I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 229

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Side Story 14
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One day before the Fireworks Festival.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid visited the Flone Estate again today. For the past few days, he’d been making a habit of stopping by our Manor as if it were his workplace.
I couldn’t fathom why he’d suddenly become so proactive.
‘Isn’t he supposed to be busy with coronation preparations?’
I was terribly worried that everyone at the Imperial Palace would end up cursing me because of this.
Moreover, tomorrow was the long-awaited Fireworks Festival—the very day Archbishop Luzef, Prince of Asdal, and Yuanna Lucy had all insisted on attending with me.
“Eun-ji loves it when Enoch visits so often!”
The humanized Eun-ji ran about the Reception Room, shouting with delight.
Enoch, who had been having Tea Time with me, waved his hand toward Eun-ji.
“Come here.”
“Why?”
“You’ve been so good—let me give you a hug.”
“Eep?!”
Eun-ji yelped in surprise and retreated backward, then scampered over to me and bounded onto my lap. With a very haughty expression, she issued a warning to Enoch.
“Enoch is being presumptuous. Eun-ji only cuddles with my sister.”
Enoch stared at Eun-ji as if bewildered. Eun-ji, paying him no mind, clung tightly to me.
“I’m just happy because my sister seems pleased when Enoch comes. Don’t get the wrong idea, or Eun-ji will be in trouble.”
Enoch, resting his chin on his hand and gazing intently at Eun-ji, let out an amused laugh as if deflating.
“Didn’t you say not to abandon me?”
At Enoch’s words, Eun-ji flinched and glanced at him nervously, gauging his reaction. Then she quietly approached him.
“I’ll massage your shoulder for you. Let’s make up with Eun-ji.”
She clenched and unclenched her tiny fists while tilting her head. Unable to resist, I called Eun-ji back over and embraced her tightly, rubbing my face against hers affectionately.
“You’re so adorable.”
Kyaa—
Eun-ji laughed with pure delight.
Throughout this exchange, Enoch watched us with a smile playing at his lips. Despite sitting with his legs crossed at an angle, he maintained an elegant and refined air.
No matter how much I thought about it, I found it remarkable that Enoch could sit so picturesquely in our home.
Suddenly, a vivid memory surfaced of my past self chasing after Enoch.
Even when I’d fallen for him at first sight, he’d smiled with such courtesy.
“By the way, did you want to visit the Magic Tower?”
Enoch asked me. I emerged from my deep thoughts and nodded at him.
“I’ve been visiting periodically. Since you’re here today, I thought it would be nice to go together.”
As I spoke, I turned my head slightly, and beyond the open Terrace door, I could see the Old City and the towering Magic Tower rising high. Enoch followed my gaze toward the Terrace beyond.
After gazing at the Magic Tower for a long while, Enoch answered.
“That sounds like a splendid idea. Let us go together.”
He rose from his seat. I too lifted Eun-ji into my arms and stood to follow him.
Enoch picked up Eun-ji, who was nestled in my embrace and humming while kicking her feet.
“Huh?”
Eun-ji turned her head in surprise to look at Enoch, squirming in his arms. Then she cast a pleading glance toward me.
“Margaret is tired, so lean on me today instead.”
At Enoch’s words, Eun-ji squirmed and looked up at him with a disgruntled expression. But soon her eyes filled with concern as she gazed at me.
“Unnie is so weak… Eun-ji’s heart hurts…”
I let out a sigh. I didn’t even know where to begin correcting her. So I simply stroked Eun-ji’s head gently.
“Your sister isn’t tired at all.”
“Still, Eun-ji will stay with Enoch. Enoch is useful.”
Eun-ji declared this cheerfully, clenching her fist for emphasis.
I had no idea where she picked up such language, but it had to be either Rosemary or Prince of Asdal.
Sure enough, Enoch’s expression became peculiar as well.
I laughed, ruffling his hair.
“Thank you, Eun-ji.”
Eun-ji beamed with happiness. Seeing her smile made me happy too.
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The Magic Tower was quiet after so long away.
The Mages had all become scientists contributing to society, and countless Magic Towers now functioned as Sage’s Towers instead.
However, the place where Kaiden was sealed still retained the name “Magic Tower.”
Thus, all the Mages who had been here relocated to the new Sage’s Towers.
And so the Magic Tower became empty.
Enoch carried Eun-ji in his arms as he looked around the Magic Tower’s lobby.
“What’s that?”
“It’s called an eagle. A creature that flies through the sky.”
“Wow! Even Eun-ji can’t do that. It must be amazing?”
Enoch and Eun-ji were having a pleasant conversation while gazing at the eagle statue standing in the Magic Tower’s lobby.
They looked just like a father and daughter. Of course, Eun-ji’s appearance was that of a boy.
“Hmm? But why is this like this?”
“That is…”
Enoch trailed off into silence.
Why was he like that?
Puzzled, I approached them.
And upon seeing the front of the eagle statue, I fell silent alongside Enoch.
I had realized what the eagle statue symbolized.
The Mage beloved by the Magic Tower,
The father of all Mages,
【Jenas Igran】
The inscription had lines scratched through it repeatedly. And beneath it, in red letters:
Burn in hell, you Demon!
We curse you!
Disgrace of the Mages!
These words were scrawled across it.
It looked like a note left by the Mages before departing the Magic Tower.
“It seems they forgot to clean it up.”
While Kaiden had entered Hibernation, every time I visited the Magic Tower, I was too preoccupied with other matters to pay attention to this statue.
“I’ll send people tomorrow immediately. It would be best to remove these unpleasant traces promptly.”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid, glancing at me briefly, murmured. I nodded in agreement with what he said.
‘Did I see that eagle statue when I was young?’
The memory felt like it was on the tip of my tongue, yet remained just out of reach.
