I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 212

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Chapter 212
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To wield such tremendous power, an equally tremendous price had to be paid. And so, what Kaiden relinquished was his human form.
To him, his body had become nothing more than a meaningless shell. He was now the only being in this world who possessed Mana, and he had become Mana itself.
Unlike Jenas, who had to shatter the Dimensional Rift to dominate it, Kaiden, possessing complete power, could locate the Dimensional Rift without difficulty.
He wandered Beyond Dimensions searching for the presence of Margaret Rose Flone and Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid. He searched and searched endlessly.
And finally, he discovered Margaret Rose Flone and Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid within the Dimensional Rift, their forms growing increasingly faint.
A soft splash.
Kaiden slowly knelt on one knee before them. Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid lay quietly asleep, cradling Margaret Rose Flone and Eun-ji, his form so faint it seemed on the verge of erasure.
He reached out his hand toward them. Light flowing from his palm cascaded down like a waterfall upon these fading souls.
A pain as though his very spirit were burning consumed him. Perhaps it was because he had touched upon a power rivaling the realm of divinity.
Yet he endured.
All the hardship it had taken to reach this state, to find Margaret Rose Flone and Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid, and to cross the Dimensional Rift. How much suffering had there been?
He could not surrender now and be consumed by this overwhelming power.
And finally, when all his strength had been exhausted, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid opened his eyes first. His fading spirit was growing vivid once more.
He furrowed the space between his eyebrows, groaned softly for a moment, and lifted his head. As his gaze met Kaiden’s, he surveyed his surroundings, assessed the situation, and exhaled a long breath.
“…I did consider the possibility that Lord might find a way.”
“What would you have done otherwise?”
To Kaiden’s somewhat irreverent response, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid rose while cradling Margaret Rose Flone and answered composedly.
“I said I considered it, not that I had hope for it.”
“Damn it, what?”
“I was prepared to face death together with Margaret Rose Flone.”
Kaiden let out a breathless laugh, astounded.
“Is Margaret Rose Flone alright?”
“I’m not certain of the exact reason, but her existence was being erased. Perhaps because she doesn’t belong to the souls of this place. Had we been any later, both Margaret Rose Flone and I would have been completely annihilated within this Dimensional Rift.”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid regarded Kaiden with quiet eyes. Soon after, he offered his expression of gratitude.
“Thank you. For finding us.”
Kaiden laughed awkwardly, scratching the back of his head. Then he gazed down at Margaret Rose Flone’s face, which appeared to be in peaceful slumber.
“No matter how much you love Margaret Rose Flone, throwing away your life like that. May I curse you for it?”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid did not answer. Kaiden, receiving no response, spat out his curse.
“Crazy person.”
Of course, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid spoke to him with an unfazed expression.
“And isn’t Lord renouncing his humanity for Margaret Rose Flone’s sake?”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid sensed the strange and tremendous Mana aura emanating from Kaiden and had some inkling of what had become of him.
“It’s not renunciation—let’s say I evolved like that Eun-ji fellow.”
Kaiden’s gaze swept over Margaret Rose Flone and Eun-ji nestled in Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s arms, and he sighed.
“Everyone has been waiting.”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid nodded matter-of-factly.
“They must all be suffering from Margaret Rose Flone’s absence.”
“Is it only Margaret Rose Flone?”
Enoch stared at Kaiden with a confused expression at his words.
“Your lackeys, the Saint, Sir Diego, and especially Your Highness’s dear friend, the Prince of Asdal, are all waiting for you with bated breath.”
After answering thus, Kaiden took a deep breath and continued.
“And there are comrades-in-arms who serve and follow Your Highness with utmost devotion. The Knights of the Langrid Empire.”
As Enoch listened silently, a flicker of emotion crossed his eyes. Kaiden hesitated for a moment, his lips moving uncertainly before he furrowed the space between his eyebrows in irritation and spoke.
“…And there’s me too. I disliked you as a rival, but I acknowledge you as a person.”
Though I wasn’t sure what exactly he was acknowledging, Kaiden brushed it off awkwardly and nodded toward him.
“So let’s go home.”
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Duke Flone’s Castle,
I awoke in my bed in my room.
What greeted me upon my return was Yuanna, weeping while holding me in her embrace.
What on earth was happening?
Damn it, was it a dream? Had everything—going beyond dimensions, meeting Enoch—all been a dream? At this point, I couldn’t distinguish between what was dream and what was reality.
While I was comforting the sobbing Yuanna with a bewildered expression, I noticed a child sleeping with her face resting against the bedside.
Eun-ji, whose eyes met mine, bounced up excitedly.
“Sister! Sister!”
“Eun-ji? Eun-ji, is this a dream?”
“Huh? It’s not a dream!”
“You brought us home? You did this?”
“Um, well….”
It was Yuanna who answered instead of Eun-ji.
“Lord brought Margaret and Your Highness here. He crossed the dimensional rift himself.”
“What…?”
