I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 100

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Chapter 100

 

My lips went dry from the surging fear.

 

But still, what if I just sit here like an idiot and the room door closes? That’s exactly what happens in horror movies!

 

I hurriedly got up from my seat and rushed out of the room.

 

Fortunately, I wasn’t trapped inside with the door closing. But I witnessed the black clothing edge I had seen earlier disappearing into the fourth room.

 

Damn it. To think I’d desperately wish for Jenas to hurry back to the cabin.

 

“That… it’s almost like it’s telling me to come into that room…”

 

Who knows. I might discover something like the notebook I found in the second room again. Something like a clue that could bring me closer to the secrets of this island.

 

Right. To survive even a little longer, I need to be brave.

 

I made a firm resolution and stood in front of the fourth room door, passing the third room. It was the last room on the third floor. After taking a deep breath, I opened the door.

 

But there was no ghost-like thing I had worried about. The room was cleaner than I expected. A bed, desk, and wardrobe. The structure was similar to the second room.

 

Unlike the second room that seemed to have been empty for a long time, this place had daily necessities scattered on the desk as if someone had been staying here until just recently.

 

I calmly searched through the room.

 

“There doesn’t seem to be anything special.”

 

Then I discovered letters written on the desk drawer. The first drawer had “Modification” written in Imperial language.

 

Modification?

 

I tilted my head and quietly opened the drawer. Inside, I found a flare that looked like a red revolver pistol.

 

“Huh? What, it’s the same as mine?”

 

Even the “Alea” written on the side of the flare was the same as mine.

 

There was also an ammunition pouch placed alongside it, and the ammunition inside was more plentiful than what I had.

 

I took out my water-damaged flare from my cross bag and quietly replaced it with the one from the drawer. Then I also took the well-stocked ammunition pouch and put it in my bag.

 

“Did the owner of this room modify it themselves?”

 

Considering the word “Modification” written on the drawer and the unusual appearance of the flare, my guess was probably correct.

 

The second drawer had “Daily Necessities” written on it. I opened the drawer and took out the lighter inside. Then I put down my water-damaged zippo lighter and placed the new lighter in my bag.

 

“Could it be that all these items belong to Jenas?”

 

If so, should I put them back?

 

Morally speaking, that would be right. But in a life-or-death situation, it wasn’t an easy choice. I swallowed dry saliva as I pondered.

 

As my contemplation grew longer, I suddenly remembered what the owner of the notebook had written. That what’s more important than survival is not forgetting that I am myself.

 

‘I should put them back after all…’

 

“Right. Those are mine.”

 

“Aaaaah!”

 

I was startled by the sudden voice from behind me and ended up falling face-first to the floor.

 

When I turned around, Jenas was leaning against the doorway, staring at me blankly with an expressionless face.

 

“Wh-when did you come?”

 

The beautiful boy who had been standing leisurely with his arms crossed answered calmly.

 

“Just now.”

 

Seeing Jenas carefully looking around the room, I opened my mouth.

 

“…I just came up because I was curious. Sorry for entering without permission.”

 

I shouldn’t mention that I picked up the diary from the next room.

 

“I told you to respect my privacy.”

 

Jenas answered with a somewhat irritated voice. For someone who showed no emotion to speak like that meant he was extremely angry.

 

Jenas walked slowly into the room with his hands clasped behind his back. I cautiously backed away, wary of him. My back hit the desk. There was nowhere left to retreat.

 

Jenas approached me and gestured with his chin toward the flare in my hand.

 

“Take that with you.”

 

“Did you modify this flare?”

 

“Yeah. Though it’s more like I made it from scratch.”

 

Jenas’s words made sense to me.

 

After all, whether making a flare from a pistol or making a pistol from a flare, either way would be difficult to modify.

 

It made sense if he had made it entirely from scratch.

 

“Wasn’t it useful?”

 

Jenas tilted his head slightly and pointed to the flare in my hand.

 

I suddenly remembered that I had picked up this flare at the mountain peak.

 

Why was this item there? And not only that…

 

I showed him the letters “Alea” carved on the side of the flare.

 

“Did you carve these letters yourself too?”

 

“Yeah.”

 

“What does this mean?”

