Hotel Selten

The Start of Another Problem

There was a police who was looking at them, he was gonna go in as he bumps into the barrier. He realizes that he can’t go in, he turns around and decided to go. The others reacted fast as he attempts to run away. They tackled him down and knocks him off. Blaise ran to the laboratory. He pushes the lever up, “Miss, put the barrier back!” The barrier Blaise made slowly fades as Miss Eve unleash the usual barrier’s power and it came back around the hotel. Blaise draws his gadget and starts typing.

Test 91

Loading the magic extracts, complete and fine.

Converting the magic into neutrality, complete and good.

I hope this works.

…Conclusion…

Main Problem: The barrier doesn’t conceal the hotel.

Test 91: Fail

He checks the test tube earlier and started to take note of the magic he used. “Earth… Empathy…” He was typing as he raises the test tubes and reading on the labels. “What did I do wrong…” He wipes off the sweat on his forehead as he checks and remembered what buttons he clicked and switches he flipped. 

“Blaise?” He in panic turned to the lady. “Y-yes miss?” The concerned woman approaches him, “Why are you shivering? Is something wrong?” He heaved a sigh, “The experiment went wrong… And someone saw us.” The lady’s eyes widen, “Someone saw us!?” She quickly ran out of the laboratory and went up to the surface. She saw her residents piling up outside. She went out too and checks them.

“What happened?” Peony pokes the police, “Well, he saw us… Gladly the boys get him!” She enthusiastically clapped as the others look at Miss Eve. “I heard him saying some German words that I think mean, some girl was here.” Explained a man with curly black hair. “Police…” The lady muttered, “Ophelia.” She ran away as some questioned why Ophelia was inserted in the topic. “Well, she is being chased by the police, but don’t worry, she’ll be fine in the hotel!” The others went into thinking.

Miss Eve approaches Ophelia who was hiding in her room. “Ophelia…” The brunette girl who was sitting at the edge of her bed looks at her, “Oh… Miss Eve…” The lady smiles, “Glad you are okay, I thought you got hurt again by that police.” Ophelia smiles, “Yeah… I hid because I maybe bring more chaos here… I am only new then I will bring more problems here…” 

The lady sits beside her, “No, you are not bringing more problems to us. You just need a solution and we are glad to be it.” She smiled at the teenage girl in front of her. “Since you are one of us, your problem is our problem, and we don’t mind it.” She stands and faced her. “There are so many here came with a problem. No shelter? We let them live here. All bruised up and bleeding? We patched them up. Too weak for the outside world? We make them stronger here. And you, I know you are afraid to take your consequences, well, a lot of us too. You are too young to kill someone and it’s because of your unguarded magic.” Ophelia lowers her head. 

The lady bends her knees to be at the same height as the teenager, she raised her chin and smiles. “It’s okay. It’s okay to be afraid. Face it if you are ready.” Ophelia nods, “I will, miss. I will.” Miss Eve stands, “That’s what I like to hear.” She gave her one last smile as she leaves her alone in her room. Ophelia flops herself on her bed and heaved a sigh.

The lady approached the tied-up police. Hugo and Thilda were there, the opposing minds of the hotel. Hugo wants to get benefits from humans they capture, which succeeded in some times, due to Blaise’s inventions. While Thilda, just wants to kill them all, her reason was “If they’re still alive, we are in danger.” Miss Eve looks at the police who unknowingly getting judged if he will live or die. “What do we do to him, miss? Be a servant again like always?” Thilda asked and she sarcastically asked the last question and looks at Hugo rudely. 

The lady shook her head, which made Thilda raised her eyebrow. “We need to eliminate him, he will be a danger to Ophelia, even though Hugo can manipulate him. He has training in the military, so he must have stronger willpower than any other humans.” The black-haired girl smirks and slowly slid up the sleeves of her sweater, revealing her blade hand. Hugo, on the other hand, remained unbothered with the decision of the lady, he still has a straight flat face.

The lady raised her left hand, stopping Thilda. “We can’t kill him with some clue, he is a member of the authorities, we need to make this clean.” Thilda’s eyes widen, “You’re gonna…” Miss Eve nods. Both of the teenagers back up as the lady puts her hands on her back.

On the other side, Ophelia was watching them. She decided to walk around after getting bored just cuddling the bed. She saw the three and she sensed they were serious, they were talking about something. Then she noticed the police who got caught earlier. The lady seems to prepare as the other two sets their selves aside. Minutes later, the police start to gain his consciousness, yet still unaware of the surroundings. He raises his head as he looks at them, he speaks like a drunk man, “Who are you guys—” 

The lady’s hair sets aside like it was blown in the wind, the bangs she has on her right eye blew, revealing the hidden eyes. It was green like the other, but unlike it, it was snake-like. The police start screaming as he was terrified in the face of the lady, his limbs started to turn into rock. It made him scream more.

