Chapter 26: Investigating the Elevator, Entering Room 103

Chapter 26: Investigating the Elevator, Entering Room 103

[User: Han Kain (Wisdom)

Date: Day 9

Current Location: Floor 1, Room 105 (Room of Rest)

Sages Advice: 3]

7 am. As always, everyone gathered at the dining room for a meal when the display screen turned itself on.

/Today is a day off at the hotel. Meals will still be provided./

What is this about all of a sudden?

Its a day off but theyre still giving out meals? What does this mean?

Hmm I think I can answer that question.

A clear voice echoed as everyone turned towards Ahri.

Do you know something about this?

According to the information we have gathered, the hotel regularly gives out safe days like this. Simply put, it means there wont be any penalties even if we dont enter a Cursed Room today.

So you mean theyre telling us to take today off? Eunsol-noona asked as grandpa (he told us to call him grandpa) replied to her.

That is exactly correct. Good work half-clearing two rooms. Take today off. Thats essentially what it is.

The rare good news from the hotel brightened up everyones faces.

A pure day off with nothing terrible happening to us!

After that, everything happened in a flash.

Everyone excitedly finished their meals in an instant, and like the day when we had an incident at the pool, everyone went off to the facilities at the basement.

The whole group of girls walked off while discussing between the bar and the pool, whereas Jinchul-hyung and grandpa, who had been having a cold war just yesterday, headed to the gym together for a workout.

Seungyub looked keen on following Ahri but when it looked like the girls would be playing by themselves, he immediately became dejected and walked off somewhere.

And as for me

Watching everyone get off the elevator to head to different areas of the basement, I stayed behind by myself.

I didnt have a clear idea of what I wanted to do during the break, and besides, the elevator which had been broken from the first day still weighed on my mind.

I had a strong feeling that something was still hidden inside.

Some functions are deactivated.

What functions was it talking about? Firstly, it was clear that it couldnt go to Floors 2 and 3.

But was there something else?

I carefully scanned the elevator from top to bottom.

At a glance, it wasnt all that different from a normal elevator. There was a small display above the doors displaying the floor number, and the panel on the right hand side had labels from B1 to the 3rd floor, but Floors 2 and 3 didnt have any lights on.

And at the bottom of the panel was a red button with the word Escape.

Escape?

Usually, wasnt the button on the bottom of the panel in an elevator a warning bell that alerted the security in case someone was to get locked inside?

Seeing the word Escape immediately caught my interest.

Should I press it? Just in case, I slowly brought my hand towards it while keeping a close eye on my status screen.

A warning would pop out if it was dangerous.

Nothing happened until I touched the button so I decided to press it.

Click!

We were discussing the future plans and soon realised that we had been talking alone for a fair bit of time.

Looking back, werent all the girls going to the bar and the swimming pool? Why are you here by yourself?

Im underage so I cant drink. And I dont like swimming either.

Seungyub must be looking for you then.

And thats why Ive been running away the whole time.

I was dumbstruck. I definitely wasnt expecting her to openly say that. There was a boy who wanted to be Romeo, but it seemed that Julliet had no plans of becoming one.

We naturally parted ways as I then experienced some of the things that I wanted to try.

I went to the zoo Songee was talking about to watch a few of the strange animals, went to the bar for a mysterious cocktail, returned with everyone to Room 105 for a meal and had a fun time talking and laughing with everyone.

Like that, our day off came to an end.

Towards the end of our dinner, everyone had a disheartened look on their faces.

We all knew it in our hearts.

From tomorrow onwards, we had to go back to our intense schedule.

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[User: Han Kain (Wisdom)

Date: Day 10

Current Location: Floor 1, Room 103 (Cursed Room Animal Farm)

Sages Advice: 3]

MOOOOOOO~~~

What in the world was this? Was this sound seriously coming out of my own mouth?

The day after our break, we entered Room 103 together while feeling somewhat used to it already, and lost our consciousness. When I woke back up

I had become a black cow.

I was under the impression that I had already experienced all sorts of bizarre experiences but something that was completely outside of my expectations happened, making me almost lose myself. Fortunately, that was when a message appeared in my head.

Mooksung: Wow! What a damn retarded fucking hotel, right? All of you, report your states!

Eunsol: I think Im a snake.

Songee: A goose

Elena: I think Im a golden retriever.

Kim Ahri: A cat. Probably a Norwegian forest?

Park Seungyub: Im a wolf! Super cool!

Han Kain: MOOOOOO!

Cha Jinchul: Im a pig A boar, actually.

Mooksung: So youre the same, huh.

Stupid Pig: Hey, lets not pick a fight. Ahh, you changed my name in that split second, you senile old man.

Clever Snake: First, lets focus on looking at our states and locations, and leave the conversation for later. We dont have much leeway, do we?

Rat King: Yes, weve already used more than half. Everyone, take a look at your surroundings, and lets talk again in 2 hours.

Stupid Pig: What the heck is Rat King. Far out!

Ahh What was it going to be about this time?

I felt like I would lose my mind already. In the midst of my distancing senses, I loosened my mind.