I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 137

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Chapter 137
22. The Magical Beast Mother Body
The Cave was deeper than I had anticipated.
After venturing far into its depths without glimpsing an end, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid halted his advance. Glancing back at the party, he could see exhaustion etched plainly across every face.
Margaret Rose Flone, who had been following silently behind Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid, turned to Kaiden with a question.
“Kaiden, remember when Diego Bastian Vilterheim and Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid disappeared during Night Watch? You confirmed their location using Magic back then. Can’t you do that now?”
“Back then, I could pinpoint their approximate location, but the situation is different now. Tracking Magic on such a vast scale loses accuracy and wastes Mana—it’s worse than useless to attempt it.”
At Kaiden’s response, Margaret Rose Flone closed her mouth with a dejected expression.
“Let’s rest for a moment.”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid, who had been listening to their exchange, spoke. Everyone nodded in agreement, and they soon settled in the middle of the Cave, huddling together for a brief respite.
As Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid drank Water from the Bamboo Container they had brought, he observed Kaiden sitting across from him. Kaiden had received the Novel “More Important Than Survival” from Margaret Rose Flone and was reading it.
Having read the Novel himself that morning, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid anticipated Kaiden’s reaction. Profanity would likely spill out first.
“What the hell is this nonsense?”
As expected. Kaiden’s brow furrowed in displeasure.
“The Saint and us…? Does this even make sense…?”
“Can you even see the letters in this darkness?”
At Margaret Rose Flone’s retort, Kaiden responded with shameless ease.
“My eyesight is excellent. But Margaret Rose Flone, you didn’t actually believe the contents of this Novel, did you?”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid, who had been leaning against the Cave wall with his arms crossed, turned his gaze toward Margaret Rose Flone sitting opposite Kaiden. He too was curious about her reaction.
Even in the darkness, Margaret Rose Flone’s face was visibly flushed crimson. She then denied Kaiden’s suspicion while rambling incoherently.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid asked Margaret Rose Flone.
“Isn’t this Novel supposedly a book that the Mage Anata embellished to seduce you? Then ultimately, your tastes are…”
“No! No! That’s not it!”
Margaret Rose Flone sprang to her feet with a start. As a result, Eun-ji, who had been curled up drowsily beside her, jolted awake and bounced about in alarm.
Margaret Rose Flone’s reaction was endearing, but the content itself was admittedly somewhat distasteful.
I could tell how much she had sanitized the story’s details when she had first recounted it to us.
Of course, setting aside certain sensual episodes, the narrative itself was genuinely fascinating. It made sense why Margaret Rose Flone had initially considered leaving alone from the start.
“Should I encounter that Mage Anata, I shall lodge a formal protest. How dare she harbor such sacrilegious imaginings about a Cleric who serves God.”
As Archbishop Luzef voiced his objection, Margaret Rose Flone, having calmed somewhat, sat back down with an embarrassed expression and scratched her Cheek.
“Ah, perhaps that was Anata’s preference? The more depraved, the more…”
Realizing her slip mid-sentence, Margaret Rose Flone trailed off. Kaiden, holding the Novel, burst into laughter.
“Pffahahaha! Pffaha! So it was your taste after all! Don’t deny it! Hahaha! Margaret Rose Flone, you’re too adorable!”
“S-shall we continue? We’ve rested enough.”
Margaret Rose Flone hastily grabbed the Lantern and rose to her feet. She added something as if a thought had occurred to her.
“I was told it’s a Record Notebook written based on actual events. The contents recorded there should be at least partially accurate.”
“Wait, so you’re saying it’s true that I killed you here? Don’t lie to me.”
Kaiden stood up following Margaret Rose Flone and asked. His expression was one of laughter, as though he were denying reality itself, unable to trust her words.
However, Margaret Rose Flone seemed to betray his expectations, pressing her lips firmly shut. Kaiden’s face gradually twisted into something more sinister.
