I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 273

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Part 2
(Side Story)
Episode 31
“Let’s finish getting your equipment on first.”
I placed the helmet on his head and secured the chin strap. Then I glanced up at Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid.
I hoped his affection would increase this time, but unfortunately, it remained unchanged.
I reluctantly tore my gaze away from the system window.
I explained the carabiner—a small metal ring—and fastened the backup rope across his chest.
“If your foot slips while climbing the wall, this will catch you. It’s incredibly sturdy and will never break.”
I pulled the sturdy rope taut.
The Prusik knot slid along the rope, then locked firmly in place the moment I pulled.
These equipment pieces seemed to fascinate him greatly. The awkward tension from moments before vanished, and Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid listened to my explanation with genuine interest.
Finally, I checked that the harness ring and rope connection were perfectly aligned, that the rope wasn’t twisted, and that all the locks were fully secured.
“Perfect. Everything looks good. Let’s head out now.”
At my words, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid nodded.
Instead of tucking his sword into his belt, he secured it to the harness on his back.
A long sword at the waist would be far too cumbersome while climbing.
He checked his sword once more, then positioned himself at the front door. He remained vigilant—the Unknown Creature might be waiting outside.
“I’ll open it now.”
At my nod, he opened the door.
Whoooosh—
A fierce wind rushed through.
Fortunately, no one was outside the door.
I descended through the dense bushes and hung the keyring, now in its small form, on my hip bag’s carabiner.
Moonlight from the dawn hour poured through the hole in the sky above.
A beautiful Milky Way flowed across the heavens like a waterfall.
It was a fantastical sight—as if I were drifting through a flowing dream.
Alea Island, which I’d experienced in the past, was like this too. But I mustn’t be deceived by this beauty.
Then I heard Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s voice.
“You seem quite skilled at this, Margaret Rose Flone. I understand it’s from experience, but…”
“Excuse me? Why are you saying it like that? You almost made me misunderstand.”
At my response, he paused, then looked at me with the gaze of someone regarding a shameless person.
He was the one who phrased it ambiguously in the first place. I felt wronged.
‘Still, being isolated in this cave together seems to have brought us closer. My affection is rising too.’
Above all, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s wariness toward me seemed to have eased considerably.
At first, he seemed to regard me as nothing more than a stone he despised.
In any case, I took it as a good sign and stood before the sturdy-looking wall with Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid.
“I’ll lead the way.”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid looked at me with genuine wonder.
“An Empress who climbs walls with such skill. It’s truly remarkable to discover.”
To know him means to speak of my husband’s memories.
I shrugged as I answered.
“It’s a fundamental virtue required to transmigrate into a Survival Story.”
After all, I was a Transmigrator who possessed the Villainess in 【More Important Than Survival】.
Of course, that Novel was actually an adaptation of Yuanna Lucy’s Diary by Anata… though in reality, it wasn’t even a true Possession…!
Ahem.
Anyway, I pressed my right foot against the Rock, using friction to support my entire sole.
I placed my left foot on a protruding Stone and used the pressure from both feet to support my body. My left hand gripped the side of the Rock as if pulling, while my right hand pushed upward to maintain balance.
As I climbed several meters this way, my arms grew sore. Even though I’d taken the lead initially, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid had somehow surpassed me and was already far above.
This wasn’t an established climbing route, and without any metal bolts or quickdraws, this wilderness rock climbing was a first for me—there was nothing I could do about it.
How could I possibly match that monster’s Physical Strength?
I exhaled slowly to catch my breath, then reached my hand upward.
But the moment my hand entered the Rock Crevice above, I felt something cold. Wind was blowing from inside the crevice.
?
That’s strange. Why is wind coming from inside here?
I couldn’t see well because it was above me.
I supported my weight with my other hand and climbed higher to examine the Rock Crevice where the wind was coming from.
Pssst—
Stone dust fell down.
The moment a warning flared in my mind, a slick silver Worm suddenly burst out and bit the Rope, hanging from it.
“Aaaah!”
I thought my heart was going to stop.
But it was my body that fell. Or rather, I was suspended as the Rope pulled taut.
Dangling from the Rope that connected me to Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid, I struggled to regain my balance.
I’d thought the creature biting the Rope was an Earthworm, but it was a Snake.
I reached out to remove it, thinking of Eun-ji and how she’d find it cute, but the creature hissed, making that impossible.
The problem was that Fire erupted from its mouth. The Rope caught flame and burned.
All of this happened in a single, fleeting moment.
“Margaret Rose Flone! Are you alright?”
Unable to see the situation clearly from high above where he’d been climbing the wall, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid tried to pull the Rope.
I shook my head. This couldn’t be saved.
“You survive! I was wrong!”
I’d always wanted to say a line like that. And as the Rope burned away strand by strand, it finally snapped.
I plummeted to the Floor along with the damned Snake.
I wanted to see what expression Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid had, but it was too far away to see clearly, which was unfortunate.
“System Window!”
And before I hit the Floor, I called up the System Window.
“Battle Mode activated!”
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[Target: Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid]
[Affection toward the user: ▲78.1%]

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