I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 134

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Chapter 134
“What is this map?”
“I’m not certain. Could it be that those specters kidnapped Diego Bastian Vilterheim and dropped this in the process…?”
Archbishop Luzef’s response trailed off as Kaiden fixed him with a piercing stare.
“You know how absurd that sounds, right?”
“There’s nothing particularly absurd about it. On this Island, things far beyond imagination occur constantly.”
Archbishop Luzef furrowed his brow and replied with evident displeasure.
In truth, Archbishop Luzef was right. On this Island, whatever one imagined always paled in comparison to what actually transpired.
I pointed my finger at the creature illustration marked on the Eastern North Island.
“This marking on the map—it appears to be the Magical Beast Mother Body.”
I gestured toward the grotesque creature depicted on Archbishop Luzef’s map. Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid regarded me with a puzzled expression.
“The Magical Beast Mother Body?”
“I heard this Island has been deteriorating through repeated Experiments over a thousand years. The Evolution of Magical Beasts is one of the harbingers. Jenas said there’s a Magical Beast Mother Body in the Eastern North Island, and if we eliminate it, the Magical Beasts will stop evolving.”
Kaiden listened intently, his expression growing contemplative like a student wrestling with a complex problem.
“What exactly is a Magical Beast Mother Body?”
“I don’t know. He said to go see it directly.”
I mulled over Jenas’s words again, swallowing a curse. Damn Jenas.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid, who had been listening to our conversation, spoke in a measured, grave tone.
“Margaret Rose Flone, did you learn why this Jenas fellow revealed information about the Magical Beasts to you? It seems suspicious—it could be a trap, so we should exercise caution.”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s words held merit. I fell into thought, recalling the circumstances.
“I think he told me because he believed I would die there. I was nearly consumed by the Magical Beasts.”
“What?! You never mentioned that!”
At my words, Kaiden erupted in a fit of rage and shot to his feet.
Crunch—
In that moment, the tin can Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid held crumpled violently. Sinews bulged across his forearm, defined by sculpted muscle and compressed with delicate precision.
Kaiden, Archbishop Luzef, and I all fell silent, staring at him. He regarded me with a composed expression.
“That Mage tried to kill you?”
His voice remained measured, yet a faint glimmer of Madness seemed to flicker in his eyes.
Startled by his intense reaction, I averted my gaze slightly.
“Well… actually, it was more abandonment. Jenas didn’t directly threaten me, but when the Magical Beasts dragged me away into the Cabin, he simply left me there without helping.”
“That bastard never sat right with me from the start.”
I pulled Kaiden back down as he bolted upright to leave, then turned to Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid.
“This map is our only clue. What if we search for the Magical Beast Mother Body? If Jenas spoke truthfully, we must eliminate it for Monster Extermination. Once we do, Jenas won’t be able to Surveil us through the Eyes of Magical Beasts anymore.”
“Margaret Rose Flone is right. This is our only lead, and it’s the closest location to us geographically.”
“Before we search for the Magical Beast Mother Body, shouldn’t we meet with the Saint?”
This time, Archbishop Luzef offered his suggestion cautiously.
“The Saint’s map had locations marked where Supplies are stored. If I recall correctly, one was along the path heading east from the Island where the Magical Beast Mother Body is said to be.”
As Archbishop Luzef finished speaking, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid stroked his chin and studied the map spread across the Floor again.
I followed his gaze to the map. Our map bore no Supplies markings, but from my memory, the North Island had three locations marked with Supplies.
One of those three was the current Bunker’s location. I suspected the items we’d gathered might be those “Supplies.”
“I recall there was a supply mark near the Magical Beast Mother Body.”
That was when Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid spoke. He looked at me and sought my opinion.
“While searching for Diego Bastian Vilterheim, what if we go there first? After that, we should find the Saint. The location of the Magical Beast Mother Body is extremely dangerous, so let’s assess the situation first and then devise a new plan.”
Everyone nodded at Enoch’s words. As I thought about the Magical Beast Mother Body, I recalled what Jenas had told me.
‘I’m only borrowing the eyes of the Magical Beasts, not controlling them. They simply like you.’
‘Why would Magical Beasts like me?’
‘You must smell delicious to them, Meg. Different from other people.’
So the Magical Beasts liked me, he had said.
But that “liking” wasn’t the kind of devotion Eun-ji showed—it was the feeling of viewing me as a true delicacy and attacking me.
Was it really wise for someone like me to encounter the Magical Beast Mother Body?
‘And it seemed like someone in Meg’s party could use Mana.’
‘I’m being controlled by the Mana in this body, but how did that person use it?’
If Jenas had eventually discovered that my soul was different, wouldn’t he have also noticed that I could use Mana?
I wanted to meet Jenas. There were still so many things I was curious about regarding him.
‘What is the Magical Beast Mother Body?’
‘Go see it yourself.’
‘But I hope Meg survives. Call it a gamble? Entertainment, let’s say. Try to hang in there. This is Alea Island, after all.’
I recalled Jenas’s words and clutched my head in frustration.
‘Damn Jenas!’
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Whoooosh—
It was an afternoon of torrential downpour.
