Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 647
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EP.647 Episode 647 – The First Wish (3)
Episode 647 – The First Wish (3)
– Kim Ari
After Kim Sang-hyun came out of his dream, everyone fell into silence for a moment.
Before experiencing the Deep Sea Hotel, what on earth did Sang-Hyeon see when he made his first wish?
“Gasp! Gasp…!”
“Brother, are you okay?”
“Hey! Hey! Doctor, isn’t your condition good?”
“Grandpa, I think you should take Sang-Hyeon out first.”
“I guess so. I’ll go outside and calm the doctor down and ask him if he remembers anything else.”
“I’ll go out and think about it.”
“Please do so.”
Naturally, Mukseong, Sanghyeon, and Jincheol each jumped into their own dreams and escaped from the dream kingdom.
“Shall we go out for a bit?”
Gain shook her head and answered.
“No. As soon as the owl woke up, I told you to help your comrades.”
“…”
“Some people will be suffering from painful nightmares.”
A good example is Kim Sang-hyun, who was gasping for breath in fear right before he left the dream kingdom.
“If I stay in a nightmare for a long time, will it have a negative effect on my mind?”
“Maybe. Let’s move quickly. The next person is -”
“Let’s go to Miro. Looking at Sang-Hyeon, it seems like Miro will have two wishes too.”
“good.”
*
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year!
Snowflakes fluttering, carols ringing out cheerfully.
Gain’s eyes widened as she listened to music for the first time in a long time.
“Where is this place?”
“It’s the school days of the labyrinth.”
The next moment, a boy and a girl appeared running across a pure white field.
It was Ga-in and Miro, who looked to be in their early to mid-teens, and the moment I saw them, I realized.
“It looks like I’m not in the real past of the maze.”
“Isn’t it like the Ice Hell moment?”
After failing at the Deep Sea Hotel, Maze was trapped in an ice hell, constantly reliving the most painful memories of his life.
Mukseong, Gain, and I went into the Ice Hell and saved Miro.
This is a memory from when we saved the maze.
“Should I go in first?”
“Are you really going to leave me alone?”
“…”
“You like me too, don’t you? Everyone likes me!”
“I told you it was useless.”
A sweet conversation heard from afar.
It seems like it was quite a thrilling moment for the parties involved, especially Miro… .
“…”
As an observer, my face really burned!
Maze, isn’t that a bit harsh, even considering that she’s young?
‘You like me too, don’t you? Everyone likes me!’
How can you say something like that in your right mind!
*
Meanwhile, the surrounding scenery passed by in a flash as if in fast forward.
Most of the scenes were of ‘Monster Santa’ harming teachers and children.
A school filled with fear and screams.
A boy running like crazy, holding the hand of a beautiful girl.
Young Ga-in sits in the red Cadillac with Miro, but realizes that she cannot escape as the sound of carols grows closer.
A life-or-death crisis and profound despair.
At the point where the young Miro is about to cry out in fear.
The boy turned around and looked at the young maze, as if in a scene from a movie.
“Miro, do you think you’re a good kid?”
“…I have never done anything bad.”
“Really? I don’t think he’s a very good kid.”
“Don’t bother me!”
“But I’m not a villain worthy of dying to such a monster. Let’s try again.”
“Ah, what on earth have you been talking about?”
The boy smiled as he looked at the confusing maze.
“See you later! Everything will be fine. May these words also have magical powers!”
At this very moment, Miro’s second wish was born.
*
“…”
“…”
A quiet silence.
Gain couldn’t even raise her head and just looked at the floor, and I just kept bursting out in laughter.
Finally, I broke the silence.
“Wow! Gain is amazing!”
“…”
“Isn’t it so cool? That’s why Miro fell in love with it right away.”
“This was an attempt that failed.”
“It seems like you regained this memory when you escaped from the Ice Hell? The moment you fell in love!”
“…”
“It looks like you still haven’t come to your senses. How deep are you in it?”
