I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 276

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Part 2
(Side Story)
Episode 34
At this point, I couldn’t help but wonder if this man had become a deranged pervert addicted to Margaret’s harsh words.
His heart beat differently from his own will every single time.
“Wait a moment. Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid. Hurry and kill that fake first… Gack!”
The cloned Margaret’s head flew clean off. Enoch had severed it with his sword without hesitation.
Huh?
I looked up at Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid. I thought he believed I was the fake, yet his blade showed no wavering as it cleaved through the cloned Margaret’s head.
Squelch, squelch.
A strange liquid oozed from within its body and dripped downward.
But those droplets soaked the floor before gathering again and beginning to reform into a body.
I seized the moment, pulled out my lighter from my hip bag, ignited some dry tree branches, and hurled them at the creature.
Whoosh—
Kiiieeeeeek!
The creature engulfed in flames leaped into the air.
It seemed desperate to extinguish the fire, thrashing about wildly, but there was no underground water here. It couldn’t put out the flames.
[Weaknesses: Extreme High Temperature, High-Frequency Vibration]
The creature’s weaknesses, as the system window had revealed.
I had only tried to lower my body temperature to avoid becoming its prey, but I had always planned to do this once combat began.
I should have burned it back when we encountered it in front of the underground water.
“That damned Jenas created something horrifying. Why on earth would they make something like this?”
I couldn’t fathom the reason.
But one thing was certain—it seemed the cloned Archbishop Luzef that had invaded the camping trailer earlier must have encountered the real Archbishop Luzef as well.
‘So Archbishop Luzef was somewhere in this cave too.’
As I watched the mutant creature fade into a handful of ash, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid grasped my shoulder.
Only then did I look up at him.
I thought he had something to say, but he simply stared at me in silence.
What is this? A suffocating silence hung between us.
Even the sound of swallowing felt embarrassing.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
I asked as casually as if nothing had happened.
I had declared a strike, but truthfully, I had no intention of returning to my own world.
‘I can’t go back until I recover Enoch’s soul fragment.’
Then there was only one way forward. I had to abandon my pride and win his affection again.
Yet even at my question, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid simply gazed at my face.
Could it be….
“You’re not waiting for me to kiss you, are you?”
I asked playfully, tapping his elbow. But Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid didn’t move an inch.
Feeling embarrassed for some reason, I scratched my cheek and apologized.
“I’m sorry. I do mean it when I say I want to kiss you, but not like this….”
A step.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid suddenly closed the distance between us, his hand reaching up to cup my chin.
I was so startled that I couldn’t finish my words or move.
“A kiss. Allow me to give you one, Margaret Rose Flone.”
He gazed at me intently as he spoke, and it seemed he was waiting for my permission.
I eventually nodded my head.
What is love? And what are emotions?
I couldn’t fathom what emotional current had led to this moment, or what had been the catalyst for him to offer me a kiss.
But I couldn’t refuse him, and I didn’t dislike kissing him.
There was a strange certainty to it.
Despite all the humiliation I’d endured at Margaret’s hands, it seemed he loved me….
Enoch wasn’t the only one who was strange. I was strange too.
Sometimes he felt like my husband, sometimes he didn’t. My heart wavered dozens of times a day.
Among all that uncertainty, I was the strangest of all—wanting to kiss him.
The moment I nodded, Enoch lowered his head and kissed me.
I never expected him to be the one to initiate the kiss first. No matter how much his affection had surpassed the threshold, I hadn’t anticipated this.
My breath caught. His soft tongue pushed between my even teeth.
I tightened my grip on his clothing edge. His large fingers slipped into my hair, anchoring the back of my head.
Because of that, his kiss deepened further.
The kiss continued. And Enoch was relentless—holding me as I tried to escape for breath, pressing his lips deeper still.
My heart raced wildly.
[Target: Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid]
[Affection toward the user: ▲91.8%]
[⚠ Soul Fragment Acquisition Failed]
[Obsession ratio exceeds affection ratio; conditions not met.]
[Detailed Emotional Composition Analysis:
Affection 15.3%
Loyalty·Protective Instinct 6.5%
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Obsession 70%]
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I had a dream. Enoch appeared in it.
My husband.
The Enoch I truly loved.
In the dream, he was gently stroking my sleeping head without end.
[Enoch? Is it really you?]
He didn’t answer my question. He simply continued to stroke my head in silence.
