I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 270

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Part 2
(Side Story)
Episode 28
“…Huh? You believe me now?”
“I’m not sure if I should call it belief… Let’s say I’m curious.”
What’s the difference between being curious and saying you’re curious?
Still, I thought that if I shared more about myself, his affection might increase, so I pondered what would be good to tell him.
“Well, in that world, I was also kidnapped to this Island. I managed to escape safely.”
I calmly recounted my survival on Alea Island, my escape, and how I dealt with the Peony Faction afterward.
I also told him how Kaiden entered hibernation for over ten years, and how my husband Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid collapsed not long after he awakened.
“Don’t you have any inkling about any of this?”
“No. I really have no idea.”
“I do.”
“…What?”
I looked at Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid in surprise.
But Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s expression didn’t change as he sipped his tea, staring directly at me.
How could this Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid possibly infer anything? What could he be suspecting?
“What do you mean?”
“I possess memories of your husband—that is, the me from the parallel world.”
I fumbled as I set down the teacup I was holding onto its saucer. Fortunately, I didn’t spill the tea.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid remained unmoved and unresponsive. He simply sat there, serene as a still lake.
“In this world, I despise and scorn you. And I wish you were dead—suffering terribly. That hasn’t changed even now.”
The moment Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid finished speaking, a holographic system window appeared.
[Target: Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid]
[Target’s Affection Toward User: ▲39.5%]
His affection rose significantly despite what he said. I think it was around 21 percent before entering the Cave?
This man’s body and heart seem to be at odds with each other.
Soon it will reach 50 percent.
Once that happens, 80 percent won’t be far behind.
“I already knew that. You put me on the gallows in this world.”
“…”
“This is your chance. Your chance to kill me. You have a Sword, don’t you? Kill me.”
Those words were sincere. Yet Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s brow furrowed instead, and he showed disturbance.
“…I’m also confused because of my memories of your husband.”
“So your emotions have synchronized with my husband in many ways.”
Then is the man before me my husband or not? Am I even allowed to make that judgment?
But he’s the same person as my husband and possesses his memories. Doesn’t that make him my husband?
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid, watching me lost in confusion, spoke again.
“Earlier, I said I had an inkling about why such a thing happened to your husband.”
“…Yes.”
“I’m in the middle of a sacrifice.”
“A sacrifice?”
“That’s all I can say.”
“You haven’t actually said anything.”
Yet Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid clamped his mouth shut like a clam and refused to utter another word.
“System. You tell me.”
The system gave no response to my question. It seemed unwilling to answer.
“I’ve been curious about this since earlier.”
That’s when Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid asked me.
“Who are you conversing with?”
“Ah…”
There was no point hiding it anyway—I’d been chattering away right in front of him. But how could I explain this in a way he’d easily understand?
“You’re aware this Camping Trailer is a Magical Tool, aren’t you?”
Instead of answering, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid gave a curt nod with an expressionless face.
“It’s one of this Magical Tool’s functions. It identifies and locates information I request.”
Only then did his chin lift with apparent interest.
“To think there exists a Mage capable of crafting such a thing. Remarkable.”
As a leader, he genuinely admired Kaiden’s abilities in our world.
Remarkable indeed. Kaiden is a genius beyond compare—practically a god. After all, he’s my husband.
“In any case, now that you possess your husband’s memories, you understand. I came from another world.”
“I also understand that you possess the same soul as Margaret the Legendary Witch. You spoke of her and yourself as different people, claiming to come from another world, but ultimately you are the same person.”
I couldn’t fathom why those words sounded so eerie and threatening.
Reading my expression, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid let out a soft laugh—a laugh I’d never heard from him before, and it was contemptuous.
“You’re frightened.”
He murmured in a low voice.
“There’s no need to be, madam.”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid crossed his arms and simply stared at me. Very still.
Just his gaze alone made my breath catch.
“Think carefully before you answer, madam. If you deny that you and Margaret the Legendary Witch are the same person, then I too become someone unrelated to your husband.”
And if I admit we’re the same person, then I’d have to face the karmic retribution that Margaret the Legendary Witch incurred.
Why must I endure such a trial?
“Are you comfortable with that? If I affirm it, you’re affirming that you’re my husband too, aren’t you?”
“Do I appear comfortable? I’m someone who finds it repugnant merely to breathe in the same space as you.”
Yet he’d held my hand and walked beside me all this time.
Even now, he pours hot water into my empty teacup and personally wipes away the droplets that splashed on my hand. But his expression…
Looking at Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s cold face devoid of any warmth, I had to admit—he didn’t appear comfortable at all. That’s what I needed to say.
So I shook my head firmly, saying, “You look very uncomfortable.”
Apparently satisfied with my answer, he spoke again.
“Once you find the soul fragment of your husband, you’ll abandon that body, won’t you?”
“Yes. I have a family waiting for me.”
“…A kiss is the condition.”
Well, to be honest, the condition wasn’t simply kissing alone.
The kiss only worked after raising his affection above a certain threshold.
Of course, if the kiss itself raised his affection, that would be beneficial in its own way, but since a kiss could also lower his affection, it wasn’t nearly as simple as I’d joked about earlier.
“…Let’s do it.”
At Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s words, I lifted my head. Then I studied his face carefully.
What are you doing?
“I mean a kiss.”
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“What?! Seriously?!”
I shot up from my seat and ended up knocking the teacup sitting on the table to the floor.
Fortunately, because I’d been diligently drinking the tea, the floor didn’t get drenched.
I watched as Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid calmly picked up the teacup and set it back on the table.
Only then did I regain my composure and sit back down.
“You’re joking, right?”
“Have you seen all of the Witch’s memories? I’m asking whether you’ve synchronized with her.”
“…Yes. I have.”
“Then you should understand. Do I seem like someone who jokes?”
“No.”
At my answer, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid nodded. I couldn’t fathom what he was thinking.
No. What on earth is he doing?
While my mind was filled with nothing but question marks, I reached a sudden realization.
“Don’t tell me you’re trying to quickly send me away and put Margaret of this world on the gallows…!”
At my outburst, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid looked at me as if I’d asked something obvious.
Seeing that expression, I hesitated.
Honestly. Does it matter?
Shouldn’t Margaret of this world settle her own karmic debts?
[When affection reaches the threshold (80%), the fragment will be activated through a kiss.]
I recalled the condition the system had mentioned before.
It said I needed to raise his affection to 80 percent before a kiss could activate the fragment.
And each time I attempted a kiss, his affection would rise by a certain percentage. I didn’t know exactly how much, though.
In any case, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s current affection was at 39.5 percent.
Perhaps if I kissed him while we shared a common goal, his affection would rise more effectively?
‘No. If the percentage doesn’t reach 80%, I won’t get the soul fragment. Then he might get angry, saying I lied to him.’
If things went that way, his affection would actually drop instead.
If his affection dropped like that, it might take even longer before I could attempt another kiss.
I racked my brain hard and finally reached one conclusion.
“No. I don’t think kissing right now is the appropriate method.”
Yet at my resolute answer, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s brows twitched—as if displeased.

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