Welcome to Dungeon Hotel Chapter 114

110. Villain or not?

 

Of course it is possible because it is before check-out.

 

Aunt Heeyoung’s eyes widened.

 

‘Guest Room 202’ shows strong interest.

 

‘Guest Room 202’ is thinking of a conversation with a goblin.

 

As I expected, I also know that Aunt can’t deny the connection between the witness of salvation and C&M if it’s true that she talked to a goblin.

 

However, Aunt is not interested in such things. 

 

Aunt only paid attention to the word “goblin.”

 

That means…

 

The reason Aunt came wasn’t just to recruit me to C&M. 

 

Rather, it was an excuse for her to recruit me to C&M, but in truth, she probably came to talk about goblins. 

 

As expected, it is true that Aunt came to me because of the goblin.

 

To find out ‘something’ because of the fact that the Paladin had contact with the goblin. 

 

“What did the goblin talk about? Did she tell you something different?” 

 

And right now, the phrase was just ‘reminiscing about the conversation with the goblin’. 

 

Aunt also had a conversation with a goblin.

 

“…As expected, Aunt also met a goblin and talked to him. Is that because of… Aunt’s ‘title’?” 

 

A returnee from another world.

 

That characteristic.

 

A mysterious smile appeared on Aunt Heeyoung’s face.

 

She neither confirmed nor denied.

 

But my skills told me the correct answer.

 

‘Guest Room 202’ wonders how the hotel owner viewed her title.

 

‘Guest Room 202’ is afraid of having her abilities revealed.

 

I smiled. Aunt’s expression hardened when she saw that. 

 

“You, no way… do you just read me now?”

 

“…I won’t deny it.”

 

Aunt laughed.

 

“Oh my… Our Junghyo. You’ve grown up.”

 

* * *

 

Moon Heeyoung was lost in her thoughts in the car on her way home.

 

It was because of her conversation with Junghyo. 

 

Junghyo skillfully finds out her intentions and abilities. 

 

This is probably because she thought Moon Heeyoung would already know that Junghyo had interpretation skills. 

 

“Really… You’ve grown up.”

 

Moon Heeyoung touched her lips.

 

She was just a child 15 years ago.

 

This face… reminds me of someone now.

 

If she even met and talked to a goblin, does that mean Junghyo really has S-Class hermeneutics skills? 

 

The first person Moon Heeyoung contacted before coming to Korea was a professor of hermeneutics named Jegal Suyeon. 

 

This was because the professor’s interpretation of the Minotaur’s words on the YouTube channel was so perfect.

 

Her abilities were comparable to those of world-renowned interpreter Georg Schulze.

 

So Moon Heeyoung thought.

 

‘If that woman… It may be possible to have deeper contact with things from this world.’

 

And if that is possible, it may also be possible to find ‘that person’.

 

Moon Heeyoung strengthened the hand holding the steering wheel.

 

However, when she met Jegal Suyeon, it seemed that she didn’t know as much as she thought. 

 

Even one of the graduate students in Jegal Suyeon’s lab said something strange. 

 

‘The professor said that she got help from a Paladin for that interpretation. Even just before uploading the video, she asked the paladin if it was really okay to upload it as interpreted by the professor.’ 

 

The Paladin even has S-Class hermeneutics skills…?

 

Moon Heeyoung already knew through her intelligence that the Paladin was Junghyo. 

 

She also heard that the Paladin was running a strange hotel.

 

So, is it also ‘that person’ that Junghyo is looking for?

 

How does she know that ‘that person’ is in another world?

 

Moon Heeyoung’s head became complicated.

 

At that time, Moon Heeyoung’s phone rang.

 

It was an unexpected person. 

 

Han Minhyuk.

 

Moon Heeyoung’s eyebrows twitched.

 

All the complicated calculations she was doing in her head were thrown out.

 

Because it’s his first call in 15 years.

 

This strict, stiff guy hasn’t called her since she left Korea.

 

He said he understood that she left Korea—

 

Not once.

 

Moon Heeyoung fought the urge to pull a joke on him by ignoring his call but she eventually answered it.

 

–You answer the phone right away. So you’re in Korea.

 

Ha. 

 

A sigh came out of Moon Heeyoung’s mouth.

 

Unbelievable as it may sound, he is calling to find out about her whereabouts.

 

It seemed like Kim Junsoo had leaked some information about C&M.

 

‘It’s ridiculous to understand.’

 

It is clear that this stubborn punk is the one who is most outraged by her betrayal. 

 

Moon Heeyoung said something to provoke Han Minhyuk before he quickly hung up on her again. 

 

“I came to meet Junghyo. That kid’s hotel business was fun.”

 

Lee Semyung’s daughter, Lee Junghyo.

 

If it was a story about Junghyo, Han Minhyuk would naturally react like this. 

 

–You’re finally going crazy. How dare you… meet her. 

 

“Ah… it’s nice to hear. Your angry voice.”

 

–What?

 

“Do I feel better because I’m hated by you? You always felt sorry for me after I got dumped 15 years ago. Really, I….”

 

A strange light appeared in Moon Heeyoung’s eyes.

 

“…You’re boring.”

 

–Moon Heeyoung.

 

“Are you still confused? Am I a villain or not?”

 

Han Minhyuk is really… a strange guy.

 

He doesn’t trust her, no, he doesn’t trust anyone in the world.

 

Because he wants to believe it endlessly.

 

“Don’t worry too much. I’m just a traitor. As I lived, I found that the more you lean toward the bad side, the higher your survival rate is.”

 

–Don’t touch Junghyo.

 

There was a sound of something breaking through the receiver.

 

She doesn’t know what he broke, but Han Minhyuk probably wants to break her the most right now.

