I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 11

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Chapter 11

The size of its gaping mouth seemed twice as large as my head.

Sticky saliva dripping from the wolf-like monster’s mouth had pooled into a puddle on the ground.

From the monster’s throat, a long tongue stretched out like a snake. The tongue writhed like a tentacle, rising into the air before plunging down toward where I sat.

I frantically threw myself to the side. The monster’s tongue pierced into the spot where I had been lying just moments before.

My mind went completely blank.

‘I have to survive. I can do this. Don’t just be a burden to Enoch.’

I barely managed to support myself and stand up with my trembling arms. Then I quickly picked up my flat shoes that had fallen nearby and put them on.

Thoom!

A heavy sound that shook the ground reached my ears.

In the distance, Enoch had taken down one monster with his wooden stick.

He immediately ran toward me. Then he helped me up and hid me behind his back.

As his solid back blocked my view, a deep sense of relief instantly spread through me. I grabbed onto Enoch’s clothes like a lifeline and quickly assessed the situation.

The remaining two monsters turned toward us, wagging their tails. Their snake-like eyes glowed yellow.

I picked up a tree branch rolling on the ground. It was a pitiful weapon, but I gripped it tightly as if it were a talisman.

“Don’t come out from behind me.”

Enoch said in a tense voice.

However, the wolf-type monsters were intelligent creatures. They split up to both sides and attacked us like they were herding prey.

Staying behind Enoch’s back was of little use.

I rolled on the ground again to avoid the charging monster. I was so grateful that Margaret had a more agile body than I expected.

Just when I thought I had barely shaken it off, the monster’s sharp teeth caught the lace of my dress hem with a snap.

“Damn it!”

At my scream-like cry, Enoch looked back at me. He kicked away the monster charging at him and desperately reached his hand toward me.

But the monster’s movement was faster. The monster bit down hard on the dress and pulled violently.

As a result, I was thrown to the ground face-first. Soon after, the monster’s bumpy tongue slipped between the dress and wrapped around my ankle.

“Ah! Damn it, why is this happening to me…!”

“Young Lady!”

I was roughly dragged somewhere.

‘Fucking monster!’

It was pandemonium. Being dragged around frantically made it difficult to understand how the situation was unfolding.

The strong force gripping my ankle pulled taut, then suddenly loosened. Then my body was flung into the air by the recoil.

I crashed straight into the dirt ground.

Thud! Thoom! Crash!

The ground vibrated. And a heavy object fell to the ground. It seemed to be the monster that had been dragging me.

When I came to my senses, I found myself being carried on someone’s shoulder. It was Enoch, of course.

Right, Enoch is the only one who would save me like this.

After setting me down in front of a thick wooden post, he retraced his steps back the way we came.

When he swung the wooden stick he was holding, I could see what appeared to be the monster’s black blood spurting in my field of vision.

Screech! Crack!

The trajectory of the wooden stick thrown at the monster was spectacular.

The monster’s body had already stopped moving after being grotesquely deformed. Even though the monster appeared clearly dead, Enoch’s movements showed no sign of stopping.

I looked at the dirt ground becoming soaked with the monster’s black blood, then raised my head.

Enoch’s left arm was wounded. Dark red blood was flowing through his torn shirt.

‘…I remember. What Enoch’s war trauma was like.’

He goes berserk when he sees human blood. And that rampage only stops when he pushes his body to exhaustion until he faints.

‘I have to stop him.’

Otherwise, I might become his next target.

I found a sturdy tree branch and immediately ran to Enoch, striking him on the head. Fortunately, it hit properly and Enoch staggered before fainting.

I swallowed back nausea at the sight of the monster’s brutally mutilated corpse.

Having witnessed with my own eyes what happens when Enoch’s rampage trauma is triggered, fear overwhelmed me even more.

Barely managing to pull myself together, I took care of Enoch’s heavy body with trembling hands.

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I don’t know how I managed to support him and get back to the cave.

Moreover, the wound on Enoch’s forearm was in poor condition. It seemed the monster’s sharp claws had some kind of toxin.

First, I laid him down on the flat cave floor. If it was infected with poison, I needed to keep his forearm positioned lower than his heart.

There was still water left in the coconut bowl that I had collected the night before.

I immediately tore a piece from my dress hem and soaked it in the water in the coconut bowl. Then I used it as a towel substitute to clean the wound area.

“What should I do if it’s really infected with poison…?”

I know how to give first aid, but I’m not a doctor.

“Still, let me do my best.”

I can’t just leave him like this.

