I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 131

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Chapter 131
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid slowly extended his hand toward me.
“Come here.”
I quietly approached him. He then pulled my hand and seated me on his lap, leaving a kiss on my cheek.
I touched my cheek with a bewildered expression.
Was I truly losing my mind? It was astonishing how accustomed I’d become to such gestures. The feeling wasn’t even unpleasant.
A firm arm wrapped around my waist. He, who had exuded a savage intensity like a beast claiming possession, gradually tempered his aura and took my hand.
As he left kisses on each of my fingers, he gazed at the flight jacket I wore with a puzzled expression.
“Where did this garment come from?”
He regarded the jacket as though observing something peculiar. To Imperial citizens, it must have appeared terribly crude and inelegant. I fastened the jacket and pointed to a clothing rack in the corner of the room.
“It was over there. I suspect Jenas brought it.”
“…Jenas? You called him by such a familiar name.”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s eyebrows contorted with displeasure. His eyes burned like smoldering firewood.
I shrank my neck in alarm, and he exhaled a sigh before gently stroking my hair. I answered cautiously.
“At first, I did. I didn’t know what kind of person he was.”
Sitting on his thigh grew increasingly embarrassing, so I attempted to rise, but he pulled me back down.
“Are you alright?”
At his question, I scratched my cheek and gestured to where I was seated.
“If I remain in this position any longer, I’m afraid it won’t be alright.”
Only then did he release me without protest.
“Sigh. You’re troublesome.”
As I extricated myself from Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s embrace, Kaiden awoke. He lifted his head with drowsy eyes.
His hair was disheveled, yet his striking appearance allowed him to carry off even that state with an elegant grace.
Upon meeting my gaze as he lifted his head, he hurriedly rose from the bed. He approached me in a single stride and pulled me into an embrace.
I glanced at Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid. Seated on the bed, he stroked his chin while observing Kaiden with a subtle intensity.
“Are you alright?”
Kaiden released me from his embrace and carefully examined my complexion. He was remarkably gentle—unlike the aggressive man who had nearly consumed me the previous night.
“Ah… but Margaret, your inner garment seems shorter than before?”
He had noticed the crop top visible between the jacket’s panels. Kaiden furrowed his brow and fastened the front panel of the jacket himself.
“It’s embarrassing.”
“You’re fine with what you’re not wearing?”
“I’m fine. I could show even more if you’re curious. Want to see?”
What is there to see, you lunatic.
“I’m not curious, so keep it covered.”
As Kaiden showed signs of actually removing his remaining garments, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid rose from his seat.
“Lord.”
He called Kaiden by his title in a low voice. Merely calling his name had transformed the atmosphere into something solemn. Kaiden clicked his tongue and obediently retreated.
I watched the two men who were undressing and pointed to the clothing rack.
“There are proper clothes here. Before we have a proper conversation, it would be best to dress first.”
I gazed at Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s white shirt scattered across the floor. Those tattered shirt fragments needed to be discarded.
I walked toward the clothing rack before him and selected clothes for Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid and Kaiden.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid, standing behind me, stretched out both hands and rummaged through the rack alongside me. Before I knew it, I found myself nestled against him as I picked out his clothes.
“This should fit Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s frame best.”
I pulled out a black short-sleeved T-shirt and held it up to Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s body. In doing so, my gaze inevitably drifted to his impressive musculature.
Last night’s events circled relentlessly through my mind, making me feel as though I were dying.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid, unaware of what I was thinking, quietly accepted the clothes from me. He then pulled on the T-shirt and changed into the pants as well.
“I’ve never worn clothes like these before.”
I let out a brief exclamation upon seeing Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid in his new outfit. The T-shirt fit him perfectly, making his firm muscles stand out remarkably.
“Pick something for me too.”
Kaiden, who had drawn near, examined the clothes draped haphazardly on the rack and asked me to choose for him.
Fortunately, there were clothes and pants suitable for Kaiden, but he insisted on wearing a Mage Robe over them.
When I asked why, he grinned and said,
“What if you get cold at night? We’ll have to share a blanket.”
His brazen answer left me speechless.
“Fine, just get dressed already. We need to talk.”
I handed Kaiden the clothes I’d selected and sat down on the Bed.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid, now neatly dressed, approached me and gently stroked my hair. His touch was delicate, as if handling a precious glass doll.
Something felt incredibly ticklish and strange.
I grasped Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s wrist. I was afraid something odd might develop otherwise.
As I slowly lifted my head, my gaze met Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s golden eyes, which regarded me intently.
It felt as though time itself had stopped.
“We have much we need to discuss with each other.”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid said, looking down at the wrist I held.
He was right. We needed to talk about everything that had happened.
I was curious about what had become of Archbishop Luzef and Diego Bastian Vilterheim.
Just then, Kaiden carelessly threw off his clothes. I opened my eyes wide in surprise, but all I saw were black Drawers because Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid quickly covered both my eyes with his palm.
“You’re being reckless, Lord. Margaret Rose Flone is watching.”
“Did I tell her to watch?”
I heard Kaiden’s brazen response to Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s rebuke. Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid, being considerate of me, had changed clothes behind the shelf, but Kaiden was true to form, and I couldn’t help but smile.
As we conversed like this, it felt as though we’d returned to the beginning—to those days when the three of us lived together on South Island.
