I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 105

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Chapter 105

 

Whether he knew my feelings or not, Enoch, who had his arm around my waist, took out the disinfectant from my cross bag.

 

“I’ll do it myself.”

 

“It’s uncomfortable for you. I’ll do it.”

 

Every time he spoke, his breath touched my ear. Damn it.

 

“Wait, ugh.”

 

I grabbed his arms with both hands, but suddenly pain washed over me and I stiffened. Enoch gently patted me.

 

“Margaret, relax.”

 

Listening to those words somehow made me feel like I was going to cry. If Teacher keeps doing this, I definitely won’t be able to relax.

 

Damn it, is this some new torture method?

 

I eventually gave up and decided to completely entrust my body to him. I drained all the strength from my body and leaned my back against his chest.

 

“It would be better to take off your jacket for a moment.”

 

At his words, I endured the stinging pain, took off my jacket, and leaned back against him again.

 

Wearing only a t-shirt that exposed my stomach and leaning against him, I could feel the texture of his firm chest muscles completely through my back.

 

‘This feels a bit strange.’

 

I tried to shake off the embarrassing sensation and watched what Enoch was doing.

 

In a position where he was embracing me from behind, he slowly examined the wound on my stomach. I felt a little disappointed that I couldn’t see what his expression looked like right now.

 

‘…Wait? Am I crazy? Why am I disappointed that I can’t see his expression?’

 

“Hup.”

 

At that moment, Enoch slowly removed the gauze attached to the wound, and I held my breath, forgetting that I had been thinking about other things.

 

“Shh, just bear with it a little.”

 

I heard a soothing voice in my ear.

 

It wasn’t unbearable, but since he was being so careful as if handling porcelain, it made the wound feel more painful than it actually was.

 

After removing the gauze, Enoch opened the lid of the disinfectant.

 

“Will you be okay?”

 

He asked for my opinion, and when I nodded, he very carefully sprayed the disinfectant on the wound.

 

“Hngh.”

 

Damn it, it stings like hell! I threw my head back and leaned the back of my head against his chest while squeezing my eyes shut. After Enoch reattached the gauze, he gently stroked my head with one hand.

 

“You endured it well.”

 

The voice I heard in my ear was excessively sweet.

 

Was Enoch always like this? Somehow, since I couldn’t see his face, it felt even less like the usual Enoch than normal.

 

He avoided my wound and grabbed my thigh, pulling me slightly closer to him again.

 

“I need to tie us up, so bear with it a little more.”

 

Enoch soon unraveled the tree branch he had cut and threw it under the large tree branch we were sitting on.

 

Due to the rebound from the strong force, the tree branch came up on the opposite side. Wrapping the branch around several times like that, he firmly tied my legs and his to the tree branch. Then he connected and tied our waists to the wooden post.

 

Up and down, and across. Now I had no choice but to stick to him like a cicada with no way out.

 

I gave up and comfortably leaned my body against him. I should think of it as sleeping leaning against a hard, uncomfortable sofa. It’s better than leaning against a wooden post.

 

Then Enoch’s face gently fell onto my shoulder.

 

“Sorry, I’m just as uncomfortable.”

 

He muttered as if making an excuse and rubbed his cheek against my shoulder.

 

“Enoch.”

 

“Hmm?”

 

“You’re doing this on purpose right now, aren’t you.”

 

“What are you talking about.”

 

“You’re torturing me.”

 

Then Enoch, who had briefly lifted his head, burst into laughter. His laughter, deeply subdued with fatigue, was somewhat sensual.

 

“Margaret.”

 

“Yes?”

 

“Are you nervous?”

 

He asked me with a voice tinged with laughter.

 

“Are you teasing me right now?”

 

“I see you’ve finally caught on.”

 

He rested his forehead against my shoulder and burst into laughter again. At that moment, I thought.

 

‘Ha, damn it. Why do I feel good when I’m being teased? I must have finally gone crazy.’

