Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 557
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EP.557 Episode 557 – The Secret of the Esper 2 (2)
Episode 557 – The Secret of the Esper Ship 2 (2)
“User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: 27th day
Current location: Esper Ho, 2nd floor guest room.
Wise Man’s Advice: 3”
– Han Ga-in
Elena’s dream, the first impression that came to mind when seeing the Esper was that it resembled a giant castle on the sea.
The sight of white and gold mixed together and reflected on the blue sky and blue water was truly splendid.
How about the sight of it moving gracefully, cutting through the gentle waves!
As expected from a world-famous luxury cruise ship, the passengers around me all looked rich and relaxed, which is to be expected considering the price of the ticket.
I may be the poorest passenger among you.
“Brother, isn’t it amazing?”
“Because your stomach is pretty? It’s amazing.”
“That too… This ship is world famous. Like the Titanic?”
“okay?”
“There were a lot of articles saying things like a famous magazine gave it five stars for five years in a row, or a famous entrepreneur gave it a favorable review.”
“It’s fun.”
“It’s funny, because we actually know when this ship was built.”
It was Elena’s wish that the Esper ship was created.
That is, the Esper ship suddenly appeared on Earth just 27 days ago.
“It actually came into existence 27 days ago, but to the people of this world, it’s a famous luxury cruise ship that’s been around for 5 years. What do you think?”
“I think the power of ‘dreams’ is stronger than you can imagine.”
“That’s all?”
“I have a slight suspicion that the administration is completely unaware of all these changes.”
“Not that kind of thing.”
What is Songi trying to say?
“What did you think?”
“Something….”
“What?”
“It’s like a dream.”
“It was a dream.”
“No, I’m not talking about the hotel compensation… . It’s the whole reality. I think so. Maybe the ‘memory before entering the hotel’ in my brother and I’s heads was also manipulated by someone.”
“…”
“There have been hotel participants before us. Those people have probably distorted reality many times by making wishes.”
Is a family created through wishes a real family?
Jincheol hyung didn’t write the wish because he believed it wasn’t true.
On the other hand, there are people like Songi who created their families with their dreams.
I was curious about what the latter’s psychology would be, and I vaguely understood it.
In Songi’s opinion, there may have never been such a thing as a ‘real family’ to begin with.
So there is no reason why a family created through wishes would be fake.
Even when we boarded the ship, Eunsol didn’t show up.
It seems busier than I thought.
*
As soon as I boarded the Esper, I called the crew and asked where Elena was.
“Elena? Oh, you mean the captain?”
I was planning to show the invitation to Elena, fearing that she would be taken aback if a mere guest suddenly asked to meet the owner of the ship, but there was no need for that.
“Haha! Sir, you’re very busy right now, don’t you know?”
What do you know?
As I was about to panic, Songi grabbed me and pulled me away, laughing heartily.
“Brother, I don’t think you know much about the Esper ship.”
“hmm….”
Since I knew that if I made a reservation on the site under my name, only strange things would happen, I just left it to Songi.
Besides, I was quite busy with my so-called ‘exorcist’ work.
“This cruise ship is famous for its many unique events.”
“event?”
“A skeleton captain suddenly appears, or a treasure hunt begins!”
“…what is that.”
“It’s like an amusement park event. I heard Elena is in charge of it. It’s one of the secrets to the Esper’s popularity.”
I was really enjoying life.
i envy you.
Should I have lived in a huge mansion with 50 servants under the concept of being the heir to the mysterious 500 billion won?
As I wandered around the interior of the luxury cruise ship, there was really nothing that wasn’t there.
A swimming pool and spa are standard, but there are also amazing restaurants, bars, gyms, casinos, and movie theaters!
I thought it was strange, so I went to the bar like Eunsol and ordered wine.
“Would you like a drink?”
“Brother, I’m a minor.”
“…”
No, Songi, why did you bother to keep this setting?
