Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 577
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EP.577 Episode 577 – Everyone’s Interpretation (2), A Trip Down Memory Lane (1)
Episode 577 – Everyone’s Interpretation (2), A Trip Down Memory Lane (1)
“User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: 112th day
Current location: #205, Singil Apartment, Seocho 3-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul
Wise Man’s Advice: 2”
– Han Ga-in
“Finally, let’s talk about the painting.”
The third piece of information Ari delivered was a mysterious painting.
“Actually, this part is probably the most important. The problem is -”
The most important, but also the most difficult to interpret.
“- My memory is not accurate.”
There are people in the world who have the ability to perfectly remember a scenery they have seen once and recreate it in a drawing, but that doesn’t apply to me.
Even as soon as I saw the picture, an incomprehensible power came over me!
How could I remember the picture perfectly when I was busy running away?
Sang-Hyeon Hyung shook his head slightly.
“As I said before, the details of the picture are not important.”
“…”
“Gain’s memory is extraordinary, but remembering a picture he glanced at for 2-3 seconds as if it were a photograph is within the realm of perfect memory.”
“Yes.”
“Ari also knows that Gain-kun doesn’t have such superpowers. So, the details of the painting are not the key. The main objects and the overall composition are enough.”
In the first place, details that I can’t even remember aren’t important.
“The background is a temple that looks like something out of Greek or Roman mythology, with a picture frame in the center and another painting inside the frame.”
“you’re right.”
“The painting shows a ship sailing with its back to the sun.”
“One more thing, the word ‘reflection’ is emphasized unusually. Does this part suggest a mirror?”
“Actually, I thought that part was an interpretation that Gain-kun added. Because -”
“Because you already know that mirrors exist?”
“Yes. Of course, I agree with Gain-kun’s interpretation now.”
This part is also a minor difference of opinion that I feel while talking with my colleagues.
However, through advice, I was able to confirm that the mirror’s suggestion did indeed exist, so my interpretation of this part was correct.
Soon, Sang-Hyeon and I both shut our mouths.
“…”
“…”
Because there were so many different opinions on the interpretation of the painting, I had nothing more to say.
I asked him if he thought the advice was right, throwing out all sorts of stories.
All I found out was that it was hard to get a normal answer by just throwing out random words and saying things like “Did you hit the owl?”
“The sun, the ark, the picture frame, the mirror, the temple.”
“…”
“Still, two things are certain. Up to this point, it’s a ‘well-founded inference,’ so I’d say that even the owl is close to the correct answer.”
“The sun and the mirror?”
“The sun means the lord of number 104 or a similar being.”
“The mirror is virtually the same object as the mirror seen in room 207.”
This is our conclusion.
The remaining three have not yet been meaningfully interpreted.
— Bam!
Sang-Hyeon Hyung lightly tapped the table to get everyone’s attention.
“Let’s stop talking about the old days. Actually, isn’t today’s main topic starting now?”
yes!
In fact, the information Ari relayed was nothing more than a rehash of the stories her colleagues had been telling each other nonstop for the past two months.
Today’s main topic is ‘a trip down memory lane’.
“Yes, brother. As I told you on the phone, I’m planning on going on a pretty long trip starting tomorrow.”
“…”
“So, I’d like to ask you to take care of Sunrise. I’ve been letting go of it lately, but I’m worried that Ichthus might do something strange if I’m not around.”
Sang-Hyeon nodded and placed a small business card on the table.
『Sunrise Co., Ltd.
Director Kim Sang-hyun』
Managing Sunrise while I’m away is another reason why Sang-Hyeon came to Korea.
For Sang-Hyeon, it is also a kind of excuse to return to the country.
If you were running a hospital in the US and decided to go to Korea for no particular reason, wouldn’t people around you think it was strange?
I don’t know about other people, but my ‘wife’ and ‘son’ would be terrified.
