I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 200

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Chapter 200
Upon hearing my words, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s face contorted with profound anguish. His expression held the desperate despair of one who had received a death sentence.
Yet I had nothing more to offer him. I had to steel my heart to follow the fate that had been bestowed upon me.
I had only just become aware of the tender sprout of feeling taking root in my heart, and now I had to smother it. Tears threatened to spill. I suppressed the lump in my throat and furrowed my brows. Only after swallowing hard several times did I finally manage to speak.
“Please don’t love me.”
Once I crossed the dimensional barrier, I could never return to this place. Therefore, I could not irresponsibly speak of love with him.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid gazed at me as though he had anticipated my answer. Then he tilted his head slightly and responded.
“That’s a decision I must make, Margaret Rose Flone. I have no intention of forcing my feelings upon you, so I would appreciate it if you would stop right there.”
I could not respond and closed my mouth. Suddenly, words that Kaiden had once spoken came to mind.
“But Margaret Rose Flone, my interest in you is my emotion, regardless of the reason. So that’s my decision to make. That lecture you just gave was a bit presumptuous.”
What had I thought when Kaiden said that?
“I only hope these men don’t come to regret what they said today after meeting the Female Lead.” I had harbored such a thought.
And what happened afterward? Did Kaiden come to regret his own words?
I don’t know. Perhaps Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid will also come to regret what he said after I depart.
“I will do what I can. I will do my utmost. I must recover Kaiden.”
“If you say it that way…”
He paused mid-sentence and wiped his face with a weary expression. Deep shadows fell across his features.
“If you say it that way, how can I oppose you? I respect whatever you decide. Everything, that is, except asking me not to love you.”
Seeing his resigned expression, my heart ached all the more, and I found myself unable to speak.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid, observing my darkened face, slowly stroked my hair.
“I told you. I will hold your hand, again and again.”
“I will hold your hand, again and again. So do as you wish. I will wait.”
I bit my lower lip firmly.
Why had I only now come to understand my feelings for him?
But if I were to confess sincerely to him, led only by my own heart, it would bring him an even greater hell. I resolved to keep this emotion for him locked away, alone, for the rest of my life.
Just then, Prince of Asdal and Yuanna Lucy, who had been greeting the Mages and Imperial Army in the distance, quietly approached us again. Prince of Asdal placed his hand on his waist and spoke.
“You two, stop what you’re doing and come here. We need to discuss this further. It seems we should be entering the Island soon.”
At those words, I rose to my feet. Despite his dark expression, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid gently took my hand and helped me up.
“Thank you.”
Prince of Asdal, observing the subtle exchange between Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid and me, scratched his cheek and awkwardly shifted back and forth like a malfunctioning robot.
“Why is the atmosphere so strange?”
Yuanna Lucy, watching Prince of Asdal unable to hide his bewilderment, turned to me with a question.
“Setting that aside—you mentioned there are automatic explosive devices on the Island, didn’t you? Will we be alright?”
“I think we should hear Diego Bastian Vilterheim’s advice on that matter first. He’s likely the one among us who knows the most about the Island.”
Just then, one of the Imperial Army soldiers preparing to move toward the Harbor where the warship was docked approached us. It was Noel.
He placed his fist over his chest, bowed respectfully, and greeted Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid.
“A message has arrived via communication crystal. It’s from Captain of the Imperial Guard Diego Bastian Vilterheim.”
He held up a transparent crystal sphere he had been carrying. When infused with Mana, it displayed the image of whoever had marked the coordinates.
Suddenly, I thought that if Mana were to disappear, all such things would become useless.
“Great chaos would ensue.”
At least it would be better than a world ruled by Jenas.
As Enoch placed his hand over the orb, a pale mist began to swirl within it.
After the mist had drifted through the sphere for some time, it cleared to reveal Diego’s face. It had been quite a while since I’d seen him.
[For the glory of Langrid. I greet Your Highness.]
