Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 565
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EP.565 Episode 565 – A World You Can’t Remember (4)
Episode 565 – A World You Can’t Remember (4)
“User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 38
Current location: Reynolds Institute
Wise Man’s Advice: 3”
– Han Ga-in
Subsequent conversations with Arthur were not very productive.
Is it because that damn coffee broke even the slightest bit of trust?
No, coffee is the effect, not the cause.
There was no trust between us from the beginning.
“How old is Mr. Cain?”
“It’s hard to say because of the time I spent at the hotel.”
A story that is not worth telling.
“Mr. Arthur, the administration doesn’t know anything about you. What’s going on?”
“Maybe my father erased the information about this place. I don’t know.”
The answer is that I don’t know.
This kind of meaningless question and answer was repeated over and over again, and they were quick to avoid answering important questions.
“…”
It’s not that there are no results.
Because we knew to some extent what each other was most curious about.
I was curious about the other participants and the purpose of this institute.
The opponent was curious about the identity of the treasure we obtained and information about our party in order to stop the ‘Light that Calls for End’.
“Whew… You two. How about taking a break and clearing your heads?”
“Let’s do that.”
*
I walk through the mansion, which is splendid, but has a sinister security system hidden here and there, thinking.
At some point, the productivity of the conversation dropped, and more than anything, it became increasingly difficult to trust the other person.
The point where he easily reveals his family, which can be considered a weakness.
The important fact that he readily revealed that he had escaped from the entrance of the second floor.
It seems so foolish at first glance, but that makes it all the more suspicious.
“…”
If you reveal your weakness so easily, doesn’t that mean that it isn’t really a weakness?
Did I reveal a fake weakness to make you let your guard down by ignoring me?
If you think about it, you don’t care about family?
“grandfather.”
“hmm?”
“Should we leave now?”
“I’m starting to feel like I’m wasting my time. But really, I don’t know how to get out, so… .”
“Hmm.”
Should I just hijack his body with a magic book and get the information?
The way out will probably be in his head.
As if he had been waiting, the old man, who was standing close to me, whispered.
“I don’t think there’s any need to be so patient.”
“…”
“Let’s subdue Arthur and get information. Can’t you do it?”
“…”
“Why is that? Being blindly cautious isn’t the answer.”
It is valid.
Because Arthur could not resist the power of the Grimoire.
To begin with, I’m not the type of person who avoids fights at all costs?
I also have several insurance policies, including Grandpa’s One More Chance and Ari’s Rescue.
So, around this time, it would usually be time to take action.
“…”
I didn’t feel like it.
Also, I vaguely realized that this ‘reluctance’ was the result of insight.
Somewhere in this world, another participant is sharing their ‘wisdom’ and their insight is also weakened… .
As it is now, insight is something that warns me through intuition that goes beyond logic.
“Yonsuk! Don’t go away! Are we scary people?”
Grandfather’s sudden shouting.
As I looked in the direction my grandfather was looking, wondering what was going on, there was Arthur’s son who had appeared briefly earlier.
What was your name? Joshua?
He was a boy much younger than Seungyeop, but he already looked handsome.
Considering that Arthur is not a particularly handsome man, it seems that Olivia’s genes, who was quite beautiful, worked hard.
“Don’t bother Dad.”
“…”
“…”
My grandfather and I both fell silent at the same time at those childish words.
Honestly, I don’t think I’m a very good person by human standards, but I feel a bit awkward acting like a villain in front of a kid like this.
By the way, you’re a foreigner, but you speak Korean really well.
“Ahem, um. You speak Korean really well, huh?”
I awkwardly mumbled a compliment.
“Shut up, you idiot!”
“…”
It’s so childish that I can’t even respond.
Anyway, he’s a white boy who speaks Korean really well –
“uh?”
Come to think of it, Arthur and his family are all typical white people.
It is usually not common to speak Korean, and even if you learn it and can speak it, it is common to have awkward pronunciation and other issues.
“Why is that?”
There were absolutely no errors in pronunciation or grammar.
I would have believed it if he said he was born and raised in Korea.
It’s strange.
At the very least, it would have been normal to ask him once why he speaks Korean so well.
Why didn’t I find this part strange?
“…”
Paradoxically, it is because of the experience gained at hotels.
This is because the hotel was considerate enough to allow communication not only in places where Korean was unlikely to be heard, but also with alien chaos entities.
I got so used to that consideration that I was mistaken even when I returned to reality!
“Grandpa, this place, a world I can’t remember… .”
“Did you realize something?”
Just like in a hotel, you can communicate without any problems even if you speak different languages.
I felt like Arthur and his family were fluent in Korean, but on the other hand, they probably felt like I was speaking a foreign language like English.
“It’s similar to a hotel.”
The moment I realized the similarities between the hotel and the world I couldn’t remember, a lightning-like realization struck me.
“what?”
The moment he reached out, Joshua started strangling himself.
“You knew that? That’s why you called me an idiot?”
“Keeek!”
“Oh, oh! Gain, why all of a sudden -”
Arthur’s actions have been difficult to understand since earlier!
Why did you expose your family, which could be your weakness, in front of us?
Why didn’t you hide your weakness of escaping from the beginning of the second floor?
Are you trying to make me let my guard down by pretending to be weak?
But isn’t that a bit too much?
Simple answers to all these questions.
Because it’s okay to reveal your weaknesses.
This place, the identity of the unforgettable world, is a ‘pseudo-hotel’ recreated with mirrors and the technology of the management bureau!
