Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 696
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EP.696 Episode 696 – The Second Escape, The Hotel’s Poisoner (3)
Episode 696 – The Second Escape, The Hotel’s Poisoner (3)
“User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: 17th day
Current Location: Tier 1, Lobby
Wise Man’s Advice: 3”
– Han Ga-in
A day off given by the hotel under the pretext of repairing the third floor.
Except for meeting times, colleagues spend their time scattered here and there.
As I was sitting alone at the tea table, thinking about various things, someone sat down in front of me.
— Bam!
“good morning!”
It was Eunsol’s older sister.
As soon as my older sister sat down in front of me, she quickly got to the point.
“I stayed up all night worrying about what you said yesterday.”
“worry?”
“About my mother.”
Eunsol’s older sister’s ‘mother’, the king of Is.
A prisoner in room 301 who caused an unprecedented incident by barging into the hotel.
And, he is also the one who created today’s rest.
Maybe this is something to be thankful for?
“I’ve thought over your explanation over and over again, but I still don’t understand my mother’s attitude.”
The questions are difficult from the start.
Because there is much more I don’t know about the King of Iss, the Celestial Layer, and the secrets surrounding Heaven than I do.
“Well, I don’t know…”
“I know. I came here to share my opinion. Now, Mother’s goal was to save the race of Iss. Right?”
“Similar.”
“Buddha, well, I guess I should add the word ‘nim’. The great Buddha said that he would save all things in the universe, but he excluded the Is race from being saved.”
“The king said so.”
“It’s easy to understand up to this point. Why wouldn’t Christians be shocked if Michael suddenly came down one day and said, ‘Your children are going to hell!’?”
“Yeah, I guess so.”
If an angel suddenly appeared and said, ‘Your child is going to hell,’ I think I would be really surprised…
“But when I came to the heavenly layer, it was Mother’s mistake. Am I right?”
“maybe…”
“What is it? Didn’t your mother say it herself? She said that everyone, present, past, and future, was saved.”
“That’s true.”
“Gain, what exactly did your mother misunderstand?”
“To be exact, I also -”
I am deliberately avoiding any definitive statements about what happened at that time.
If you decide this or that in a situation where you don’t know each other well, your range of thinking may become narrow.
However, it seems that my older sister thought differently.
“Tell me anything, even if it’s wrong. You’ve been there, and… since you’re you, you’d know more.”
Is it right to convey information that I myself am not sure about?
This itself was questionable, but seeing Eunsol’s earnest expression, I couldn’t help it.
I drew a small line on the table with a pen that can be used anywhere.
“This is the realm the king understood. The king read the fate and planned the board within this realm of good. Also, he knew that the race of Is could not be saved within this category, and he fell into despair.”
Next, I drew a very long line by connecting the small lines from before.
“At the last moment, the king seemed to vaguely understand a much larger current. In the truly great current…”
Eunsol muttered with her eyes wide open.
“In a much larger flow, will the race of Iss also be saved?”
“That’s how I understood it. But, Sister. Let me emphasize this again -”
“You can’t be sure, so just believe half of it, right?”
“yes.”
“Hmm… Okay, I understand up to here, but I still don’t know what to do next.”
“What next?”
“If what you say is true, shouldn’t Mother feel supreme happiness in her final moments?”
“…”
“For eons, I was saddened to learn that my children were abandoned, but it turns out they weren’t abandoned at all.”
“Yes.”
“Then shouldn’t we be happy?”
The king’s attitude at that time was not at all happy.
There was also a reaction that was somewhat close to joy or relief.
But more than that, I felt a much greater sense of negative emotion mixed with despair, sighs, and emptiness.
“I really don’t know about that part.”
“Um… Well, I think the mother who saw heaven felt two things.”
Soon, my sister was scribbling her thoughts on the whiteboard.
1. Hope: Realizing that the race of Iss will eventually be saved.
2. Despair: I’m not sure about this one yet.
“I realized these two things, and number 2 was bigger. Right?”
“… Sister.”
“huh?”
At this point I felt the need to break the flow.
Because Insight had been showing a ‘terrible possibility’ regarding my older sister since a while ago.
“There is no need to keep trying to understand the king’s intentions from a human perspective.”
“…”
“Did the King treat you like a daughter he loved? If he did, it was a trick and a deception.”
“…”
“The King of Is is not an object of sympathy. He is not weak enough to receive human sympathy. The King…”
“It’s an object of attack. Not an object of sympathy.”
“…”
“Does it seem to you that I’m always trying to understand my mother?”
“any.”
“… Now that I hear you, you might be right. I keep thinking that maybe there was a profound and tremendous reason for my mother.”
“There must have been a profound and enormous reason, of course. We just don’t have to agree to it.”
The moment my sister sighed and tried to get up, I carefully opened my mouth.
“As you probably already know, the King’s greatest design is -”
“It’s me.”
“I think you should hate the King of Iss.”
“…”
“Sometimes, I think that what can stop evil is a greater evil. So -“
The next moment, my older sister opened her eyes wide and started telling a strange story.
“… Therefore, those who shed tears for all things in the universe must also admit that there must be greed in heaven.”
“yes?”
“I just got goosebumps.”
“yes?”
“I usually get goosebumps when I talk to you, but this time it’s for real…”
My older sister left with her mouth half open, saying, “This kid is really a bit scary…”
I couldn’t understand why my sister was acting like this.
*
“brother!”
The next person to appear was Seungyeop.
“Hmm? Do you have something to say?”
“Haha! Hyung, we’re not the type of people who only talk when we have something to say, right?”
“It says on your face, ‘I have a huge problem right now!’”
“Oh, really?”
Maybe Arina Elena wouldn’t know, but Seungyeop isn’t used to acting or hiding his feelings.