“…”
“I should go outside and ask Miro. How did he feel at that time?”
“Please don’t… .”
Although I tried to create a playful atmosphere by teasing Ga-in, my feelings were more complicated than I thought.
At least it’s not as fun as it appears on the surface.
Miro, why do you like this guy so much?
Even if physical age is meaningless, people who are at least similar in mental age –
“…”
Come to think of it, this is impossible.
No matter what, it’s not easy to like Seungyeop as a romantic interest.
For that to happen, Seungyeop would need hypnosis.
He said, shaking his head.
“Whew… . Given the circumstances, this is your second wish. It’s an empty wish from Pioneer.”
“…”
“If we think about Kim Sang-hyun’s case, his first wish would have been made before he went to the Deep Sea Hotel. The details of which will be revealed soon -”
“It starts.”
— Clank!
This time, unlike the previous time, the background did not change.
*
“Huh? Continue to school – really?”
“You made your first wish at boarding school, too.”
Miro made both of his wishes at the boarding school he attended as a child.
Of course, the location is the same, but the time is completely different.
This is because the second wish that we saw a little while ago was actually made at the ‘Han Bing Hell Point’.
The first wish is the real past, when young Miro actually went to school.
A major difference between the two periods.
“Cain, you are not here.”
“Ari, you’re not here. Grandpa’s not here either.”
There is no me, no Cain, and no silence.
In real history, no one ever saved Miro and his friends.
For a long time, a vision filled with tragedy and suffering passed.
Chaos Disaster – Santa sang a mad carol and butchered every survivor in the school, while Miro hid and hid frantically.
The moment you hide under the bed and hear screams outside.
The moment when you run away without thinking and step on your friend’s intestines and slip.
The moment when her slender arm breaks under the blows of Rudolph’s crimson horn.
“…”
Since both Ga-in and I frowned while watching, we can imagine how scary the maze must have been back then.
I wanted to stop the dream several times and give Miro some peace, but Ga-in stopped me.
Obviously, you’re probably thinking that there might be some additional information out there.
In some ways, he’s a really cold-hearted person.
Miro didn’t wake up until the second dream was over.
“Gain, doesn’t it seem like it’s all over?”
“Maybe. It looks like he made his first wish while running away from Santa.”
“…”
“Why do we, who are innocent, have to suffer like this? It is not right. If there is order in the world, the devil should be destroyed and the innocent should be saved – that must be the kind of wish.”
“… Probably. I don’t see any additional elements other than the Santa disaster we already know about.”
“It might not exist, or it might exist but we just couldn’t find it.”
“…”
“Let’s wake up the maze.”
As I approached the girl who was panting weakly, I suddenly muttered without realizing it.
“… thank you.”
“hmm?”
“If it weren’t for you, Miro would still be trapped in this hell… .”
Gain smiled brightly as if asking what was going on.
“Haha! If anyone heard this, they’d think I saved it all by myself.”
*
When Miro woke up, he had no memory of his dream.
Considering that Sang-Hyeon, who was deeply immersed in a dream like a maze, is suffering considerable aftereffects, this is clearly a special feature of the maze.
Could the unchanging blessing have brought harmony?
Or is it simply a matter of Miro’s personal character?
I don’t know the exact reason, but it made me feel comfortable.
“Ugh! Why can’t I remember anything?”
“… It’s okay. Because we saw it.”
“What was my wish? What was it?”
“…”
Gain, who was smiling awkwardly, glanced at me and said something strange.
“You know, the story that Miro told at the coffee shop?”
“huh?”
“… He said that he decided to save humanity by talking to the maze of ghost stories inside him.”
“Oh, right! Oh, did you mention the coffee shop thing?”
“okay.”
The gazes of two people passing by in silence.
Gain and I tacitly agreed on one thing.
How embarrassed would Miro be if he found out that we saw ‘the moment Miro fell in love with Gain’?
