Labyrinth Exploration 101 - Chapter 220

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Labyrinth Exploration 101 Episode 220

Child of Beginning (9)

Clatter clatter clatter clatter clatter.

The darkness of Wolryeong Village. Truck advances somewhere with the Dokkaebi Fire.

-That Dokkaebi Fire really seems like a friend

-Friend friend..

-But what’s its real identity

-I’m a deduction expert but I don’t know about that one

-I’m a detective. Don’t know.

Seol Truck clatters up to the temple and investigates various things.

He checks some expressionless man sweeping the floor with a broom swish- swish-, counts the number of shoes, counts the steps on the stairs, then comes back down.

Thud thud thud.

He makes some sign and plants it in front of the temple.

─Seol Truck : This should be enough…

─Temple Precautions─

1. If you encounter strange phenomena in this temple, or discover any part that differs even slightly from the original temple, you must go down the stairs.

2. You must never step on the 108th step. If there are not nine pairs of shoes at the temple entrance, or if there are more or fewer than three incense sticks, you must turn back.

3. If the monk’s appearance differs even slightly from this wanted poster, you must turn back.

4. If you reach the Death Temple instead of the temple, survive as long as possible and wait for rescue.

By Seol Ha-woon

-What is this lol it’s literally a guide

-Seol Ha-woon seems to be sick and can’t move well

-Yeah, he kept grabbing his knee a lot in this episode..

-Real shamans are like that too. They say their joints ache in places with many ghosts.

-My grandmother is a shaman and she really gets body aches when she goes to places thick with spiritual energy

Lee Si-ah feels worried for no reason.

Indeed, Seol Ha-woon’s injuries are getting worse day by day. It’s clear when you compare his walking from episodes 1-2 to now.

“He walked fine back then.”

If in the early episodes it felt like he was leaning on his cane, now it’s deteriorated to the point where he can’t walk at all without the cane.

Wolryeong Village Night Market

The view of the night market with pitch darkness heavily settled is shown smoothly.

─Kate : …Installments wouldn’t work, would they.

Kate licks her lips while coveting the loot. It’s a teapot.

─Grandmother : Hey. How can I trust you?

─Kate : …Elder. I’ll definitely buy it. I’ll give you 20 first. Please hold it for me.

─Grandmother : I said no. 30 or I won’t sell.

Grandmother firmly pushes Kate’s hand away. Kate is pushed back weakly and sits down pitifully.

─Kate : Sob.

She pretends to wipe away tears, but Grandmother doesn’t even pretend to notice.

-Hahahaha it doesn’t work, does it

-Wow Kate is quite cunning too

-That’s cute lol

Kate, who had been biting her lips tightly, suddenly gets up and dusts off her knees.

─Lee Jong-soo : Kate. That boat ticket, you know. They said we can ride it too. If we go to the right dock. But the ticket is 25 nyang. Damn expensive.

Boat ticket. A means to escape, or rather give up, from this labyrinth.

─Kate : …Should we rest a bit at the base now? We worked hard.

Kate’s party spent the entire day wandering around Wolryeong Village collecting evidence and coins.

They deserved to rest.

─Lee Jong-soo : I was hungry anyway. Let’s go straight to the base.

The party members are also delighted.

Together they walk through fog so thick they can’t see an inch ahead.

At the end, some light twinkles somewhere.

─Lee Jong-soo : Ah~ I can see it finally.

─Kim Dong-ha : I guess I’ve learned. My mouth waters as soon as I see it.

[Explorer Base Camp]

Lodging fee : 1 nyang

One meal : 1 nyang

Seol Ha-woon’s camp.

Even from Lee Si-ah’s perspective, it looks very reliable.

-The used bookstore is really reliable.

-Reliable~ camp

-Reliable~

-They’re doing that reliable nonsense again.

-Reliable~

The word Kate’s fandom hates most is “reliable.” They got burned so badly during the Defense Labyrinth.

-Wow but a safe place like that in a labyrinth would really be precious..

-Can’t they just build a Wolryeong Village set? lol

-For real, I heard it was inspired by a mountain village in Gangwon Province. They even made Seolhaun’s bookstore for her.

Jingle.

Kate’s party enters the used bookstore.

─Seo Ji-woo : Kate hi~

Seo Ji-woo waves her hand. In front of her is a finished meal tray.

─Seol Ha-woon : Oh. You’re here?

Tavern Owner Seol Ha-woon greets them.

Perhaps because of cooking, his long hair is tied back like a ponytail, giving a completely different feeling from usual.

-Wow the ponytail feeling is nice

-Hahaha no but why is Seolhaun’s hair so gorgeous

-There’s a reason he’s 1st place now.

Seol Ha-woon seems to care quite a bit about his style. He’s secretly part of the grooming tribe.

─Seol Ha-woon : What would you like?

─Lee Jong-soo : Kimchi stew, please. Exactly like the one you made last time.

Just as everyone was taking orders.

Dong- dong- dong-

6 o’clock

It’s the clock chiming to announce 6 o’clock.

