I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 17

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Chapter 17

Against my back, I felt his angry, muscular chest. His body was solid without any soft spots, like a sculpture carved by an artist.

I belatedly realized that this position was quite embarrassing.

“I-I’m fine. Thank you.”

Even so, Kaiden was still holding my wrist that gripped the water bowl. His strength was so tremendous that my caught wrist wouldn’t come free easily.

“Excuse me.”

Then, Enoch asked for my understanding, and his large hand wrapped around my wrist in one motion.

He freed my hand from Kaiden’s grip so simply. Only then could I emerge from his embrace and stand properly.

“There’s a mark.”

Enoch gently stroked my reddened wrist with his thumb. The areas his fingers brushed felt ticklish, making me feel strange.

“Should I kill him?”

“Yes.”

I reflexively answered Enoch’s muttering, then startled and shook my head.

“Wait, what? No. Try to endure it. You need to practice anger management.”

When I hurriedly stopped him, he burst into laughter. As if he never intended to do so from the start, he immediately brought up something else.

“This man seems to be the Grand Mage Kaiden.”

He identified Kaiden’s identity at once.

Well, Enoch is the Crown Prince of the Empire, so it would be absurd if he didn’t know the Grand Mage’s identity. Especially since there are only five Grand Mages on the continent.

“Let’s move our luggage first and then move this guy too.”

Enoch looked at Kaiden with displeasure and sighed.

“…I don’t like it, but a mage’s knowledge might be useful.”

Having said that, Enoch looked at me as if seeking my opinion.

“How about we bring him in but keep him tied up? If you don’t like it, just say so. We can just throw him out.”

…He wasn’t really asking for my opinion. He seems to think I wouldn’t agree to tying up Kaiden.

But how could that be? I nodded vigorously, agreeing with his opinion.

Enoch moved the luggage into the cave – coconuts and the spear with ducks skewered on it.

Then he brought the torn dress fabric that had been used as bandages the other day and firmly tied up Kaiden’s arms and legs.

Since the cave entrance was slightly higher than ground level, Enoch had no choice but to carry Kaiden on his back.

He set Kaiden down in one corner of the cave and went to prepare dinner. I obediently checked on Kaiden’s condition.

“Is he injured?”

Blood was soaked into the shirt visible between his robes.

Wait, blood? I hurriedly looked back at Enoch. Fortunately, Enoch seemed busy dividing fruit into coconut bowls.

After hesitating briefly, I carefully removed Kaiden’s shirt. I needed to check how serious the wound was.

“Oh my…”

And revealed near his chest was a long scar. It was a wound scratched by a beast.

The wound was deeper than expected and looked serious. Since he was wearing mage robes, I must not have seen the bleeding earlier.

“I need to stop the bleeding first.”

While muttering to myself, I belatedly realized I had been exposing Kaiden’s wound for too long. Cold sweat ran down my spine.

‘Enoch is busy preparing the meal, so he didn’t see, right?’

With that thought, I slowly raised my head, but my ominous feeling proved correct.

Enoch was looking this way with a bewildered expression.

“The wound…”

Enoch was staring at Kaiden’s wound, then belatedly seemed to realize something and squeezed his eyes shut.

“…Margaret, I should be tied up too.”

Enoch said in a trembling voice.

Damn it. How could I have been so careless?

I immediately tore more dress fabric and bound his hands and feet.

Enoch seemed to be recalling unpleasant memories from the past. He was greatly agitated, breathing in distress.

“Hah…”

“Enoch?”

I carefully called his name.

As if that was a signal, his breathing stopped abruptly.

And shortly after, he sprang up from his spot with his hands still bound.

‘Damn it, this isn’t helping!’

I quickly pushed away the charging Enoch and dodged. Perhaps because his reason had disappeared, he lost his balance and fell straight to the floor.

I ran over and gently pressed him down with my foot so he couldn’t get up.

“Get a grip!”

With Enoch’s monstrous strength, he should have been able to push me away and escape by now, but surprisingly, once I stepped on him, he became docile.

He glared at me with eyes full of resentment, tears welling up.

That sight was so pitiful that I barely suppressed the urge to obediently remove my foot.

“Margaret.”

He called my name in a completely hoarse voice.

“Remove this, while I’m asking nicely.”

“No.”

