I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 102

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Chapter 102

 

I wanted to take out a flare from my bag, but because the magical beast was coiled around my waist, my bag was pressed inside its grip, making it difficult to retrieve the flare.

 

I was struggling for quite a while trying to pull out my bag.

 

“Ah, Meg. Want me to tell you one last way to survive on this island? There’s something on the eastern North Island that serves as the mother body of the magical beasts. If you get rid of that, the magical beasts will probably stop evolving.”

 

What I was curious about wasn’t how to defeat magical beasts, but how to escape. But bringing that up would probably just lead to another endless loop, so I swallowed my words and asked something else instead.

 

“What’s the mother body of the magical beasts?”

 

“Go see for yourself.”

 

As expected, until the very end, an explanation that seemed kind yet unkind.

 

“Why are you telling me this?”

 

“Because you’re probably going to die now anyway.”

 

Jenas rested his chin on the window sill and pointed at the magical beast holding me captive as he spoke. Who is this bastard mocking?

 

“But I’d like Meg to survive for a long time. A kind of gamble? Let’s call it entertainment. Try to hang in there. This is Alea Island, after all.”

 

That bastard…!

 

“Agh!”

 

When I twisted my body, the magical beast gently shook me. As if telling me not to move. I haven’t even eaten anything, but I feel dizzy enough to throw up.

 

At that moment, I noticed something moving inside the window at the far end of the third floor of the cabin—not the left window where Jenas was, but the rightmost window in the far room.

 

‘That place… the location is strange. Is that the room he called the Room of Rest?’

 

While I was momentarily distracted by the shadow in the window, suddenly a tremendous roar came from the forest.

 

Boom—!

 

Jenas widened his eyes in surprise and leaned his body far out the window. I could hear a quiet sigh.

 

“An unwelcome guest has arrived.”

 

I followed his gaze and looked into the forest. I couldn’t tell where that roar came from. For now, outside the cabin looked peaceful.

 

“Meg. I was just planning to watch, but I guess that won’t work.”

 

Jenas looked back at me.

 

At that moment, Jenas didn’t look like a twelve-year-old boy, but rather like an adult man well past twenty.

 

“See you again.”

 

He waved his hand at me, then snapped his fingers.

 

“…Huh?”

 

Suddenly, the cabin and Jenas disappeared from my sight along with the magical beast that had been coiled around my waist. I fell helplessly toward the ground, but I didn’t feel the impact of hitting the floor.

 

When I came to my senses, I was lying face down on the ground. After blinking in surprise, I slowly sat up.

 

My surroundings were completely shrouded in fog. So thick that I couldn’t see even an inch ahead. What on earth is happening?

 

Without evidence, only circumstantial clues, but I was now almost certain.

 

That Jenas might be the ‘experimenter,’ or perhaps the culprit who kidnapped us.

 

20. Reunion

 

I remained in the fog for quite a long time. Actually, I had no sense of how much time had passed.

 

What could Jenas’s purpose be? Whether he’s the experimenter or not, there must be some purpose or reason for him staying on this island for so long.

 

‘Why are you doing this to me.’

 

What happened at Jenas’s cabin made me even more confused.

 

‘And what the hell is this damn fog!’

 

While I was wandering through the fog like that for a while, I heard a sharp beast’s cry from somewhere that sounded like scraping metal.

 

Kyaak!

 

I was startled for a moment and sat down on the spot, then frowned briefly at the pain I felt in my stomach.

 

“Damn it.”

 

Blood had slightly seeped through the gauze, as if the wound had reopened.

 

Ssssssss- Saaaaaaa-

 

The sound that followed somehow sounded like a snake’s cry.

 

‘Could it be…’

 

“Eun-ji?”

 

As I looked around and called Eun-ji’s name, I saw something wriggling in the fog.

 

Soon a pure white snake appeared, poking its head out, and when it spotted me, it jumped up from its spot.

 

“Eun-ji!”

 

The creature quickly slithered across the floor and frantically circled around me.

 

It seemed to have grown larger than before, which made me worry that it might really become as huge as those anaconda magical beasts later on.

 

“Margaret.”