 

* * *

 

The sudden flutter and nervousness from Enoch’s actions was brief, and before I knew when I had fallen asleep, I had fallen into a deep slumber.

 

Just the night before, I had stayed up all night at Jenas’s cabin, but meeting Enoch seemed to have completely relaxed my tension. After all, I had fallen sound asleep even in an uncomfortable position.

 

Then I suddenly opened my eyes. I had sensed some strange presence from somewhere.

 

When I slightly opened my eyes, I saw something moving in my field of vision. More precisely, some massive group was passing beneath the tree where Enoch and I were sitting.

 

I was startled and flinched, but even at that small movement, Enoch immediately opened his eyes.

 

“Those seem to be the evolved magical beasts that Lord and I encountered.”

 

Enoch whispered quietly in my ear.

 

As he said, the magical beasts I remembered from the novel seemed to be modeled after creatures on Earth (and indeed, all the magical beasts we had encountered so far were like that), but I couldn’t identify these magical beasts at all.

 

There were some that looked like giant fish with two legs, some that looked like larvae crawling around wriggling, and some that looked like big-headed aliens walking on two feet.

 

They all seemed to have started from some animal and been horribly transformed.

 

Even though it was morning with daybreak approaching, they were roaming through the forest without any problem.

 

‘Creepy.’

 

If we fall from here, we’re screwed.

 

“It’s okay.”

 

Then, a warm word reached my ear.

 

“Since you’re not alone, it’ll be okay.”

 

Certainly, if Enoch set his mind to fight, he could probably somehow deal with those magical beasts and run away, even if he couldn’t completely wipe them out.

 

To give such reassurance with just his voice when I couldn’t even see his face.

 

Eun-ji, who had been sleeping quietly on my lap, slowly opened her eyes and looked at me, then looked down and jumped in surprise.

 

She looked down, then at me, then down again, then at me. It seemed like she wanted me to explain what this situation was all about.

 

I shook my head to indicate that I didn’t know either.

 

The little one wagged its tail and looked down below with a face full of curiosity. I held tightly onto its body, worried it might fall.

 

We sat there on the tree in silence for quite a while until all the magical beasts completely disappeared from view.

 

After the magical beasts were completely gone, all the tension drained away. I slumped against Enoch’s embrace and let out a sigh.

 

“Phew. If we hadn’t been up in the tree, we would have been in big trouble.”

 

“I owe you my life.”

 

Enoch added those words with embarrassment.

 

“It would have been difficult if I were alone.”

 

I could hear Enoch’s soft laughter. Since I was in his embrace, I could feel that trembling completely.

 

‘He’s still embarrassed.’

 

I stayed awkwardly in his embrace for a moment, then quietly straightened my back.

 

“Should we go down now? I’m very worried about whether Kaiden is safe.”

 

It wasn’t that I was trying to avoid the situation – I was genuinely worried about Kaiden. I was confident that Kaiden would surely be alive, but still, you never know what might happen.

 

“You’re right, we shouldn’t just stay here like this.”

 

He always growled and kept Kaiden in check, but it seemed Enoch was also worried about Kaiden.

 

We untied the string that had bound our legs and came down from the tree. I tapped my legs and frowned.

 

“My legs are numb.”

 

Then Enoch knelt on one knee in front of me and looked up at me.

 

“I’ll massage them for you, so sit down for a moment.”

 

“No. I’m fine.”

 

“It would be better to massage them.”

 

“I should endure this much.”

 

I answered through gritted teeth. He would personally massage my legs? Then my heart would surely start racing again, and what if Enoch heard my heartbeat!

 

‘That can’t happen. Protect my legs.’

 

I shook my head and shook out my cramped legs a couple of times, then put on Enoch’s jacket that I had been holding and adjusted my cross bag.

 

“Shall we go?”

 

Enoch stood up from his spot with a regretful expression and nodded.

 

I picked up Eun-ji from the floor, placed her on my shoulder, and wandered through the forest again with Enoch to search for Kaiden.

