I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 115

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Chapter 115

I didn’t mean anything by it and really said it because I had never said such a thing before.

Oh, did he perhaps misunderstand that I was taking back my offer to let him watch what I was doing from the side?

Diego bit his lower lip hard and lowered his head.

“Even if you’re not taking me in, I’ll still stand night watch.”

“Then stand watch with me.”

Enoch, who had been standing with his arms crossed while wearing his long sword at his waist, spoke quietly. He absolutely wouldn’t tell him to rest.

Diego, who had once brushed over his gaunt face, obediently followed Enoch outside the barrier.

“Let’s sleep.”

Kaiden took my hand. Archbishop Luzef, who had been watching the situation with a bewildered face, awkwardly got up from his seat.

“What’s the situation?”

“You don’t need to know, just quietly guard the front of the cave.”

“Do you think I’m some kind of house-guarding dog?!”

“Yeah.”

When Kaiden answered without hesitation, Archbishop Luzef glared at him with a face reddened from swallowing his anger once again. But Kaiden just picked at his ear and shrugged his shoulders.

“You should be grateful just for being rescued.”

At those words, Archbishop Luzef suddenly bowed his head to me.

“Ah, my thanks are late, Lady Flone. Thank you for rescuing me.”

“Aren’t you going to thank me? You’re alive because of this barrier.”

“Barrier or whatever, you wouldn’t have even thought of rescuing me if it weren’t for Lady Flone.”

Kaiden and Archbishop Luzef started arguing again. I got tired of it all and just went into the cave and lay down.

Kaiden and Archbishop Luzef, who had been sneakily watching me, approached.

“Margaret, are you having a hard time?”

“Are you alright?”

“I’m tired, and it’s hard because you two are too noisy.”

At my words, both men quietly shut their mouths and nodded. Kaiden fumbled his way into the cave and lay down next to me, while Archbishop Luzef looked around nervously before obediently leaning against the cave entrance.

“Margaret, should I hold you?”

“Don’t make moves on the Young Lady. I’ll report this to His Highness when he comes.”

Archbishop Luzef, who was at the cave entrance, looked back at us after hearing Kaiden’s words. Kaiden, who had been reaching his arm toward me, glanced at the cave entrance.

“Report what? Is the Crown Prince your superior?”

I let out a sigh.

“…Should I just go outside?”

Both men quietly shut their mouths.

Only then was I able to quietly close my eyes.

Still, it’s fortunate that we safely met up with Archbishop Luzef.

21. The poison gas was potent

I suddenly opened my eyes because of a tremendous roar that shook the sky.

The ground vibrated so violently that I woke up with a start.

“What’s that?”

Kaiden must have felt the same, as he bolted upright. Bewildered, I rubbed my face once and scanned the surroundings.

The cave entrance was covered with large tree leaves, and since it was still the middle of the night, the view was pitch dark.

Archbishop Luzef, who had been sitting cramped at the entrance trying to sleep, was also frantically looking around with eyes that hadn’t fully opened yet.

Eun-ji, who had been sleeping by my pillow, squirmed and crawled over to wrap around my arm and climb onto my shoulder.

“What could that sound be?”

I instinctively searched for my bag, took out a flare, loaded ammunition into the cylinder, and asked Kaiden.

“Well…”

“Isn’t it a magical beast?”

Archbishop Luzef frowned with a tired face and yawned. He seemed still half-asleep and hadn’t fully grasped the situation yet. Of course, neither had I.

Kaiden furrowed his brow and ran his hands through his hair. He moved aside the tree leaves covering the cave entrance and looked around.

“Where did the Crown Prince and Captain of Guards go?”

When he expressed his confusion, I finally realized that Enoch and Diego, who had been on night watch, were nowhere to be seen.

“Can you figure out what’s happening with magic? Like using tracking magic or something?”

At my question, he remained silent with a thoughtful expression before extending his hand to me.

“I’ll try. Lend me your hand.”

I extended the hand wearing the ring to him. As we clasped hands, the emerald gem set in the ring emitted a green light, and a bluish magic circle appeared beneath where he was sitting.

Soon, Kaiden’s bangs fluttered in the wind. The magic circle gradually disappeared as if seeping into the cave floor.

“Both the Crown Prince and Captain of Guards are nearby, but… huh? Why are they in separate places?”

“The two of them being apart – that’s somewhat ominous.”

They went on night watch together, so why are they in different locations? How unsettling.

At my response, Kaiden stared intently at the cave entrance covered with tree leaves.

Kiiaaak!

At that moment, after hearing a loud roar from the sky,

Kuwoong- Kuuwoong–!

The sound of something exploding and collapsing shook heaven and earth.

“Shouldn’t we go out and check?”

Archbishop Luzef asked us with a tense expression.

“Hey, follower. Let’s go out together and see. Margaret, you stay here since it’s dangerous.”

Kaiden pushed my shoulder to make me sit down. I shook my head while gripping the flare in my hand and shouldered my bag.

