I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 14

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Chapter 14

Fortunately, I had a good sense of direction and was able to find the cave where Enoch and I had spent two nights without much difficulty.

But contrary to my expectations, Enoch wasn’t in the cave.

I stood in front of the cave, holding the first aid kit in my arms, feeling utterly bewildered.

I had never imagined that he would have left.

Could he have gone to the female lead?

He might have met the female lead Yuanna while I was away. Yes, if he had met her, he would have abandoned someone like me without any regrets.

A wave of disappointment washed over me. It felt even worse because I had been longing for him desperately while my life was threatened just moments ago.

It seemed I had grown attached to him after spending several days together.

Had his wounds healed completely? They did seem to be in much better condition.

Though I couldn’t easily take a step away, there was no reason to stay here if Enoch wasn’t around. I should find the underground bunker alone as originally planned. Anyway, I had to survive on my own.

‘Right. That’s what I was going to do originally.’

I steeled my resolve and left the cave.

And then, I came face to face with a man standing in front of the cave.

Jet-black hair and golden eyes, with a faint beauty mark beneath his left eye.

Though his splendid uniform was torn in places, the man who still maintained a proper appearance stood there looking at me with a surprised expression.

It was Enoch.

He was wearing his jacket so I couldn’t see the wound on his forearm, but seeing the color return to his face, his injury seemed to be fine.

“Ah… I thought you had left. Your body seems to be alright. That’s a relief.”

Then I smiled somewhat awkwardly and showed him the medicine kit in my arms.

“I said I was going to look for medicinal herbs, remember? I found them. Well, it’s not exactly herbs but a first aid kit. I totally hit the jackpot.”

Only after rambling did I belatedly realize that he wouldn’t know the term “hit the jackpot.”

Enoch quietly stared at the first aid kit in my arms.

After looking at the first aid kit for a long while, he suddenly strode toward me. Then, he glared at me with a quiet and sharp gaze.

His presence was so menacing that I ended up stepping backward. However, he came even closer to me by the distance I had moved away.

“Your body… are you alright.”

Enoch asked me in a voice that seemed to suppress his anger. I nodded with a bewildered expression.

“…Yes. I’m fine.”

I don’t understand why he’s so angry. What on earth is this situation right now?

He spoke to me with a cold expression.

“Enoch.”

“Yes?”

“Call me Enoch.”

“Yes…? Why should I?”

At my flustered question, Enoch furrowed his brows with a face suppressing anger. Soon he bit his lower lip firmly and glared at me with a resentful expression.

For a moment, I felt my heart sink with a thud.

‘Wow…’

That kind of expression is cheating.

As expected, people change when placed in extreme environments. Is that why? Or is it because relationships become romanticized over time?

For that to be the case, he’s been continuously angry from our first meeting until now.

“I won’t get hurt, so don’t do dangerous things like looking for herbs or whatever.”

Enoch grabbed both my shoulders and stared at me intently as if to extract a promise. His golden eyes were shining intensely and fiercely.

That’s when I noticed it. His hands gripping my shoulders were trembling slightly.

“I was worried.”

At the terribly low voice heard right in front of me, I held my breath for a moment.

For an instant, I almost fell under his spell.

Ah, that was really dangerous. What’s this? Why is he suddenly acting like this?

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Enoch regained consciousness.

He didn’t know how much time had passed. The cool air of late afternoon was lingering at the tip of his nose.

He blinked his eyes while lying down for a moment and looked around. Then he carefully sat up, and a sharp pain came from his forearm.

He narrowed his brows and looked down at his left arm. His arm was wrapped with white cloth, which was clearly a fragment of Margaret’s dress.

‘Come to think of it, where is Margaret?’

He was lying in the familiar cave, and outside the cave, he could see the sky with a red sunset.

The sun was setting. That meant it would be dangerous to wander around outside at this time. Night was when the monsters were active, according to the pattern he had figured out while staying with Margaret.

The monsters that had attacked him and Margaret didn’t appear during the day, but always showed themselves when it started to get dark.

Enoch carefully examined his surroundings again. There was no sign of anyone in the cave. Margaret seemed to have gone outside the cave.

‘I’ll get some medicinal herbs. I’ll be back soon, so wait for me.’

Come to think of it, it seemed like Margaret had said something like that while he was unconscious.

“Damn it.”

Enoch hurriedly got up from his spot. He grabbed the wooden stick that was leaning against the cave wall. It was something he had made to use as a weapon.

