I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 19

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Chapter 19

Short-cropped dark brown hair, green eyes. Enoch clearly knew who the man was.

Diego Bastian Vilterheim.

He was the captain of the Imperial Guard, who held the title of “Sword of the Langrid Empire.”

When Kaiden had appeared, he had been distracted by other things and hadn’t thought deeply about it, but the situation was taking a strange turn.

The Empire’s Crown Prince and a Duke’s daughter, along with the Imperial Guard Captain and the Grand Mage. They were all influential figures in the Langrid Empire.

“Please wait a moment, Your Highness. What on earth is going on here?”

Diego looked at Enoch with a bewildered expression.

“That sounds like something I should be saying, Sir Diego.”

Sir Diego. At the mention of the formal title, Diego’s body reacted first. He knelt on one knee in proper posture, placed his fist against his chest, and bowed his head.

Enoch carefully examined Diego’s attire. He was wearing the uniform of the Langrid Empire’s Imperial Guard.

Enoch had also awakened on the island wearing his Crown Prince uniform since he had been on duty, but Diego seemed equally uncomfortable in his formal attire.

“How are you on this island, Sir?”

“I have no idea either. I suddenly lost consciousness during training and when I opened my eyes, I had collapsed by the riverside.”

Diego answered with a truthful face that seemed to contain not a single lie.

“How did Your Highness come to be here?”

“I’m in the same situation as you, Sir. I was handling business at the Imperial Palace when I opened my eyes and found myself here.”

Enoch irritably swept his hair upward and looked at Diego.

“Have you found out anything? Any rescue requests?”

At Enoch’s quiet question, Diego shook his head. He sighed repeatedly as if he too was frustrated.

“I have no idea how we ended up here. I have two companions with me, and they were in the same situation.”

Diego was in the same situation as Enoch. However, he wasn’t sure how much of his words he could trust.

Enoch trusted Diego in the Langrid Empire, but he couldn’t trust him on this island.

This was because the culprit who brought them to this island had not yet been revealed.

“Wait, you have companions?”

“Ah, they’re people Your Highness knows as well. The Prince of Asdal and Bishop Luzef also seem to have awakened on this island.”

At Diego’s answer, Enoch asked back in bewilderment.

“Archbishop Luzef?”

“Yes, that’s correct. Archbishop Luzef of the Papal Court.”

At Diego’s calm answer, Enoch let out a hollow laugh.

It seemed even the clergy couldn’t escape this disaster. Indeed, there is no god. He found himself laughing self-deprecatingly without realizing it.

Enoch looked down at Diego, who was still kneeling on one knee in front of him, sitting there steadfastly.

Right now, he couldn’t trust anyone, so he couldn’t rashly show favor to Diego either.

Moreover, the Prince of Asdal and Archbishop Luzef…

Among them, Enoch particularly disliked the Prince of Asdal because of his extremely arrogant nature. On top of that, he and Enoch had been bitter enemies since childhood.

“A Crown Prince and a Prince, an Archbishop and an Imperial Guard Captain… For a coincidence, it seems to be only key figures from the Langrid Empire and Hestia Kingdom.”

Among Enoch’s companions were Grand Mage Kaiden and Margaret, the precious daughter of the Flone Duchy.

At first, he thought it might be a scheme by the Rodban Faction targeting him, but looking at the assembled figures, that didn’t seem to be the case. Who on earth could be behind this?

“Did you sense anything suspicious from your companions?”

“No, there’s no one suspicious among our group.”

At Diego’s firm answer, Enoch felt doubtful. How could he be so certain?

Enoch quietly observed Diego. Then he glared at Margaret’s dress in his hands. So Diego was indeed the culprit who stole Margaret’s dress.

Under Enoch’s reproachful gaze, Diego rambled out excuses.

“If I had known that person was Your Highness, I wouldn’t have stolen it. Actually, I was surprised to learn for the first time that there were other people on this island, but the situation was urgent.”

Diego wasn’t originally a talkative man. At his lengthening excuses, Enoch finally narrowed his brows. Moreover, his answer was ambiguous.

“You intended to, but you didn’t intend to?”

“Among my companions, there’s someone who needs such clothing.”

“Did it seem like the woman in the water didn’t need those clothes?”

At Enoch’s question, Diego bit his lower lip tightly and bowed his head.

Enoch couldn’t understand Diego’s uncharacteristic behavior. It was something the usual Diego could never have imagined doing.

Then,

“People are bound to change when faced with extreme environments.”

He recalled Margaret’s words again.

It seemed the extreme environment had changed even Diego, who was steadfast and filled with chivalric spirit.

“May I ask who the woman with Your Highness is?”

Enoch kept the spear in his hand and tilted his head slightly, looking down at Diego with displeasure.

“That’s none of your business.”

Though not as much as the past Enoch, Diego also terribly disliked Margaret.

Enoch knew well how much the upright Diego had despised Margaret, who usually clung to Enoch and caused trouble.