In weather like this, even using Flares had its limits against Magical Beasts. The flames of the Flares would quickly extinguish when soaked by rain.
‘Damn it, there wasn’t an umbrella or raincoat in the Bunker.’
I pulled the hood of my flight jacket over my head. But the three men had no hoods and had to endlessly bear the falling rain.
Kaiden and Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid each carried large Backpacks, and Archbishop Luzef held Eun-ji. I watched my Cross Bag getting soaked, so I adjusted it inside my flight jacket.
I had wrapped the Flares and Lighter in Cloth like a T-shirt for storage, but with rain falling this mercilessly, even that could get wet.
The volume of falling rain was extraordinary.
We trudged through the muddy Floor with difficulty, and before long, we had no choice but to find a Cave near the Riverside and enter it.
“Damn it. The rain falls as if it’s been waiting for this.”
Kaiden muttered irritably, wringing out his water-soaked Collar.
I sat blankly at the Cave Entrance and gazed forlornly at the falling rain. Just as I resolved to attempt something, this disaster strikes.
It feels like it’s been ages since I watched rain fall. Since I first opened my eyes on This Island, I don’t think it has rained once.
Whoooosh—
Whether it knew my gloomy mood or not, the sound of rain was refreshingly pleasant.
I opened the Cross Bag hanging from my shoulder and examined its Contents.
Yuanna Lucy’s Notebook and the novel “More Important Than Survival” were partially wet. The Lighter, Flares, and Emergency Medicine seemed intact, and the Telescope that Jenas gave me was also fine.
“A Flashlight without batteries.”
I tapped the Flashlight I’d brought from the Bunker against the Floor and sighed.
‘I should probably discard the Telescope and Flashlight.’
I put the Telescope and Flashlight aside, returning everything else to my Bag. Then I turned to observe the men who were diligently Cleaning the Cave.
These men, who had spent their lives serving others, seemed unable to tolerate filth—perhaps due to their fastidious temperament.
As a result, I had little work to do.
I watched Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid struggle to ignite damp Firewood, then retrieved the Lighter from my Bag again and set the Firewood ablaze.
Archbishop Luzef, who had been observing quietly, asked me a question.
“Is it because the Young Lady lived a different life in a different world that you possess knowledge of using such objects?”
At Archbishop Luzef’s question, both Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid and Kaiden turned their gaze toward me. It seemed they had been curious about this all along.
I nodded in affirmation.
“Yes. I’m not sure how I came to live that other life in that world, or why objects from that world exist here either….”
-Let’s discuss Margaret Rose Flone’s soul, which vanished beyond dimensions. Only Jenas can open the Gate of Dimensions, and even then, it’s not something he can simply do… It’s only possible after all the Experiments are complete, by gathering the Mana of the dead. It’s not a Gate that opens with just one or two people’s Mana.
-That said, there isn’t a complete absence of other methods to open the Gate of Dimensions. If you open the Return Gate with that Key, the Gate of Dimensions will open as well. I’ll bring Margaret then. Since Jenas doesn’t know this yet, you need to move quickly.
Anata, whom I saw in my memories through the Magic Circle, had definitely said such things.
I sat before the Campfire and looked at the three men.
“Of the two Doors in the Bunker, the one with the Magic Circle drawn on it seems to be the Gate of Dimensions. The Door leading to the world where I briefly lived. It appears objects from that world cross over through it every year. I heard the Experiments repeat on a one-year cycle. The other Door is the Return Gate, as mentioned before. You said that opening the Return Gate with the Key the Saint possesses would also open the Gate of Dimensions, right?”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid and Kaiden, who had learned about the Return Gate, Yuanna Lucy, and Anata in the Bunker, nodded and listened to my explanation.
Archbishop Luzef looked bewildered, but I could see him nodding as he tried to understand through intuition.
“But what do you mean the Experiments repeat on a one-year cycle? Did Anata say that?”
Kaiden suddenly expressed doubt to me. I took out the Novel “More Important Than Survival” from my Cross Bag and opened the first page.
– Every year, a Door connected to outside the Island opens. And they had to survive on the Island by any means necessary until that ‘Door’ opened.
It was a passage written in the opening of a first-person perspective novel.
It was someone’s Practice Novel written in handwriting, but only that passage had different Handwriting, which was strange.
Of course, there were other sections with different Handwriting scattered throughout the middle, but the differences were subtle, and I never would have thought it was written by two people.
“Based on the Circumstances, this passage was likely written by Anata. Originally, it seems the system was designed to open a Door every year and bring Test Subjects. However, looking at the situation, it appears we are the last Test Subjects, so the Door that opens every year would be meaningless.”
“Can we Escape if we open that Door?”
At Archbishop Luzef’s question, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid shook his head.
“One is the Return Gate, one is the Gate of Dimensions, as you said. Neither seems to be a Door through which we can Escape.”
“I agree. There must be another way to Escape. For instance, we might have to destroy the Island, but that would be no different from suicide.”
If there was another Exit, where could it be? If I had to pick the most Suspicious one, it would be that mysterious ‘Door’ in the Basement of Jenas’s Cabin.

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