If he had known he would be in this situation, he should have had at least a dagger with him. But he had been working at the Imperial Palace until just before waking up on this strange island, so there was no way he would have had a weapon.

After checking the wooden stick once, he looked outside the cave. He still couldn’t sense any presence.

Awoooo!

A wolf’s howl echoed through the bushes. Enoch gripped the wooden stick properly and quickly scanned the surroundings in a tense posture.

“Where the hell did this woman go?”

He tried hard to suppress his curses and searched around the cave first. However, there were no traces that seemed to belong to Margaret anywhere.

She had no stamina and was fragile. With that body, she couldn’t survive this night when monsters roamed around unscathed.

While Enoch wandered through the forest with his injured body, gritting his teeth, the sun set and dark night came.

Even so, he didn’t give up looking for Margaret.

Why was that? If it had been his usual self, he wouldn’t have thought of risking his life in an uncertain situation to find her. But now, he absolutely couldn’t abandon her.

“When pushed to extreme environments, people can change.”

What was certain was that she wasn’t the Margaret he knew. That was for sure.

“Your love for me must have cooled. You bad bastard. How can love change?”

And there was something strange about her too. It was such a peculiar feeling that saying people change wasn’t enough to explain it.

Had she really completely reformed? Because she was pushed to extreme environments as she used to say habitually?

He scanned the surroundings with heightened nerves.

Somewhere in this forest, Margaret might be trembling with fear, waiting for help.

Suddenly, Enoch realized he had been too cruel to the woman who had loved him terribly, and his heart grew heavy.

He had always prided himself on being a courteous and gentlemanly person…

As Margaret said, it seemed people change when faced with extreme environments. Or maybe his nature had been rotten from the beginning.

“This is a coconut fruit that grows on coconut palms, you know? The coconut water inside this coconut is good for hydration.”

“There are bound to be caves below cliffs like that. The path might be dangerous, but there won’t be a better shelter than that.”

Since waking up on this island, Margaret had constantly tried to help him. Most of the amazing knowledge she possessed was unknown even to him.

Was it necessary to judge and pressure such a woman only by past standards? He felt a small regret belatedly.

She must have been afraid too, waking up in a strange place. Moreover, on this island now, there were only the two of them with no one else to rely on.

“The Young Lady should know that you’re still a suspect. When we return to the Empire, there will be a proper investigation into this situation, so you cannot die without my permission.”

He only drove her into a corner with sharp words when she had nowhere to turn. So even if she had run away of her own accord, he had nothing to say.

Whatever else might be true, if that was the case, Enoch wouldn’t be able to rest easy even when alone.

This was simply a sense of responsibility born from guilt. Not because of any other emotions.

Responsibility. Yes. Responsibility.

“Damn it…”

He muttered a curse under his breath and prayed.

Please just be safe.

In the end, Enoch wandered through the Forest searching for Margaret until sunrise.

It was truly fortunate that he didn’t encounter any monsters all night, but he had no success in finding Margaret.

If she had been hiding to avoid monsters, she might return now that the sun had risen.

He returned to the cave with this last hope.

It was when he reached the cave entrance with uncertain expectations.

A woman with a familiar face was walking out of the cave.

The woman’s platinum hair sparkled even more brilliantly in the sunlight, making her appear as beautiful as an angel descended from heaven.

‘Ah. Yes. I must admit that I’ve finally gone mad.’

It wasn’t entirely wrong either. He had spent the entire night searching only for her in the dangerous Forest where monsters might emerge in groups.

She who spotted him seemed equally flustered. In her arms was a pure white box of unknown purpose.

“Ah… I thought you had left. You seem to be alright. That’s a relief.”

She said while showing him the box she was holding.

“I said I was going to look for Medicinal Herbs. I found them. Actually, it’s a first aid kit. I totally hit the jackpot.”

It seemed she had wandered through the Forest all night looking for Medicinal Herbs to treat his wounds.

Enoch sighed first out of frustration. To prioritize others over herself in such an extreme environment.

Was she really the Margaret he knew? She could have died.

‘Still, thanks to this, I now know one thing for certain.’

That he had misunderstood Margaret by judging her based only on her one-dimensional appearance.

When it would be hard enough to take care of herself, she struggled so hard with that small body to save him…

What was the reason she liked him enough to risk her life like this? Enoch suddenly became curious about that.

“Enoch.”

“Yes?”

“Call me Enoch.”

Perhaps that was why. Why he impulsively said such a thing.

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