Eventually, I tore more from my dress hem and tied it around Enoch’s forearm. I had to bind and compress the area above the wound to prevent the poison from spreading further.

The blister on my foot had finally burst too. I had no choice but to clean the wound with a wet cloth and bind my foot with the remaining cloth.

I could only pray it wouldn’t get infected.

Fatigue washed over me, but I forced myself to endure and continued nursing him.

If only Enoch hadn’t woken up in the middle, I could have nursed him smoothly.

He seemed to still have traces of seizure symptoms, wanting to swing at anything and cause a commotion.

I calmly tied his wrists firmly with the cloth I was holding.

“Ugh. What is this…!”

He glared at me with beast-like eyes. His sweat-soaked bangs and flushed cheeks caught my attention. He looked very distressed.

But I mercilessly pushed his shoulder and laid him back down.

“Stay still. You’re hurt.”

Naturally, he didn’t listen to me.

“Untie me. Right now.”

Enoch growled like a beast, warning me.

He continued to struggle, trying to free his bound hands.

I had no choice but to grab his chin and fix his gaze on me. Then, looking straight into his eyes, I said,

“Even if it hurts, endure it.”

I spoke as if hypnotizing him. I don’t know exactly where it hurts. Enoch himself would know that.

“What are you doing right now…!”

“Shh. Stop. Everything will be okay.”

I spoke firmly once again. I’ll think later about what he might say to me after he comes to his senses.

“No one got hurt. So put down your worries and rest.”

Enoch’s current symptoms were due to war trauma. Having seizures at the sight of blood meant he had deep trauma from his comrades’ deaths.

I wondered if this would actually work. The probability was extremely low. So I expected him to start struggling again soon, but surprisingly, it was effective.

Enoch’s eyes, which had been wild like a beast’s, gradually calmed down. I looked at the now-calm Enoch with amazement.

‘He calms down just from words like that? This is a reaction I’ve never seen even in the original work.’

Of course, there was content in the novel about Enoch going berserk at the sight of blood. But then, Yuanna directly…

I only thought that far before quickly dismissing the thought.

Anyway, I remember that Yuanna and Enoch’s steamy event occurred because of this seizure symptom. This incident deepened their relationship…

What’s certain is that what was an intensely romantic situation for Yuanna was a survival ordeal for me.

‘I’m always the one in hardcore mode. Damn, this is tough.’

Of course, I didn’t have time to think deeply about it. Whether due to the wound, Enoch burned with fever all night.

“Please, let the fever go down…”

Fortunately, no additional shock symptoms occurred and the condition of the wound gradually improved. Now it seemed like he would be fine if only the fever would break.

As I prayed and wiped his sweat-soaked face with a cold cloth, I grew tired and drowsiness began to overwhelm me.

Sitting beside him, dozing while nursing him, morning had arrived before I knew it.

Fortunately, Enoch’s fever had broken. I was startled to see him opening his eyes at just the right moment and asked.

“Are you okay?”

He nodded with a weary expression. It didn’t seem like his mind had fully returned yet.

Though his condition had improved, he needed proper medicine to treat the wound. If left like this, Enoch’s condition might worsen.

I anxiously bit my nails before getting up from my seat.

“I’ll go get some medicinal herbs. I’ll be back soon, so wait here.”

I wasn’t sure if Enoch properly heard what I said. He just looked at me drowsily with a dazed expression.

After checking his condition once more, I left the cave.

I wondered how I could find medicinal herbs suitable for treating wounds in this vast forest, but I couldn’t just sit there and watch his condition deteriorate.

‘I need to return before it gets dark.’

While wandering through the forest searching for medicinal herbs, I heard rustling sounds right in front of me.

I tensed up, holding my breath for a moment.

Could it be a demon? No, the midday sunlight was too intense for demons to appear.

Then could it be a person? If it was a person, that would also be a big problem. On this island, there were only the five male leads, Yuanna, and myself.

Whatever it was, I didn’t want to encounter it, so I carefully stepped backward. My hands were sweating from the tension.

I was wiping my sweaty palms roughly on my torn dress and walking backward when it happened.

Rustle.

The sound of stepping on tree leaves came from behind me, not in front.

Startled, I turned around, and brilliant silver hair was the first thing that caught my eye. Then I saw blood-red pupils following after.

He was definitely in front of me, so when did he get behind me?

Moreover, silver hair and red eyes. I knew who he was.

The man’s pupils slowly widened upon discovering me.

“Huh? What’s this. There was a person here?”

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