 

Moon Heeyoung was glad of that fact.

 

–…you…

 

“I’ll hang up.”

 

Moon Heeyoung hung up Han Minhyuk’s phone and tilted her head.

 

“…Am I really a pervert?”

 

* * *

 

After Aunt Heeyoung went back like that, I contacted Shim Jiyoon first.

 

The person who holds the most information about Hunter in Korea.

 

Shim Jiyoon.

 

I was sure when I saw her organizing the Baekho guild. 

 

That information is her greatest strength.

 

✉SJY0523

 

—Last time, you told me to tell you if I need any information, right? Is that still valid? 

 

Shim Jiyoon quickly responded to my DM.

 

✉SJY0523

 

—What information do you need?

 

I wanted to say it was information about Aunt Heeyoung, but that would have been too specific, so I first looked for information about C&M.

 

✉SJY0523

 

—When you say C&M, you mean the American guild, right? 

 

—Yes, that’s right.

 

—I already have a lot of information about that… You probably don’t want general information…

 

Shim Jiyoon carefully selected and released to me only the information that could be taken off the record.

 

As if she was confident that I would want to know about the ‘Witness of Salvation,’ she also explained the connection between C&M’s leadership and the Witness of Salvation. 

 

✉SJY0523

 

—Although it has not been properly proven in the official investigation, there is a saying that the origin of the witness of salvation is the American Mara religion. ‘Mara’ refers to the god within the religion, and it is said that the founder of Maraism was Georg Schulze. 

 

—If it’s Georg Schulze…

 

He is a German S-class hermeneutics and a hunter who first organized C&M.

 

Although he left C&M, saying he wanted to focus on research before it got this big, I heard that he often appears at C&M’s official events. 

 

✉ SJY0523

 

—That’s right. The founder of C&M is, at the same time, the founder of Maratism. This is a very suspicious move, especially since he strongly denied having a connection with the witness of salvation. Right?

 

—I see.

 

I hesitated and then typed the key.

 

✉SJY0523

 

—Then why did Georg Schulze create Mara?

 

—You can see it by looking at the 3,000-page paper Georg Schulze wrote about 10 years ago. Now it has disappeared from academic databases, so I had a hard time finding it.

 

Shim Jiyoon immediately sent me a PDF of Georg Schulze’s thesis. 

 

This…I wonder if I should read it.

 

When I was a little nervous, Shim Jiyoon organized it neatly.

 

✉SJY0523

 

—To put it simply, it’s like this. The great disaster had already been a ‘predicted disaster’ since before BC, and the one who brought about the predicted disaster was ‘Mara’. 

 

—’Mara’ sent their minions 20 years ago to select those who can survive on this earth and those who should be killed, and plans to make the entire earth her own country. It is said that for that time, you must study and worship ‘Mara’ in advance to survive.

 

Although it is a story that makes no sense and smells like it was copied from various religions, there were quite a few people who became absorbed in this type of religion after the catastrophe. 

 

Monsters suddenly appeared in the world, and people with superpowers began to appear, so perhaps it was only natural.

 

Because people want to somehow explain the unknown.

 

✉SJY0523 

 

—Then is the 3,000-page thesis written by Georg Schulze just a novel?

 

However, if it had just been that way, there would have been no reason for Shim Jiyoon to send me this paper. 

 

✉SJY0523

 

—(Typing…)

 

Shim Jiyoon hesitated for a moment and then sent this reply. 

 

✉SJY0523

 

—Of course not.

 

—Georg Schulze’s research was to find an entrance to another world. If we are connected to this world, the world of Mara will arrive sooner, and those who find the entrance in advance will be saved. 

 

—Of course, those who are not saved will be sacrificed. And he wrote down the location where the rune tombstone is found to find the entrance…

 

—(picture)

 

Shim Jiyoon captured one phrase from the paper and sent it to me.

 

✉SJY0523

 

—One of them was the Tower of Minos. Ha… It’s an interesting coincidence. Right? Well, I think the World Hunter Federation thought Georg had written a novel, but I think this is…It’s not like a prophecy or foresight, it’s like a plan.

 

I had the same thought.

 

A tombstone containing runes used by the ‘Witness of Salvation’ to summon monsters was discovered in the Tower of Minos.

 

And a few years ago, he ‘predicted’ that a tombstone that opened the door to the world would be found in Mara Bridge.

 

As Shim Jiyoon said, this is by no means a prediction.

 

It’s a plan.

 

To be more precise, C&M and Maraism wanted to open the door to another world, and they would have moved the ‘Witness of Salvation’ and the Baekho Guild Leader to open that door. 

 

And in that other world, like Oberon, there are people who know the former hotel owner named ‘Merlin Gray’.

 

I have a strong feeling that whatever C&M and Maraism ultimately want, it will have something to do with the hotel’s former owner.

 

No, even if it’s not related—

 

This hotel is from another world, and my abilities allow communication with this world.

 

If that’s the case, then C&M and Maraism will somehow get involved with me. 

 

Just like Aunt Heeyoung who came to visit me. 

 

Now. If it’s true… Now all that’s left is to beat the goblin.

 

Because tomorrow is the last day of the lunar month.

 

A day when the moon thins like an eyebrow.

 

The last day of the lunar month.

 

That night, a goblin came.

 

While wearing a mask and receiving assistance from a handsome male scholar carrying a lantern.

 

The guy who passed through the revolving door took off his mask and smiled as soon as he received my greeting.

 

“Tada! I tried this face today. Do you like it?” 

 

And the face of the guy who took off his mask was a face I knew.

 

‘Junghyo-ya. You must be an office worker, not a hunter.’ 

 

…That face was my father.