 

* * *

 

Kaiden was wandering alone through the fog.

 

At some point, both Eun-ji who had been leading the way and Enoch had disappeared. He looked around, but the fog only continued to thicken, and he couldn’t see even an inch ahead.

 

“Damn it, the cabin seemed to be right in front of us.”

 

The moment they discovered the large three-story cabin, thick fog suddenly engulfed them. After that, he couldn’t make sense of what had happened.

 

Whenever he walked in the direction where the cabin had been, the fog grew thicker. As if it was trying to prevent him from coming.

 

He had been walking slowly while staying alert for quite some time when suddenly the fog lifted and a door appeared right in front of his nose.

 

Kaiden ended up bumping straight into the door.

 

The fog had been so thick that he didn’t know there was an object nearby and just kept walking. He spat out a curse in annoyance and stepped back.

 

“…This is that cabin from before?”

 

He was now standing in front of that massive three-story cabin from earlier. He looked around again, but neither Eun-ji nor Enoch were still visible.

 

He gripped the dagger tightly in his hand and stared intently at the wooden door of the cabin.

 

Margaret might be inside.

 

With that thought, his hesitation disappeared. He carefully opened the door.

 

The interior of the cabin was quiet.

 

In the first floor living room, a fire was crackling in the fireplace, and an empty hammock hung in front of it.

 

Perhaps because thick fog had settled outside the cabin, the interior was dim enough to need a lantern and felt terribly eerie.

 

Then,

 

Thud.

 

A small noise came from upstairs.

 

“Damn, what was that.”

 

Kaiden muttered a curse under his breath and carefully approached the stairs. He glanced up, but it was too dark to see clearly. Could Margaret be upstairs?

 

After hesitating for a moment, Kaiden stepped onto the stairs and climbed up. The second floor he reached reeked with a foul odor. It seemed to be from the massive amount of garbage scattered across the floor.

 

He pinched his nose and carefully surveyed the second floor. There wasn’t anything particularly noteworthy, but he could definitely tell that quite a few people had lived in this cabin until recently.

 

Thud.

 

Again, a sound came from the floor above.

 

Kaiden unconsciously looked up at the ceiling. The sound seemed almost like it was calling to him.

 

‘Could Margaret be asking for rescue?’

 

That was the only thing he could think of. He hurriedly ran up the stairs and reached the third floor.

 

The third floor was even more eerie than the first and second floors. Moreover, due to the garbage, an intensely strong smell that couldn’t even compare to the second floor’s stench assaulted his nose.

 

Covering his nose with his clothing edge and looking around, the foul odor seemed to be flowing from a tightly closed door next to the stairs.

 

“Is this where the sound came from?”

 

The door had a sign that read ‘Room of Rest – Sealed’.

 

Room of Rest? With a puzzled expression, Kaiden read the sign and turned the door handle.

 

The door opened slowly. The room had no windows and was so pitch-black that he couldn’t see an inch ahead, but as he opened the door, some light filtered in, making the interior faintly visible.

 

In the center of the room, a complex magic circle was drawn with a chair placed in the middle. And someone was sitting on the chair.

 

“…Margaret?”

 

As Kaiden approached in surprise,

 

Bang!

 

The door slammed shut.

 

While he turned around in shock to look at the closed door, he heard something flaring up behind him. Kaiden turned his head back.

 

A magic circle was drawn beneath the chair, and candles were placed at regular intervals surrounding the magic circle. It seemed the candles had lit up the moment the door closed.

 

The person sitting on the chair was a silver-haired woman. Her head was bowed, and she showed no movement, as if she had fainted.

 

“Hey.”

 

The moment Kaiden approached her with a puzzled expression.

 

Forgotten memories suddenly came flooding back, beginning to swirl chaotically through his mind.

 

* * *

 

Deep within the Papal Court, in the underground laboratory.

 

Geometric symbols were densely carved into the floor. Young Kaiden lay upon them.

 

Candles burned around Kaiden along with the symbols.

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