I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 160

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Chapter 160
To the side, I could see Knights standing dazed before the ransacked Tent, their eyes fixed on me. They were the men I had just rescued.
Kaiden, oblivious to the situation, continued examining my body for wounds. Hyzen had definitely said Kaiden’s condition wasn’t good, but it was clear that had been a complete lie.
“What is the meaning of this?”
A weighty Deep Voice resonated through the armed Knights who had their Swords pointed at me. At once, the Knights sheathed their Swords and parted to make way.
Like the parting of the Red Sea, a man with black hair dressed in an elegant Uniform walked slowly through the divided Knights.
The man who approached with rigid movements swept his indifferent gaze across the crowd. A suffocating Silence fell. The man before me, who had overwhelmed and unnerved the armed Knights in an instant, felt strangely unfamiliar.
“Lower your Swords.”
At the man’s menacing voice, the Knights stamped their feet and lowered their Swords with disciplined precision.
“Your Highness Crown Prince.”
At my call, he looked at me. The Knights standing behind Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid turned pale and followed his gaze to me.
Most of them seemed to have expected Enoch’s sharp rebuke and reproach to follow. I harbored similar thoughts myself.
The Enoch of the past would have despised even being called by me, Margaret Rose Flone, so their reaction was understandable.
Yet Enoch stood before me, bowed deeply, and raised his hand to gently cup my cheek, examining my face carefully.
“Call me Enoch as you always do. Are you hurt anywhere?”
I stared at Enoch with wide eyes. His words barely registered with me. The overwhelming gaze of the Knights behind him was far too burdensome.
Cold Sweat broke out on my skin.
“Do not worry about Margaret Rose Flone, Your Highness. I shall provide Healing.”
Kaiden pulled me away from Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid and positioned himself between us. The look in Kaiden’s eyes as he glared at Enoch was far from ordinary.
“The Empire’s soldiers need better management. Receiving help from a passing civilian, with military discipline this lax—it’s shameful.”
Kaiden clicked his tongue and gestured toward the Knights whose lives I had saved.
Though I wondered if I, riding an Anaconda Magical Beast and firing Flares, was truly someone who would be overpowered by Knights, I decided to set that aside for now.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s gaze slowly turned toward the Knights lurking in the corner.
Among them were Noel and Hyzen.
“An explanation is required.”
At Enoch’s interrogation, the Knights panicked and fumbled. Noel, standing at the front, stammered as if on the verge of tears.
“That is to say….”
“While we were resting, a pack of Sea Crocodiles attacked. At that moment, Lady Flone appeared and slew the crocodiles.”
Unable to bear it any longer, Hyzen answered in his stead, and Noel vigorously nodded in agreement.
“Y-yes, that’s right. There were about a dozen or so, and the Young Lady, along with her Divine Beast, shot and killed all the crocodiles with Magical Tools. Every single one that attacked us.”
The moment Noel finished speaking, the surroundings began to stir. The Knights standing behind Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid could not hide their bewilderment.
‘Every single one?’
‘The Magic Tower Master was there too—how is that possible?’
‘If you saw the power of the Magical Tools the Young Lady fired earlier, it’s not unreasonable, is it?’
‘We saw the Divine Beast devour the crocodiles. It’s not entirely implausible.’
The murmuring grew louder. I remained silent, unsure where or how to begin explaining.
My primary concern was not the dozens of Knights before me, but rather those who had been spreading rumors about me. When our eyes met, Noel and Hyzen flinched in surprise and averted their gaze.
For some reason, my mood turned sour. Unable to suppress the urge to be sarcastic, I finally spoke to them.
“You should increase the intensity of your training. Spreading rumors about a Noble Lady and then receiving help from that very Noble Lady—it’s disgraceful for Knights.”
At my words, all eyes turned to them. The five Knights who had spread the rumors, including Noel and Hyzen, shrank back with ashen faces.
I felt the questioning gaze shift toward me, and I swept my eyes across the assembly before explaining.
“Ah, these noble knights were gathered here, tearing apart and slandering a single Noble Lady.”
The knights who had gossiped about me merely gaped in shock. Seized by sudden fear, they rushed toward me and dropped to one knee.
“My apologies, Young Lady. Please forgive our rudeness.”
“Our conduct was unbecoming of knighthood. We deserve your rebuke. And thank you for saving us.”
They grasped the situation faster than I expected. Every knight who had slandered me knelt and apologized.
“If you knew it was rude, you shouldn’t have spouted such nonsense. Touch Margaret, and I’ll tear you apart. Keep your mouths in check.”
Kaiden, standing at an angle, threatened the kneeling knights before growling and mimicking a dog’s bite.
In that moment, someone pushed through the crowd of knights. Vibrant pink hair caught my eye first, followed by the black eye patch covering his right eye.
Despite wearing the black eye patch, the Prince of Asdal looked remarkably dignified and elegant. I greeted him with a delighted expression.
“Hardtack Prince…, no, Your Highness the Crown Prince! Is your eye alright?”
The Prince of Asdal, who had been about to return my greeting warmly, paused and furrowed the space between his eyebrows. He swept his gaze around before leaning his head toward me and whispering softly.
“Listen, Young Lady, I’m not sure what this ‘hardtack’ is, but ‘Arrogant Dal’ would sound better.”