If a large Korean company scouted someone as a director with a high salary, it would be a justification that even ordinary people would nod in agreement with.
“Don’t worry about Sunrise management. I’m a career person after all.”
“Career position?”
“I’ve also managed the Gain Army’s religious order in room 206… .”
Now that I hear it, it’s true.
“But, finally, let me give you my opinion.
“yes.”
“I hope Gain-kun spends the remaining two months leisurely, dating Miss Elena or Miss Miro.”
“Why, why those two names -”
“Are you asking because you don’t know? If you don’t like it, I recommend rolling around in the corner of the room and playing a game. What’s Jinsol doing these days? She plays shooting games all day long.”
West Wind, Kim Jin-sol.
These are the wife and son that Sang-Hyeon called out to in his dreams.
I heard that they are the same family I had in room 203.
At least, that’s what Sang-Hyeon believes.
“Shooting games? Seungyeop said that his LoL score is higher than mine.”
“That’s because Seungyeop’s score is low.”
“Wow~ Jinsol’s gaming talent is much better than Seungyeop’s!”
“Seung-yeop’s problem is not his physical talent, but his ridiculous stubbornness and his constant keyboard chatting – no, let’s not change the subject.”
No, Seungyeop, this guy even experienced a hotel, but he still fights with kids while playing LoL?
“Hyung, I’m just going out to play. Does Seungyeop even chat?”
“Jinsol said that he mixes in swear words between his skills. Are you sure he’s just going to have fun? The name of the trip is ‘Memory’ Trip?”
Swearing between skills?
When I recalled Seungyeop chatting, saying, “Q you idiot, don’t hit W, I told you not to hit E!”, I couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.
“In the spirit of looking back on how I have lived so far -”
“Would there be any trace of Gain-kun living here? Based on this place, Gain-kun was created 4 months ago.”
“…”
“In the first place, a trip to reflect on one’s life is something that retired people do when they are organizing their lives. It’s not something that young people like Ga-in do -”
“I’m probably older than any old person that Sang-Hyeon knows.”
“…”
Sang-Hyeon made an ‘Oops!’ expression.
It looks like I won the argument, but I’m not a kid so I’m not happy about this.
“Mr. Gain, this is no laughing matter.”
“…”
“Aren’t you going on a trip because of what Ari Yang said?”
According to Ari’s shocking words, some of my memories are strange.
Even after thinking about it carefully by myself, I couldn’t figure out exactly what was strange.
If you go to the place in your memory, it might come to mind.
Because of the loop, the place I know and the actual place in reality are very different, but there must be some similarities.
“Song-i and Miro decided to go together.”
“…”
“Other people were busy, saying they were agents or businessmen.”
A good example is Sang-Hyeon, who has to manage Sunrise in my stead.
At that moment, my brother tilted his head.
“Aren’t both Ms. Songi and Ms. Miro students?”
“That’s right.”
“… Is it vacation now? Oh, Korea has vacation schedules -”
“There are still two weeks left until the vacation starts. Seungyeop is going to school.”
At those words, Sang-Hyeon Hyung pursed his lips like a carp.
You might have wanted to say, “What kind of middle school or high school student is this that doesn’t even go to school on their own?”
However, Song and Miro do not care about things like the number of days of attendance.
“Is it because you want to make it like a ‘normal trip’ by going with colleagues instead of alone?”
“Brother, I told you not to keep adding complicated intentions. I’m just going out to have fun and do some small things here and there.”
“In a way, Ms. Miro has become like a ‘split personality’, so maybe Ms. Dark Miro can help.”
“The Dark Maze… I bet you’d like it if I told you.”
“Anyway, since you seem to have made up your mind, I won’t stop you. I hope it works out.”
I thought as I watched Sang-Hyeon Hyung leave after finishing the conversation.
People like Sang-Hyeon and Eun-Sol who are deeply immersed in ‘reality’ and try to live ‘sensibly’ might find Song and Miro strange…
On the other hand, wouldn’t it seem to Song and Miro that their other colleagues are overly obsessed with ‘role-playing’?
