Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 632
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EP.632 Episode 632 – The Oldest Wish (13)
Episode 632 – The Oldest Wish (13)
“User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 234
You are currently: Searching… .
Wise Man’s Advice: 0”
– Han Ga-in
— Clank!
The sound heard when the welcome began!
Soon, the surrounding scenery seemed to become distorted and my vision returned to reality.
“Aleph, how is it?”
A boy’s voice that even feels a little friendly.
I opened my eyes, feeling dizzy, and saw a boy with gorgeous blond hair.
“… Prince.”
“Is this a familiar memory? Are you starting to think back now?”
According to the status window records, the prince’s appearance could not be determined even by looking at his face.
Not now.
I remember the scared boy I saw at the welcome party.
The boy had transformed into a tall, handsome young man with gorgeous blond hair, smiling broadly.
Judging by the atmosphere, it doesn’t look like they’re going to start fighting right away.
I felt like I had something to say, but I needed a little more time.
I needed time to recall some very old memories.
“I’m just curious, but what did you mean by your last words?”
“…”
“To save myself from hell. That’s what I mean. I still don’t understand what it means.”
“I’ve lost all my memories of that time. Now that I know that I said those words, how can I know what they meant?”
“That is also true.”
A look of obedient acceptance.
What I said made sense, and it seems like he can see through lies right away.
The prince soon got to the point.
“It seems like your memory is still hazy, but I have never forgotten what happened that day.”
“…”
“It’s been a long time since we last met – oh, wasn’t it? Did we meet before we turned back time?”
“… well.”
“Haha! Even though it’s a hotel, I didn’t know there was a tool that could turn back time in the universe!”
“…”
“Anyway, I have never forgotten the favor you have shown me. In fact, there is more to the story after that.”
“What happens next?”
“It’s nothing. You took me in and taught me this and that.”
“…”
“I once considered you a teacher and a father.”
The prince’s attitude of showing excessive friendliness.
I don’t think it’s all false.
According to the records of the lost timeline, the prince called me a ‘saint’ as soon as he woke up.
Also, consider the fact that you invited me into the moon without any safety measures, including taking your colleagues hostage.
Even though there was an act of betrayal by attacking the Virgin Mary, there was an incident where I was immediately forgiven and my excuses were accepted after I took the head of the previous wisdom.
In short, it is a clear truth that the prince considered me an ally.
“Aleph, I could have killed you two or three times by now.”
“That part is different from what I thought.”
“Haha! Did you have the confidence to endure it even if I tried to kill you?”
“…”
“Let’s say that’s true. Even so, it doesn’t change the fact that I’ve given up several opportunities. What do you think the reason is?”
“…”
“Why did I show you the illusion I had a moment ago?”
“Did you wish for me to return to ‘Aleph’?”
“It’s the same now! If you come to your senses even now, I can forgive you for what happened in the past.”
A dignified attitude that seemed to give a foolish subject one last chance.
The prince still believes that ‘Aleph’ is on his side.
Why do I fall for the prince?
I think it’s because I lost my memories from the Aleph days.
This is exactly why I showed my welcome a little while ago.
As he recalls his past memories and gets closer to Aleph, he thinks he will turn to the prince’s side again.
But think of the records I left behind from the time I disappeared, which have a completely different feel.
A disastrous future that my past self had seen with complete insight!
The body is instantly shattered into millions of pieces of flesh.
There is no physical body, only the brain is removed and locked in a glass case.
A future where only the soul remains, caught up in an eternal dream.
The prince’s fondness for Aleph can be interpreted as a ‘cherished pet’ at best, or as a ‘slightly expensive item’ at worst.
The reason for the current persuasion is not simply to spare me, but because he believes that if he succeeds in drawing me in, he will be able to easily deal with the management office and the marauders who are pressuring the prince.
When the thought reached here.
“iced coffee….”
The human form the prince had taken disappeared without a trace!
—Whoosh!
A huge vibration seemed to resonate throughout the sanctuary, and the scenery in all directions changed.
The once beautiful scenery of the sanctuary suddenly turns into ruins, and the closed ceiling opens.
The warm air and the light that illuminated the surroundings disappeared without a trace.
What remains is a pale, frozen realm.
“What a pity. Did you think that if you came here yourself, something would change?”
A stormy voice mixed with mockery, laughter, and a hint of regret!
— Laaaaa…!
As if they had been waiting, the hymn of the moon began to be heard from all directions.
The ever-expanding shape of the moon amidst the ceaseless singing!
“While you were wasting eons of time, dying over and over again, I was left with just one step into the great realm.”
Even as the prince’s words were heard, the unstoppable attacks continued.
Thanks to that, I was busy dodging the gray-white light falling from the sky while holding onto the wisdom of my ancestors!
Ironically, the current ‘attack’ isn’t really an attack to the moon.
I just expressed a bit of regret for having fought against a mortal I once considered my teacher!
This is a space where the boundary between imagination and reality is blurred.
The prince’s very heart is an attack that I must dodge frantically with the help of the divine sun!
“Are you under any illusions?”
The next moment, the entire sanctuary stopped.
In the air – because a gently shining crown revealed itself.
