I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 22

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Chapter 22

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The cave was a temporary base camp.

This place wasn’t comfortable enough to stay long-term, so we had to find better shelter. That’s why we regularly scouted around the cave.

I searched for ways to request rescue or information about escape while scouting with Enoch. And I also secretly looked for the cabin and bunker without Enoch knowing.

Kaiden said he would leave once his wounds healed, but despite his injuries improving, he didn’t leave the cave.

At first, Enoch kicked him out of the cave. But Kaiden wasn’t the type to back down obediently. He showed stubborn persistence, guarding the cave entrance and staying up for two nights straight.

I had no idea why someone who said he was leaving suddenly changed his mind and was acting like this.

Eventually, Enoch had no choice but to let him inside. We didn’t know what disaster might befall him if he stayed in front of the cave at night, giving off human scent while monsters roamed around.

He hadn’t shown any particularly problematic behavior so far, but since he wasn’t your ordinary madman, Enoch stuck close to my side, never knowing when he might do something crazy again.

After a few days of this, we got tired, and both Enoch and I reached the point where we just left Kaiden alone without saying anything when he approached.

“You’re more diligent than I thought. What kind of noble gets up at dawn?”

Kaiden made a comment while observing me moving busily from early dawn.

I was just transferring purified water into coconut bowls to distribute it, so I glanced at him briefly.

As he said, I really did move diligently.

When I woke up in the morning, I would first go to the valley to purify water and gather fruits. Sometimes I would go hunting too.

Going to the beach for fish hunting was usually alternated between Enoch and me, but fire making was always Enoch’s responsibility.

Thanks to this, I consumed too many calories, which meant I had to gather that much more food, but there was no helping it.

“If we’re going to move base camp, I need to prepare diligently.”

I replied while putting purified water into the bamboo container Enoch had cut for me. This bamboo container served as a tumbler.

Then I wove the bamboo container with long, sturdy vine stems to make it like a cross bag, and wore it diagonally across my shoulder.

“You’re moving your dwelling? Why?”

“There’s nowhere suitable to get food here, and the environment isn’t comfortable.”

I said this while adjusting my flat shoes.

“Where are you going?”

“To scout the surroundings.”

More precisely, mountain climbing. The last mountain climbing. If I don’t find a cabin or bunker this time either, I’m really planning to leave this area.

If I’m lucky, I hope I can find some clues about the island’s secrets.

Enoch had just gone out for morning hunting, so it was perfect timing to go mountain climbing alone.

“Then rest up.”

“Huh? W-wait…!”

Kaiden tried to follow me out, but perhaps he felt pain from his wounds, as he let out a long groan and slumped down heavily.

I waved at him leisurely and left the cave with a light heart.

Now that I had adapted to the island to some extent, even Enoch, who used to be overprotective of me, let me wander around until sunset. Though Enoch’s overprotectiveness seemed excessive, being able to move around alone was something.

It had been almost three weeks since we arrived on this island, but the information we had gathered during that time was practically nonexistent.

I stood on the mid-slope and took a deep breath before looking down below. Just climbing this much allowed me to survey part of the island. I’d need to climb higher to see further.

The cave where I stayed with Enoch wasn’t very far from the beach when viewed from up here.

Well, since it was a cave so close to the beach, we could quickly go back and forth for fish hunting.

If it had been a cave deep in the mountains, that would have been dangerous in its own way. Since this was an island where monsters and wild animals ran rampant.

I opened the lid of the bamboo container I was carrying and drank the water I had stored.

Perhaps because I had been overexerting Margaret’s body lately, I felt extremely tired. I should do some physical training starting tomorrow.

When I return to the Flone Estate later, Margaret’s mother will probably faint from shock seeing the muscles, but there was no helping it. To survive.

After climbing the mountain for what felt like another hour, I finally reached the summit.

I wiped the sweat from my forehead with the back of my hand and lay down on the ground for a moment. I was so out of breath I felt like I might have breathing difficulties. I also drank all the water in the bamboo container I brought in one go.

I had the pointless worry that I might die like this, but the sense of achievement was tremendous.

“I don’t know why I keep finding a sense of achievement on this remote island.”

The sun was gradually setting. I became anxious that the sun might set while I was descending. Eventually, I got up and quickly surveyed the surroundings.

The island I saw again was indeed quite large and vast. At this size, I thought it should really be considered about the size of Jeju Island.

“Damn, how am I supposed to find a cabin and bunker in this vast place.”

No matter how much I looked around, I couldn’t find any building that looked like a cabin.

Still, I got a rough idea of where a cabin might be located. It was said there was a cabin in the mountains near cliffs, and there were quite a few cliffs that gave a similar feeling to what was described in the novel.

I carefully surveyed the path to the next mountain with my eyes. And I forcibly stored the locations of rivers and cliffs in my memory again before preparing to descend.

After stretching, I was about to set off when I tripped over some red rod at my feet.

“What’s this?”

Looking closely, it wasn’t a rod but something that looked exactly like a gun. It was covered in dirt, but it had a curious reddish tint, so I picked it up.

“No matter how I look at it, it looks like a gun.”

While examining the object, I discovered letters written on the side. I roughly wiped off the dirt with my hand and read the letters.

Alea

“Alea? What does this mean?”

Is this the name of the company that made this mysterious gun?

However, for a company name, the engraving looked like letters carved with a knife, so I thought it might be someone’s name.

It looked exactly like a revolver pistol, but the design was simpler and smaller than that.

‘I’ve never seen a red pistol before…’

“But why is this here in the first place?”

I knew there were modern objects on this island. But were things scattered around randomly like this in the original work too?

While I was at it, I checked the cylinder of the red pistol. All six chambers were filled with what looked like bullets.

And looking closely, the finish of the pistol’s interior and exterior was somewhat rough. As if someone had modified it.

“Did someone named Alea modify this?”

While examining the pistol with a puzzled expression, I discovered a pouch at my feet. It was a pouch filled with ammunition. It seemed to be ammunition for this red pistol.

“My goodness, total eureka.”

Just in case, I should take everything. I carefully put the ammunition pouch inside my dress pocket.

“But does this thing actually work?”

It looked very old, so I was a bit suspicious. If it’s a pistol that doesn’t work, it would just be fancy trash.

‘But it could be a real gun… If it’s a gun, it’s a bit troublesome since I don’t have much shooting experience.’

I had only been to a shooting range once.

Still, just in case, I tore off a small piece of my dress hem for noise prevention. Then I poured a little water from the bamboo container to wet it and stuffed it in both ears.

Then I took position, checked the cylinder, loaded it, and pulled back the hammer.

“No way this will work.”

And with a hopeful heart, I pulled the trigger toward a distant spot.

But no matter how much I pulled the trigger, the pistol wouldn’t fire. Was it broken from age after all?

“I thought it looked worn out.”

I was randomly pulling the trigger when I thoughtlessly aimed at the sky and pulled the trigger.

But at that moment, red smoke came out like a flare and shot into the sky.

…?

Wait, why did this suddenly fire?

Seeing the red smoke, it seemed to be a flare, not a gun.

I stared blankly up at the sky. The red smoke soon burst magnificently like fireworks, decorating the sky.

…??????

Wait, it wasn’t even a flare but for fireworks? What the hell is this thing?

Cold sweat ran down my back.

Just as the sunset was beginning, monsters would probably swarm after seeing the fireworks.

“Fuck!”

Having grasped the situation, I began running like mad.

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