I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 18

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Chapter 18

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I had no idea how he ended up with such injuries, but Kaiden couldn’t wake up easily the next day either.

It looked like beast claw marks—could it have been poisonous like the monster that attacked Enoch?

I sighed when I saw that the cloth pieces I was using as towels had become tattered.

I’d have to tear more of my dress. The dress was already so torn that half my calves were exposed.

At first I complained about wearing a dress in this wilderness, but now I was even grateful to be wearing one.

I needed to find a cabin soon. There would be modern clothes there, and I wanted to at least find some pants to wear.

We decided to scout around the cave again, leaving Kaiden behind. We were looking for a path to the river. There was a valley flowing nearby, but it wasn’t easy to find food from valley water.

Of course, it would be good if we could find clues about the bunker and cabin in the process.

In my memory, both the bunker and cabin were located below a massive mountain, close to cliffs.

When I climbed to the mountain peak last time, I saw there were exactly three such massive mountains on this island.

We had to search around the mountain Enoch and I climbed, and if there was no bunker or cabin there, we’d have to search around the other two mountains.

“It’s hot.”

Walking through the grassland with Enoch, I sighed at the sweltering heat.

“There’s a place to wash up ahead. Try to bear with it a little longer.”

Enoch must have been hot too, as he undid his cufflinks and rolled up his sleeves, revealing his forearms.

I was looking at his thick forearms with prominent veins when our eyes met. He looked puzzled as he rolled up his sleeves, then frowned.

“Something to say?”

“It’s nothing… Ah!”

I was about to say it was nothing when I stumbled over a stone. I felt weak, probably from the heat.

Fortunately, Enoch wrapped his arm around my waist, preventing me from tumbling to the ground.

Actually, I’d been overexerting myself excessively since waking up on the island. It was surprising I hadn’t gotten sick. The heat exhaustion was probably because my immune system had weakened.

I grabbed onto Enoch’s solid forearm and took a deep breath.

Enoch’s forearms were covered in scars. They must all be wounds from the battlefield.

“Margaret.”

Enoch called my name again. I looked up at him blankly. I kept having inappropriate thoughts that didn’t match the situation.

He finally stopped walking.

“Are you alright?”

“It’s just the heat.”

I shook my head as I answered. And then,

‘Ah, I really feel like I’m dying—’

Just as I was thinking that, my view changed. Enoch had suddenly picked me up.

I didn’t have the energy to say anything, so I just wearily nestled into Enoch’s arms. I seemed tired. I was definitely suffering from heat exhaustion.

Fortunately, we soon saw a cool waterfall flowing into valley water. Enoch only set me down when we reached the waterside.

“I’ll keep watch, so stay as long as you want.”

Saying that, Enoch turned around and stood not far away.

I smiled faintly at Enoch’s consideration and dipped my hand into the valley water. Just putting my hand in made me feel like the heat was completely going away.

I tried to take off my dress, but I couldn’t reach the buttons on the back. I had no strength, probably from the heat exhaustion. I struggled alone trying to undo the buttons, then finally called Enoch.

“Enoch, I can’t reach behind me. Please help me.”

I showed him my back and pointed to the buttons with my hand behind me.

“Please undo the buttons. I’m asking you.”

Instead of answering, Enoch came closer. Then I felt his large hand touch my lower back.

Maybe because of the hot weather, it seemed like heat was radiating from my lower back where his hand touched. He undid the buttons very slowly.

His fingers slowly touched my bare back and pulled away repeatedly. I gripped my hair tightly to keep it out of the way so my back was fully visible.

It tickled. I bit my lower lip because it felt strangely peculiar somehow.

“Enoch?”

I finally couldn’t stand it and urged him on.

“Margaret, you are…”

Instead of answering, Enoch began to speak.

“What do you want to do most when you leave the island?”

It was an unexpected question.

Since he was standing behind me, I couldn’t see his expression. That made it even harder to understand his intention behind the question.

“First, I want to wash my body with soap.”

“What else?”

Enoch continued to leisurely undo the buttons without any sign of hurrying.

I hesitated for a moment at his question, trailing off, then chose an answer that the real Margaret would have given.

“Um, I want to eat a formal dinner. The last formal dinner I had at the Flone Estate was really amazing.”

Of course, I wasn’t the one who ate it—Margaret did—but her memories were my memories now.