Diego bowed toward Enoch. Watching him, I felt relief wash over my chest.
‘Thank goodness he’s safe.’
Diego and Marcel, visible through the scrying orb, appeared to be in no serious condition. It seemed they hadn’t come under external attack yet.
“For now, we should postpone entering the Island. According to Jenas’s Magical Experiments log, there are automatic explosive devices on the Island. If he’s in this area, we can’t know when it might detonate.”
As I was relaying my words to Diego, Enoch suddenly raised a question.
“But there’s one thing that puzzles me. If Anata designed the automatic explosive device, why didn’t we use that function when we escaped? Why did we use Jenas’s Pendant instead?”
At the question Enoch posed, silence fell over our group for a moment.
Now that he mentioned it, he was right. Why was the automatic explosive device even created? To destroy evidence?
The Magical Experiments log only stated that Anata had designed the automatic explosive device—it didn’t explain the reason.
What if this automatic explosive device wasn’t meant to detonate the Island itself, but something else?
‘They said there’s still Magic Power accumulated over a thousand years remaining on the Island….’
As I entertained such thoughts, I realized they were all mere speculation and despaired.
“This is something we can only know by meeting Jenas. Damn it.”
I cursed and tore at my hair in frustration.
“Do you think Jenas is on the Island?”
Yuanna, who had been watching my expression, asked. Then Enoch quietly swept his gaze around and nodded.
“If he hasn’t been spotted until now, then probably.”
Silence flowed between us for a moment. Diego and Marcel inside the scrying orb quietly listened to our conversation and waited for orders.
“All right, then we’ll do this. Search the surrounding area a bit more, and if we still can’t find him, we’ll proceed into the Island. And we need to find Archbishop Luzef as well.”
At the Prince of Asdal’s words, everyone nodded, and under Enoch’s command, the Imperial Army and Mages began to move.
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The full-scale search of the Southern Langrid Sea commenced.
Enoch, directing the search parties, returned to the Harbor where Margaret, Yuanna, and the Prince of Asdal were waiting.
Eun-ji, who had descended from Margaret’s shoulder as she stood surveying the waters, transformed into human form. The Prince of Asdal, standing beside Margaret, was immediately startled.
“Damn, you scared me! What in the world is this?”
“Eun-ji is Eun-ji!”
Eun-ji clung to Margaret’s leg and shouted. Both the Prince of Asdal and Yuanna looked at the child with wonder.
Though dressed in a pure white dress, anyone could see the child was a boy.
At the Prince of Asdal’s dramatic reaction, Margaret scratched her cheek with an awkward expression and lifted Eun-ji into her arms.
“I told you Eun-ji evolved. He can transform into human form now.”
Since Eun-ji weighed more than expected, Enoch quickly took him from Margaret’s embrace and held him instead. Regardless, the Prince of Asdal spoke in bewilderment.
“How can a Magical Beast transform into a human?”
At the Prince of Asdal’s question, Margaret shrugged and answered.
“Your Highness said so himself. Eun-ji imprinted on me, so he radiates an aura different from ordinary Magical Beasts. He evolves every time he consumes a Magic Stone, and it seems to be the effect of that.”
“Ah, that’s right…. Hmm. Still, it’s surprising that he can transform into a human.”
The Prince of Asdal scratched his cheek with an embarrassed expression and peered at Eun-ji nestled in Enoch’s arms.
Margaret Rose Flone, who had been quietly observing them, clapped her hands to draw everyone’s attention.
“Everyone, stop that and focus on the search. Eun-ji, come to me.”
“Okay!”
Eun-ji, who had been nestled in Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s arms, stretched her arms toward Margaret Rose Flone. Of course, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid did not hand her over.
“I won’t allow anyone to trouble Margaret Rose Flone.”
“Hmm?”
“Don’t you love your sister? How can you want her to suffer?”
“No, I don’t like it…”
“Then bear with it.”
“I don’t like bearing it either. Then Eun-ji will become a snake. Snakes aren’t heavy!”
