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Chapter 216
That was as far as it went.
I quickly closed my eyes again. I squeezed out my last bit of strength and wrote this in the chat room. Hotel Owner What is it? Let me out. And remove the penalty. * * * When I opened my eyes again. “Are you okay, boss?!” The first thing I saw was Geumdong. Geumdong was carefully closing the curtains of the room I was in. And at the same time, I felt a rough tongue licking my hand. ‘Samsaek.’ For some reason, I quietly scratched the chin of the guy who was rubbing his body next to my hand with my hand. Oh. Stay still. What’s going on? Meeting the Demon King is worth it. I groaned and got up from my seat. As expected, I was lying in Room 201. I had passed out. “Was it a dream that I captured Georg Schulze?” Oh dear. I wished it had been a dream. If it was, then that faintly glowing message on the right side. Unread messages: 999+ I can ignore that too. I really don’t want to read them, especially when I think about how there are 999+ unread messages sent by the Demon King and Merlin Grey. The feeling of avoidance is entirely different from a baby junghyo fan chatroom or the reunion invitations sent by Minji. “Then Georg Schulze…” Geumdong opened his eyes wide at my question and wiggled his fingers while blinking. “That was so terrible… Bossss! Sob, sob!” Geumdong finally burst into tears with his big eyes and buried his face in my hands. “I wish I could unsee it! Why do both I and the boss have to witness the end of such a b*stard!” That’s true. No matter what happens in the end, it would have been better if he hadn’t shown it to me. Of course, the best outcome would be for him not to die, for the demon king’s descent to fail, and for him to be brought to the international court to pay the price. Now, it’s gone. “…What about the handling?” “The Federation took care of it…” I nodded vaguely at those words, then got up from my seat. As soon as I got up, my eyes started spinning. I almost fell, but for some reason, Samsaek transformed into a human and grabbed my hand. “Be careful.” There was a worry in his eyes. When I looked at him as if asking what was going on, Samsaek answered curtly. “I understand that without the boss, there’s no hotel.” Yeah. I’m grateful that you understand now. I cautiously placed my hand on Samsaek’s bangs and then pulled it away, not meaning anything by it. I walked to stand in front of the curtains and asked Geumdong one more question before opening them. “One last thing.” “Yes.” “The world, hasn’t ended yet?” Instead of listening to the answer, I opened the window. When I opened the window, a blue sea spread out before me. As always, the calm and sparkling West Sea. I didn’t blink even at the sunlight reflecting off the sea pouring into my eyes. Instead, I said to Geumdong. “…It’s still the same. This world.” I just sat down. “Boss!” “Booossss!” “Lee Junghyo!” At the same time, there was a voice coming from the entrance. It was Dad. I looked at Dad while sitting on the soft floor of the guest room. Dad walked towards me without hesitation, and his eyes were red and swollen. “…Now…” “…” “…I understand. Seeing my daughter disappear right before my eyes, I understand now what I did wrong over ten years ago.” “…Dad.” “I should never have done it. I should have taken you and run away to America… I should have looked for another way instead…” I spoke weakly as I watched Dad sob in front of me. With a face that must have looked very tired.” “The dungeon where Dad disappeared. The boss dragon that went berserk there was Merlin Gray.” “…What do you mean…?” * * * Why was Dad in Merlin Grey’s memories? I had always wondered about that. I found the answer after it became clear that Merlin Grey had become corrupted. Merlin Grey had become corrupted, and around the time of that corrupted, my dad disappeared. If I calculate the difference in the flow of time between this world and the otherworld, it is true. Not only that, they had met in a dimensional rift. But I still don’t know why he regained consciousness after the corruption, even though he didn’t have it immediately after. Is it related to Dad? Or is it— ‘She’s just a weak woman who happened to find a hotel.’ ‘How stupid. Hotels don’t just ‘happen’ to go somewhere and fall.’ It might be related to the ‘coincidence’ of me being given the hotel. I have to find out little by little. That’s when I was thinking that. Tiring! The ‘Former Hotel Owner’ requested a 1:1 conversation. …Let’s figure it out sooner rather than later. “So what you’re saying is that we need to keep running the hotel immediately?” As I was staring into space, Dad asked. “Mhm.” If the hotel isn’t operated immediately, all of humanity could be at risk of extinction. I didn’t know how to explain this, so I said something like this. “If we don’t, Merlin Grey, the former owner of the hotel, might get angry again and turn the hotel into a dungeon.” I thought this was a little weaker than the penalty of all humanity dying. Dad’s eyes wavered. “Do you remember… the EX-Class monster that Dad faced?” “I remember. It was incredibly strong and massive. But it didn’t seem like it