I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 180

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Chapter 180
“What the hell are those bastards saying?”
I turned to look at Kaiden.
“Can you hear what they’re saying? Or can’t you use Magic to listen to them?”
“Magic isn’t omnipotent, I’m telling you.”
Kaiden sighed and fixed his gaze intently on the people conversing below in the garden.
“They’re talking about doing something at your birthday party, but they’re not saying exactly what they’re going to do.”
“What, you said Magic isn’t omnipotent.”
At my question, Kaiden flashed me a grin.
“It’s not Magic. I just have sharp ears.”
“More importantly, if things are like this, we shouldn’t just steal the Archbishop’s Magic Stone—we need to interrogate them about what their plan is.”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid spoke with his arms crossed, his gaze serene as he observed the people in the garden.
At that moment, the people below conversing turned their heads toward us. I hastily pulled Kaiden and Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid down below the terrace railing. Kaiden and Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid stared at me with bewildered expressions from either side.
“Do you think they saw us?”
“I already put up a Barrier a moment ago, Margaret. We’re fine.”
At Kaiden’s answer, I felt a bit embarrassed and released the Clothing Edge I’d been holding.
I cautiously lifted my head above the railing and looked down at the garden again. However, the people who had been gathered there moments before were nowhere to be seen.
“What. They all left.”
Eun-ji, hanging from my shoulder, also flicked her tongue and peered down at the garden with me.
“By the way, Margaret, are you really not going to dance?”
At Kaiden’s question, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid rose from his seat and glanced at me. He seemed curious about it too.
“You damn Lackey Number Two, forget that bastard and dance with me.”
Lackey Number Two. At those words, Archbishop Luzef suddenly came to mind. Who would have thought that ‘Lackey’ would become a word that evokes memories.
“We were supposed to dance first together.”
“What kind of nonsense is that?”
When Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid picked a fight, Kaiden immediately shot back. Kaiden truly acted as though he couldn’t see anything—not the Crown Prince, not anything.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid furrowed the space between his eyebrows with an expression that said he didn’t know what to do with this troublemaker. He soon shifted his demeanor and turned to me with pitiful eyes.
“Margaret, we agreed to do that earlier. Dance with me.”
“Me?”
I countered in bewilderment, then shook my head vigorously.
“I absolutely cannot dance. And why are you so obsessed with dancing anyway? We need to deal with the Archbishop first! So what’s the plan? Tell me quickly.”
That’s right. Dancing wasn’t what mattered. Right now, I needed to confirm whether the Archbishop with the Peony Faction mark had a Magic Stone, and find out what he was planning to do at my birthday party. And if I could discover the scale of their forces and their ultimate objective, that would be ideal.
But did I really have to struggle like this even after escaping the Island? I just wanted to rest.
As I sighed, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid and Kaiden exchanged glances for a moment before looking at me.
In the end, the two of them couldn’t overcome my stubbornness about not dancing. So the three of us became absorbed in devising a strategy to steal the Archbishop’s Magic Stone.
After a heated discussion, we decided to target them on their way home at the end of the party. Once they boarded the carriage, there would be no turning back, so it had to be right before that.
After concluding our discussion and returning to the interior of the Banquet Hall where the party was in full swing, sure enough, the Papal Court people and the Elder Chairman of the Mage Association had also returned.
As I waited quietly for the party to reach its peak, I suddenly witnessed my father and mother dousing the Papal Court Priests with wine.
And surprisingly, the Papal Court Priests who received the wine bath were bowing and apologizing to my mother.
“Our Scoundrel!”
My parents, who had spotted me late, rushed over and embraced me in one breath. The eyes of those around us were extraordinary.
“Are you alright? We heard something absurd happened while we were having a brief conversation with Duke Vilterheim.”
My mother and father burst with anger and openly disparaged the Papal Court people, yet no one reproached them. I found myself thinking anew that both of them possessed truly remarkable temperaments.
I wondered whether I should tell them about the plan that would unfold afterward, but I decided to hold my tongue.
‘For some reason, I’m afraid to tell them.’
I’ll tell them after everything is finished. I soothed my parents as they vented their fury and smiled. The exhaustion and strain I had felt moments before seemed to melt away like snow.
To think there were people who would unconditionally take my side. Somehow, I felt genuinely wonderful.
* * *
After soothing the Duke and Duchess Flone, Margaret returned to Enoch and Kaiden.
Just then, the Papal Court priests were seen disappearing in groups somewhere. Because they continued to move in clusters, it was not easy to separate the Archbishop alone from them.
Seeing Margaret move in that direction, Kaiden grasped her shoulder.
“Margaret. If it seems dangerous, fall back.”
At his words, Margaret’s eyes curved beautifully with a smile. At that smile, Kaiden swallowed his breath for a moment.
“Thank you for worrying about me. But we experienced far worse on the Island, didn’t we? Those fools are just unlucky. They had the misfortune of choosing us as test subjects.”
She patted his shoulder and advanced forward with unhesitating steps.
[No matter how I think about it, Margaret is no ordinary woman.]
Jenas murmured inside his mind.
[A dimension beyond this world, where she briefly stayed, might suit her even better.]
Kaiden did not answer and gazed at the back of Margaret’s head as she walked ahead.
That world suited Margaret better? That made no sense.
If Jenas had devoted his entire life to “the glory of the Rohade Family” and “the Alea Experiment,” then Kaiden had devoted his to “the downfall of the Rohade Family” and “Magic.”