“This doesn’t make sense. It can’t be. Margaret Rose Flone, you know, right? It couldn’t have been me.”
“…Why dredge up the past? We can’t even verify if it’s true. What matters is now. I trust who you are now.”
Kaiden’s face showed shock at Margaret Rose Flone’s refusal to deny it. Her words about believing now seemed to offer him little comfort.
Archbishop Luzef, who appeared indifferent to the shaken Kaiden, finally spoke.
“In truth, I still cannot sincerely believe that another world exists beyond this one. I understand that the strange objects we discovered here belong to that world, but… comprehending something intellectually and accepting it are two different matters, are they not?”
At Archbishop Luzef’s words, Margaret Rose Flone nodded with an understanding expression.
“I haven’t fully accepted it myself, so I can only imagine how difficult this must be for you all.”
Margaret Rose Flone’s bitter smile pierced directly into Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s chest.
Whenever she displayed resignation so unlike herself, he grew anxious. It felt as though she might abandon everything and leave at any moment.
“We’ve rested sufficiently. Shall we depart now?”
The path ahead was long. As she said, we needed to hurry. Without unnecessary commentary, everyone agreed, tidied their belongings, and stood.
Thus they ventured deeper into the Cave.
The Fork in the Road appeared quite frequently, and each time, insects that glowed like fireflies volunteered to guide the way.
“Is it safe to go this deep? It will be difficult to find our way back.”
Kaiden, who followed from the rear, muttered to himself.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid gazed at Margaret Rose Flone’s profile. She was lost in thought, her face tense. She seemed so concentrated that she hadn’t even heard Kaiden’s curse.
What could she be thinking so intently about?
In moments like these, Margaret Rose Flone didn’t feel like someone in the same space as him.
Ever since hearing that she had lived another life in another world, she felt increasingly distant and unreachable.
‘If the Island is destroyed and you must choose between two worlds, which would you select, Lady Flone?’
At Archbishop Luzef’s question, Margaret Rose Flone had not answered, her face troubled.
If, after escaping the Island, she truly wished to return to that other world…
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s brow furrowed. It was an assumption he didn’t want to consider. He had no intention of letting her go so easily.
“There’s no path.”
Then Margaret Rose Flone’s troubled voice reached him. Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid stopped walking.
Just as she said, the path ended before a Cliff. The depths below were so vast that no Floor was visible.
Whether a Bridge had once connected to the path on the other side, only Wooden Posts and Rope bound between them remained as evidence that a Bridge had existed.
Margaret Rose Flone turned to Kaiden again and asked.
“Can’t we cross using Magic?”
“Magic isn’t omnipotent, as I’ve said, so it would be difficult.”
Archbishop Luzef answered in Kaiden’s stead. At that, Kaiden glared at him with displeasure.
“I simply avoid using Magic inside the Cave. If I use it carelessly and the Cave collapses, what then?”
“So the conclusion is that we can’t use Magic? For someone supposedly a Great Mage, you have quite a lot of restrictions.”
At Archbishop Luzef’s retort, Kaiden finally burst into anger.
“Lackey, is that something the most useless among us should say?”
At Kaiden’s question, Archbishop Luzef fell silent, having nothing to say.
“Yes, well… You’re right. That’s not something I should say.”
He then pathetically admitted his own uselessness with pitiful resignation.
“And since we’re on the subject, is this Magic I’m casting with my own Mana? It’s Margaret Rose Flone’s Mana. Do you think anyone can casually borrow someone else’s power and use Magic? If I recklessly squander Magic like that, what happens to Margaret Rose Flone’s Physical Strength? We need to be moderate about this, moderate!”
At Kaiden’s fury, Archbishop Luzef panicked and stepped back. Finally, Margaret Rose Flone stepped forward to calm him.
“I’m fine. If I get tired, I can just ask Enoch to carry me.”
