I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 265

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Part 2
(Side Story)
Episode 23
When I regained consciousness, I found myself in a dim Basement.
“System, is there no way to escape this Basement? Not by moving to another dimension—just get me out of this Basement. Activate Transmigrator Survival Mode.”
[Transmigrator Survival Mode activation approved]
[Unable to process request.]
Blast it.
“Then what if I activate Battle Mode? Can you do that?”
[Battle Mode activation approved]
[Unable to process request.]
What? Why won’t it work?
Crash—boom!
Meanwhile, deafening sounds continued echoing from outside.
I had no idea what was happening.
Left with no choice, I retrieved my Camping Trailer. What else could I do? I might as well get some sleep.
At least I’d learned one useful thing: the Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid in Parallel Dimension #03 was easy to conquer.
I’d confirmed the difficulty levels of dimensions three and five. So now only dimensions two and four remained unknown?
I pulled out a Tent from the Trailer and set it up in the Basement, then laid out a sleeping bag inside and spread a blanket to create a cozy space.
I opened the Tent’s Door and lit Lanterns both inside and outside. The warm glow of the Lanterns softly illuminated the damp Stone Wall.
It was a comforting light. As the orange radiance of the Lanterns enveloped the space, I could feel the cold Basement growing warm, as if I were mesmerized by the flames.
I draped a blanket over my knees and boiled Water in an electric kettle to brew Tea.
Sip.
As I entered the Tent and drank the brewed Tea, my Fatigue melted away.
Ah, this is wonderful.
I turned up the Temperature on the single-person mini electric heating pad inside my sleeping bag. Time to warm myself up.
After finishing my Tea, I crawled into the sleeping bag.
Wow, this is amazing. So warm and cozy.
I drifted off to sleep while nestled in the sleeping bag.
Wrapped in comfort and contentment, I fell asleep, but when I opened my eyes again, a thunderous Sound accompanied the crash of something collapsing.
Hmm, what’s that?
I stirred inside my sleeping bag. The noise was coming from outside the Tent.
Should I get up? But the sleeping bag is so warm and comfortable.
As I hesitated, someone tore open the Tent’s Door.
No, they didn’t open it—they literally ripped it apart.
“What, what is this?”
Startled, I opened my half-asleep eyes and looked down, only to meet a pair of Golden Eyes peering into the Tent from outside.
It was Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid.
The same man who had been treated as a slave by Margaret Rose Flone and played with like a toy, only to become Crown Prince and send her to the gallows.
Upon seeing me, he wore a momentary expression of shock, but it vanished in an instant.
“You’re unharmed.”
He exhaled a long sigh and wiped his face with a dry hand.
“No. More than unharmed—you look positively serene, madam.”
“Why are you suddenly coming in here and picking a fight?”
“Suddenly coming in and picking a fight?”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid fixed me with a look that said he had plenty to say.
He extended his hand toward me.
I took his hand, and he pulled me out of the Tent.
Seeing me rise naturally while grasping his hand, Enoch reproached me.
“Do you have any idea how much I’ve been doing to rescue you from this damned Basement?”
He trailed off with an exasperated expression and shook his head.
“Let’s leave this place.”
Then he took my hand and began walking.
Now that I looked, the Basement Door was completely destroyed.
Wait. Wasn’t that a Stone Wall?
That was when it happened.
[Target: Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid]
[Target’s Affection toward User: ▲46.1%]
His affection had risen slightly higher.
What’s with those decimal points anyway? Is such precision really necessary?
“You’re not talking nonsense anymore.”
“Pardon? Nonsense?”
I followed Enoch up the Stairs and tilted my head in confusion.
Enoch didn’t answer.
What nonsense was he referring to? I talk so much nonsense, I have no idea what he means.
“Could it be…”
Is he talking about the kiss? Surely not?
No way. It can’t be.
But maybe I should ask anyway.
“Are you talking about the kiss?”
Enoch immediately looked disgusted. Then he briskly walked ahead.
No matter how I look at it, it seems right.
No matter how much nonsense I talk, that was the only thing that made sense in this context.
[Target: Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid]
[Target’s Affection toward User: ▲46.9%]
The decimal point had risen ever so slightly higher.
What is this?
It felt like my husband and I were starting a new romance from scratch. Something felt strange about me too.
