I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 202

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Chapter 202
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The island that Anata had detonated using the Pendant lay partially submerged, crumbling in various places—a complete ruin.
Alea South Island remained relatively intact, but the North Island, save for the area surrounding Jenas’s Cabin, offered little solid ground to stand upon.
Jenas’s Cabin itself was equally unrecognizable, yet the Door within it remained steadfast in its place, standing resolute.
A faint breeze swept around the silent Door. Moments later, a brilliant light flashed along its edges before it swung open with a violent crash.
From the open Door emerged a man, walking with unhurried ease.
It was Jenas, who had seized Kaiden’s body.
Behind him, people tumbled out in a heap, as though spilling from a sack.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid, cradling Margaret Rose Flone, rolled across the Floor before swiftly rising to his feet, still keeping her shoulders wrapped protectively within his embrace.
A heavy pressure bore down upon Margaret Rose Flone’s Companions.
Alea Island was a place where space-time had been warped for a thousand years. After the explosion, the distorted space-time was returning to normal, yet the lingering effects of a thousand years of isolation remained—the flow of air differed from the outside world.
The body felt heavy as water-soaked cotton, and the Vitality within seemed to drain like a weighted pendulum. The party would need time to adapt to this sensation.
Margaret Rose Flone struggled to check on Eun-ji, who clung to her shoulder. Fortunately, Eun-ji appeared unharmed, though her face was flushed with anger as she glared at Jenas, her tail swishing sharply.
“It’s been a while for everyone, hasn’t it? Ah, I’ve missed you all.”
Jenas spread both arms wide and spun slowly in place.
Unlike the disheveled state of his Companions, Jenas maintained an air of leisure, hands clasped behind his back, his smile spreading slowly across his face.
A few Imperial Army Knights who had barely regained their senses drew their Swords and rushed at Jenas. Of course, they barely took a few steps before a massive Magic Circle materialized beneath their feet, sealing them within.
Thud.
A transparent Barrier rose around the Magic Circle beneath their feet. The Knights pounded against the Barrier’s walls, crying out. It was exactly like watching animals trapped in a cage.
Margaret Rose Flone stood speechless at the shocking scene, her eyes merely blinking.
Jenas was using Magic.
She had suspected as much since he activated the Warp Gate, but she had never imagined—
“Do you have any idea how long I’ve been waiting for this moment? You couldn’t possibly understand.”
As Jenas stomped his feet twice, identical Magic Circles began to form beneath everyone’s feet. Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid, repelled by the Mana, was sealed within the Magic Circle beside her.
Yet he did not surrender. Even trapped within the Magic Circle, he slashed at the towering transparent Barrier with his Sword. Yellow electricity crackled around the Blade, and as the transparent wall split like parting waves, Jenas raised an eyebrow, turning his gaze toward him.
“I see I can’t let my guard down with you.”
But as Jenas flicked his fingers, additional Barriers began layering upon Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s Magic Circle, one after another.
Similarly trapped within a Magic Circle, Margaret Rose Flone pounded against the Barrier’s wall, glaring at Jenas with fierce intent.
Jenas, standing outside the Magic Circle, smiled at the sight of her. He walked slowly toward Margaret Rose Flone.
Seeing this, Margaret Rose Flone quickly pulled a Flare from her pocket and aimed it at him.
“That won’t work. I’ve reclaimed my Magic Power. And you’re going to attack me with Bullets I crafted myself? That’s quite an inventive idea.”
Margaret Rose Flone clamped her mouth shut, glaring at him with piercing intensity. Her eyes, filled with the deep blue of the sea, brimmed with hatred and Anger directed at him.
Jenas felt a surge of exhilaration watching Margaret Rose Flone’s contorted face—the thrill of her subjugation.
“Wait here. There’s something I need to find. Once I locate it, I’ll let you out. I need to execute the Plan quickly.”
But Margaret Rose Flone did not obey.
She spoke to him in a steady voice. Or rather, to Kaiden, not to him.
“Kaiden. I know you’re in there.”
“….”
“What happened to your ambition to take Revenge on the Rohade Family?”
Jenas stood with his arms crossed, quietly observing Margaret. His expression suggested he was simply waiting to hear what she had to say.
All of my Companions, who had been struggling to break the Seal on the Magic Circle, stopped their movements and looked between Margaret and Jenas.
“…Or maybe… is it because of me?”
Margaret’s lips twisted. Her hand, which was Aiming the Flare at Jenas, trembled slightly—a telltale sign of her emotional Disturbance.
