As the shadows lengthen in Hotel Villa Real, the weary traveler can't shake the sensation of cold eyes watching from the peeling wallpaper, remnants of a 19th-century opulence that has long since rotted away. In the whispered corridors, a soft sobbing echoes from the past, and the heavy air vibrates with the unquiet murmurs of long-gone guests, their apparitions flickering like candle flames in the corner of one's vision. Those brave enough to stay in the older parts of the hotel often wake to find their beds icy, as if the dead had just slid away, leaving behind only an unsettling intimacy that lingers long after dawn.

Beneath the cold, indifferent light of the hotels flickering bulbs, the air hangs thick with the echoes of a forgotten past, where the laughter of the damned wafts through the dim hallways like mist. Footsteps, soft yet insistent, lead guests deeper into shadowy corners, only to reveal the fleeting silhouette of a monk, his eyes longing for solace lost centuries ago. Those who dare to linger find themselves unnerved, as if the walls themselves conspire to hold them in a haunting embrace, whispering secrets best left untouched.