Even though he had plenty of experience working in hotels, seeing him do this seemed like an innate trait.
“Uh, um, so… I was talking to Songi earlier.”
“huh.”
“Sister, you said you would definitely save your parents in the next episode. You had to protect your parents for a happy ending…”
“Yeah, I overheard that too.”
Songi announced to everyone that she was determined to protect her parents on her third attempt.
Everyone happily agreed, but I felt a bit of a strangeness aside from my agreement.
Because I didn’t think Songi would become attached to a normal family.
Even thinking about the ‘Imperial High School Idols’ that still make me laugh is even more so.
In reality, we treat normal people like NPCs, right?
I guess it’s the difference between a ‘real family’ and a ‘fake family’…
The moment I was about to think about philosophical questions about what was real and what was fake, Seungyeop’s words brought my thoughts back down to the realm of metaphysics.
“So, by the way! Can I see my parents too?”
“There should be a room related to your wish somewhere on the third floor. If you go there, you’ll find it -”
“No, not the parents from the past episodes! The parents who are in the present, in reality!”
Unlike Song-i, Seung-yeop considers his parents, who were created through dreams, as true parents.
I feel the difference in perspectives among my colleagues once again.
“If you remember, uh, when you came up to the third floor, the manager said you could see your family, right?”
“… You remember things very conveniently.”
Before going up to the third floor, several colleagues were worried about their families who would remain in reality.
This is because some people left behind their parents, some left behind their wives and sons, and some left behind their children and grandchildren.
When asked about this, the third floor manager responded as follows:
“Good question. What is the relationship between the upper and lower worlds? Water does not flow from the bottom to the top, but from the top to the bottom. Since the relationship between the top and the bottom is like this, your worries are truly useless.”
We interpreted this to mean that the ascendant can influence reality, but reality cannot influence the ascendant.
Looking at it from the current point in time when the 3rd floor is in progress, it was a more or less correct interpretation.
“When the time comes, you will be able to see your real family through the telescope.”
“Just watching from afar is not enough -”
“It could be more than that. Maybe…”
“perhaps?”
The next moment, I realized that Seungyeop’s expression was filled with anticipation.
Also, I felt like Seungyeop was expecting some kind of answer from me.
‘The telescope will send you to your real family.’
‘I’ll be able to meet my parents, brag about how cool Seungyeop has become, and show my girlfriend.’
‘If your parents are having a hard time, you can solve it in no time.’
“…”
So I was speechless.
Because I wasn’t sure if it was possible to do something like the above with a telescope.
There are some profound truths in the world that cannot be easily explained, and a telescope is one such object.
I tried countless times to look through the telescope, but all I saw were incomprehensible, distant visions.
While he was silent, Seungyeop’s expression gradually darkened.
My heart also grew slightly cold as I looked at that sight.
“When I can be more precise, I’ll tell you then.”
“yes!”
The boy who missed his parents smiled brightly.
However, Seung-yeop’s acting skills were, as always, poor.
Naturally, the power of insight was able to see through Seungyeop’s clumsy acting in an instant.
Soon, the voice of truth came to my ears like a welcome.
‘S, no way! The manager couldn’t have lied, right? Hey… That can’t be. It seems like Ga-in hyung is hiding something!’
“…”
What would have been the right thing for me to do in this situation?
Should I have conveyed it with a moderately positive outlook, focusing on what Seungyeop wanted to hear?
What if this turns out to be wrong?
You may end up being even more disappointed because you had high expectations for nothing.
Or should I convey a negative possibility that what you wish for might not be possible?
Then Seungyeop may be greatly shocked mentally and start acting strangely in the next room.
difficult.
Sometimes, it is more difficult to deal with the human heart than the distant mysteries hidden in the room of curses.
In situations like this, I mostly choose to remain silent, and my colleagues gradually become accustomed to my secretive attitude.
Was it because I felt frustrated myself?
I used the advice as if I was consulting someone about my worries after a long time.
“Advice: 3 -> 2”
‘What answer do you think would have been better in this situation?’
“Don’t worry about what other people want, but lead the situation by saying what you want.”
I thought that was a very owl-like answer.
So if you ask me if it was helpful, I felt like there was this kind of perspective too.
“Brother, I’m going to go now!”
Seungyeop turns around, smiling brightly as if nothing happened.
Unlike before when he had pretended to be calm, now he seemed to have truly escaped from his negative psychological state.
When I saw Seungyeop’s back as he turned around briskly, a long-awaited welcome flashed through my mind.
The image of the boy meeting Yumi again, holding hands, and laughing heartily.
“…”
In the past, I myself had a hard time distinguishing between insight and prophecy.
Just like now, I used to feel that the visible illusion was Seungyeop’s fate.
I realized it naturally one day.
Insight is not prophecy, and I am not a prophet.
Therefore, this welcome should not be interpreted as Seungyeop’s fate.
This means that Seungyeop still loves Yumi and has a strong will to meet her again.
It means that you thought of Yumi several times while talking to me.
Going further, this kind of reasoning is also possible.
Seungyeop came to me with great expectations about the telescope.
However, I did not give Seungyeop an answer that met his expectations.
Then, Seungyeop was momentarily overcome by despair, thinking, ‘Why did I come to this hotel?’
But what’s the point of regretting it when you’re already on the third floor?
Seungyeop soon found a logic that could convince himself.
That’s right, the expectation that I will be able to achieve true love with Yumi through the mysterious miracle on the third floor!
Seungyeop thought about this and once again reflected on the reason he came to the third floor, and regained his positive attitude.
…
Insight was what showed me ‘the vision of Seungyeop reuniting with Yumi’ after reading all this process.
It’s a really difficult skill.
It was also an incredibly great ability.
*
Soon, the next person appeared at the table.
“Hello, creepy Gain!”