I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 27

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Chapter 27

I wrapped vine stems around my waist and tied the spear between them as I smiled.

For the past few days, Enoch had been catching fish himself, but today he seemed busy so I had to step up.

“Fish, you know. The ones you’ve been eating for days. I’m going to catch some.”

“Wait, hold on. Did I hear that right? Margaret Rose Flone of all people going fish hunting?”

I was too lazy to answer Kaiden’s repeated questions, so I just nodded roughly. He let out a hollow laugh.

“This is insane. You’re going to catch fish with that spear? Are you really a noble lady?”

“That’s discriminatory. Can’t noble ladies go fish hunting?”

“Even noble sons don’t go fish hunting. Especially not with that spear.”

I retorted indignantly, then admitted my question was strange.

That was true. What noble would go fish hunting? And with a spear, no less. Even I thought it was ridiculous.

But no matter how noble you are, when survival is at stake, you have no choice.

“Anyway, I’m getting tired of fish, but there don’t seem to be any animals nearby worth hunting.”

It seemed like it was really time to move our dwelling. We needed to find an environment with more abundant food resources.

Just as I was thinking this, Enoch returned at the perfect time.

Enoch came back carrying an armful of coconuts, but when he spotted Kaiden, his face scrunched up.

He roughly set down the coconuts in the cave, then came back to take my hand and pull me away from Kaiden.

“I definitely tied him up.”

At Enoch’s muttering, I finally noticed the cloth scraps dangling from Kaiden’s right wrist. It seemed he had tied Kaiden up before leaving the cave.

“I told you not to loiter around Margaret.”

Enoch blocked my path and glared at Kaiden.

“Now you’re treating me like a germ.”

Kaiden grumbled, but neither I nor Enoch bothered to respond.

I turned to Enoch with a request.

“Don’t tie him up again. I have something for him to do.”

At my words, Kaiden stuck out his lower lip and replied defiantly.

“I’m not doing it though?”

“Then no food.”

“How much firewood should I gather?”

Kaiden quickly gave up, even tidied his spot, then approached me.

I told him to gather enough firewood for tonight’s dinner and tomorrow’s breakfast.

“Margaret, you know. Like I said before, you’re really different from the Lady Margaret Rose Flone I know.”

Kaiden suddenly blurted out.

“Aren’t you someone else?”

Unfortunately, I couldn’t readily deny that.

Kaiden propped his chin and examined my face thoroughly. Of course, he was soon stopped by Enoch.

Enoch carefully looked after me like a mother wolf tending to her cub. And I didn’t refuse his protection.

“That’s because you don’t know Margaret well. You don’t know Margaret’s true self.”

Enoch suddenly spoke to Kaiden in a boastful tone.

What’s this? Enoch doesn’t know my true self either. It was amusing.

Kaiden seemed to chew over Enoch’s words with a displeased face, then asked me.

“What is your true self?”

This time Enoch also looked at me. Receiving the expectant gazes of both men, my heart grew heavy. Why are you both being so burdensome?

“Uh… Um, Bear Grylls?”

Of course I meant it as a joke, but Enoch and Kaiden, who had no idea who that was, looked at me as if they didn’t understand.

Anyway, in the novel, Kaiden lived alone without sharing community life, even if the female lead was there.

But I don’t understand why the current him won’t leave and keeps staying in the cave.

Moreover, I’m sure the person who despised me most was Enoch, followed by Kaiden. But now both of them were friendly toward me.

I have a good feeling. I hope this goodwill continues just like this.

With such thoughts, I left for hunting with my back to Enoch and Kaiden.

Fortunately, while I was out hunting, Kaiden had completed all the tasks I’d assigned him. He even caught two rabbits together with Enoch.

Kaiden was very excited.

“I feel like my head has cleared up. My condition is really good?”

He said to me with a bright smile. It seemed physical labor was effective in opening up mana flow.

‘Right, that’s much better than dangerously hunting monsters.’

I set up in front of the cave and began butchering the rabbits. Kaiden approached me and asked with a surprised face.

“You… do this kind of thing too?”

The nuance was strange. It didn’t seem worth responding to, so I continued butchering silently. Meanwhile, Enoch was preparing the barbecue.

“Should I help?”

At Kaiden’s question, I shook my head.

“It’s fine. Help Enoch prepare the meal.”

Large animals like wild boars would be difficult for even me to butcher alone. But small animals like rabbits or squirrels were easy.

Of course, this too would be absolutely impossible for a typical noble.

Despite my answer, Kaiden wandered nearby with a dubious face, watching what I was doing.

Then, when I skillfully butchered without any difficulty, he finally backed down.

“…I’ll go help with meal preparation.”

The observer eventually went obediently to help Enoch.

My butchering finished faster than Enoch and Kaiden’s meal preparation. I quietly watched them prepare the barbecue skewers, then yawned.

‘I’m bored.’

Sitting still didn’t suit my nature, so I eventually wandered around the cave cleaning.

Kaiden, who discovered this, made a truly bizarre face.

“Are my eyes strange, Your Highness? Do noble ladies normally do cleaning too?”

At Kaiden’s words, Enoch made a face like he was used to it now and burst into laughter.

“Don’t you know after living together for days? Margaret isn’t an ordinary noble lady.”

Enoch’s lips held a proud smile as he said this.

There was even a hint of pride, like a dad bragging about his daughter getting first place at a gifted academy.

‘Well, Kaiden was always strange so that’s understandable, but…’

How did Enoch end up like that?

I shook my head while looking at Enoch’s proud face.

Anyway, I finished cleaning perfectly and we shared a satisfying meal for the first time in a while.

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The next day, we finally decided to move our dwelling.

Because Kaiden had found a nearby river. Enoch unexpectedly agreed with his opinion that it would be better to make our dwelling near the riverside rather than the beach.

The coastline area had the advantage of sea fishing, but other than that, there were no special benefits.

The reason Enoch couldn’t give up on the coastline area was hoping that perhaps a ship might pass by the beach.

But it had already been nearly a month since we woke up on the island.

Now survival had become more important than waiting for rescue, and we decided to change our living rules to prioritize survival while not giving up on rescue.

Additionally, we needed to find information about the word or name Alea.

I diligently packed our moving belongings.

Though all we had to take was the first aid kit, the spear I’d worked hard to make, the bamboo container, and the wooden rope Kaiden had made.

I also packed the dress fragments that were becoming rags. Even a single piece of cloth is precious on a deserted island like this.

We decided to make new coconut bowls once we found our new dwelling. Since coconut palms were everywhere, there was no need to increase our luggage.

“Kaiden, are you coming too?”

At my question, Kaiden immediately looked hurt.

“Why are you only asking me that kind of question? Crown Prince Enoch is naturally coming along, but I’m not?”

At Kaiden’s question, I was rather flustered and glanced at Enoch over his shoulder.

Enoch stopped packing and let out a hollow laugh as if he was dumbfounded.

“You call that a question? There was never any room for you to squeeze in between us from the beginning.”

“If there’s no room, I can make some, right? As long as Margaret gives me a chance.”

Kaiden and Enoch both looked at me simultaneously.

I stopped packing and let out a tired sigh under the gaze of both men.

‘Ah, should I just abandon them both and leave?’

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