With that answer, Eun-ji unhesitatingly transformed into a serpent and crawled across the floor toward Margaret Rose Flone.
She lifted her head and flicked her tongue at Margaret Rose Flone, tilting her head. It seemed like a plea to be held.
As Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid sighed, Margaret Rose Flone laughed and said it was fine, then lifted the serpent and placed her on her shoulder.
Prince of Asdal continued to speak endlessly before her to capture Eun-ji’s attention, but the serpent-form Eun-ji could hardly speak.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid, watching the lively scene, quietly called Yuanna Lucy aside.
“Let’s talk for a moment. I have something I want to ask.”
Yuanna Lucy, who had been smiling while watching Margaret Rose Flone, looked at Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid with a puzzled expression. Then she nodded and quietly stepped away.
Yuanna Lucy glanced at Margaret Rose Flone, Prince of Asdal, and Eun-ji, who were quarreling in front of the harbor, then asked Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid.
“What is it?”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid stood with an unreadable, composed expression.
When had I ever been able to read Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s true thoughts? He was always a man whose intentions were difficult to discern.
Standing quietly and looking at Yuanna Lucy, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid seemed to hesitate for a moment before opening his mouth in a calm tone.
“If Margaret Rose Flone crosses dimensions, what happens after that?”
I had anticipated this. The only reason he would call her aside to speak privately was something related to Margaret Rose Flone.
He had never explicitly spoken the words that Margaret Rose Flone must cross dimensions. But except for Prince of Asdal, both Yuanna Lucy and Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid knew the answer.
“After that… I don’t know either.”
“You mean she could die.”
“…”
“Ha… But how, how could you make such a cruel choice…”
“You know. There was no choice.”
At Yuanna Lucy’s composed response, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid asked with a somewhat angry expression.
“Margaret Rose Flone saved you. How could you force her into such a cruel choice?”
Of course, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid also understood that because Yuanna Lucy had saved Margaret Rose Flone, the causal relationship arose that Margaret Rose Flone had saved Yuanna Lucy. And he also knew that none of this was Yuanna Lucy’s fault.
Yet he foolishly blamed her anyway.
“…I apologize. I misspoke.”
“It’s the truth, so why apologize? Truly, Your Highness Crown Prince is quite the gentleman.”
Yuanna Lucy spoke with unadorned candor, then glanced subtly at Margaret Rose Flone. Following her gaze, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid turned his head toward Margaret Rose Flone and opened his mouth again after a long pause.
“There is something I wish to ask of you.”
And hearing Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s following words, Yuanna Lucy’s eyes widened as she stared at him.
“Are you sincere?”
As Yuanna Lucy posed her question, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid nodded quietly in response.
“Lady Flone!”
A scream-like cry erupted from the Prince of Asdal. In an instant, the surroundings descended into chaos.
Without understanding what was happening, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid and Yuanna Lucy reflexively bolted toward Margaret Rose Flone. At the end of the dock, she stood with a flare aimed at someone.
And at the end of that flare stood Kaiden.
Standing with his hands clasped behind his back, he surveyed his surroundings with elegant composure—yet something about him differed from the Kaiden I knew. His eyes were dark and a deep crimson red, and his gaze, suffused with quiet madness, gleamed like a finely honed blade.
It wasn’t Kaiden. It was Jenas.
The moment I realized this truth, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid urgently pulled Margaret Rose Flone behind him.
My heart sank heavily. At the thought of losing Margaret Rose Flone like this, right before my eyes, my rationality scattered like tissue paper in the wind.
He drew his sword and leveled it at Jenas, who burst into laughter.
Jenas slowly surveyed the people gathered around Margaret Rose Flone, then exhaled a sigh.
“Margaret, I’ve been waiting for you here alone. What are all these people doing?”
“If you’re going to spout nonsense, just shut your mouth.”
Of course, Margaret Rose Flone’s curse came flying out immediately.

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