-Eek that startled me.

-Why is the sound so loud.

Growl.

Kate touches her stomach while looking at the wall of the used bookstore.

Some poster is stuck there.

│Temple Bounty│

Upon completion : 15 nyang

Upon attempt : 3 free lunch boxes provided

─Kate : …What’s that?

─Seol Ha-woon : Ah. That temple, you know? I put a bounty on it. Whoever clears it gets 15 coins. Just for attempting it, I provide 3 lunch boxes for free.

Kate, who had been pondering, looks around the interior of the used bookstore.

Cooool… Cooool…

The atmosphere is very peaceful.

Everyone is recovering their mental strength in the used bookstore.

─Seo Ji-woo : Then, Mal-ol-haem. Is Hwa-rim at the police box?

─Seol Ha-woon: Oh. If you’re going out, be careful. It’s an even hour.

─Seo Ji-woo: Okay. Kate, I’m going~

Seo Ji-woo presses down on Kate’s shoulder and leaves.

-The two are becoming best friends lol

-Even these days they like each other’s Instagram posts

-If you look at their stories, they post weird photos of each other and mess around.

Seo Ji-woo’s SNS has tons of Kate photos, and Kate’s SNS also has quite a few Seo Ji-woo photos. Most are unflattering shots.

Yoon Hwa-rim’s Instagram profile is also a photo of the three of them together.

Wolryeong Police Station

─Yoon Hwa-rim: Ji-woo!!!

─Seo Ji-woo: Hwa-rim!!!

A touching reunion unfolds at Wolryeong Police Station. Yoon Hwa-rim and Seo Ji-woo hug each other tightly.

Lee Jun-ho watching has the most incredulous expression in the world.

─Seo Ji-woo: Wow. This place is nicely decorated too?

─Yoon Hwa-rim: Yeah. I did the interior design!

Sacred ropes are hanging all around and the entrance is covered in salt, but it’s still incredibly neat as if someone swept and cleaned diligently.

─Yoon Hwa-rim: I redid the wallpaper. The walls were gloomy so it felt more scary.

─Seo Ji-woo: That’s so Yoon Hwa-rim. I can only say this.

─Yoon Hwa-rim: Hehe. Indeed, only Seo Ji-woo understands me.

-No but these two are so cute lol

-They grew up in completely opposite environments but have the same wavelength.

-Yoon Hwa-rim trait) Golden spoon and harmonious family. Seo Ji-woo trait) Whole family died except dad

“…Geez, why are you putting it so violently.”

Just because it’s fact doesn’t mean you should say everything.

Lee Si-ah filed a report.

─Seo Ji-woo: You’re staying here?

─Yoon Hwa-rim: Mostly? The bookstore has too much snoring. This place is a bit cooler than the bookstore, but it’s more spacious instead.

If the bookstore is a cozy base, the police station feels like a wild outpost.

─Yoon Hwa-rim: There’s even a mattress here. I brought it from the duty room.

Yoon Hwa-rim points to the mattress.

Im Hae-jun is sleeping on it.

Whiuuu… Whiuuu…

-He really sleeps well

-Is he whistling?

-If Im Hae-jun had insomnia, he probably would have gone extinct

-He sleeps whenever things get unfavorable and it always works lol

─Seo Ji-woo: Hey. You guys seem to have discovered something?

Seo Ji-woo looks at Kang Hyeon and Lee Jun-ho. The two have been sticking together and whispering about something.

─Kang Hyeon: …To some extent?

─Lee Jun-ho: It’s more like we’re deducing rather than discovering.

─Yoon Hwa-rim: Ah~ Speaking of which, it should be coming soon.

Just as Yoon Hwa-rim was touching her stomach.

Rattle rattle rattle rattle.

─Yoon Hwa-rim: Food’s here!

─Kang Hyeon: Oh yeah~

─Lee Jun-ho: Your food radar is amazing.

Everyone’s eyes light up as soon as they hear the truck sound.

Rattle rattle rattle rattle. Seol Truck loaded with lunch boxes enters the police station.

─Seo Ji-woo: Oh~ Mal-ol-jwa does delivery too?

Seo Ji-woo speaks to Seol Truck.

Seol Truck doesn’t respond.

─Yoon Hwa-rim: Right now it’s a soulless automatic truck. Look. The headlights aren’t lit up.

Yoon Hwa-rim has become a truck expert at some point.

-What’s a soulless truck lol

-lololol

-Please sell that truck as merchandise.. I’ll pay money.

─Yoon Hwa-rim: Everyone take your lunch boxes!

─Kang Hyeon: Thanks.

─Lee Jun-ho: Okay.

Lee Jun-ho picks up a lunch box and asks Seo Ji-woo.

─Lee Jun-ho: Ji-woo, you were trapped in the hospital right. Wasn’t there any evidence or something?

─Seo Ji-woo: There was. This.

Seo Ji-woo shows the picture diary she found at the abandoned hospital.