Considering the time he spent at the hotel, he couldn’t possibly be a minor!
“It’s strange when you think about it. You’re a minor, and it’s not even vacation time.”
“No.”
“… But is it okay for you to come to a place like this alone without your parents?”
A high school girl goes on a cruise alone even though it’s not even vacation time.
How many times on Earth is this common sense!
My dear hotel colleague answered simply:
“I never cared about such trivial matters.”
“… okay.”
I’ll figure it out.
From what I’ve heard, Songi’s surroundings are just as strange as Elena’s, so maybe it’s okay.
I heard you live like a cartoon character.
Rather, I tried to imitate the behavior that Eunsol often showed at the hotel.
— Ting~!
“You have to flick the wine glass like this.”
“…”
I hold the round wine glass in one hand and savor the fragrant grape scent.
“Whew…!”
“…”
“This is the flavor of Borzinho 27 years old wine -”
“Isn’t it Burgundy?”
“… of Burgundy 27 years old wine -”
“Can you tell the difference if you change it to 3-year-old?”
“…”
I’m trying to set the mood, why are you interrupting me like this?
— Hororok!
“Hmm.”
“how is it?”
“…”
“Be honest with me.”
Let’s be honest.
“I don’t know what kind of alcohol I like. Coke just tastes much better.”
The bartender, perhaps unable to bear it any longer, said something.
“Haha, handsome guest! There is a saying in France. Just as wine needs time to mature, life needs time to mature to understand its flavor.”
Is there such a thing?
It may be an empty phrase to say that he was handsome, but it felt good.
“You are young and handsome, sir, so you are not yet at the age to understand alcohol. Haa… . After experiencing the hardships of the world -”
“…”
I don’t think there’s anyone on this ship older than me, or anyone who’s had a harder time than me.
*
I moved the eavesdropping to a place where there were no people.
Even though it was a quiet place, I could hear classical music tickling my ears, and as I listened, even my heart felt enriched.
“Good.”
“Yeah. It seems like a really long party time.”
“That’s right. That’s an incredibly long party time by hotel standards. I envy Elena for having so much fun… Why am I working as an exorcist?”
“Why is my real brother suffering so much after buying it?”
“I just happened to be doing it.”
Is it because there are only two left?
Naturally, we started talking about what I’m doing these days.
“I didn’t plan on becoming an exorcist from the beginning. After I happened to solve the Eunsol noona hotel problem, I naturally began to notice the ‘distortions’ all over the world.”
“is it so?”
“I’ve never actually received any money.”
I don’t really need money.
I may not be living as extravagantly as Elena, but I already have a lot of money in my bank account that the hotel has neatly arranged for me.
“Everyone is enjoying their break now, but after six months, they’ll all need to start loosening up.”
“… That’s right.”
“Something will start in a year.”
“Brother, you sounded like a really unlucky prophet just now.”
“…”
“I’m joking.”
“I found out something strange recently.”
“Strange fact?”
“Maybe… the administration didn’t notice either. We’d have to ask Ari to find out.”
A strange fact I found out at some point.
There is a high probability that even the management doesn’t know.
Because they don’t have a ‘status window’ like I do.
“Now it’s kind of fun. What did you find out?”
“Did you know that ‘Current Location’ appears in the status window?”
“yes.”
“… Sometimes, the location suddenly changes.”
“yes?”
Songi’s eyes widened as if asking what was going on.
“For example, three days ago, I had something to do near Hwigyeong-dong. The address was something like Hwigyeong-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul.”
“I guess so.”
“But, inside a certain building, the location suddenly changed to ‘Searching’.”
“…”
“If you wait long enough in that state, you’ll get a really strange address. The address Eunsol noona saw at the hotel was ‘Atlantis.’”
“Oh, Atlantis?”
Songi was greatly embarrassed, perhaps because the word was so unexpected.
“The name that came out three days ago is ‘Artio City.’”
“Where is that?”
