episode_0177

“New, it smells better than I thought.”

“…That’s right.”

The two of us came out of the bathroom in the hotel room after washing up slowly.

A fragrant smell came from each other.

This is what the body wash and shampoo at the Ghost Story Hotel smell like.

We may be the only ones who know this scent.

We’re probably the only ones who can take a leisurely shower in this ghost hotel,

The reason I was able to finish showering so leisurely was because I saw with my own eyes that the rooftop, the escape route, was right above.

There was a jumping platform, as if the only way to escape was to jump off the rooftop.

It was a bad joke.

Still, it was entirely possible for me.

After confirming that, the two of us returned to our hotel room, shoulder to shoulder, in silence, and took a shower.

After showering, they both sat comfortably on the bed.

“Umm…”

Rustle.

Sophia hesitated, then carefully closed the distance between us and rested her head on my shoulder.

“…Are you okay?”

Sophia looked up at me cautiously and asked.

“Huh? Oh…yeah, that’s good.”

A cool air conditioner comes into my body, which is warm from the shower.

A comfortable temperature, perfect humidity, and even a pleasant scent and atmosphere from Sophia.

It was a pretty nice environment, if you take away the fact that it was inside a ghost hotel.

I was quite hungry because they didn’t provide food.

When I escape, the first thing I should do is buy a cold cola.

…not zero

I don’t usually drink much unless I have zero, but I always think about it when I’m exhausted like this.

“I’m a little scared…”

Sophia was a little teary-eyed.

Was he thrilled because the escape was right before his eyes?

I could hear a sniffle coming from the head I was leaning on, but I pretended not to hear it and lowered my shoulders a little to make it easier for him to lean on me.

And Sophia, whose crying had subsided, spoke softly.

“I, I’m the last one, but I’m so happy that I got to know Seonghan…”

“Huh? Ah… Yeah…”

last?

The current relationship was created suddenly because of the hotel’s mission.

Does this mean that after escaping, we should go back to our awkward relationship?

Otherwise-

Hot.

Then Sophia grabbed my head with both hands and pulled it.

I could have resisted that fragile touch, but I didn’t.

But for some reason I wanted to check.

He turned his head away from me with a tough expression, then hesitated and slowly stuck his face out.

Sophia’s pink lips covered mine.

side.

It was an awkward kiss, no, just a kiss.

A bird kiss where the lips just touch carefully and then slowly separate.

That was all, but Sophia was smiling brightly, seemingly satisfied.

Her slightly swollen eyes from crying were cute.

For a moment, I thought about telling her about a real kiss, but this kind of pure affectionate kiss also felt like Sophia’s charm, so I decided to just leave it alone and enjoyed the moment.

If you get a chance later, I’d appreciate it if you could let me know.

“I’m sorry… Was it too sudden?”

“Don’t be sorry. It’s too late to kiss.”

“That, that’s right… We did that…”

Sophia looked down at the bed.

His face turned red as he remembered what happened earlier.

The kiss just now, or rather the kiss on the lips, was a bit bold for Sophia.

Although it was sudden, I think I was somewhat excited by the joy of escape.

“I’m getting anxious because I think this might be the last time…”

“…The last one?”

It was the same thing that came out of Sophia’s mouth a little while ago.

At the time, I just thought it meant my last time at this hotel.

Listening to it now, it seemed a little different.

“Are you… thinking of not escaping?”

“Huh? No, that’s not it… Because you won’t be able to escape…”

They looked at each other as if they couldn’t understand each other.

They met eyes in the air and reflected on each other’s words for a moment.

“Why can’t I escape…?”

“Well, it was really high. The place that says “escape exit” is actually a jumping platform on the rooftop that looks like it’s 11 stories high…”

Sophia smiled bitterly.

Of course it was like that.

It was a bad joke.

An ordinary person would have to overcome a lot of hardships and difficulties to get to this rooftop.

The only way out of the rooftop that they had risked their lives to reach was to jump off the roof.

Even if you reached the rooftop, the only outcome would be death.

Except me, of course.

I wonder if this is why the reaction on the rooftop didn’t seem good.

I should have explained it to you.

“You can escape.”

It was my first time at this height, but it was definitely possible.

“Really?”

Sophia looked up at me with eyes filled with hope.

I slapped my arms for no reason and showed off my muscles.

His nicely toned arm muscles twitched.