Miss Eve’s pupils went smaller as she widens her eyes, the rocky parts extend more as it reaches his face, the last shriek of the scream was heard before he completely turned into stone. Thilda cuts the rope that keeps him in place. “Your magic is getting slower now, miss.” The lady sighs, “That’s why I don’t really use it much now, instead of helping, I might worsen the situation.” She sighed once again. “It’s okay miss, you have us anyways.” Thilda brags as she slashes her blade hand on the statue which cut. The lady smiles.

They were stopped as a sound in the bushes can be heard behind them. They turned around as Ophelia runs away. Thilda’s eyes widen as she was gonna run after her. Miss Eve stops her, “Let me be the one to explain.” She went on her way as the other two carry the statue inside.

Miss Eve knocks on room 107, where Ophelia was. “Ophelia, dear, are you here?” She placed her ear on the door, she heard some murmurs. She decided to enter the room. Ophelia was turning her back on her, her face buried on the wall. “Ophelia?” She received no answer. She goes nearer at her, “Ophelia, I can explain.” 

Ophelia looked at her with a bored face, “I already saw everything, you don’t need to explain.” She sighs. “You were the snake lady my grandma was telling.” Miss Eve can’t say anything. “At least you gave me a clue… You know… I feel I’m being lied to.” Miss Eve reached her back and comforts her. “Some secrets and memories are needed to be just hidden, but this time, I’ll reveal to you some of these hotel’s dark past.” She offers her hand, Ophelia looks at her and accepted it.

They exited her room and went down underground. They navigated it, they passed by Blaise’s lab which made Ophelia nervous. They reached the far end of the underground. There was a door in front of them. Miss Eve looked at her, Ophelia nods as the lady opens the door. She was welcomed by some more statues and some cabinets and drawers. 

“Those statues are my victims before.” They entered the room. “Why aren’t you throwing them away?” Miss Eve sighs, “I got more business to that. And each piece of this has magic extract and I won’t let anyone discover this. The humans are starting to not believe in magic and I won’t spoil that.” Ophelia continues to look around. She was stopped as she stepped on a rock, she looks at it, it was a face. ‘It kinda… Looks like Hugo.’

“Ophelia, don’t pick up things here.” Miss Eve grabs the rock away and throws it aside, it breaks into pieces. The teenager was kinda shocked, “Just don’t, okay?” Ophelia awkwardly nods. She turns around and noticed a painting of two people, a man, and a woman. They look like each other. “They are the Rittler twins, the managers of the hotel after the founder died, their father, Fernando. They also killed some residence here, some who don’t follow the rules and who gets suspected to betray the hotel. One day, Heinrich was suspected to be communicating with some military. He was gonna get killed, but they forgot he possesses wizardry powers. He managed to get out, he cursed Liana, she fell ill ‘till then. There started the breaches of the hotel, attacking here and there.”

Ophelia keeps listening, she is still looking at the twin, the woman was wearing a black long sleeve dress, the man was wearing black too, from his long sleeve blouse and his slacks. “Then, my adopted father, Augustus, lead the hotel as Liana and Linde died. In his reign was not happy as he is now. There were so many breaches as well, as the day gets modern, we started to get weak. Many have died and few stayed.” 

“Ohh…” The lady looks at her, “Until I rule the hotel, I promised to myself that I will make it the best place someone will ever step in. That’s why I need to solve the problem with our enemies.” Ophelia’s face became confused, “How?” The lady sighs, “We’ll see…”

It’s been a week since Ophelia came to the hotel, yet she is getting down with the recent happenings. The other residents are getting scared of her living there. She accidentally heard a conversation between two residents. “Ophelia is being chased by the police right?” A male voice spoke. “Yes, I am worried that she will bring harm to us if she stays here longer.” Another masculine voice speaks. She went to her way, deciding not to hear any more words from them. 

After the incident, some residents actually avoid her too. She even chose to eat her meals in her room, having her situation on her shoulder as an excuse. The truth is, she can already lift some chests whenever she wants. She started to practice on her own. It was this isolated feeling again she feels every single day before. 

Peony cheers her up, she always goes to her room and always plays some board games with her and tells stories. Thilda checks on her too and trains her sometimes. Everyone else seems to get busy. But she seems already full with her decision. 

She found a backpack just in her room, in the night, she started to pack up. She tore a piece of paper from her booklet and wrote a note for Miss Eve. 

‘I am gonna face my consequences now, Miss Eve. I will miss you.’

She put it on the work table. She chose the underground to navigate even it’s dim. She managed to go to the end which is to the surface. She slowly went out and closes the entrance. She jumps on the fences to get out of the hotel. She sighed as she starts to navigate the forest. She was walking around until she heard somebody talking. She hid behind a tree. She peeks at she saw the armed guys again. 

“Get ready! We will really get them tonight!”