─Seo Ji-woo: It’s presumed to be a picture diary the culprit wrote when they were young.

Lee Jun-ho stares at it intently.

─Seo Ji-woo: Think you know something?

─Lee Jun-ho: Hmm… Hey Kang Hyeon. Look at this.

Kang Hyeon’s expression suddenly becomes serious as he approaches.

─Lee Jun-ho: Hey, this thing. If we think about it together with the red stone written in So-yeon’s diary at that elementary school…

Lee Jun-ho seems to have figured something out, and Kang Hyeon also nods silently.

─Lee Jun-ho: Then, I’ll go see hyung for a moment.

─Kang Hyeon: Yeah. Go ahead.

─Lee Jun-ho: Okay. Take good care of things here.

Even Lee Jun-ho, who’s usually like a fighting cock, is particularly well-behaved toward Seol Ha-woon. He even seems to rely on him.

-Lee Jun-ho doesn’t mess around with Je Mal-ol these days either

-Rather, whenever something happens he runs over lol

-There’s like a 5-year age difference, of course lol

-Seol Ha-woon suppressed everyone with his old man power. No one can beat him in a battle of wills.

-How can those young kids deal with an old man who even eats ghosts..

Used Bookstore

The used bookstore where everyone is sleeping quietly.

Kate is quietly observing the explorers’ faces. Her expression is somewhat cold.

Creak.

The door opens and Lee Jun-ho hurriedly enters.

─Lee Jun-ho: What, where did Mal-ol hyung go again?

Kate’s brow furrows slightly.

─Kate: You use informal speech quite often?

She seems bothered by the informal speech.

─Lee Jun-ho: I was talking to myself.

─Kate: ….

-lolol nothing to say right?

-Those two don’t really get along

-It’s not subtle, they really don’t get along

-Lee Jun-ho is so rude

-To me it seems like Kate is being overly sensitive lol

-For real, they’ve been together for months, he can speak informally

It’s the prelude to a fandom war. Kate’s fandom won’t tolerate it, and Lee Jun-ho’s fandom won’t tolerate it either, resembling Lee Jun-ho himself.

“This is going to be trouble.”

─Kate: He’s in the attic.

─Lee Jun-ho: Ah, thank you.

─Kate: What’s that?

─Lee Jun-ho: …What.

As Lee Jun-ho hides the picture diary behind his back, Kate lets out a hollow laugh.

─Kate: Show me. I told you something too.

─Lee Jun-ho: What did you tell me?

─Kate: Jemal-ol’s location.

─Lee Jun-ho: ….

This time Lee Jun-ho lets out a hollow laugh as if he’s dumbfounded.

-Wait, are you two suddenly acting like elementary schoolers? lololol

-Hahahaha

-Wow, Lee Junho is being so rude lol

-Hahaha after this broadcast ends, Kate and Lee Junho’s fan galleries are gonna turn into a warzone

“Agreed.”

Lee Si-ah clicked her tongue slightly. Actually, watching fights is incredibly entertaining.

─Lee Jun-ho: Fine. Look.

Lee Jun-ho eventually shows the picture diary.

─Lee Jun-ho: Happy now?

─Kate: Yes. It’s nothing special.

─Lee Jun-ho: Haha. Nothing special, she says~

Lee Jun-ho laughs as if it’s ridiculous and clatters up to the attic.

Kate stands alone at the counter and sweeps her gaze across the bookstore interior.

Everyone is sleeping comfortably, but….

─Lee Jun-ho: Mal-ol-haem! I, I think I figured it out.

A voice can be heard. Kate pretends not to notice while leaning back and perking up her ears.

─Seol Ha-woon: You figured it out?

─Lee Jun-ho: Yeah! Almost certain. The clue Seo Ji-woo gave was decisive.

─Seol Ha-woon: Who did you tell?

─Lee Jun-ho: No, not yet-

─Seol Ha-woon: Then don’t say anything. Shh.

Everything can be heard.

-We can already hear everything lol

-Hahahaha I can hear everything

─Lee Jun-ho: …Why?

─Seol Ha-woon: Because right now, that guy is here. Among the explorers. Probably with quite high probability.

“Wow, Seol Ha-woon’s psychological warfare.”

Probably words meant to make the culprit here nervous.

Lee Si-ah was impressed anew.

-Look at him deliberately speaking loud enough for everyone to hear

-This kid still doesn’t know about Jemal-ol..

-He’s just telling them to listen.

-Honestly, Seol Ha-woon is just playing Go, you know? Every action, every word has reasoning behind it, and you can consider it all the biggest plot hooks in Mitamnan.

Seol Ha-woon approaches the Labyrinth like playing Go. He has no words or actions without basis.

“That’s true.”

Even Lee Si-ah, an executive-level member of Snow Path, deeply agrees with this.

─Lee Jun-ho: Then I’ll go outside for a bit to check something and come back.

─Seol Ha-woon: Alright.

Lee Jun-ho comes down from the attic and leaves the used bookstore, and Kate also hesitates for a moment before quietly slipping outside.

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