Margaret Rose Flone turned to Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid with a look that asked ‘You’ll carry me, won’t you?’ and smiled beautifully. Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid reflexively frowned. That smile was terribly harmful to his heart.
Kaiden, who had been fuming moments before, alternated his gaze between Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid and Margaret Rose Flone, then spoke with an expression of utter deflation.
“What are you talking about? I can carry you too.”
“If I let you carry me, you’ll probably do something weird.”
But Margaret Rose Flone remained resolute.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid felt a peculiar sense of satisfaction wash over him at her words. He had never entertained the notion of sharing Margaret Rose Flone with another man.
Once we escape this Island, then….
“I must agree with that assessment. Your Highness Crown Prince would be preferable to Lord Kaiden.”
“What? Why is my reputation like this?”
“I suspect you’re not asking out of genuine ignorance. Perhaps you should examine your conscience.”
“Lackey, you keep quiet.”
As the dispute between Kaiden and Archbishop Luzef prolonged, Margaret Rose Flone finally averted her gaze. She turned her attention toward Eun-ji, who sat obediently on the Floor, and posed a question.
“Is there no other path back?”
At her inquiry, Eun-ji merely tilted her head with an innocent expression, as if uncertain. Margaret Rose Flone, with a resigned expression, pointed toward the Bag that Kaiden carried.
“I’ll retrieve the Rope.”
She withdrew the Rope that Kaiden had prepared and began tying knots.
Not only Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid, but even Kaiden and Archbishop Luzef watched her intently to discern her intentions.
“We need to cross this chasm, after all.”
“You’re going to cross with that?”
Margaret Rose Flone pointed toward a thick Wooden Post firmly embedded in the Floor.
“Fortunately, one of the Bridge Ropes connecting to the opposite side remains intact and unbroken, so it would be best to suspend ourselves and traverse it. Do you have a better method?”
At her question about whether a better method existed, the three men fell silent, their mouths sealed.
With an expression suggesting she had anticipated this, Margaret Rose Flone turned to Kaiden with a question.
“If you cannot use Magic to transport everyone across, could you at least cast a spell to prevent the knots in the Bridge Rope from coming undone?”
Kaiden nodded in agreement.
“That much is simple.”
As Kaiden spoke, Margaret Rose Flone finished tying the knot she had been working on.
Her adept handling of the situation struck Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid as remarkably fresh in that moment.
He had always found it peculiar for a Noble Lady to possess such capabilities. Considering how deeply Duke Flone cherished his daughter, the excuse that she had acquired such skills through the Flone Family’s education seemed utterly implausible.
Margaret Rose Flone secured the knot she had created to the Bridge Rope connecting to the opposite side, then turned back to address them with an explanation.
“I’ll tie this knot I’ve made around your waist. It’s designed to prevent you from falling if you misstep. It’s typically used during military obstacle course training…, ah, you wouldn’t know what obstacle course training is. Well…. Think of it like a Barbecue Skewer. You just hang and move like that.”
“Lady Flone, I have a question, if I may.”
Archbishop Luzef, who had been listening to Margaret Rose Flone’s explanation with admiration, opened his mouth.
“Yes?”
“What exactly were you doing in that other world?”
At Archbishop Luzef’s innocent question, Margaret Rose Flone’s face flushed crimson once more.
Seeing even that expression, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid found it so endearing and adorable that he reaffirmed to himself just how utterly infatuated he truly was with her.
What could he do about it? The fact that Margaret Rose Flone was adorable was an undeniable truth, beyond his control.
“Well…. I was just an ordinary person.”
Margaret Rose Flone averted her gaze with a flustered expression. Witnessing this, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid became certain of something.
‘She was hardly an ordinary person in that world either.’
I knew it would be like this. Margaret Rose Flone was special, after all. She must have been quite the remarkable figure in that other world as well.
“I’m… I’m done.”
Margaret Rose Flone glanced around cautiously before rising from her seat.

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