“…Yes? Ah, if you prefer, I’ll call you Arrogant Dal, Your Highness.”
“No, that’s not what I meant…. Sigh, never mind.”
The Prince of Asdal lost his words and scratched the back of his head. His once sharp personality had become gentler. Almost bland, even. But it was a good change overall.
“No, I was talking when suddenly our Half…. Ahem. The Crown Prince disappeared, so I followed.”
The Prince of Asdal had started to say “Half-Emperor” but corrected himself while sweeping his gaze across the menacing Langrid knights.
Of course, the knights seemed shocked by something else entirely.
‘I thought I heard rumors that the Crown Prince of Hestia disliked Lady Flone.’
‘It must have been a false rumor.’
I wasn’t sure who said it, but they had audacity. That comment surely reached both Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid and the Prince of Asdal.
I wanted to leave this place quickly.
Perhaps sensing my discomfort, the Prince of Asdal changed the subject.
“You two should have a separate conversation with us. We have things to discuss.”
The Prince of Asdal pointed directly at Kaiden and me. Kaiden nodded with a pleased expression. There was something oddly familiar about him that kept nagging at me.
“The rest of you will await your disposition.”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid spoke with a stern expression to the knights who had slandered me, then turned his back. The knights trembled with fear at his words.
Noel and Hyzen couldn’t even meet my eyes, their faces filled with guilt.
When the other knights slandered me, those two had defended me. I knew that. But since they had been present at the scene, I couldn’t take their side.
Thus, I turned away from them and followed Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid and the Prince of Asdal. Once we had moved away, the knights who had been standing still dispersed in perfect unison.
Kaiden’s comment about their lack of discipline seemed to have stung, as they moved with such rigid precision that they resembled robots.
Kaiden truly seemed like someone of remarkable influence in certain respects.
We entered Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s tent.
A round table sat in the tent. Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid removed his Jacket and draped it over a chair, then offered us seats.
“Make yourselves comfortable.”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid showed particular kindness by pulling out a chair specifically for me. But Kaiden, watching this display, brazenly sat in the chair that Enoch had pulled out.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid looked at him in bewilderment, but Kaiden paid no mind and casually scratched his ear.
The Prince of Asdal, showing no interest whatsoever in the war of nerves between the two men, clapped his hands together.
“Well, I’m glad we’re all safe.”
I sat down beside Kaiden and looked across at the Prince of Asdal standing before us.
The black eye patch covering his right eye was quite striking, but it was unfortunate that even Divine Power couldn’t heal it.
“Are you truly certain about your eye?”
“Why, are you worried about me? This looks rather dashing, don’t you think? I’m quite satisfied with it myself. An eye patch on the Crown Prince—it has a certain mystique to it, doesn’t it? Appropriately menacing too.”
The Prince of Asdal burst into laughter with a good-natured expression. It was so very like him.
That’s how people are. His artless manner had been so irritating on the Island, but now that I’d accepted him as a true ally, I found myself pitying him instead.
“After all, this wound was earned saving the very Crown Prince of the Empire—what an honor! I almost feel sorry for the Half-Emperor now. He’ll carry guilt in his heart every time he sees my eye, won’t he? Hmm, that’s rather burdensome, so do try to keep your guilt to a reasonable level.”
The Prince of Asdal draped an arm around Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s shoulder and whispered to him. Of course, his whisper was loud enough that we all heard it clearly.
I’d heard that Yuanna Lucy and Archbishop Luzef had gone to meet with people from the Papal Court, so it seemed it was just us here.
As I quietly observed the Prince of Asdal’s theatrics, Kaiden beside me spoke to me.
“Margaret, don’t mind what those people are saying.”
“What?”
I was startled by his words and looked at his face, then at Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid and the Prince of Asdal.
“Kaiden, no matter what, you can’t call the Crown Prince and the Crown Prince like that….”
“No, I mean those guys from earlier.”
Kaiden laughed as if exasperated and answered. Only then did I realize he was referring to the knights who had been spreading rumors about me.
“Ah…. How could I not mind? That’s my reputation. But don’t worry—I’m not intimidated by such things.”
And at my response, even Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid and the Prince of Asdal, who had been bickering, turned to look at me. Suddenly, a heavy silence fell, and the atmosphere became strange.
“No, really, I’m fine. More importantly, Kaiden, how is your body? I was on my way to see you.”
I turned back to Kaiden and asked.
Having his body taken over by Jenas was no trivial matter. It must have consumed an enormous amount of Mana and caused considerable psychological trauma.
Kaiden looked at me with an inscrutable, quiet expression. Then he turned his entire body toward me and tilted his head.
“If I’m not fine, what will you do?”
“What?”
What did he mean? Not understanding his meaning, I simply stared at Kaiden’s face blankly.
Then he took my hand and pressed his lips firmly against the back of it. The sensation of his lips against my hand felt like a brand being seared into my skin.
“If I say I’m not fine, will you come to my tent and nurse me?”
Without removing his lips from the back of my hand, Kaiden looked up at me with a mischievous gaze.
This is the real Kaiden. Yes, this is the true Kaiden.
“Stop it.”
Unexpectedly, it was the Prince of Asdal, not Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid, who stopped Kaiden first. The Prince of Asdal pushed Kaiden away from me.

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