[User: Han Kain (Wisdom)
Date: Day 8
Current Location: Floor 1, Room 105 (Room of Rest)
Sages Advice: 0]
Hoh, that looks quite delicious. Hey, young buddy! Hand a piece of that big Jokbal over there.
I dont think this is Jokbal. Its probably that Schweinshaxe or sothing.
Right. Hand so of that Schwein Jokbal.
I was trying to pick up the large Schweinshaxe when the large piece of at suddenly disappeared.
Aigu. This looks amazing.
Without any hesitation, Jinchul-hyung took the whole thing from my side.
There was no way Jinchul-hyung would suddenly pick a fight against so it was obvious who he was showing that attitude to.
Hohoh. Dont you think youve been crossing the line a bit too much? Im sure I explained myself already though
Haha. Of course not. Arent you an esteed agent from the Administration Bureau? I just didnt want you to have a pigs foot.
Ahh, this little brat. You look like a boar but your mouth is very light, dont you think?
Hah, what an elegant manner of speech considering your damn age
Please, lets not do this while we are having our al. Jinchul, please shut up. You too, sir. Eunsol-noona chid in.
Wouldnt we hug each other and cry because of all the hardships we went through? That was what I was expecting but the atmosphere of the al was very different from what I thought.
Two new people.
The addition of two people who everyone had been thinking of as an enemy inside the Mansion of Fear was making things very stressful.
Ahri-noona This, its roasted eggplants and its very delicious. You should have so.
Oh my, Seungyub. Thank you.
Of course, there were so people who paid no attention to the war of nerves happening on the other side of the table.
Inwardly heaving out a sigh, I checked the teammate information tab on my status screen.
[1. Han Kain (20) Wisdom. Freshman at K University
2. Cha Jinchul (31) Courage. Forr professional boxer.
3. Yu Songee (17) Affinity. Raises nurous animals
4. Elena Ivanova (23) Justice. Daughter of a diplomat seeking asylum. Currently wanting to be an actor.
5. Park Seungyub (14) Fortune. An unstoppable juvenile boy
6. Lee Eunsol (32) Wealth. 3rd child of the chairman of Daeyang Group
7. Kim Mooksung (68) Communication. Agent of the Calamity Administration Bureau
8. Kim Ahri (16) Allusion. Probationary agent of the Calamity Administration Bureau]
Absurdly enough, the two new people were actually agents of the Administration Bureau.
The Administration Bureau was the most secretive organisation in the world. Their actions werent very well-known, and from what I knew as a normal citizen
It was that there were devils and ghosts in the world which normal people would generally never co across in their lives, and that the Administration was the organisation dealing with them.
What we were going through right now was that supernatural event, so I guess it wasnt strange for those agents to be here.
After quickly finishing her al, Eunsol-noona clarified the situation.
So, you are saying the two of you were trying to stop the civilian disappearing incidents caused by the hotel, and sohow ended up being brought to the hotel, right?
Well yes, but to be exact, we sneaked inside using our thod but the hotel took us hostage as characters of Room 102 the mont we ca inside. We are thinking of this as so sort of punishnt.
Like a punishnt from the hotel against illegal trespassers?
Sothing like that. Getting stuck in our roles and not being able to do anything ourselves, and praying for the official participants to pass would be a harsh punishnt in itself. It was actually fairly challenging.
Anyway, moving on, old man, you and
Hey. Cha Jinchul! Eunsol-noona shouted as Jinchul-hyung rephrased his words.
Kuhum, so sir, there is a thod you and that probationary lady used to enter the hotel, right? Is it possible to leave using that thod?
Im sorry but we can no longer do that.
What even was that thod?
For an instant, the old man closed his mouth. It might have been a sensitive question, but we needed to know anything related to our escape.
That was when Ahri opened her mouth.
I think we should just say it, grandpa. The hotel has been kidnapping people for a long ti, and so people with luck and skill were able to escape while keeping their abilities. When you successfully escape this place, the hotel gives out an entrance ticket, telling you to co back if you ever want to.
Did you co in using that ticket?
If we did, we wouldnt have been deed as trespassers. You see, only the escapees themselves can use those tickets and we tried to replicate them in our own ways. Thats why the hotel labelled us as trespassers.
Is it because there were a lot of people nearby?
Ahri looked a lot more respectful and polite compared to my mories of her at the mansion. She looked 2-3 years older than her appearance at the mansion as well.
In any case, we were pretty much finished with inquiring about their identities.
Next up, lets discuss how everything happened at the mansion and have so feedback together. There will be plenty of even more dangerous things happening to us in the future, so we should clarify what happened first. I assu the last one alive would know the most, so Kain, can you explain for us?
This ti, it was my turn to speak. Feeling that I should take so ti to calmly analyse what happened, I first wrote a few words down on a white plate we got from sowhere.
1. Songees possession and the murdering process.
Then, lets put everything together in the order they happened. Firstly, when exactly were you possessed, Songee?
As soon as she beca the centre of the topic, Songee deeply lowered her head.
I actually dont rember anything after touching the statue
So touching the statue was the trigger huh. If we go there again, we wont touch it this ti. Alright.
Next, lets talk about how we all died. Firstly, can you start us off, Miss Elena?
Songee ca in the middle of the night saying she was scared and I fell asleep while talking to her. It suddenly felt painful so I woke up, but I was already being strangled.
Sorry
Oh, no, its not your fault, Songee.