The moment he moved even slightly, I firmly pressed him down with my foot.

“While I’m asking nicely, get a grip. Otherwise, I’ll throw you out instead of Kaiden.”

The madness gradually disappeared from Enoch’s eyes, which had initially shown resistance. And after a little more time passed, he was completely calm. Only then did I sigh in relief, feeling exhausted.

“This actually works.”

It’s surprising that no one had tried such a simple method to calm him down without medication and equipment.

‘Well, who would dare tell the Crown Prince they’d throw him out if he doesn’t get a grip?’

Anyway, the weakened Enoch fainted as he was. I moved him toward the cave wall and tightly bound his wrists and ankles with cloth.

“Phew… Done.”

As I wiped the sweat from my forehead, I saw Enoch’s face sleeping peacefully.

Then I suddenly felt doubtful and sat down.

“How on earth did these people survive in the original story without me?”

I never saw Yuanna control Enoch so roughly in the original work. I scratched my head and groaned in frustration.

“Damn, this is hard!”

But first, let me treat Kaiden.

I put aside my thoughts and began treating Kaiden’s wound.

I soaked the dress fabric I’d been using as a towel with valley water purified through the cotton chemise and wiped around the wound. Then I washed the cloth clean again and gently pressed it against the wound area to attempt hemostasis.

Even while unconscious, he seemed to feel pain as Kaiden let out a faint groan.

Watching him, I suddenly remembered the monster I had encountered while being chased by Kaiden a few days ago.

The roar that echoed through the forest. At that time, the monster that had me right in front of it suddenly disappeared as if it had discovered something else.

Was Kaiden the cause of that roar then?

‘No way…’

I shook my head and dismissed the thought. I’ll ask Kaiden about that when he wakes up.

I found disinfectant to pour over the wound and looked for bandages.

Since it was the chest area, I needed to use more bandages than expected, but there weren’t many left. It would be a big problem if someone else got injured and we needed bandages.

Just in case, I examined the bandage packaging again. On the transparent packaging of the bandage was written ‘Roselastic’ (elastic band).

“Oh my, thank goodness.”

This bandage had the advantage of being washable and reusable multiple times.

“I can recycle the ones Enoch used too.”

I felt somewhat reassured.

“Right, in the jungle, a first aid kit is better than male leads.”

I cut flesh-colored medical adhesive tape and attached it to the end of the bandage to secure it. Only after touching Kaiden’s cheek and neck to check for fever did I feel relieved.

“Ugh…”

Enoch, who had fainted, quickly regained consciousness.

Leaning against the wall in a sitting position, he slowly opened his eyes.

“Are you okay?”

At my question, Enoch looked at his bound hands and feet with a dazed expression for a moment.

Watching his face gradually fill with self-loathing, I approached him.

“I’ll untie your wrists.”

At my words, he quietly raised his head.

Though his face showed no expression, deep emotions seemed to be turbulently swirling in his deep golden eyes with meanings I couldn’t understand.

And among them was definitely shame.

He slowly extended his wrists toward me. I untied the knots binding his wrists and closed the medicine kit with a weary face.

“Margaret, are you alright?”

He asked with a calm face, examining my complexion.

“I’m not okay. I’m exhausted to death.”

“I’m sorry.”

“As I said before, it’s not your fault. You don’t need to apologize.”

Enoch closed his mouth again with a heavy expression.

When I tried to move Kaiden after putting away the medicine kit, Enoch came to help. He moved Kaiden to one corner, then belatedly examined Kaiden who had finished receiving treatment.

I returned to my spot and sat down, holding the first aid kit in my arms.

“Margaret.”

I was about to lie down on the ground when I looked at Enoch. He approached me and knelt down on one knee.

“Are your wounds okay? Your wounds, not that mage’s.”

Enoch carefully touched my cheek. The bruise had faded considerably, so it didn’t hurt just from touching anymore.

He lowered his voice as if whispering an intimate secret.

“If you ever feel like getting rid of that bastard, just tell me. It’s not that difficult a task.”

No, getting rid of Kaiden would be quite difficult, wouldn’t it?

“Are you trying to have another episode?”

At my question, Enoch smiled.

“Then it would make things even easier.”

It was somehow a chilling statement. It felt ominous, as if the cruelty latent within him was gradually awakening.

He’s not really going to go crazy like in the novel, is he?

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