So all the emotions he was newly experiencing and feeling were Margaret’s first and last. That was why he could not lose her, could not let her go. No matter if it were Enoch himself, he could not yield Margaret—and far less could he bear to see Margaret’s attention drawn to the Peony Faction.
It was evident that Margaret had been struggling lately. She seemed unaware of it herself, but since escaping from Alea Island, she had never rested with peace of mind.
‘I should hurry and eliminate everything, then kidnap Margaret to somewhere no one can see her. This won’t do.’
Of course, he had no real intention of kidnapping Margaret, but thinking that it would be good to do so if necessary, Kaiden lifted his head.
The silhouettes of the Papal Court priests appeared at the edge of his vision.
‘Should I really sweep them all away.’
His eyes darkened ominously.
[Heir, shall I help you?]
Jenas whispered like a demon at his ear. And at that whisper, Kaiden came to his senses.
Manifestation.
‘Don’t pull any tricks. Shut up.’
Jenas was an unexploded time bomb. Not dangerous, but certainly burdensome.
He had to keep his wits sharp.
* * *
Fortunately, the Archbishop bearing the Peony Faction mark was walking furthest behind. I prepared to share my mana with Eun-ji and quickly pursued them.
The corridor we walked through was on the First Floor, and being an open-style corridor with no walls, crossing the railing would lead directly to the Imperial Garden. I quickened my pace with a tense heart.
Enoch would run ahead first to block their path and buy time. As the Crown Prince, the Papal Court priests would have no choice but to be detained for a while.
“Be careful.”
Enoch patted my head and ran forward. I watched his receding figure with a taut expression, then rummaged through my Dress Pocket and found a Flame Bomb.
I had harbored doubts about bringing something as volatile as a bomb to an Imperial Family gathering, yet I never imagined it would prove so invaluable.
“Be careful.”
Kaiden repeated the warning Enoch had given, casting protective magic over the Imperial Garden to ensure no casualties.
This was a task that demanded swift execution, and with Kaiden occupied by maintaining the protective spell, the burden fell to Eun-ji and me. I channeled my mana to her, and her form gradually expanded.
In the distance, I could see Enoch and Kaiden holding back the Papal Court’s clergy, engaged in heated conversation.
I couldn’t afford to make a mistake. What I was about to do required extraordinary audacity.
I moistened my parched lips with my tongue, took my stance, and pulled the pin from the Flame Bomb before hurling it toward the Imperial Garden.
Boom! Crash!
The tremendous explosion drew the priests’ attention to the Imperial Garden. While their gaze was diverted, Enoch seized the moment to incite further chaos among them.
Now was the time.
Eun-ji swallowed the isolated Archbishop whole in a single motion, then retreated. Kaiden, having completed his Magic Formula incantation, followed close behind me.
We withdrew to a secluded corner of the garden, where Eun-ji spat out the priest with obvious distaste, gagging violently. She then reverted to her serpent form and nuzzled against my feet, whimpering in exhaustion.
The tension evaporated in an instant. Whether it was the Deposed Crown Prince or the Papal Court’s clergy—everything had unraveled.
I couldn’t say whether our time surviving on the Island had made us stronger, but matters were resolving far more easily than expected. Almost anticlimactically so.
I sank to the ground, stroking Eun-ji’s head while observing the Archbishop sprawled before us, drenched in sticky mucus.
“Ugh.”
I retrieved a handkerchief and rummaged through the Archbishop’s clothing until I finally found a Magic Stone. Fortunately, he truly carried one. Eun-ji consumed it eagerly, as if she’d been waiting for this moment.
That made two Magic Stones eliminated.
Kaiden’s brow furrowed as he regarded the Archbishop sprawled across the floor.
“Should we wake him? I’d rather not touch him.”
Enoch appeared then. Outside the Imperial Palace, chaos erupted—it seemed everyone from the Banquet Hall had poured out into the streets.
Perfect. With attention sufficiently diverted, we needed to proceed with our plan and take the Archbishop. If he was part of the Peony Faction and possessed one of only fifteen Magic Stones, he would surely possess valuable information.
“Margaret, are you alright?”
Enoch examined my complexion with concern etched across his face.
“I never imagined you’d actually throw a bomb within the Imperial Palace. You truly… you have more audacity than I do when it comes to moments like these.”
While Kaiden clapped his hands in admiration, Enoch turned to me with a question.
“The Magic Stone?”
“Eun-ji ate it.”
As if on cue, Eun-ji let out a loud burp.
Suddenly, Kaiden staggered and collapsed to the ground.
“What’s wrong!?”
I grabbed his arm in alarm, and he rubbed his temple with irritation, his brow furrowing. After a moment, he regained his composure, declined my hand, and stood upright.
“I placed a constraint on him—each time we locate a member of the Peony Faction, Jenas’s soul tears apart. That’s what’s happening. Since this is the second time, the intensity has increased slightly.”
Jenas’s soul was being torn asunder.
I felt genuine relief that Jenas continued to suffer such torment. No punishment could ever be sufficient for a thousand years of sin.
“But doesn’t that affect you as well? If so, isn’t it dangerous?”
“It’s not dangerous, so don’t worry. Regardless, everyone has done well. I think it’s best we part ways while we have this opportunity. I’ll keep him at the Magic Tower, so come find me there tomorrow.”
Kaiden hurriedly changed the subject, glancing around before speaking. I swallowed the words of concern that had risen to my throat. He was right—it was better to separate and slip away in the chaos.
We exchanged brief farewells and parted ways.

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