Is it next? Theres nothing much, said Eunsol-noona. I ca out after seeing the docunts and saw Songee waiting outside even though it was already late. Back then, I sowhat felt like I was going to die. I was already quite suspicious that Songee was the one who killed Elena. I was prepared to die the mont I went inside the study but when we t, she was acting trendously well so I thought maybe she wasnt the killer, but when I turned around she imdiately went stab.
Im really sorry unni.
Lets stop saying sorry. We all know you didnt an it.
I have absolutely no idea how I died. This ti it was Jinchul-hyung. I just died all of a sudden in the middle of a al, right? What was that about?
I think I know. Back then I wasnt sure but looking back, we checked the food and the juice beforehand but we didnt for the beer you drank. Sothing must have been done to the beer.
Hah, seriously, can I not even have beer anymore?
For , noona called so we went to the lake for a walk together but she suddenly pushed off
While we were describing how we were each killed by Songee, she looked like she would burst into tears with one tap.
2. aning behind the mo.
Next is sothing I seriously wanted to ask after leaving that place. Why did you write [c, cathedral, maid, bell]? Did you not have ti? It was hard for to decipher that you were telling to take Ahri to the cathedral and ring the bell.
Uhh Is that what happened?
Sorry?
I wasnt trying to be that specific at all. If I was trying to say that, I would have been more clear as you said; I was just writing down the keywords I saw on the docunts. I didnt even know there was a bell in the cathedral. However, there were so lines about Sir detesting the cathedral and the bell so I wrote that, and I also wrote down maid because there was a line about brainwashing the maid. Looks like you sohow made it work with what I wrote.
What was that c then?
For that, I was trying to write capital S for Songee but I stopped in the middle. Back when I was writing the mo, the only clue we had about the murderer was that it had to be soone Elena would invite into the room and sleep with on the sa bed, right? Songee was the first person that ca to mind but Seungyub is also quite young and I didnt want to risk giving you the wrong idea.
Judging from how you left behind a mo, were you aware that youll die?
I was prepared for that too, but most importantly there was a line about a grimoire that would drive normal people insane by just seeing it. I thought it was sowhere inside the study though. Maybe its in a different place.
Hearing that, I sneaked a peek at Ahri, who gave a wide smile as if she was wondering why I was looking at her. Maybe the hypothesis I made was wrong.
3. How were the 2 agents able to wake up?
Lets resolve our biggest question now. The hotel has controlled our minds several tis until now, and we couldnt fight back a single ti. So how were the two of you from the Administration able to co to your senses?
Firstly, it is because we are trained at resisting mind control, and secondly, its because of my blessing.
Your blessing? Communication?
Ill make it simple for you. My blessing is Discord.
We all beca speechless for a second.
Why are you saying Discord all of a sudden. What do you an by that?
Its a comparison. Just like the word, communication, it is an ability that is optimised for communication. A picture paints a thousand words. Co here and hold my hand once.
With bewildered looks on our faces, we held his hand one by one.
Mooksung: Can you hear ?
Eunsol:
Kain:
Songee: What! What is this? There are words popping up in my head!
Mooksung: This is my blessing. We can chat by thinking to ourselves. In normal situations, its not any better than an actual conversation, but we can chat even when our bodies are being restricted. By using this to talk to each other, Ahri and I were able to keep our sanity.
Kain: This is a really interesting ability. It looks very helpful.
Seungyub: Wow! Can we talk using this the whole day?
Eunsol: For example, when we are outside of altis at Room 105?
Mooksung: Sorry but there is a limit to the conversation. We have already used up about a half of it, and its not an ability suited for everyday conversation. A day needs to go by for it to be replenished.
Kain: I see. Are there any other restrictions?
Mooksung: Havent found any so far. Ah, and I can also do this. Jinchul-gun? Say sothing.
Stupid Pig: What do you an? Huh? Wait, what is this?
Mooksung: The owner of the server can assign nas.
Eunsol: Theres a limit so lets stop here.
After a short yet interesting experience, we returned to having a chat in the real world.
It definitely was a very useful ability, but the fact that a conversation that lasted less than a minute took up most of the days worth of ssages was a big downside. The restrictions were about as big as its usefulness.
And what blessing was yours, Ahri? Kain said its called Allusion, right?
I was locked in Room 102 straight away, so honestly, Im not too sure.
Not too sure?
For that to be the case, she seed very skilled when casting sothing similar to hypnosis on , though?
It was a fairly questionable reply, but I didnt bother delving deeper into it.
Well, I think thats pretty much everything we have to say for each other. And seriously, great job everyone. I want to say a touching line or sothing but Im just too tired right now, and I think we are all very exhausted. Lets all take a rest because we still need to enter another Cursed Room tomorrow. See you tomorrow, everyone.
After dinner, we were transferred over to our respective locations.
I wanted to take a good rest for today. Tomorrow will worry about itself.
Ahri: Can you hear ?
Kain:
Ahri: We cant talk for long.
Kain: What do you want to talk about? You pretending like a nice kid?
Ahri: Oh my! I dont know what you are trying to say. Its about what I last saw at the mansion.
Kain: Why didnt you talk about that during the al?
Ahri: Because its better off for everyone else to not know about it except for you.
Kain: What do you an???
Ahri: Looks like you dont know much about your own blessing. Wisdom lets you accept knowledge that humans cannot comprehend. Ill show you now. We can also do things like this by mixing grandpas and my blessing.
From an ever-so-distant place, I saw sothing.
Simply seeing it threatened to burn my brain.
An endlessly deep pit,
A pit reaching far and wide to no end like intestines,
And a horrendous thing crawling towards .
An unbearably intense pain ached my head.
I guess I would probably have a horrible nightmare today. Why did she have to show this to now, when I was just about to go to sleep?
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