“I don’t know either.”
A moment of silence, my own hypothesis.
“It feels like an unknown place, an unknown space is invading a part of the world.”
“That’s interesting. Hmm, could this have something to do with the apocalypse that’s going to start in a year?”
“well.”
I can’t be sure about that.
Songi, who had been thinking for a while, brought up the story about room 207.
“Didn’t you analyze #207 as a mock exam of reality?”
“That’s right.”
“Right now, we are taking the CSAT.”
“Similar.”
“At the heart of the problem in Room 207 was always a ‘mirror.’ There must be a mirror in reality, too, right?”
“maybe….”
Could the phenomenon of place names being distorted have something to do with mirrors?
It’s still difficult to say one way or another.
*
At around 5 p.m., we were told to come to the top of the cruise ship.
As I came out wearing the clothes I had prepared in advance, I saw Songi wearing a neat beige one-piece dress.
“Wow~! It looks so pretty when you look at it like this!”
“Is it pretty when you look at it this way? It wasn’t that great when you look at it differently?”
At the moment of embarrassment, Songi giggled as if it was a joke.
As we reached the top floor, a cool breeze blew and a slightly salty sea breeze smelled.
Quite a few of them were families, so there were a lot of chattering children.
People smiling in a happy atmosphere and warm sunlight shining down from the sky.
Here, you can hear classical music tickling your ears and see tropical trees sprouting up here and there!
There will be no other scenery like heaven.
Soon, a noble person who would further enhance the heavenly atmosphere of the ship appeared.
“Ladies and gentlemen, this is the captain of the Esper! Please give him a round of applause!”
People laughing and clapping happily.
Normally, a cruise ship owner wouldn’t have such a big presence, but Elena’s appearance signals the beginning of an exciting evening of events.
The children and their parents who had been waiting for this began to laugh heartily.
It really has an amusement park-like atmosphere.
“What do you think Elena has prepared this time? A treasure hunt? I thought it was about finding Elena last time?”
“Find Elena? She’s really having fun!”
The moment Elena appeared, the ship’s lighting changed slightly with a ‘flash!’ feeling.
Naturally, everyone’s attention, even the lights, seemed to be focused on Elena.
I would have thought that the ship owner was not a celebrity and would have done something like this, but I couldn’t help but be impressed when I saw that someone with such extraordinary beauty was able to do something like this.
“wow….”
No need to say much.
It’s just pretty.
Elena, standing with her back to the sunlight, seemed to have descended from the sky.
It felt like a living light, not a person.
Songi hit me hard, wondering if I was funny for admiring her appearance.
“Shut up. I didn’t know you’d like this kind of thing!”
“You were an aspiring actor, weren’t you?”
“Well, that means someone who enjoys the attention of others.”
At that moment, Elena’s eyes met ours.
The way she smiled faintly as if she was happy was also beautiful.
“Oh my, Sister Elena! You’re not coming straight towards us, are you?”
If you do that, it will be too noticeable.
Because of my special superpower, everyone will forget about me in half a day, but Songi will receive attention asking, “Who are you to be so close with Seonju?”
Fortunately, that didn’t happen.
Elena also had that much insight, so she approached him slowly and without anyone noticing, while naturally conversing with the people around her.
“…”
I felt relieved that there was nothing bothersome, but I also felt a little disappointed.
Did Elena want to come to us right away without worrying about what others thought?
“Brother Gain.”
“huh?”
“Have you prepared a gift?”
“I have it here.”
“Give it to Elena as soon as she gets here.”
“…”
Songi’s playful expression.
I found myself laughing too.
“Pfft! Okay. I’ll give it to you right away!”
It’s a happy time.
I wish this moment could last forever.
“… But, oppa.”
“huh?”
“Haven’t you been feeling a little… strange since earlier?”
“what?”
“It feels like something is poking my head.”
You’re poking me in the head?
“Advice: 3 -> 2”