But no matter how hard I racked my brain, nothing clear came to mind. I tilted my head in confusion and turned away. Following Enoch’s suggestion, I needed to remove the statue promptly.
Thus, together with Enoch and Eun-ji, I inspected the lobby and checked the areas that needed maintenance.
I didn’t know when Kaiden would awaken. When he did, neither Enoch nor I might be present.
So I wanted to ensure that human warmth remained, no matter when he awakened. I didn’t want him to feel lonely if he woke alone.
I had to check everything thoroughly so that I could greet him with a pristine, well-maintained appearance.
I infused the Magic Tower with warmth using my Mana.
Since the Magic Tower was a space filled with Magic Formulas created by the Mages, just a little Mana caused the tower to naturally settle into a comfortable temperature—neither hot nor cold.
Of course, not all remaining Magic Formulas would activate just by channeling Mana into them. Strangely, it was only possible in this Magic Tower where Kaiden slept.
“I wish the Flone Estate could do something like this too.”
I suspected it was probably because of Kaiden. This Magic Tower had become Kaiden himself, after all.
We reached the topmost floor where Kaiden was in Hibernation. The place where he slept could not be opened.
Not only was it impossible to touch because of the Barrier, but the thought that I might inadvertently affect Kaiden made me unable to even consider touching it.
Enoch and I sat on the windowsill of the corridor on the top floor, gazing at the firmly closed door.
Only within the Magic Tower did the oppressive summer heat seem to have passed, leaving a cool breeze.
“What if Kaiden awakens from Hibernation after we all die and disappear? What would happen then…?”
“That won’t happen! Hibernation can’t last that long!”
At that moment, Eun-ji, who had been peering out the window and admiring the Old City, cried out.
“Eun-ji knows! Eun-ji has to Hibernate too.”
“You’re going into Hibernation as well?”
“Eun-ji is a snake.”
Well, that made sense. Though not an ordinary snake, I understood.
“What if later Eun-ji and Kaiden are the only ones left? Kaiden is no fun. Eun-ji likes big sister.”
Eun-ji trailed off and lowered her head with a dejected expression, as if the very thought made her want to die of sadness.
Even though she was born from my Mana, it seemed she wouldn’t share life and death with me.
Enoch quietly stroked Eun-ji’s head.
“Then we can cherish the present moment all the more.”
At Enoch’s optimistic words, Eun-ji nodded vigorously.
“Yes! Eun-ji is happy now.”
I smiled and embraced Eun-ji.
“I’m happy now too, being with you, Eun-ji.”
I could say this a million times over and over. I was truly happy because of Eun-ji.
Hehe. Eun-ji smiled beautifully.
Watching us, Enoch gently swept back my hair as well. I looked at Enoch and smiled.
Brilliant sunlight streamed through the Magic Tower, yet the air within remained temperate despite the absence of human warmth.
A small mercy.
I could only hope this gentle warmth would persist when Kaiden awakened.
So we sat upon the windowsill in silence, our eyes fixed upon the sealed Door where Kaiden lay dormant, while a cool breeze drifted through the open window, carrying with it a pleasant freshness.
It was then that Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid finally spoke.
“Margaret, there is something I must tell you.”
“…Something you must tell me?”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid withdrew something from his pocket—a small, square box that filled his palm.
“Everyone seems to believe I will propose to you at the festival.”
Only then did I sense what he was about to do.
“Perhaps a proposal from the Imperial Family alone would seem insufficient. But I wanted to give you this before the festival arrives.”
Eun-ji, now transformed into a serpent, slithered up my shoulder and gazed at the box with curious eyes.
Then came the flick of a tail—urging me to open it at once.
“It seems I have traveled such a long road merely to understand a single emotion.”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid paused mid-sentence, his voice catching slightly before he fell silent. His composed expression fixed upon the box for a long moment.
I said nothing, waiting for him to continue.
I understood his past, and I knew how difficult it had always been for him to open his heart to another.
My past self had found everything effortless—acting, speaking my desires, even loving Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid came without hesitation.
But for him, nothing had ever been simple. He called it merely “a single emotion,” yet I now understood how profound, how weighty that feeling truly was.
“Forgive me for making you wait. Will you marry me?”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid finally opened the Ring box.
Inside lay a diamond Ring. The moment felt so unreal that I could only stare at it in a daze.
I was not the only one overwhelmed by emotion.
I could not fathom how long I had waited for this moment—from childhood when I first met Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid until now. The years seemed to flash before me like a panorama.
Tears threatened to spill. I clasped my hands before my mouth, unable to speak for a moment.
After a long silence, I finally answered.
“I waited…”
But the moment was shattered in an instant.
The firmly sealed Door suddenly emanated an ominous aura.
The Door, which had shown no reaction since Kaiden’s sealing, now trembled with surging Mana.
What on earth was happening?
I had no time to speak with Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid.
In the blink of an eye, I found myself standing in an entirely different place.
“It’s cold.”
I awoke on a desolate Beach.
No one was around. I rose to my feet, brushing frozen grains of Sand from my clothes.
With the Sea at my back, I beheld an Uninhabited Island—one that seemed utterly devoid of life.
An Island completely blanketed in snow.
Somehow, it felt familiar.
“I need to find Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid and Eun-ji first…”
As I continued my murmuring, I tilted my head in confusion.
“Why did I suddenly search for Enoch? Who is Eun-ji? Where am I?”
I couldn’t remember anything about what I had been doing before I opened my eyes in this place.
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At that very moment,
Kaiden’s unconscious mind awakened.
Another self—neither Kaiden himself nor not himself.
Driven by an intense impulse, the flow of Magic Power within him became turbulent as someone entered his unconscious realm.
I knew it instinctively.
Margaret Rose Flone had come.

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