“I’m coming with you.”

“It’s dangerous.”

“Magical tools are more helpful than a dagger. And you’ll need my mana too.”

Since I was right, Kaiden probably had nothing to say. He looked at me for a moment with an expression full of things he wanted to say, then sighed.

“Then just stay right next to me.”

“I’m here too.”

Archbishop Luzef, who was crouched at the cave entrance ready to go out, added his words.

“Don’t be a hindrance.”

At Kaiden’s merciless attack, Luzef shut his mouth tight. His face was full of dissatisfaction, but since he had no grounds to fight back, he ultimately stayed quiet.

We carefully moved aside the tree leaves that covered the cave entrance. Outside the cave was pitch dark. Even the moonlight had hidden itself between the bushes, making it feel even darker.

I was looking around while watching Kaiden’s back as he stood at the cave entrance, when I suddenly discovered letters carved at the cave entrance.

Alea

Alea. This must be writing done by Anata. According to Jenas, Anata had studied language.

Why did she use the word Alea?

And why did she carve the word Alea in a place like this?

The flare, the cabin, the cliff – from what I could guess so far, it seemed like the word Alea was carved in places that Jenas had touched.

Then was this cave also a place where Jenas had stayed? Or if not, was it a cave created for experiments?

Just then, the ground shook again.

I lost my balance while off guard and almost fell, but Kaiden caught me by the waist.

“I have no idea what’s going on.”

I couldn’t hide my bewilderment as I straightened my body and muttered. Then I loaded a flare and aimed it toward the sky.

“I don’t know where everyone is, but I should send a signal.”

“That seems a bit dangerous.”

Luzef said with an anxious face while looking around. I calmly refuted his words.

“Our location will be exposed, but since there’s a barrier, the magical beasts won’t be able to see us. If no one comes even after sending a signal, then we’ll have no choice but to go outside the barrier ourselves.”

Kaiden nodded with an agreeing expression.

I aimed the flare toward the sky, pulled down the hammer, and pulled the trigger.

Bang!

Whoosh.

Red smoke shot up into the sky, leaving a long tail behind.

Pop! Boom!

Soon red fireworks decorated the black sky brilliantly.

But even as time passed, the forest remained quiet.

‘I guess we have no choice but to go outside the barrier.’

I was thinking that as I carefully approached the barrier.

There had been a small amount of moonlight making it somewhat possible to distinguish what I could see, but now the surroundings had become completely dark. It felt exactly like a shadow had fallen over our heads.

“Damn, what is that thing.”

Puzzled by Kaiden’s low curse, I looked up and made eye contact with large, bright yellow pupils.

A giant anaconda’s head was looming over the cave.

It was completely different in size from the anacondas we had encountered on the South Island. It was roughly three times larger than those.

It was so large that it would be fine to call it a dragon rather than an anaconda.

For a moment, I was overwhelmed by it and couldn’t breathe.

The bright yellow pupils were directed down toward the barrier as if searching for something. Fortunately, it didn’t seem to be able to see us standing inside the barrier.

‘Could it be that Jenas is watching?’

Kaiden carefully took my hand.

“Margaret, let me borrow some of your mana.”

Whispering in a small voice, he sat down and began drawing a magic circle on the floor with a tree branch. It seemed to be magic that strengthened the barrier, as a gentle light began to swirl around the barrier.

Kyaak!

At a strange cry from somewhere, the anaconda that had been glaring intently at the barrier turned its head with sluggish movements.

At the end of the anaconda’s gaze was a silver snake that was pathetically small in comparison.

“What, when did it get over there…!”

I was sure it had been on my shoulder! As I tried to run toward Eun-ji, Kaiden grabbed my wrist.

“No, it’s dangerous.”

I looked at Kaiden once and hurriedly turned back to look at Eun-ji.

Then I saw another anaconda pushing its head through the distant bushes and rising into the sky.

There were Enoch and Diego, whose whereabouts had been mysterious.

Diego was dangling helplessly with his clothes caught on the anaconda’s sharp teeth, while Enoch was stepping on the anaconda’s silver scales and struggling to climb up onto its body.

“What the hell is that, what a fucked up situation.”

“Can’t you do something with magic?”

“If I use magic to clear all that out, you might collapse. You just used a lot of mana.”

Kaiden was right that I had used a lot of mana just now. I had created the barrier and additionally consumed mana to maintain and strengthen it.

Thud! Thud!

Another loud rumbling sound came from somewhere.

It seemed like there were more magical beasts. There was no time. I turned to look at Kaiden and spoke.

“Kaiden. Do you trust me?”

“What?”

“Stay here and maintain the barrier while watching over the Bishop and Eun-ji. Trust me and wait.”

Leaving those words behind, I slipped outside the barrier.

“What?! Margaret!”

With Kaiden’s scream-like shout behind me, I stepped on the sloped ground and climbed up above the cave.

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