Add to this the phenomenon of agents and employees who have infiltrated a world they cannot remember in the past losing their memories, and one conclusion emerges.
Arthur can turn back time within this realm!
“Tell me.”
“It’s too late! This idiot -”
As if they had been waiting, a sound could be heard throughout the mansion.
—Whoosh!
I am familiar with it.
Because I’ve heard similar things over and over again in hotels.
At the same time, a hollow laugh came out.
How many times have I fallen for Arthur’s tricks already?
3 times? 4 times?
There may be more.
In the past, I probably wouldn’t have noticed Arthur’s trick until the last moment.
It was only after the loop started that he realized what had happened, and with the few seconds remaining he simply scribbled out some flimsy phrase like ‘My memories are manipulated, be suspicious’.
This time it’s different.
From the moment I realized it until now, my right hand has been moving the pen without resting even for a single second.
“Joshua, I’ll admit it. I was a bit of a fool. But things will be different from now on.”
*
“User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 38
Current location: Reynolds Institute
Wise Man’s Advice: 3”
– Han Ga-in
I woke up in a soft bed.
As soon as I woke up, I saw the bottom of the status window filled with letters that made me dizzy.
“…”
This is a record I left behind before I lost my memory.
It didn’t take long for me to understand the situation.
Now I have a rough idea of what to do from now on.
However, the last record was somewhat questionable.
“No further conversation required. Escape immediately.
+ Do not consult Arthur (Insight)
If I continue this war of nerves with someone who can turn back time, I’ll only be at a loss.
So I understand what you mean by stop talking and run away.
“Don’t be so ignorant? This is a conclusion reached through insight?”
This part was the only one that was difficult to understand.
But if I don’t believe in myself, who will?
*
As I came out of the room, I saw an old man drinking tea with a view of an old mansion.
Looks like you woke up before me.
“Oh, you’re out?”
“Do you remember?”
“I met a guy who said he was the owner of the mansion.”
“yes?”
“What? Oh, memory? What memory are you talking about?”
My grandfather’s memory has completely disappeared.
Since there is no status window like mine, there is nothing I can do about it.
We talked naturally and waited for Arthur to come out.
Soon, an intruder appeared on the railing.
“Both of you are awake.”
He appears to be a white male in his mid-30s.
He was about the same height as me, in the mid to late 170s, and judging by his frame and the muscles visible through the gaps in his clothes, he seemed to be well-trained.
Other physical characteristics are –
“Why are you looking at me so openly?”
When I realized the truth and looked at it again, it was really sloppy.
You show yourself so openly, even though you have no ability to resist my grimoire?
Because it guesses our purpose.
Since your goal is to get information, you probably wouldn’t attack me rashly.
Instead of answering, I looked at my grandfather.
“Why is that?”
According to the records, there is a high probability that there are surveillance devices everywhere and that the chat window may also be spying on them.
Because of that, I had no way to tell my grandfather about my plans.
But is it really necessary to explain it in detail?
We’re pretending to be each other, right?
“Let’s subdue them.”
— Flutter!
He immediately summoned the Grimoire and subdued Arthur’s entire body with the power of the Avatar.
Grandfather also, without a single second of hesitation, pulled out his pistol like lightning and aimed it at the bastard’s head.
“What is it?”
First of all, the grandfather’s attitude of pulling out the gun and asking why was once again trustworthy.
“This guy can turn back time in the mansion.”
“What is it?”
The explanation was sufficient.
“Hey, I guess I should just leave? Ah, I have to get some information before that. Gain, get possessed by this guy -”
“Don’t be so picky.”
“what?”
“It looks like there are some unusual numbers.”
“…”
The grandfather thought for a moment, then said something cruel.
“Then, I guess I’ll have to ask this guy directly how to get out.”
“… Have you ever experienced anything like torture?”
“Do you think you can’t do it?”
I don’t think I need to go into detail about what happened after that.
Let’s just summarize it as blood and flesh flying and Olivia fainting while observing the situation.
Arthur didn’t last as long as he thought.
I didn’t mean to laugh.
Because I didn’t have the confidence that I could last long if something similar happened to me.
Just before escaping, he asked the panting man.
“I just want to ask you one thing. What was your father trying to achieve through the mirror… . Was it, by any chance, a recreation of the hotel?”
“…”
The answer was enough of a look of excitement.
*
“User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 38
Current location: Taebaek-si, Gangwon-do Special Self-Governing Province
Wise Man’s Advice: 3”
– Han Ga-in
“Wow… It’s really only been a day.”
“You’re so tiring for something like that.”
“That makes sense.”
The results are not bad.
We also got some information about the real-life participants, and some strange information about the management trying to recreate the hotel in the past.
Considering the little bit of information about the third floor, I guess it was worth the time.
However, there was one part that was a bit tricky.
“What could the reason be?”
“what?”
“The first memory manipulation. The owl once told me to just do it.”
“Hmm… If we hadn’t done that once, he wouldn’t have tried to talk to us, right?”
If we didn’t get hit the first time, Arthur would have kicked us out without any reason?
That makes sense.
“So, where do you plan on going now?”
“Hotel Delight.”
“okay?”
Just in case, I think I’ll listen to my sister’s flute once and finish this matter.
“I still don’t know.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Why wasn’t it okay for me to possess Arthur’s body?”
“Well, since he’s going to die soon and escape from the hotel, it seems like he has some sort of mental protection.”
“Hmm.”
Let’s write some advice.