had the demeanor of a hotel owner or anything like that.” “That dragon and you were both absorbed into the dimensional rift. At that time… what kind of….” I paused for a moment, not knowing how to explain this. This is not a rational deduction. It’s just a feeling. “Is there any possibility that something like Dad’s power flowed into that dragon?” What the Mara Cult wants to gain by corrupting monsters is the power of the Hunters. Then, wouldn’t some of Dad’s power have been absorbed by Merlin Grey? Of course, not all of the power was absorbed. Ordinary hunters who encounter monsters corrupted by the Demon King usually have their powers absorbed and meet their deaths, but Dad was different. Instead, Dad was absorbed in only a small part. For example, only a part of the mana that contained Dad’s memories or emotions. I know it sounds strange. However… I clenched my fist. Since some of the quests given by Merlin Grey contained words that Dad might have said to me. That’s why there were times when this hotel’s system felt like Dad. “Power? There hasn’t been any change in my power. I even had it tested separately by Junsoo as a confidential matter not too long ago.” “…I see.” After hearing that answer, I decided to refrain from making any guesses. There was something more urgent right now. “We have to resume hotel operations now. Let’s lift the suspension of operations because of me.” I didn’t know what would appear in the quest. So I had to start operations normally. “But something like that happened just yesterday…” Dad looked at me with a confused expression. Yesterday. Oh, now that I think about it, I did spend a whole day lying down. Only then did I remember the situations I hadn’t properly finished. “Is Suzuki Yuto doing okay? And Uncle Junsoo and Han Woohyun?” Dad looked troubled at my question. Why is he acting like that? I looked at him with a strange expression. “Suzuki Yuto is, for now, fine. Um… but it seems like Junsoo might have caused an accident.” “What kind of accident?” “No, it’s not exactly an accident. That dungeon—are you really going to own it?” “Ah. The 3rd branch in Japan.” It was then that I finally thought of that. Is that still there? I called up the branch window. <It’s Here> 3rd Branch. It’s still there. Then what about the residents of the mansion that used to live there? As I looked at it with that expression, Dad said. “It looks like Junsoo took care of that. There was an article in the Japanese newspaper this morning. It said that Dungeon Management bought the mansion grounds and that the dungeon will be handed over to an S-Class Mind Controller.” “S-Class Mind Controller? Are you talking about Suzuki Yuto? But Yuto is S-class?” “You.” “…?” “S-Class Mind Controller, it’s you.” Dad pointed his finger in front of my dumbfounded face. I blinked and pointed my finger at my face. “Me? Me, a mind controller?” Dad nodded slowly. “I’m not sure why, but it seems that the Japanese people think you brainwashed all the monsters inside the dungeon..?” “…?!” My eyes widened. No, after S-class barrier magician, S-class paladin, S-class interpreter, now S-class mind controller?! ‘At this rate, I’ll become anyone but the owner of an S-class hotel!’ How do I resolve this misunderstanding? Before I could even properly ponder that concern, a window appeared in front of me. A 1:1 chat window with ‘Former Hotel Owner’ opens. * * * Former Hotel Owner ㅠㅠWhy aren’t you reading the chat room? Did you open a 3rd branch? You achieved the achievement ‘<It’s Here> 3rd Branch Owner’ and received 10,000 EXP points! A chat window with ‘Former Hotel Owner’ and ‘Demon King’ opens. Demon King Are you crazy? You set the world’s destruction as a quest and now you’re just giving out achievement rewards on your own terms? Former Hotel Owner The Demon King seems angry, right? Why are you guys fighting each other! Demon King If you do this, I have a way. You snake. Former Hotel Owner Anyone would think you’re not the reptile here. Fight without me! And then I got a 1:1 message from Merlin. Former Hotel Owner I can’t stop him when he’s like that. You do something! I don’t know! …What are you saying? Final Stage 1. —The mini-game ‘Coffee Maker’ begins. —Let’s make coffee by taking orders from 100 customers. “D, Dad… I think I need to take an order right now.” “…What?” I couldn’t properly answer Dad’s question. Because even this mini-game had a penalty. Failure Condition: Total loss of life. Penalty: Extinction of all humanity. And at the same time, everything flashed white, and when I opened my eyes, I was in 3rd Branch. A window like this was floating above my head. Lives☕☕☕☕☕ The reporters who had been gathering around the glass door on the first floor of the hotel started rushing towards me as soon as they saw me. “The hotel owner has appeared!” “S-class mind controller, please give me an interview!” “Here, please pose once!” Amidst the faint cries, a ‘Purified Bellboy’ suddenly appeared and hung a sign in front of the window that read. You must order a drink upon entering And then, at that moment the ‘Purified Bellboy’ smiled at me. Mini Game Start! 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