Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 688
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EP.688 Episode 688 – The First Wish, Eunsol Lee (2)
Episode 688 – The First Wish, Eunsol Lee (2)
For some, the highest place in the universe.
A prison without bars that is extremely frustrating for some.
observatory.
“this!”
Cain couldn’t hide his surprise and took his eyes off the telescope for a moment.
“What’s going on?”
“A little while ago, Eunsol met a retired agent.”
“A retired agent? Oh, is that the person who helped Chairman Lee Seok-hwan erase his memories of his ‘wife’?”
“Probably so. Wait a minute!”
The next moment, a strange book appeared in the air, writhing like a living creature.
Although Gain suddenly summoned the Book of Incarnation, her colleagues behind her were not surprised.
Because it was a ‘stunt’ that Gain had already shown several times.
Soon, the second sentence of the Book of Incarnation gained power and ‘another singer’ appeared.
Cain, who had been observing naturally, began observing again, and the being that appeared like a whitish illusion approached her companions for an explanation.
Sang-Hyeon muttered as if he was slightly impressed.
“Your talents are becoming increasingly strange. Splitting your mind to use one for observation and the other for explanation!”
Miro asked a question while exclaiming in admiration.
“If this continues, won’t one body end up entering while the other remains in the observatory?”
“That’s impossible.”
“Huh?”
“So, where did I leave off?”
“The part where Eunsol meets some agent.”
“That’s right! Some strange information came out of that agent’s mouth. The chairman’s eldest son and youngest daughter. In other words, it seems that Eun-sol’s older brother and younger sister both don’t exist?”
“Huh?”
“What do you mean? Are you saying he’s dead?”
“The exact meaning is unknown. In any case, it seems to have ceased to exist in recent years.”
“He was missing for a long time, but you lied about the existence of the King of Iss?”
“Come to think of it, I’ve never seen any other siblings besides my older sister’s second oldest brother, ‘Lee Jin-wook’. Even at home. Ahh… Maybe I should have observed more carefully?”
Gain expresses regret at her belated realization.
On the other hand, Miro shook his head.
“No way! If Eunsol had lived in a house as small as a bean like Songi, I would have known right away -”
“Don’t ever use that expression with Songi Yang again.”
“Songi’s house wasn’t small in the first place…”
“But isn’t Eunsol’s room bigger than Songi’s entire house?”
“That’s something special about you, Sister. Anyway, what you said makes sense.”
Chairman Lee Seok-hwan’s residence was a place that was more appropriately called a ‘castle’ rather than a house.
Even Eunsol was able to use expressions like ‘my room living room’, ‘my room lounge’, and ‘my room bathroom’ without any problem, even though most people would never use them in their entire lives.
That’s why the observers didn’t feel anything strange even though they had never seen Eunsol’s older brother or younger sister before.
I thought they would each be spending their time somewhere in the vast mansion, but that turned out to be a mistake.
“From now on, I will focus on observation.”
With those words, Cain’s clone disappeared.
*
– Lee Eun-sol
“Gentlemen, have you seen the other two brothers even once in the past few months – no, years?”
I heard lightning strike from the sky.
This was a shock created by the truth that ‘Lee Eun-sol’s life’ was a ‘script’ filled with lies and deception.
The shock was also the key that opened the mysterious vault.
I had a vision of a vault opening that had been closed for a long time deep in my soul.
The identity of the treasure hidden in the safe is, of course, an old memory of the ‘first wish’.
Soon, a wave of intense memories came over me.
*
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“S, hello?”
“Chairman, it’s been a while. Are those next to you your children?”
“Yes. Now, you too, say hello. This person is an agent of the Administration -”
“Not anymore.”
“- Let’s say he’s a former agent. He’s an old friend of mine. So, what are you guys doing?”
In an awkward atmosphere, we all greeted each other hesitantly.
As everyone finished greeting each other, the pale-faced man answered simply.
“Please call me S.”
I know why Dad brought us to a place like this.
Isn’t he trying to pass on the most precious connection, ‘friendship with former agents’, to us as well?
I’m not at an age where I don’t understand that much.
But… there was something unsettling about that man.
When we were left alone, Hee-yoon muttered in a whisper.
“Is that guy a real agent?”
Jinwook nodded immediately and answered.
“Looking at her appearance, she’s probably no more than thirty years old. What the heck! Her eyes don’t shine, and she doesn’t have horns on her head -”
What the hell is this?
Soon, my older brother said with a sigh.
“The agent is said to be immortal. His actual age is probably older than your father. And… light in his eyes? Horns on his head? I think I saw something strange in a comic book somewhere, but the agent has nothing to do with such things.”
After saying this, the eldest brother gave everyone a warning.
“You must have had a hard time hiking. Let’s all stay in our rooms and rest quietly. Don’t make any weird noises. I think… that’s enough.”
I think I know what my older brother was trying to say but left out.
I thought we were just talking amongst ourselves and gossiping about the agent, but I wonder if he’s worried that he might hear us through some special means?
I always feel this, but my older brother is really deep in thought.
“Ah~ I’m hungry. Is there anything I can eat?”
Unlike this idiot.
*
My mother was a very elegant person.
I have never in my life seen my mother get angry or raise her voice.
Although she always spoke leisurely, no one took her words lightly.
Of all the brothers, my second oldest brother, who had the least sense, couldn’t even move in front of my father or mother.
I was no exception.
“Hey guys, would you like to take a walk?”
“great!”
Actually, it wasn’t good.
Agent S’s house was on the side of Seorak Mountain, so he had to climb the mountain from the morning, and his legs were still shaking.
It’s just that I couldn’t say ‘no’ to what my mom said.