Jenas noticed the Aura of Kaiden sleeping within him beginning to shift subtly.
There was nothing Kaiden could do now, regardless.
Bound by that damned soul contract, but it didn’t matter. There was no problem. If he rendered Kaiden’s soul dormant or—made it disappear entirely—there would be no need to worry about the contract’s terms.
Besides, since Jenas now held the Mana, he could simply recite the activation word to put Kaiden back into Hibernation.
In that moment, Margaret’s voice reached him once more.
“It’s not that… if what you want is simply to disappear as you are now….”
Margaret’s face contorted with pain. She looked at Jenas with a contemplative expression before continuing.
“I’ll walk that path with you. So please, come back first.”
But the miracle of Kaiden breaking through Jenas’s suppression never came. Jenas shrugged his shoulder brazenly and smiled wickedly.
Margaret tightened her grip on the Flare. An ominous premonition wrapped around her entire body. What if Kaiden never awakened?
Margaret slowly lowered her gaze to the Ring of the Prince of Asdal on her finger. For their plan to succeed, Kaiden had to maintain consciousness.
‘What if I cross dimensions and Yuanna seals the rift, but we still can’t save Kaiden? What then?’
If Jenas were to possess Kaiden’s body forever—
Margaret closed her eyes tightly, seized by the horrifying thought.
‘Please wake up.’
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A desolate and barren darkness enveloped me. I lay curled up in the void, utterly alone.
The droning noise from outside my body could not reach my ears.
Would I truly fall into Hibernation like this?
No matter how I thought about it, I doubted whether I could perfectly Suppress Jenas.
I wanted to see Margaret.
Though only a day had passed, it felt like years since I’d seen her.
“Kaiden. I know you’re there.”
“What happened to your ambition to take Revenge on the Rohade Family?”
And then came Margaret’s voice.
My eyebrows twitched as I drifted through the darkness.
“…Or maybe… is it because of me?”
She asked.
I couldn’t say Margaret had no influence, but ultimately, this was my own problem.
My failure to awaken was my own Will. I simply hadn’t found a way to confront Jenas.
Then, a thought struck me—about the sense of defeat that had always haunted my life, the shackle of “Rohade” that I could never escape no matter how hard I tried.
Though I was called a Genius of the century, I was no match for Jenas, a Mage even more extraordinary than I.
The harder I racked my mind to devise a plan, the more helplessness overwhelmed me. I could not defeat Jenas through sheer power alone.
As my spirit remained lost in thought, Margaret’s voice reached me once more.
“It’s not that… if what you want is simply to disappear as you are now….”
She continued speaking to me.
“I’ll walk that path with you. So come back first.”
To say “I’ll just disappear as I am” is no different from saying “I’ll die.”
Yet Margaret speaks of walking even that path together with me.
I had never truly harbored thoughts of death, but at her final words, I opened my eyes quietly. A faint vibration rippled through the stillness of darkness.
I slowly rose to my feet.
‘Margaret will die with me?’
I know that isn’t what she means by loving me as a rational being. The Margaret I know would never speak with such intention.
But that was enough.
There was one person in my life who gave such unconditional affection. Wasn’t that alone reason enough for my life to be worth living?
My eyes grew hot. My throat tightened, and an unbearable thirst seized me as I briefly touched my neck.
As the calm emotions surged violently, the aura enveloping me began to shift the atmosphere.
It was Jenas who swiftly detected the anomaly.
[So you’re thinking of awakening now?]
I didn’t answer.
[But, our descendant. I told you. It’s too late now.]
Jenas showed no disturbance. It was the composure of a predator who had cornered its game.
The pressure emanating from Jenas’s voice carried a different weight altogether. His immense power and mana, seemingly insurmountable, pressed down upon me.
Yet the desolate darkness enveloping me was slowly fading like a curtain being drawn back.
A small spark ignited in the wick I had thought burned out and dead.
It was yearning.
The desire to transcend my own limits.
My life was worth living, wasn’t it? For I had encountered Margaret, that radiant light.
So truly, I had always wanted to live. Because I had never properly savored that life worth living.
To do so, I had to somehow bring down that massive wall called Jenas.
I clenched my teeth. The air around me was gradually transforming. It was an attempt to alter the wavelength of the internal mana that Jenas controlled.
“Too late, you say. Is that truly so?”
Could my power not surpass Jenas?
Really?
…No.
Absurdly enough, until now I had never faced Jenas with my full strength and passion, with the resolve to even sacrifice my soul.
I swallowed a hollow laugh and murmured.
“No, I’ve never truly begun.”

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