I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 28

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Chapter 28

Kaiden glanced at me, then broke off some tree branches and made something. After a while, he handed me a bag he had completed by weaving wooden rope and large tree leaves together.

‘Oh my, a leaf bag, how adorable.’

I received the nature-friendly bag as a gift and looked at Kaiden with a moved expression. It was amazing that he had made such a cute bag with those big hands of his.

I stared quietly at the bag he made for me, then finally made up my mind and opened my mouth.

“Let’s go together.”

Though Enoch was displeased, Kaiden had been a great help to us.

Kaiden had excellent survival skills and Enoch was capable of physical work and hunting, so the member combination was very good.

We packed up our belongings and set off on a journey to relocate in earnest… saying it like that makes it sound like we were going on some grand adventure, but as always, reality wasn’t so beautiful.

Rather than consuming calories building a cabin, it would be better to find something like the cave we had been staying in around the riverside area.

But naturally, a location that met our conditions couldn’t be found easily.

I headed inland, scanning the cliffs I had spotted a few days ago. I didn’t forget to look for cliffs that might have a bunker.

After leaving the cave we had been staying in, by the time the sun was setting, we discovered a large river just as Kaiden had said.

The gently flowing river looked perfect for fish to inhabit. It would be good for purifying into drinking water or for washing ourselves too.

The riverside was a flat pebble field, and past the pebble field there was a slope, and climbing up the slope revealed another flat and wide area.

It was surrounded by trees so we’d be protected from animals, and it was at an appropriate distance from the river, making it good for taking refuge if heavy rains caused the river to flood.

“It would be good to build a tree branch cabin here.”

We didn’t know when we might leave this place to build a proper cabin in earnest.

So making a shelter cabin using thick tree branches seemed most suitable.

“But Margaret, a tree branch cabin… how do we make one?”

At my suggestion to build a tree branch cabin, Kaiden asked back with a perplexed expression.

Enoch also looked at me with an expectant face, seemingly not knowing how to build a cabin either.

‘Ah, right. They might not know this.’

I crouched down and drew a cabin blueprint on the dirt ground with my finger.

“First, we need two short wooden sticks and one long wooden stick. Sturdy, thick wood would be good.”

At my explanation, Enoch and Kaiden nodded with attentive expressions.

“We set up two short wooden sticks at the cabin entrance, placing them together to form a triangle, then put the long wooden stick on top to serve as the roof framework, and the basic work is done. This tripod serves as the cabin’s support frame.”

I drew the cabin earnestly on the ground with my finger.

Enoch and Kaiden listened to my lecture with wide eyes like scholars burning with academic passion.

“Then we’ll set up supports like ribs alongside the long wooden stick that serves as the roof. Next, we place small branches on top of the completed wooden stick frame and cover it with fallen leaves and such, and that completes our temporary cabin. Do you understand?”

“It’s not difficult.”

“Easy!”

At my words, Enoch and Kaiden nodded almost simultaneously. I smiled at them and added one more thing.

“I think it would be good to build it a bit elevated from the ground. We need to be careful of ants and scorpions.”

“Hmm, then we can make it like the temporary shelter we built on the beach. Laying down gravel and making the floor with tree branches, moss, and fallen leaves.”

At Enoch’s words, I nodded vigorously.

“Right. That would be good.”

I roughly set down the bag Kaiden had made for me on the ground and scanned the surroundings.

“We’ll need sharper weapons to cut the wood.”

Then Enoch muttered as if troubled. Hearing that, I moved into action.

We can just make weapons.

“What, what are you trying to do? Tell me. I’ll do it for you, Margaret. Don’t do this kind of thing yourself.”

Ignoring Kaiden’s words, I struck a rock against another rock.

After repeating this three or four times, I selected thin, sharp pieces from the broken stone fragments and handed them to Enoch.

“I’ll make a few more, so you could shape them with stones to make axes.”

The two men looked at me with strange expressions. Kaiden rested his chin on his hand with a very serious face, then asked me.

“Tell me honestly. You can really tell me now. You’re not Margaret, are you? How does a noble Young Lady from a duke’s house know things like this?”

Naturally, I didn’t answer his question and went into the bushes to gather wood.

Enoch was sharpening the blade by rubbing the sharp stone I had made against a rock.

Kaiden followed me, saying he would help, picking up tree branches while continuously bombarding me with questions.

“Does the Flone Duchy provide this kind of education too? Margaret, what is it that you don’t know?”

Kaiden asked me with a genuinely curious expression. I heard that mages are obsessed with research, and seeing Kaiden, it doesn’t seem like an incorrect statement.

“Should we take this with us? It would be good to use when setting up posts for the cabin. Help me a bit.”

Seeing a long wooden post that was broken, I asked Kaiden for help.

Then he smiled and gently pushed me aside.

“Help with what? I’ll do it. Stay back for a moment.”

Then Kaiden shouldered the wooden post on his left shoulder and lifted it up. Do mages originally have such good physical strength too?

With the three of us working, the task was completed faster than expected.

It was partly because we built a very small makeshift cabin using a simple method, but Enoch and Kaiden were quite fast workers.

By the time we finished building the cabin, the sun had set, so we had no choice but to eat acai palm fruit for our meal and went inside the cabin.

We built it fairly large so it seemed like four adults could fit inside, but it was still cramped, so it would probably only be usable for sleeping.

I really think we need to find the cabin from the novel. There probably won’t be any dwelling as spacious and comfortable as that place.

“It’s better than I thought.”

Kaiden said as he lay down.

I was concerned about having to sleep crowded together with the men, but I didn’t worry about it for long. My body was very tired. I lay down on the floor as is. Lying down with two big men somehow felt uncomfortable.

‘Should I make a separate cabin for sleeping alone when I have time?’

I was having such thoughts.

Kaiden turned his body and came close to me. Wondering what was happening, I was about to turn my head when he suddenly embraced me from behind.

My back pressed against Kaiden’s chest. He slowly lowered his head, buried his face in my shoulder, and exhaled hot breath.

“What?”

I froze for a moment. I felt the soft touch of Kaiden’s lips on my exposed bare shoulder.

“It’s cramped. Let’s sleep like this.”

“…Are you crazy?”

Kaiden smiled faintly with his lips buried in my shoulder. I felt the touch of his lips along with his warm breath.

I furrowed my brow. I reached out my hand to push him away gently, but Enoch was faster than me. He kicked Kaiden’s side and pushed him away.

Kaiden scrunched up his face and glared at him.

Of course, Enoch showed no sign of wavering and squeezed between me and Kaiden to lie down. Kaiden got up from his spot and protested, asking him what he was doing.

I quietly watched the two men’s annoying standoff and said one thing.

“…Should I go outside to sleep?”

Then Enoch and Kaiden both sat up simultaneously.

“Sorry, I’ll be quiet.”

“I won’t do anything, so stay here.”

The first speaker was Kaiden, followed by Enoch.

Well, Kaiden aside, even Enoch is becoming increasingly childish.

I looked at the two men with an uncomfortable expression, then settled into a corner and tried to sleep.

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