Only then did I realize this was a dream. It wasn’t real.
My eyes burned, but I didn’t cry.
All those times Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid sacrificed his life for me in the past—I was simply returning the favor now. So there was nothing to grieve over, nothing to struggle against.
That’s when Enoch opened his mouth. But I couldn’t hear his voice at all.
His lips continued moving. He was speaking.
‘What is he saying?’
I narrowed the space between my eyebrows and studied his lip movements intently.
Future
System
Margaret
Careful
Ah, I could only make out individual words.
Future, Margaret, System, Careful.
What did this combination of words mean?
Most of all, it was surprising that Enoch, who knew nothing of modern civilization, would mention the system window.
Was it because this was a dream? But in this parallel dimension, I had to suspect even such meaningful dreams now.
“Are you saying to be careful about the system window? I don’t understand what ‘future’ means. Is something going to happen in the future?”
In response to my question, Enoch said something urgently, but it was even harder to understand than before.
Through the movement of his lips, I could only make out [that’s not it] before I woke from the dream.
Ugh. I was so happy Enoch came out, and now I’m having dreams like this.
“Have you regained consciousness?”
I heard Enoch’s voice.
When I opened my eyes, I was lying with my head resting on Enoch’s lap.
What kind of situation was this?
Ah. Right. I remember up to the point where Enoch and I finally shared a kiss. And then I saw the system window appear, got startled, and lost consciousness.
“…Ahem, ahem. Where are we?”
Feeling oddly embarrassed, I cleared my throat and asked.
I had thought that after the kiss, I would immediately cross over to another dimension.
So I endured all that humiliation for nothing…!
[Emotional Composition Detailed Analysis:
Affection 15.3%
Loyalty·Protective Instinct 6.5%
Obsession 70%]
The obsession level was definitely 70%.
According to the system window explanation that followed, the affection ratio needed to be higher than the obsession level.
No. Why are you telling me this now?!
“We are still inside the cave. It was too dangerous to move while carrying you unconscious, so I remained stationary.”
At Enoch’s response, I looked around. It was the same place as just before I lost consciousness.
Inside a cave where the ceiling had collapsed from a landslide, leaving a gaping hole in the sky above. A cave overgrown with bushes despite being underground.
Not far away, I could see traces of a Mutant Creature burned to ash by fire.
“Do you remember anything before you collapsed?”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid asked me.
His question left me in a dilemma. Would it help to pretend I knew, or would it be better to feign ignorance?
As I deliberated over which answer would lower his obsession and raise his affection, I ultimately decided to play dumb.
“My memory is a bit hazy…”
At my response, Enoch gazed quietly at my face, as if trying to discern whether it was the truth or not.
I added my explanation with a serious expression, as if I truly didn’t understand.
“I do remember burning and killing the monster that was a copy of me.”
Enoch exhaled a sigh. I couldn’t tell what kind of sigh it was.
“That’s correct. After that, Margaret Rose Flone collapsed.”
And Enoch deliberately didn’t bring up the fact that we had kissed.
An awkward silence fell between us after that answer.
I sat a little distance away from him before standing up from my seat.
“Let’s focus on getting out of here first.”
“About that fall earlier… what was the cause? You seemed quite startled.”
“Oh. A snake jumped out at me. A silver earthworm-like snake… Wait, now that I think about it, it resembled Eun-ji.”
“I have never seen a snake in this place until now.”
Since Enoch had been here all along, if he hadn’t seen one, there truly wasn’t one.
Perhaps it had simply escaped to somewhere else quickly?
Since this is a parallel dimension, the way I encounter Eun-ji might be different here too.
Enoch, Kaiden, and Yuanna Lucy are all here—there’s no way Eun-ji alone would be absent.
‘I’m curious what Eun-ji is like in this place, and I’d like to meet them.’
If the opportunity comes, I’ll meet them; if not, there’s nothing I can do. I can’t afford to waste time elsewhere and delay my return.
I need to think of my colleagues and family waiting for me in the Original Dimension right now.
In any case, Enoch and I prepared for climbing again.
We were setting up our equipment more carefully than before and about to climb the rock wall again when it happened.
“Huh? Your Highness Crown Prince?”
A voice recognizing Enoch came from somewhere.
When I turned around, I saw two men standing in one of the several branching paths of the cave.
They were people I was seeing for the first time since regaining consciousness on this island.
It was Archbishop Luzef and Diego Bastian Vilterheim.

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