Confused, I asked for clarification, but I quickly regained my senses and bombarded her with questions. There were so many things I wanted to ask about this unbelievable situation.
“How? All the mana was gone. Is the dimensional rift stable? Won’t it not close if Eun-ji and I are here? And crossing dimensions was something even Jenas couldn’t do….”
Yuanna, wiping away her tears, calmed my panic and continued her explanation step by step.
“I definitely sealed the rift. Only Lord can cross dimensions. Lord has awakened.”
“Awakened?”
“From what I saw…. It seemed like he transcended the realm of humanity.”
“What happened to Kaiden then?”
“He disappeared right after bringing Meg back, so I don’t know where Lord is either.”
He disappeared? What did that mean? My mind went blank with worry about Kaiden.
Then Yuanna spoke to me, searching her memory.
“Just before he disappeared, I think I heard something about hibernation….”
“Hibernation?”
“I’m not entirely sure, but he brought back the souls that were erased from this world. And with mana intact. Don’t tell anyone about the mana. It’ll just cause unnecessary trouble.”
At Yuanna’s words, I finally realized that my body was still brimming with mana. It was also the reason Eun-ji continued to maintain her human form.
“Yet the dimensional rift remains intact. That’s Lord’s power. Perhaps, because he touched the realm of the divine, he had no choice but to enter hibernation. I’d need to hear the details directly from Lord, but since we don’t know where he is….”
“Then what about Enoch? He was with me, so where is Enoch….”
Knock, knock.
“Saint, how is Margaret doing?”
At that moment, the door opened and Rosemary poked her face inside. My eyes met hers—gaunt and hollow—and I widened them in shock.
“…Margaret?! Margaret! Good heavens! Margaret!”
Rosemary cried out my name like a scream and rushed into the room.
I embraced her as she wept openly. Yuanna smiled and stepped aside to make room for her.
Hearing Rosemary’s loud sobs, someone poked their head through the open doorway. It was Vanessa.
“Miss!”
Vanessa too became a torrent of tears, clinging to my bedside and sobbing uncontrollably. I glanced around the room, now transformed into an ocean of tears, momentarily bewildered.
Thud. Clatter.
A sound of something falling came from the doorway, and when I lifted my head in confusion, I saw Innis, Mother, and Father—the latter two having dropped a tray of Stew.
“I… I asked the cook to prepare it… I wanted to bring it to you myself…”
“Our… our darling…!”
The three of them rushed to me at once and pulled me into their embrace. Nestled in the arms of my two sisters, Mother, and Father, I shed tears without restraint.
Once I had calmed somewhat, Yuanna explained to me, step by step, all that had transpired.
Immediately after I vanished, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid sacrificed his life to follow me, and the awakened Kaiden crossed dimensions to search for us.
Thus, the vanished Kaiden eventually found Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid and me, brought us back, and then disappeared from sight. I later learned that I had slept for four days straight, unable to recover my vitality.
Moreover, in the world that Yuanna had purified, Mana had vanished completely. All the tasks that had been accomplished through Mana and Magic came to a standstill, plunging everything into chaos.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid, who had awakened before me, was working alongside our father, Duke Flone, and Duke Vilterheim to stabilize the people.
When I heard that a public execution had been scheduled for four days hence, my head began to ache. I was overwhelmed by the sheer flood of information and news that crashed upon me the moment I awoke.
“So Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid is unharmed, then? He was certainly Beyond Dimensions with me.”
“He came back with us. Unlike Meg, his recovery ability is monstrous…”
Yuanna laughed, scratching her cheek. In any case, it was a relief that Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid was safe. The breath that had been caught in my throat moments before seemed finally to flow freely.
The problem was Kaiden. The moment I said I would go find him, Yuanna and my entire family rushed to stop me.
“You’ve only just awakened. Venturing so far would strain your body.”
“But still…”
The instant I showed signs of protest, all five women united to firmly restrain me and forced me back onto the bed.
Yet perhaps because my body had not fully recovered, the moment I was forced to lie down, drowsiness washed over me again like a tide.
Yuanna patted my shoulder comfortingly.
Now that I thought about it, Yuanna had mentioned that using the power of purification required some sacrifice. What had been her sacrifice?
Even as such anxious worries consumed me, I could not resist the pull of sleep and soon drifted off once more.
When I awoke again, what if all of this had been a dream?
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Fortunately, it was not a dream.
After sleeping soundly and waking to share a meal with my family, I received word that Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid had visited Duke Flone’s Castle.
The moment I heard the news, I rushed toward the Entrance of Duke Flone’s Castle. Behind me, I heard my family’s worried cries, but my attention was entirely fixed on Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid.
I dashed down the Corridor, flew down the grand Stairs in the center of the lobby, and there at the Entrance of Duke Flone’s Castle, I saw Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid handing his Jacket to the butler.
“Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid!”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid, who had been letting out a weary sigh while adjusting his cravat, looked up at me in surprise.
It really was Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid. The real Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid. Alive.
I rushed toward him and pulled him into my embrace.

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