going to find something really solid this time.
Well, maybe not!
“I’m going to go now. It looks like you have the last customer left in your counseling class.”
— Clang!
“It’s okay. It’s okay for my sister and grandfather to hear it.”
*
The last guest has arrived.
“Look at this. Is this the ‘choice’ you were talking about?”
“… I guess so. Ariya, right?”
“that’s right.”
There was something like a small catalog in Seungyeop’s arms.
Perhaps the question is how much of Room 207’s memories will be taken with it.
“What choice do you think I will make?”
“I don’t know.”
“Can’t you see it even with the power of insight?”
It’s not visible.
Because I have no intention of seeing it.
“I don’t intend to see it. So there’s no way I can see it.”
“yes?”
“What happens next is purely your choice, not some kind of fate or possibility.”
Grandpa chuckled.
“This guy made it sound plausible when he said, ‘Do as you please.’”
“…”
That is the correct interpretation.
Did Seungyeop want to ask me for advice on what choice he should make?
The boy leaned back in his chair, smiling bitterly.
“What would happen if we erased our memories?”
“The first thing that comes to mind is, martial arts are weakened?”
“I guess so. But honestly, that’s not a big deal.”
In Seungyeop’s opinion, the weakening of martial arts was not a big problem.
“Once you step on a path, you’ll go faster. That’s what happened to you, hyung.”
“That’s right.”
“Then what are you worried about?”
The boy’s answer to Ari’s question.
“…I’m afraid that my memories with Yumi will disappear.”
What the boy feared was the loss of memories of his loved ones.
Since it was an issue that could not be forced one way or another, I did not interfere rashly.
Ari and her grandfather also looked out the window without saying a word.
Soon, Seungyeop got up again.
“brother.”
“I’m listening.”
“Sister.”
“huh.”
“grandfather.”
“Okay.”
“It’s awkward. Brother, sister, grandfather. All three expressions are very strange.”
“…”
I guessed it because you were confusing our names earlier.
But, hearing this directly takes my breath away.
“But, this too ends today.”
“you….”
A smiling boy.
At this moment, he was just like the foolish person everyone knew so well.
“After I get off the train, I will become a kind and smart Seungyeop again!”
“Foot!”
“Huh? It was a major announcement!”
“I’m sorry, but you weren’t that smart to begin with.”
“Was I a good person?”
“Mukseong-ah. Even though he’s lacking, he has a good personality.”
“T-Tha, such harsh words!”
I felt relieved as I watched Seungyeop giggle and leave the train car.
At that very moment.
Insight gave me a hazy vision.
“ah…!”
It is visible.
I see it!
A scene where the boy finds love again!
The moment he quickly ran out and tried to relieve Seungyeop’s last worry – bang!
My grandfather quickly stopped me.
“Stay still.”
“Eww! Why, why are you doing that?”
“Hey, you want me to stay still?”
“No, I know what you’re trying to do -”
“I know. I think I know. That’s why I’m telling you to stay still.”
“yes?”
Me, who is speechless.
Ari opens her eyes wide, wondering what this is.
And, the only ‘married’ person among the three.
“Leave it alone. A flower that has bloomed once will bloom again anyway. If you force me to know that, there’s no romance.”
“No, what is romance -”
“You idiot! If you take romance out of love, what’s left?”
This complex problem has been settled for the time being.
*
The next morning.
Everyone stood in front of the train door to get off.
The moment of returning to the reality we had longed for.
Even in our hands we hold reality manipulation tools that can make our individual wishes come true.
At this point, as if he had been waiting, a merchant appeared.
“Congratulations!”
“Uh, um, thank you.”
Even the grandfather who always tried to eat merchants said thank you.
Was it because of the friendly atmosphere?
The merchant smiled faintly and added a few words.
“This is a matter of discretion, so I’ll give you some sort of guidelines for action.”
Code of conduct?
“Just rest for about six months.”
What does this mean?
Ari asked cautiously.
“The phenomenon of ‘the light calling for an end’ is also occurring outside. But, why are you telling me to rest -”
“Oh my!”
“…”
Ari immediately became quiet at the merchant’s ‘Oh my’ sound.
“I don’t know when that small body will develop ‘shame’! Asking so openly? Don’t you need to reflect on yourself?”
The attitude of telling people not to interfere when they say they will be generous and say something.
It was absurd, but at this moment, the merchant was the perfect winner.
“… Raise your hand.”
As Ari quietly raised both hands, the merchant added a few words.
“Just take six months off and let it pass by without thinking about anything, and then spend the next six months just gathering information. The real game starts a year later. And… .”
“…”
“From now on, please concentrate with all your might until we arrive!”
“uh?”
— Bam!
Suddenly, out of the blue, without any time to react!
The train doors flew open.
Immediately afterwards, everyone flew out the door as if a giant had picked them up with an invisible hand!
“Eww!”
“Eww!”
“Whoa!”
— Beep!
I gave up on the movements of my body that I couldn’t control anyway, and opened my eyes wide with all my concentration.
What do you have?
Are you there?
I told you to concentrate with all your mind!
…
…
…
???
What is that?
hotel?
Buddha?
Or – hell?
“Now is the time!”
what?
“The time to write your dreams is now!”
You want me to write my dream now?
Wasn’t this something you wrote after arriving?
“You can still use it after you arrive, but I recommend that those who will use it this time use it now if possible!”
In the midst of the hectic flight, my colleagues took out their ‘dreams’ one by one with dizzying expressions.
— Paaaaat!
The dreams of seven people shone.
The great brush of the great one painted the world.
…
Could this be my last memory of the hotel?
— Crazy!
*
“User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 0
Current location: #203, Singil Apartment, Seocho 3-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul
Wise Man’s Advice: 3”
– Han Ga-in
“…”
I woke up in a round bed.
I, we… .
Finally escaped from ‘Hotel Pioneer’!
— Beep! Beep! Beep!
“…Why are you here?”
— Beep!
Could it be that Songi and Pero can’t be together?