For these two, reality is nothing more or less than a giant playground.
What’s the point of going to school in the middle of a playground?
*
– Yoo Song-i
As I waited at the meeting place, I realized that the weather had gotten quite cold.
Cold, dry air, sharp winds coming through the gaps in clothes.
It’s definitely winter.
Was winter break starting next week? The week after next?
Well, it doesn’t matter.
Because my vacation has already started.
“Ah! Ah~ Why is Gain so late!”
“Is it very cold?”
“A little! Oh, Songiya! Do you want some coffee?”
Miro’s cheerful voice can be heard from the side.
I turned my head slightly and found myself exclaiming in admiration.
A girl with snow-white hair and red eyes that look like they came straight out of a comic book.
This kid is wearing a round winter outfit and a red fur hat on his head!
There really is no such thing as a snow fairy.
“Songiya~! Let’s throw snow as soon as Gain comes!”
Even though he’s my colleague, he’s really cute.
What should I say sometimes?
I want to give you a little hug.
“It’s really different when you see it like this.”
“huh?”
“no.”
Although she looks exactly like Ari, when they are together, they are so different that it can’t be this different.
If it were Ari, wouldn’t she have done something a bit unlucky?
For example, you may be the last to arrive!
“How are you doing these days, Miro?”
“well!”
“… Seungyeop said he doesn’t go to school.”
“It’s not fun. You keep making me study weird things.”
I don’t want to go to school because it’s boring and I don’t want to study.
If an ordinary middle school student says something like that, wouldn’t he soon appear on ‘Golden Broadcasting’?
“They really do whatever they want… Where can you find a middle school student with such no sense?”
“Wow~ When Songi says something like that, I’m completely awake!”
“What’s wrong with me?”
“You can live however you want! There’s a Yusong fan club at your school – ugh!”
“Joe, be quiet!”
“- Ugh! You can’t cover the sky with your palm! Ouch!”
“Eww!”
If you cover my mouth, I’ll bite your hand!
“This, this idiot is for real!”
“Idiot? Are you done talking?”
“Then should I call you a middle school student with low IQ?”
“Plastic surgery addict high school student!”
“…!”
Miro, you’re lost today.
You are such a dumb, idiot!
This is the moment when we open our eyes wide and start the second game.
“… What, what is this?”
The main character of the trip has appeared.
“What, what is it? Why are you guys rolling around in the snow?”
“…”
“…”
Silence came as if it were a lie.
As I awkwardly made eye contact with Miro, I felt like I was really stupid.
“Oh, ahem! I was playing with Songi.”
“Oh, you too, oppa! You know, snowball fights? While having a snowball fight!”
“That’s right! Gain is right too!”
As if it had been waiting, Miro gathered the snow on the ground and threw it.
Gain Oppa answered by just nodding his head.
“Snowball fights are great, but let me tell you about my travel itinerary.”
“… huh.”
Soon, several pieces of paper with names of places and photos came out of Gain’s hands.
“This is the address where I lived in high school. I looked it up on a web map, and there was some kind of weird apartment complex in real life. This place, in the countryside, is where my late great-grandfather’s house used to be, and this place is -”
Miro poked at one of the photos.
“Where is this? School?”
“Shinbanpo High School. It’s the school I graduated from, and surprisingly, there’s still a school with the same name today.”
“Isn’t that because it’s a name derived from a place name?”
“That’s true. Anyway, I have to go here too. Because….”
“because?”
“Hey, this is where Gayoung and I went together… .”
“Gayoung?”
Suddenly, Gain oppa’s face turned slightly red.
When I turned my gaze to see what it was, Miro was tilting his head with the same expression.
“I’ll explain later. Um, my, uh, a proud memory, shall we say?”
Gayoung?
Proud memory?
… I’m suspicious.