It’s sure to be a noisy affair that’ll tire everyone out for at least a week.
So let’s just bury it in Gain and I’s memories.
“Did you see Ari too? The coffee shop scene?”
“… Yes. Praying for the salvation of humanity through a wish, Miro is truly amazing~!”
“Hey, kid! Don’t tease me.”
It was really unbearable to see the embarrassed maze.
“… Gain. Let’s go to the next dream.”
“Okay. Next is -”
“Seungyeop!”
I was once again speechless as I heard Miro’s voice shouting that it was fun.
Don’t you think we’re going to see an embarrassing scene again this time?
“Okay. Let’s go to Seungyeop’s dream.”
*
“Welcome to Summoner’s Rift.”
It was breathtaking from the start.
Gain muttered with a dizzy expression.
“No way…! Seungyeop, right?”
“…”
“Haha! I also have some thoughts -”
“Look at the time. It’s dawn now. It looks like he’s been playing games all night.”
“… It’s true.”
It must have been when he was in middle school, but seeing him playing games all night made me sigh.
“Oh really! You little xx kids! I told you not to get wet while I’m running!”
Gain started to sway noticeably, and I thought once again that Seungyeop was amazing.
Even the ancient prince who was the end of humanity or Aleph who set the stage for the eons could not have flustered Ga-in as much as Seung-yeop is now.
At this point I decided to speak my mind.
“I’ll be honest. Seungyeop, is your wish for me to do well in the game? Or for the team to have good luck?”
“… Don’t ignore your colleagues too much. No matter how childish Seungyeop is -”
As if he had been waiting, Seungyeop shouted in front of the computer.
“Why is my team so unlucky? Why am I so unlucky!”
While I was speechless, Miro spoke with a cynical expression.
“Even if you say it’s not true, it’s still like being number one in the Bangbae Middle School rankings!”
“… Aren’t you both looking down on Seungyeop too much?”
“It’s not that I’m belittling Seungyeop, it’s that I know Seungyeop well in his belittled state.”
After Miro’s merciless evaluation, the day dawned and it was time to go to school.
If you’ve been playing games all night, how can you be lucid in the morning?
Of course, Seungyeop staggered to school without even opening his eyes properly.
I felt frustrated as I watched Seungyeop’s parents watching this process with concern.
“Why are you both so mean to your son?”
“…”
“I have to swing a whip at him to make him come to his senses!”
“Ariaang. What you just said sounded like a really old person.”
“Miro, do you want to get in trouble with me too?”
“Oh, no… .”
At first glance, it seemed like school life, which passed by quickly, was not going so smoothly.
Well, it’s even stranger if a small kid is always in a daze and has good relationships with his friends.
That doesn’t mean that Seungyeop was bullied beyond his means.
After Seungyeop came to the hotel, he hardly ever talked about old times.
Doesn’t that mean that he himself has never held any great grudge?
By the time class was over, Seungyeop’s eyes began to come alive again.
“Isn’t he trying to play games again?”
“Absolutely.”
“Wow! Looks like you really wished the team luck!”
“Really! What on earth was the hotel thinking when they picked this guy?”
“… Both of you, do it moderately. I’m afraid Seungyeop might hear.”
Gain’s expression was already half-down, but at this point everyone had accepted it inwardly.
I’m sure you must have wished something like ‘Please give the team good luck’ while playing the game!
This is the moment when everyone tries to relax.
– Gulp!
Seungyeop swallowed and started to follow someone secretly.
“… What is this?”
“It’s like I’m chasing someone – oh my god.”
Soon, a boy with a bright red face called out to a rather cute girl.
“Hey, Soyeon!”
Eww!
There are more embarrassing scenes left!
“Oh please!”
“Gain Ang! Seungyeop, wake up right now!”
“Let’s just wake him up. This is for Seungyeop’s human rights.”
As always, Gain was extremely calm in moments like this.
“No. There might be hidden information -”
“You’re not even a real person.”