 

“You know what it means.”

 

“I don’t know.”

 

I decided to play dumb for now. Jenas nodded as if he understood.

 

“Ah, it’s not in this language. Alea, it’s the name of this island.”

 

He definitely wasn’t from Earth, yet he could read English.

 

‘That doesn’t make sense. How would someone from the Ingram Kingdom know English…? That’s too strange.’

 

Perhaps among the countless modern items on this island, there were books included as well?

 

If so, he might have learned other languages while living on this island for a thousand years.

 

“The island’s name? What do you mean it’s not in this language?”

 

I pretended to know nothing and asked. Jenas pondered with a thoughtful expression, tilted his head, then answered.

 

“I don’t know the details either.”

 

Then he closed his mouth again and paused. I waited patiently for his next words. After a long while, he added.

 

“It’s a name my sister came up with.”

 

“You had a sister?”

 

I was so surprised that I asked back, but then I belatedly remembered him saying ‘all the people who came with me are dead’ and felt a pang of regret.

 

So the sister he was talking about was no longer here…

 

Contrary to my worries, Jenas nodded with an indifferent expression.

 

“Yeah. Anata studied that language.”

 

“What country’s language is this?”

 

So his sister’s name was Anata. I asked again, pretending not to know while testing him, but Jenas just shrugged.

 

“Ask Anata about that.”

 

“Your sister? She’s here…?”

 

“Ah…”

 

At my question, Jenas finally showed a slightly flustered expression. With emotions showing on his doll-like face, he really did look like a young boy.

 

“That’s right, she’s not here.”

 

Jenas muttered with a bitter expression. Was he still unable to forget his sister?

 

I didn’t know how long his sister had lived, but if he had been with her and then left alone, it would make sense.

 

Could it be that the kidnapper just abducted people and then abandoned the island for a thousand years?

 

“Then I don’t know.”

 

“How can you give such an irresponsible answer? If you made me curious, you should take responsibility.”

 

“I don’t know.”

 

Jenas shook his head and closed his mouth. Then he turned his head away as if telling me not to ask about it anymore.

 

Damn, what the hell. He always solves only half my curiosity, making me go even more crazy.

 

Still, one fortunate thing was that Jenas didn’t seem to notice that I, a Korean, was possessing Margaret’s body.

 

‘I wish I could quickly discuss this matter with Enoch and Kaiden.’

 

“Oh, and…”

 

Jenas suddenly walked quickly to the desk and rummaged through the bottom drawer. It was a drawer I hadn’t been able to open yet.

 

He took out a telescope from the drawer and handed it to me.

 

“This is a gift.”

 

I obediently received the telescope from him. Then I stared intently at the object in my hands and quietly asked him.

 

“You said you wouldn’t come with me. So why are you taking such good care of me?”

 

At my question, Jenas tilted his head.

 

“I want Meg to survive.”

 

“Why?”

 

“Everyone died so easily, it was regrettable.”

 

It was a very meaningful statement. I wanted to understand what he meant, but since he was a child with no expression, I couldn’t tell what he was thinking at all.

 

“Jenas, someone like you should have found a way to escape, so I don’t understand why you couldn’t escape.”

 

The door must have opened many times over a thousand years, so it was hard to accept that a genius mage like Jenas couldn’t escape.

 

“I can’t escape. And I like it here.”

 

“Here? What could possibly be good about it? It’s dangerous.”

 

“That’s why it’s fun.”

 

This crazy island where monsters appear is fun?

 

He looked normal on the outside, but apparently he wasn’t right in the head after all. Well, having lived on this crazy island for a thousand years, there’s no way he could maintain his sanity.

 

“You know there are monsters roaming around this island, right?”

 

At my question, Jenas looked up at the ceiling with a thoughtful expression and answered after a long while.

 

“They weren’t there from the beginning.”

 

“…What?”

 

What is this supposed to mean now? How is it that like an onion, no matter how much I peel, new stories keep coming out?

 

“At first, they were all ordinary creatures. But they gradually evolved.”

 

“The monsters?”

 

“Yes.”

 

So this must be why the magical beasts were using ordinary creatures as specimens. And their evolution is ongoing.