“You can take the crown from me?”
The moment I saw the crown, my breath was taken away.
He even put down the wisdom he had been holding on to the ground and walked towards the crown.
Because in an instant, a fierce greed that seemed to burn to the very end of my soul engulfed my reason.
To me – what is a crown to Aleph?
A treasure that I wanted to obtain even if it meant throwing hundreds of lives into hell in the future!
As I absentmindedly approached and touched the crown, one cold truth was revealed.
Nothing happened.
There is no change.
To me, a crown is just a beautiful lump of metal.
“My foolish teacher, only those who are worthy of the throne can wear the crown.”
“…”
“Do you think someone who is not of royal blood can become king by wearing a crown and sitting on the throne?”
The ancient civilization that first discovered the principle of soul gathering regarded the returnees as ‘royalty’ and held them sacred.
Here, royalty refers only to those who have returned to the ancient civilization.
Not a returnee who arose after the destruction of the ancient civilization!
“You thought all regressors were worthy of royalty! Aleph, Aleph, my foolish master!”
Not only I, but even Aleph, who could be called the ‘first me’, is not from the primeval civilization.
This means that he is not worthy of wearing the crown.
—Wow!
At that moment, someone snatched me from the spot where I was standing still and started running away at high speed.
It’s the wisdom of our ancestors!
“The plan is a failure, a failure!”
“…”
“The crown was something that was only subject to the prince! From the beginning, this was a fight that couldn’t be won!”
“…”
“I have to escape somehow, next time, next opportunity -”
Following the tool that blocked the water pressure, the previous generation took out a tool like a carpet that moved at incredible speed.
In terms of speed alone, it seemed to be better than any other car.
However, unlike my predecessors who were gripped by the fear of defeat, I know because I was looking behind me.
“Look behind you.”
That this kind of escape is meaningless.
“What – ah, ah…!”
Because there was not even the slightest distance between the prince and us.
From the beginning, this realm was a dream-like realm created by the prince from start to finish.
Can you jump out of it?
The prince is merely mocking his predecessor’s last struggle.
Soon, a distant hand began to approach.
“Do not be afraid.”
“Ah, ah, ah…!”
“You are extremely useful mortals, and death is not the end.”
“You bastard, Han Ga-in!”
“I will remake you. You will be reborn as servants who serve only me, forgetting all your useless pasts… .”
“Did you really come here believing in just one crown?”
The reason the prince is sure of victory, while his predecessors are sure of defeat.
The key to conquering the moon is for us to obtain the crown and wrest control of the moon from the prince.
As the last moment approached, the plan was fundamentally distorted.
Because we can’t get the crown, and even if we do, there’s no way for us to use it.
Neither I, nor Aleph, nor our ancestors – none of us are from the ancient civilization.
If you can’t wear the crown, you can’t seize control of the moon.
So our plan was impossible from the start.
…
The illusion of the ancestors and the prince.
I knew that the crown’s special trait was that only those who had returned to the ancient civilization could use it.
I found out twice, both when I was a senior researcher at Aleph and when I was a hotel participant at Han Ga-in.
It’s not that I came here without knowing, but that I came knowingly.
I didn’t come here to take away the ‘crown’.
…
A fleeting moment when everything seems to have stopped.
Memories of the distant past flashed through my mind.
Is this the illusion that insight shows?
Or is it because I am returning to Aleph as the Prince intended?
I don’t know.
From now on, this may be meaningless talk.
A day when a storm was pouring down.
Memories of the day when I felt despair while listening to the sound of thunder.
…
Being born as a human and being given mystical knowledge was not a blessing but a curse.
Because we know that there are countless stars in this universe.
Because I knew I wasn’t a star.
He became a promising talent in the Human Protection Agency and rose through the ranks.
He enjoyed the utmost happiness and was praised by everyone.
Finally, we have discovered even more mysterious knowledge – the principle of soul unification.
What came immediately after was even greater despair.
It’s not that I’m not a star, I’m just someone who can’t become a star.
I was not born great.
I wasn’t born into royalty and could wear the crown.
Such a life, such a fate.
A shambling larva that is born in hell and returns to hell over and over again.
…
I wanted to be a star.
I wanted to become a great person who would shine forever in the sky.
I wanted to change my fate, born in hell that could not become heaven.
So, on a stormy day, I made a wish.
‘The oldest wish’.
“… the great Buddha.”
“What are you talking about!”
“If you are truly a great and compassionate being, if you dream of the salvation of all creation.”
“You, now is the time to talk nonsense -”
“Give a chance to those who are as insignificant as the dust of the universe.”
Buddha!
I have resented you again and again.
Why did you give the path to Nirvana only to the chosen ones?
Why is it that only those born in chaos or those born as returnees to the primordial civilization can enter Nirvana?
I hope you get a chance.
May I, who was born in the bottom of the six paths of reincarnation, the realm of hell, have a chance at nirvana!
So, I will make a wish.
If I cannot enter Nirvana myself… .
May you be given the power to take away the destiny of those who can enter Nirvana!
Immediately after –
A book was opened.
A single sentence shining golden revealed its light.
“Know that you are the only one under heaven.”