 

I heard a familiar voice from somewhere. I turned around.

 

The fog had completely cleared by now, and I was sitting in a forest where vegetation grew abundantly.

 

‘What? Where is this place?’

 

And through it stood a man with black hair.

 

A man holding a sword with black liquid dripping from it was looking at me as if he couldn’t believe it.

 

He was completely covered in dark red blood. I was very shocked to see his tattered clothes and body full of wounds.

 

Wait, wounds? Blood?

 

I hesitated for a moment, startled, wondering if he might be in an episode state.

 

But fortunately, he was in a rational state.

 

Despite having a tall stature, sturdy shoulders, and a solid build that seemed to have no soft spots, he was giving off a faintly fragile atmosphere as he looked at me, as if he might painfully fade away. As if he might collapse at any moment. It wasn’t the kind of expression you’d expect from a man covered in blood.

 

“Enoch?”

 

When I called his name, the sound of his sword falling to the floor echoed dully.

 

Enoch approached me in one stride. He knelt down in front of me and pulled me into his arms. So tightly that it was hard to breathe.

 

I noticed that his shoulder wound was more serious than I thought.

 

“Enoch, are you okay?!”

 

However, Enoch just held me tightly without saying a word. Only after a long while did he let me go, then held both my cheeks and examined my complexion.

 

The man who had been giving off that faintly fading atmosphere just moments before was gone. Life finally flowed into his face as he looked at me.

 

“I’m glad you’re safe. I thought you were…”

 

Enoch couldn’t finish his sentence. His gaze stopped right at my stomach as he lowered his head.

 

Only then did I remember that blood had seeped through the gauze because I had sat down on the floor in shock earlier.

 

“Ah, Enoch. This is…”

 

“Ha… I failed to protect you again this time. I’m sorry.”

 

Enoch slowly dry-washed his face. I panicked a little and stretched out both arms to quietly cover my stomach.

 

Enoch’s eyebrows rose in displeasure as he looked at me. I thought he might be having a seizure from seeing blood, so I quickly stepped back. Then he sighed as if flustered and bowed his head while rubbing his forehead.

 

“E-Enoch? Are you okay?”

 

Enoch was looking at me with a face full of regret. He pressed his lips tightly together and just stared at my face for a long time without saying anything.

 

“Enoch?”

 

When I called his name again, he finally opened his mouth.

 

“It’s fine, the rampage. I can control it perfectly now.”

 

“…Is that really true?”

 

Enoch nodded calmly. In his eyes looking at me, indescribable emotions were deeply layered.

 

“Thank you.”

 

“What?”

 

“For staying alive.”

 

Simple words, but their weight was considerable. He slowly bowed his head and rested his forehead against mine.

 

“Margaret, I thought I wanted you to live. Even if I had to sacrifice my life in your place. That’s why I could overcome it. It’s all thanks to you.”

 

I think Kaiden said something similar once.

 

I don’t know exactly how his wish for me to live helped him overcome his trauma, but still, I’m glad. He doesn’t have to suffer anymore.

 

He slowly reached out his arms again and this time embraced me a little more gently. Holding the back of my neck and burying his face in my shoulder, he exhaled hot breath as if his tension had been released.

 

“I missed you.”

 

He who always spoke in vague, roundabout words, this time truly and firmly told me his feelings.

 

I was held in his arms with a dumbfounded expression.

 

Was this a dream? It might be.

 

Just a moment ago I was definitely in Jenas’s cabin, but suddenly fog rolled in, and on top of that, Enoch appeared so unrealistically like this.

 

“How did you find me? The current was so strong that I drifted quite far.”

 

“Wherever you were, I would have searched this entire island to find you.”

 

I, who had been quietly held in his arms, slowly buried my face in his shoulder.

 

‘He would have found me wherever I was…’

 

I had only thought that I needed to find them myself.

 

I thought that if I escaped to the bunker or hid somewhere on the island like my original plan, the relationship would just end there.

 

Until now, I had completely excluded the possibility that they would come looking for me first.

 

That’s probably because I’ve lived a life where I never once relied on anyone.

 

It was a feeling of my heart growing warm.

 

My heart began to beat rapidly.

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