 

“Those things only appeared from sunset until night, do you know why that is?”

 

“It wasn’t like that originally.”

 

“It wasn’t like that originally?”

 

“At first, they only appeared at dawn. Then at night, and now they appear when the sun sets. But who knows, they’re getting stronger and seem to be developing immunity to sunlight, so they might appear during the day later on.”

 

If Jenas was right, would we have to worry about magical beasts during the day now too? Good heavens, it was truly terrible.

 

Then, Jenas suddenly rested his chin on his hand and stared intently at my face.

 

“And there’s something unexpected…”

 

His red eyes scrutinized my face thoroughly. Eerily thoroughly.

 

“The magical beasts seem to like Meg.”

 

At his words, goosebumps rose all over my body.

 

‘Why would magical beasts like me? And how do you know that?’

 

I swallowed the questions that had risen to my throat. Jenas was starting to become frightening. Jenas continued speaking without caring about my reaction.

 

“And it seems like there’s someone in Meg’s group who uses mana.”

 

Could he be talking about when Enoch used sword aura against the magical beasts in front of the cabin?

 

That was when I shared my mana with Enoch, but it seems he doesn’t know that I’m the one who uses mana. Jenas muttered with a seriously contemplative expression.

 

“I wonder how that person was able to use mana when even I’m being controlled by this body.”

 

“How do you know that?”

 

“I was watching through the eyes of magical beasts. They’re hard to control and I can’t use mana so there’s no attack power, but that much is possible.”

 

‘What? Eyes of magical beasts?’

 

Only then did I recall what Kaiden had said. He definitely said that a wolf-type magical beast was watching him as if monitoring him.

 

I had my suspicions, but someone really was watching through the eyes of magical beasts!

 

“You’ve been watching us the whole time? Why?”

 

“I wasn’t watching the whole time. Only when I was bored? And isn’t it natural to watch when there are people around?”

 

At Jenas’s counter-question, I was dumbfounded, not knowing where to start pointing out the problems.

 

“Jeni grand…, no, Jenas. I’m going crazy, so can’t you tell me everything at once? Why are you saying things one by one so tantalizingly? You don’t even answer my questions properly?”

 

I let out a sigh and continued.

 

“Why did you only watch? If you knew we were there, you could have come to meet us. And how did you borrow the eyes of magical beasts when you don’t have mana? Have you been controlling the magical beasts this whole time? Are you related to the evolution of the magical beasts?”

 

I had so many questions. Too many.

 

Then Jenas smiled as if he found it amusing.

 

“I’m telling you because Meg looks interesting. I’m not usually this kind.”

 

I look interesting?

 

As I was left speechless, Jenas stared at my face and opened his mouth again.

 

“Strangely, only you seem different, but I can’t figure out what it is.”

 

Jenas looked at me quietly with an unreadable expression. Then he glanced at the open room door before looking at me again.

 

“But, Margaret.”

 

He called my name in a low voice. Then he asked.

 

“Did you see everything?”

 

“…Huh? What?”

 

“The cabin. Did you look around everything?”

 

“…No?”

 

I felt an ominous premonition and denied it first, but Jenas suddenly burst into laughter. As if what I was doing was absolutely hilarious.

 

After laughing like that for a while, he abruptly stopped and looked at me.

 

“What do you mean no. You’re on the third floor right now.”

 

I held my breath. Jenas looked at me with eerie red eyes and said.

 

“I told you not to come up.”

 

As soon as his words ended, I felt a chilling sensation behind me. An intimidating atmosphere flowed that made my hair stand on end.

 

Before I knew it, a large shadow was cast beneath my feet. It was the shadow of something that appeared outside the window behind me.

 

Jenas, who had been facing me, looked over my shoulder and stepped back with a smile.

 

“I’m not going to help you. This is your fault.”

 

“What do you mean…!”

 

Crash!

 

Before I could even ask what he meant, I heard the sound of the window breaking. Something long and thick slithered in and wrapped around my waist. It was an unidentified monster.

 

I looked at Jenas in shock, but he just shrugged his shoulders and waved at me. At the same time, I was instantly dragged out through the window.

 

“Aaah! Damn monster! This is the third floor!”

 

And that was outside the third floor at that.

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