Actually, I missed Korea more. I was an orphan with no friends, so there was no one who would welcome me back, but it was still where I was born and raised.

But the me in Korea had died from being hit on the head by a falling signboard, so perhaps I’d have to live as Margaret for the rest of my life.

While I was having such thoughts, I belatedly noticed that Enoch had gone quiet.

I couldn’t tell if he was buttoning my dress back up or undoing it—his movements were incomprehensible.

“Enoch?”

Enoch didn’t answer.

I hesitated, then asked him the same question out of politeness.

“Then what do you want to do most when you leave here, Enoch?”

“…Well.”

“What’s that? Think about it properly. I answered sincerely, but you’re going to be so insincere?”

At my question, he let out a soft laugh.

“But, Margaret.”

He must have lowered his head because I felt his breath near my ear.

“If I tell you properly, you’ll be troubled.”

He whispered as he swept my hair behind my ear. His warm breath teasingly brushed against my nape.

Troubled? About what exactly?

Just then, having apparently finished undoing the buttons, he pressed his finger firmly against my nape. I was so startled that I jumped and turned to look at him.

“I finished undoing the buttons a while ago, but you were just standing still.”

“Then you should have told me!”

I raised my voice at him in surprise. Then he laughed and apologized again.

No, why has he become so sly? This isn’t like Enoch. He’s really changed.

I confirmed that Enoch was properly turned around before taking off my dress. Then I also removed the chemise I was wearing under the dress and dipped my feet into the valley water.

“Wow…”

It was so cool and refreshing that I exclaimed in admiration. Hearing my exclamation, I could hear Enoch laughing.

“Don’t turn around.”

When I worriedly reminded him once more, Enoch answered half-heartedly that he understood.

I went deep into the water, diving and swimming and splashing around happily.

“You’re quite excited.”

Hearing the loud water sounds, I could hear Enoch muttering, but I ignored him.

Next time when Enoch washes, I should tease him thoroughly too. Though somehow I don’t think Enoch would ever splash around like this.

I felt so good that I wanted to stay in the water forever, but since we had to finish scouting and return to the cave before sunset, I finished washing at a reasonable time.

I tried to go toward where I’d left my dress, but I couldn’t see it anywhere.

Only my chemise was left lying on the ground. This was very bewildering.

“Enoch? Where did you put my dress?”

“I don’t know why you’re asking me about the whereabouts of the dress you took off.”

Enoch was still standing in the same spot as before, showing his back. It really seemed like he hadn’t moved a single step from that position.

Right, Enoch was correct. There’s no way he would have played a prank…

“Damn, what’s with this timing? Is this some fairy tale or what.”

But no matter how much I looked around, my dress was nowhere to be found. I had no choice but to call out to Enoch again.

“Enoch, my dress seems to have disappeared.”

“What?”

He turned around in surprise, but when our eyes met, he hastily turned back around. I was still in the water, yet I don’t know why Enoch seemed more embarrassed than I was.

“Could you please look for my dress? I’m begging you.”

Only then did Enoch look back at me again. I submerged my body up to my neck in the water and looked at Enoch.

I have no idea why anyone would take that rag-like dress.

“I didn’t hear anyone coming either, so what could this be about. Was there someone else here?”

“Someone else…”

Enoch put his hand to his chin with a serious expression and scanned the surroundings.

“I’ll look around the area, so wait here for a moment.”

“What? You need to come back quickly!”

What if some wild beast appears while I’m alone and naked? When I shouted anxiously, Enoch looked at me for a moment, then frowned apologetically.

“I’ll be right back.”

Leaving those words behind, Enoch disappeared.

I waited obediently for him in the water. However, Enoch, who said he’d be back quickly, showed no signs of returning.

My body started to feel chilly. I was already feeling a bit under the weather, so I was somewhat worried. Having no choice, I got out of the water and put on my chemise.

I looked up at the sky. This is bad. The sun looks like it will set soon, but Enoch isn’t coming back.

Did something happen?

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Enoch moved as far away as possible from where Margaret was.

A burly man with his mouth gagged was being dragged along in his grasp.

Enoch forced the man to his knees as if throwing him to the ground.

“There are quite a lot of faces I haven’t seen in a long time on this island.”

The sharp tip of a spear was pointed at the man’s neck. Enoch looked down at the man with a chilling expression while gripping the spear.

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