“Trust me.”

“…Yes!”

It was an absurd show off of my muscles, but Sophia seemed relieved to see me like that and felt that I was quite sturdy.

“Then let’s go.”

The steps towards the rooftop were light.

As soon as I got to the rooftop, I climbed up onto the jumping platform and looked down.

“Umm…”

I traveled across different worlds, completed quests, and gained skills.

There are times when I vividly feel that I am gradually escaping from humanity and heading towards the realm of superhumanity.

It was at that moment that I realized that what I was afraid of was gradually diminishing.

Now I was no longer afraid of gangsters or murderers, nor of tigers or orcs.

And this height no longer scared me.

‘Ghosts and ghost stories are still scary.’

With that thought in mind, I looked towards Sophia.

Sophia was leaning against the railing, breathing heavily, as if her legs had lost their strength just from looking down.

“Haa… Haa…”

“Are you okay?”

“Huh? Oh, ahaha… It’s okay… Really, really…”

Actually, it was okay for my legs to feel weak while I was carrying them.

He just told me to hold on tight to his hand and hug him tightly.

As I turned my back, Sophia slowly climbed on top of me, carefully wrapping her arms around my neck.

“It’s okay to hug me tighter.”

“Yes, yes…”

As I said, Sophia hugged me tightly, and my neck started to feel a little stuffy.

Yeah, I was relieved to this extent.

I carefully stepped onto the jumping platform.

Phew.

High enough that the sound of the wind can be heard clearly.

I slowly descended from the ramp and hung on the railing.

Sophia kept her eyes tightly shut at that height, but she seemed to be looking at me little by little, wondering what I was doing.

“What are you doing… Ouch!”

Sophia screamed when she saw me hanging precariously from the railing.

“Shhh.”

“Oww, woof!”

Sophia screamed as I released one of her hanging hands.

But this time I couldn’t scream.

Sophia’s mouth was briefly shut using light hypnosis.

I slowly took my hand off and placed it on the exterior wall of the hotel building.

Profit.

The tip of the hand that touched the wall turned red, melted the wall, and dug into the wall.

The internal energy that had been absorbed while defeating the ghost story was shining.

It had a slightly unpleasant chemical smell, but I could bear it.

“Cow, hand…”

Sophia muttered in surprise.

They forcibly created handles on the building by melting the exterior walls of the building as if putting a hand into accumulated snow.

I don’t know if it’s because of my mood, but whenever that happened, my internal energy didn’t decrease, but rather, it was absorbed.

Is this building one big ghost story?

I went down, slowly moving my hands like that.

Holes of unknown meaning began to appear in the building.

After going down for a while, a window appeared before my eyes.

[Exterminate ghost stories.]

[You have completed the hidden quest.]

“Oh.”

Was it meaningful to melt the exterior walls of the building?

The guy was exterminated.

And then my body floated into the air.

His arms cut through the air, and the large wall in front of him disappeared like fog.

With the alarm that the huge hotel has been demolished.

“Huh? Where is the hotel… Ouch!”

Sophia screamed and I took a stance in the air.

Since I had already come down far enough, it was enough to just find my balance and land with my feet first.

thud!

As I landed, straightening my posture, I saw a familiar place.

It was the place where Sophia first entered the alley as if possessed.

“We’re back! We’re really back!”

Hearing Sophia’s voice shouting excitedly, he smiled happily and now let her go.

It was quite disappointing to see the two huge sensations behind my back disappear.

Despite her excitement, Sophia was still staggering and her legs were shaking, perhaps because her heart was pounding.

“Let’s go.”

When I held out my hand, Sophia took it and stood up.

I supported her and didn’t let go of her hand even after she was able to walk properly.

As we walked a little further, Hwan Lee was sitting on the street, probably noticing us disappearing.

It must have been a long time since he came looking for us in this sweltering heat, because his head and body were already drenched in sweat.

He was hanging his head down with his head wrapped around his neck, looking as if he was in despair.

“Why didn’t I see it? How did I… Damn it…”

Sophia was blaming herself for being drawn into the ghost story.

And we slowly approached Yi-Hwan.

“Mr. Lee Hwan.”

“…uh…”

When Sophia called his name softly, Lee Hwan looked up at us with a blank expression.

It felt real to see another living person after such a long time.

That he escaped from the ghost hotel.