With such thoughts, I followed Enoch out of the Cabin and couldn’t help but gasp.
The Cabin Garden had been completely Devastated. It was nothing but ruins.
“Huh? But….”
Jenas was nowhere to be seen.
In the ruined Garden stood the Prince of Asdal instead.
“Your Highness the Crown Prince. Where were you?”
He hadn’t appeared until after I fired the Flares and was dragged away by Jenas.
“My lady, are you unharmed? How did you end up imprisoned by that mad charlatan?”
“A mad charlatan?”
In response to my counter-question, the Prince of Asdal explained what had transpired moments before.
“That mad Rogue Mage escaped. The one who was pretending to be a child. Turns out he was the mastermind behind our kidnapping to this place.”
“…How did you figure that out?”
Wait. He already saw through Jenas?
“The Half-Emperor knew about it.”
I followed the Prince of Asdal’s gesture and looked toward Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid.
Enoch stood on the Wooden Deck of the Cabin, gazing out at the devastated Garden.
He stared quietly into the empty Forest beyond.
That’s when the Prince of Asdal leaned close and whispered in my ear.
“The Half-Emperor isn’t unscathed either. He took a direct hit from that mad Rogue Mage’s Mana attack and came out unharmed.”
“What? He took a direct Mana attack and is perfectly fine?”
Overwhelmed by the shocking revelations, I strode toward Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid.
“Are you really okay? Does that even make sense?”
As I asked, I continued examining his body from every angle.
No matter how I looked at it, aside from his clothes being disheveled and torn with minor Wounds, he appeared completely unharmed.
But the System had clearly indicated there was a violent clash between Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid and Jenas. So what the Prince of Asdal said must be true….
How is that even possible?
“My body has undergone Modification beyond the limits of human capacity.”
At Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s calm response, a dark Memory flashed through my mind.
There was a reason the legendary Witch Margaret Rose Flone had confined Kaiden in the Magic Tower and raised him for ten years.
It was to secretly Modify Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s body.
This was conducted so covertly that even Jenas couldn’t uncover it.
The fortunate part was that this time it wasn’t Margaret Rose Flone’s coercion.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid had willingly sought it. Probably to gain strength and escape Margaret Rose Flone’s grasp.
But what was unexpected was that Margaret Rose Flone gave him that power despite knowing the truth.
‘See? I told you it was strange. Margaret Rose Flone’s feelings toward Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid are definitely abnormal.’
Right. If I were Margaret Rose Flone from the parallel world, wouldn’t my tastes be identical?
That’s when it happened.
[Target: Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid]
[Target’s Affection toward User: ▼21.3%]
?
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s Affection suddenly plummeted drastically.
No. I couldn’t comprehend it.
The Modification wasn’t something I ordered. Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid had essentially conducted Experiments on his own body of his own volition.
This is rather unfair, don’t you think?
If my emotions are going to fluctuate so erratically like this, why can’t I just plant a kiss on his lips when he happens to look like he’s in a good mood?
Why can’t I just scream “I felt like giving you a kiss because the weather was nice!” and brush it off casually?
After all, emotions should have their proper order and hierarchy, shouldn’t they?
I know. That last remark sounded terribly stale—like something an old fogey would say.
Enoch version 3 would raise his Affection to 70 percent even if I suddenly kissed him out of nowhere. So why can’t version 1?
Of course, version 3 was just a green youth, so I’ll let that slide. But version 1 looked like he’d tear me to shreds if I tried that.
At that moment, the message reception window opened automatically, and Kaiden’s message appeared.
[Kaiden: Margaret, it seems like that Enoch already has some Affection toward you?]
[※
Connection Status
is unstable, so only partial text data is being
received
※]
What? You’re saying that even after seeing his Affection drop?
What exactly are you looking at to think he’s developed Affection toward me?
But the real problem emerged right then.
[Transmigrator Survival Mode activated.]
[⚠ System Warning]
[Ground instability detected]
[Cause: Abnormal ground deformation (detailed analysis unavailable)]
[Disaster classification: Landslide occurring]
[※Caution※]
[Soil movement speed increasing]
[Ground fissures and falling rocks hazard]
[Evacuate immediately.]
What? A Landslide? A Landslide all of a sudden?
The holographic status window turned red, flashing warning messages. Then the ground began to tremble faintly.
Something felt very wrong.

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