He also knew that Margaret feared Diego, who took an aggressive attitude toward her.

The past Enoch hadn’t cared about that. He considered it Margaret’s own doing.

But the current Margaret wasn’t the same as before. So Enoch couldn’t stand by and watch her be treated that way.

Indeed, it would be better to prevent Diego’s group and Margaret from encountering each other until he could assess the situation. That way, he could protect Margaret even in unexpected situations.

No matter how much he thought about it, there seemed to be no better option. Diego wouldn’t be the only one in that group who disliked Margaret.

As he had promised Margaret, he planned to keep her with him and protect her until they escaped the island.

Since she relied on him greatly, as a gentleman, he had to do so. Purely as a gentleman’s duty.

“It’s puzzling that someone in your group needs women’s clothing. It doesn’t seem to be for the Prince of Asdal or Bishop Luzef.”

At Enoch’s words, Diego slowly blinked and looked at him.

“Answer the question.”

When Enoch raised the tip of his spear a bit more, Diego answered with a flustered face.

“Your Highness, I am a knight of the Langrid Empire. I’m not an enemy.”

Diego appealed his harmlessness with a confused expression, but it didn’t work on Enoch.

“Not an enemy? You should have made that excuse before stealing my companion’s clothes.”

Then Diego fell silent, seemingly having nothing to say. Only after a long while did he open his mouth as if embarrassed.

“…Among our companions is also Yuanna Lucy. The Saint.”

Yuanna Lucy.

She was also a famous figure on the continent. She was a Saint who possessed Unique Divine Power, the first in a hundred years.

Diego looked at Enoch anxiously, gauging his reaction.

Why hadn’t Diego mentioned the Saint when talking about his companions earlier?

Enoch found this puzzling. But seeing Diego’s current attitude, he could roughly guess.

Right now, he was acting as if he was anxious and wary that Enoch might want to meet the Saint.

As if she were someone very precious who needed to be protected.

‘He must have fallen for the Saint.’

Enoch asked such a Diego.

“Does that woman have no clothes?”

“What?!”

Whatever he had misunderstood, Diego was shocked at Enoch’s words.

Enoch clicked his tongue in irritation.

“That dress is the only clothing my companion has. If you’re going to steal something like that, the Saint would have to be naked for it to be even a decent excuse.”

“Th-that’s…”

Diego stammered. Enoch was so incredulous he almost laughed.

What was a mere Saint that she dared to steal Margaret’s clothes? Enoch felt his antipathy toward the Saint rising and swallowed his anger.

“Since you can’t speak, it sounds like the Saint is wearing clothes. Meanwhile, my companion is shivering in the water without a dress.”

Come to think of it, quite some time had passed. He needed to take the clothes and return quickly.

“What are you dawdling for? Bring it here right now.”

Diego flinched at Enoch’s menacing murmur. He eventually obediently handed over the dress he was holding to Enoch.

“When you find a way to escape the Island, contact me. I want us to exchange information regularly. Of course, without your companions knowing.”

As if it was an unexpected statement, Diego asked back with a surprised face.

“Won’t you be coming with me?”

“I told you to only answer what I ask, Sir Diego.”

At Enoch’s forceful tone, Diego looked at him with a face full of things to say, but eventually bowed his head.

“I accept your orders.”

“Let’s meet here once every ten days. If you’re moving to a distant location, give me advance notice.”

Enoch continued throwing out demands with an indifferent face.

“And don’t let my companion see you. If you act bothersome, I won’t let it slide.”

Diego was displeased with the incomprehensible command, but eventually nodded his head.

“Understood.”

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I waited for Enoch and stamped my feet anxiously while watching the sunset glow in the sky.

It was getting dark, but now I felt like I was going to freeze to death. My body was shivering uncontrollably.

Just where did Enoch go? And who was that perverted bastard who stole the dress? It seemed like one of the male leads from 【More Important Than Survival】.

It couldn’t be Kaiden since he would be collapsed in our Cave. So it must be one of male leads 2, 3, or 4. Was there a man among them who would steal a dress?

I tilted my head in thought, then soon dismissed my musings. Cold. So cold.

Since I put on the Chemise while wet, the Chemise got completely soaked and wouldn’t dry.

The temperature was gradually dropping as the sun set, and staying outside with wet clothes made me feel like I was going to catch a cold.

Fatigue suddenly overwhelmed me. My hands and feet were unbearably cold and my body became much heavier. I quietly leaned my body against the Rock.

This is too hard.

“Margaret! Are you alright? Sorry for being late.”

After quite some time had passed, Enoch finally returned. I lifted my head slightly while lying against the Rock and looked at the dress in his hands.

I tried to get up from joy, but ended up swaying from dizziness.

What’s this? My head is spinning. I feel like I’m going to collapse…

I watched Enoch urgently running toward me and ended up losing consciousness.

Who knew my stamina would be this pathetic.

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