As the four of them were walking around the mansion together, their mother spoke in a soft voice.
“Why do you think you came here?”
My older brother answered right away.
“I think my father wants to open up the relationship between us and the agent.”
“That’s what your father thought.”
“yes?”
At that moment, my mother smiled elegantly.
I’ve always tried to imitate this smile, but I’ve never succeeded.
Oddly enough, it was hard to remember how my mother smiled when she wasn’t in front of me.
“Jeong-ho, you’re pretty smart, but you tend to care too much about what your father thinks.”
“Is that so?”
My mother often speaks to us like this, as if evaluating us.
We’ve been through this since we were young, so we’ve become accustomed to each other…
I think it’s an uncommon way of speaking in general.
“Try to look at the situation with a broader perspective. Maybe your father doesn’t know anything.”
“yes?”
“There’s a saying that goes, ‘Son-Oh-Gong is above Buddha.’ Someone might be holding your father on the palm of their hand.”
At that moment, I opened my mouth without realizing it and started talking nonsense.
Maybe it was because I was a little annoyed from the hike that started in the morning.
“Isn’t that someone also in fact in the palm of someone bigger?”
Unusually, Mom fell into silence for a moment, her expression deep in thought.
As if he himself had been thinking about my point for a long time.
“…Just keep walking forward. Don’t worry about anything strange around you.”
It was a strange thing to say.
At the same time, it felt like very powerful words.
*
We walked straight ahead in silence for a long time.
After hiking since morning and then taking a surprise night walk, we were quite tired, but no one wanted to go back to the mansion.
At that moment, my older brother let out a panicked voice.
“Where is this?”
“Huh? Bro, isn’t this Seoraksan?”
“What? What? Oppa? Where am I?”
“Hey, guys! Wait a minute -”
Here my brother paused for a moment.
It seemed clear that he was trying to say, ‘Stop,’ but he couldn’t bring himself to say the words.
Strangely enough, I understood my brother’s feelings, because I too had been unable to say things like, “Let’s take a break for a bit.”
It was as if everyone’s hearts were filled with a sense of duty to keep going even if the sky fell and the earth split apart.
Just then, someone appeared from the front.
“I should have come to pick you up a long time ago, but I’m late. I’m sorry.”
The person who appeared was a middle-aged woman with gray hair that was half-white, but at least on the outside she looked extremely ordinary.
The eldest brother looked obviously nervous, but when he saw his younger siblings behind him, he took a step forward as if he felt he had to step forward anyway.
“Hey, who are you? Where are you? I was definitely at Seoraksan Mountain a little while ago -”
“Your Majesty, this place is a kind of relic secretly preserved by the Administration.”
Prince?
“A relic?”
“Also, legally, it is the land of the prince’s father.”
It’s a relic preserved by the management office, and legally it’s my father’s land?
When I tilted my head wondering what he meant, the other person smiled and said not to worry.
“Now, Your Majesty.”
Also, he says ‘Prince’.
At first I thought I heard wrong, but I was not mistaken.
Jeongho Oppa said with a frown.
“A prince… I’m not a child. Next year, I’ll be already-”
My brother said that I’m not at the age where I should be called “prince” or “princess” like a little child.
The other person answered with a big smile.
“I think you are a prince and a princess. Now, follow me.”
*
The gray-haired woman briefly introduced herself as a ‘high-ranking official of the Administration Bureau.’
At this point, my older brother felt awkward and said, ‘I’ll contact your father,’ but…
“Oh, you came to Seoraksan Mountain to make connections with the management office, didn’t you?”
“Well, that’s true, but…”
“That process is happening now.”
“What, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
At that time, a story was heard that piqued the curiosity of all four brothers.
“Do you guys know how to become an agent?”
In that moment, everyone’s eyes widened.
How to become an agent!
Is there anyone in the world who doesn’t wonder about this?
Some say they specially recruit graduates from the world’s most prestigious universities, while others say they scout soldiers who have served in war zones.
Some people also say that whether you become an agent or not is determined at birth.
There are only rumors, but very few people know the truth.
My father, who knew more secrets of the world than most people, was no exception.
The other party – the upper management of the administration – is one of the few people who knows the answer.
Soon, she took out an unidentifiable book from her bosom.
“If this book is the world, ordinary people are the people living on a page.”
What are you talking about?
I opened my mouth without realizing it.
“yes?”
“Very rarely, there are people who can turn the page. They become agents.”
“Aren’t you willing to explain it properly?”
Then the other person smiled faintly.
“I explained it properly just now.”
“…”
The next story was even stranger.
“There are people who are even better than agents. You could say they are a kind of high-level agent. When you reach a higher level, you automatically get the agent position.”
Higher-ranking agent?
“Th-what is that?”
“…participants. That’s what they call it.”
“participant?”
“People who can move the book itself. People who can observe the book from outside the book.”
When he heard this, the second oldest brother couldn’t hold back his curiosity and asked.
“Uh, how do I become a participant?”
“Usually, they say that fate has to meet.”
“fate?”
“No one knows the exact reason. It’s just that the one who sheds tears for all things is in charge…”
When I felt that it was becoming increasingly difficult to understand what was being said.
“but.”
For the first time, a determined look appeared on the other person’s face.
“We have figured out how to create our own destiny.”
“yes?”
“It requires very… delicate and detailed adjustments.”
“What is that -”
“For example, like you all.”
“yes?”
At this moment, all four brothers just opened their eyes wide.
If you suddenly say ‘like you’, how can you understand!
After a moment of confusion, the gray-haired woman spoke as if she were making an abstract sentence.
“Today, only one of you will get your destiny.”