My expression darkened abruptly, and I swallowed my words.
I had remembered what the situation was like just before Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid and Kaiden and I parted ways.
‘They were trying to seal my Magic Power. And they said they would kill me.’
I thought it was certain that I had misunderstood due to my Poisoning from the Poison Gas.
But what if that wasn’t the case? What if it wasn’t a misunderstanding? What would I do then?
“What are you thinking about?”
I heard Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s voice from above my head. The hand covering my eyes was removed. I lifted my head and looked at him.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid was perceptive, so he had likely noticed that I was entertaining negative thoughts. I gazed up at him quietly, blinking as I deliberated, then opened my mouth.
“If you were trying to kill me, what would be the reason? That’s what I was thinking about.”
“…What?”
Enoch’s eyebrows gradually contorted. Kaiden, who had changed into fresh clothes and come to me, looked genuinely startled and gasped.
“Wait, Margaret! What are you talking about?! Who’s killing whom? Us, you?”
Kaiden asked me with a bewildered expression. I slowly nodded my head.
Enoch stared down at me with a somber face. Was it my imagination, or did he look somewhat hurt?
“I suspected as much. That’s why you fled.”
At Enoch’s words, I clamped my mouth shut. Sorrow washed over me again, and tears threatened to spill.
“That makes no sense at all.”
Kaiden rushed forward in a single stride and knelt before me, looking up.
“We would never do such a thing.”
“I know. I thought it was impossible too.”
At my response, Kaiden exhaled a sigh of relief. I looked at his face and opened my mouth.
“That’s why I wanted to ask directly and judge for myself. Whether what I heard was true. Whether you really intended to seal my Mana.”
“What? Margaret, that’s…!”
Kaiden tried to protest in surprise, but Enoch cut him off.
“Allow me to explain. Margaret, you have misunderstood.”
He calmly explained to me about that conversation I had overheard in fragments that night.
“We believed you would be the key to escaping this Island. You’re the only one among us who possesses Mana. We spoke of sealing your Mana to conduct an Experiment—to determine whether your Mana was drawing the Magical Beasts to us.”
“Then what you said about killing me….”
“That never happened. What you likely heard was us saying it wouldn’t be too late to kill the Magical Beasts after conducting the Experiment.”
When I expressed doubt at Enoch’s words, Kaiden answered.
Ah….
Only then did I understand the situation, and I sighed. Relief flooded through me, followed by a wave of remorse for doubting their trust.
I succumbed to self-loathing and buried my face in my palms. I was ashamed. The self-recrimination that overwhelmed it prevented me from lifting my head.
I slowly lowered my hands and stared only at my feet.
“I’m sorry…. I…. I went back to the Cave afterward. I waited for half a day, but no one came…. I encountered Magical Beasts and fled….”
In my bewilderment, I rambled in a way unlike myself. My hands were clasped neatly on my lap, but they trembled slightly from my panic.
Then Kaiden, who was kneeling before me and looking up, took my hand. He obsessively kissed each of my fingers while meeting my eyes.
“It’s alright. No matter where you ran, we would have found you anyway.”
Saying so, Kaiden flashed a smile. His dimples deepened, creating his characteristically captivating smile.
At Kaiden’s words, Enoch nodded in agreement.
“Forgive us for frightening you. I can only imagine how terrified you must have been alone….”
Enoch contorted his face in self-reproach.
According to him, they couldn’t reach the Cave immediately because they had found the Cloth Pieces I had dropped while searching for me. That’s when they encountered Jenas.
“I needed a place to hide. While searching for somewhere to conceal myself, I discovered the Underground Secret Passage beneath this Bunker.”
“A secret passage? Ah, is that the path that damned Great Mage disappeared through?”
“Well, it seems so.”
I nodded at Kaiden’s question. Of course, I had taken a different path midway and encountered a skeleton.
I had been about to tell them about that skeleton and the Battle of Romalijan uniform, and what had happened in the Bunker.
Thud!
Something struck against the Room Door from outside. I flinched in alarm and turned to look at the firmly closed door.
“What… what is that…?”
I rushed to retrieve the Cross Bag and hastily drew out a Flare. Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid and Kaiden likewise unsheathed their Long Sword and Dagger respectively, shifting into an Alert State.
“Could it be a Magical Beast?”
I asked Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid and Kaiden with a tense expression, my eyes fixed on the closed Room Door.
“Did you leave the Bunker Door open?”
At my question, Kaiden furrowed the space between his eyebrows with a troubled expression.
“I closed the Door we came through. There’s no lock mechanism, so if something wanted to open it, there’s nothing stopping it… but would a Magical Beast have the intelligence to open a closed Door?”
Kaiden turned the question back to me, and having no answer, I shrugged. In the meantime, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid stepped in front of the Room Door, pressed his ear against it to listen, then turned back to us.
“I’ll go first. I need you both to provide Cover until we reach the Bunker Door.”
Kaiden and I nodded simultaneously. Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid took a deep breath, then swiftly opened the Door and leveled his Sword forward.
Crash!
“Ugh!”
And we heard a Scream that was all too familiar.
Collapsed before the Door with a deathly pale complexion was none other than Archbishop Luzef.
“Were you all here the entire time?!”
Archbishop Luzef looked at us and cried out with tears welling in his eyes. His expression was utterly forlorn.

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