I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 280

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Part 2
(Side Story)
Episode 38
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I watched Margaret Rose Flone retrieve a rope and secure it to the railing of the Suspension Bridge.
Then she continued with a reasonably convincing explanation.
“I’m creating a safety line. If the bridge breaks, we need this fixed anchor to keep from being swept away by the River.”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid observed Margaret Rose Flone’s work before following her lead and tying his own rope.
Watching the situation unfold, Archbishop Luzef and Diego Bastian Vilterheim hesitantly approached and began securing their own ropes.
He stood close to Margaret Rose Flone, ensuring that Archbishop Luzef and Diego Bastian Vilterheim couldn’t cause any trouble.
His gaze remained fixed on Margaret Rose Flone.
His wife. His love.
Caught in such thoughts, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid paused, his brow furrowing.
Repugnant thoughts leaked through whenever I let my guard down.
“Enoch?”
Margaret Rose Flone approached him, drawing her face close.
His reflection gleamed in her eyes—deep and transparent as a pristine lake, their blue depths holding his image.
Porcelain skin, delicate nostrils, and full, rosy lips.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid couldn’t tear his gaze from her small, adorable lips.
The sensation of those soft lips remained vivid in my memory. The sweetness was intoxicating enough to crave another taste.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid felt a profound thirst consume him.
He even felt jealousy toward his alternate-dimensional self who possessed her.
The man she loved and I are the same person. Yet she regarded us as separate entities.
It couldn’t be helped—Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid had read the alternate dimension’s memories as a third party, never experiencing them directly.
Which meant he could never become her husband.
But why not? Why?
Why must I be a separate person from that man? When we’re supposedly the same?
Yes. We are the same person.
You’re just one fragment of me.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid quickly surveyed his surroundings.
The voice at the edge of my hearing was unmistakably clear.
Yet no one stood nearby—only Margaret Rose Flone, Archbishop Luzef, and Diego Bastian Vilterheim remained.
“Are you alright? Can you cross the bridge?”
At her question, he barely regained his composure and nodded.
Once they finished all preparations to cross the Suspension Bridge, people suddenly poured out from the bushes.
“Oh? You were all here?”
“I knew it! I knew you’d be alive!”
“I thought you’d be dead from exhaustion.”
It was Yuanna Lucy, the Prince of Asdal, and Kaiden.
The moment Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid saw the Prince of Asdal, his expression twisted subtly. Only Kaiden noticed.
Kaiden observed Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid intently, then alternated his gaze between Margaret Rose Flone and him with a puzzled expression.
‘Sharp intuition.’
That perceptive Rogue Mage seemed to have detected a subtle shift in Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid.
In any case, Margaret Rose Flone, who had worn a momentarily troubled expression upon seeing the three newcomers, opened the Camping Trailer and retrieved fresh Equipment for all three of them.
Thus, the three who had hastily donned their Equipment also proceeded to cross the Suspension Bridge.
Archbishop Luzef and Diego Bastian Vilterheim crossed the Suspension Bridge first, followed by Prince of Asdal and Yuanna Lucy, and then Kaiden.
Kaiden had insisted on crossing alone, so in the end, he traversed the Suspension Bridge by himself.
The last were Margaret Rose Flone and Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid.
“If maintaining your balance becomes difficult, please tell me, Margaret. I shall carry you across.”
“No. That would be more dangerous. It’s better to distribute the weight.”
Margaret Rose Flone firmly rejected his offer.
Yet he was accustomed to her refusals. He had never once received her acceptance, so there was no reason to feel awkward.
Then she extended her hand to him.
“Instead, let’s hold hands as we cross.”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid gazed quietly at her hand extended toward me before lifting his gaze.
Margaret Rose Flone smiled at him brilliantly, like a flower in bloom, her hand still outstretched.
Just then, the clouds parted and sunlight streamed down. Luminous rays descended upon her hair.
It was beautiful.
The sunlight cascading so gracefully.
Yes. That warm, spring-like sunlight was what was beautiful.
“Enoch?”
Margaret Rose Flone waved her hand at him again.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid slowly grasped her hand.
Her hand was so small. The palm that met his was so soft.
Though he had watched over her from the closest vantage point his entire life, he was only now discovering this truth.
“Come on! Let’s go!”
Margaret Rose Flone cried out spiritedly, raising her fist in determination.
Her appearance was so innocent, like that of a young child, that Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid couldn’t help but smile faintly.
Despite wearing the same face, she appeared as an entirely different person from the Margaret Rose Flone of before.
To his eyes, the previous Margaret Rose Flone and she seemed like separate beings. Even though he knew that wasn’t true.
It was remarkable how a person, born with the same soul and temperament, could become so different depending on the environment and social status given to them.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid gripped the soft, small hand nestled in his, careful not to let it slip away.
He must never let go. Never.
“Enoch. Look at that.”
Margaret Rose Flone, carefully crossing the Suspension Bridge, called to him and pointed to something. It was the River.
And salmon leaping above the water’s surface came into view. It was truly a wondrous sight.
“That looks delicious.”
At Margaret Rose Flone’s murmur, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid quietly turned his head.
This woman was certainly an odd one.
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[Target: Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid]
[Affection Level Toward User: 93.8%]
[Detailed Emotional Composition Analysis:
Affection 20.3%
Loyalty·Protective Instinct 6.5%
Obsession 68%]
Hmm. The difference was infinitesimal, but his affection had risen slightly while his obsession had decreased.
What could it be? I hadn’t done anything.
I gazed down at the hand clasped with Enoch’s.
Could it be the physical contact? Did affection only surpass obsession through such intimacy?
While I pondered this, we arrived at North Island and finally set foot on the mainland.
The moment we all crossed over to North Island, the Prince of Asdal began clapping. The rest of the group stared at him with lukewarm expressions.
“Why are you all standing there so dumbly? My ex-wife saved our lives, so we should applaud! Well done! Hahahaha!”
Naturally, no one followed the Prince of Asdal’s lead in clapping.
“So, now that we’ve crossed to North Island, what exactly were we planning to do?”
The Prince of Asdal, Kaiden, and Yuanna Lucy had joined us almost at the very end, so they crossed the Suspension Bridge without knowing the plan.
But truthfully, we didn’t have any concrete plan ourselves either.
“South Island is practically collapsing anyway, so there’s no reason to stay there.”
I gestured toward South Island, which had been reduced to ruin by the landslide, and spoke.
While South Island was in such a state of devastation, North Island remained remarkably peaceful and intact.
It was an eerie sight, but if it was a landslide caused by Jenas’s magic power, everything became comprehensible.
The Prince of Asdal seemed to agree with this point, nodding while shrugging his shoulders.
“You’re right.”
So now it was time to formulate a plan?
As expected, we all moved to find a safe location and discussed our future course of action.
Of course, I remained somewhat detached from the conversation. And unexpectedly, Enoch was staying by my side.
It felt so natural that I couldn’t tell whether he was intentionally walking beside me or if it was simply coincidence.
Kaiden, who had been glancing at us, quietly approached and took his place on my left.
“I was worried you two might get left behind since you were lagging so far back.”
Even an excuse needed to sound plausible to be accepted.
In any case, Kaiden spoke to Enoch in a checking manner.
“Your Highness thinks you alone are the unfortunate slave exploited by Margaret Rose Flone, but that’s not true. The real unfortunate slave was me.”
?
“I was imprisoned in the Magic Tower for ten years and worked like a slave.”
I listened quietly to Kaiden’s words when something suddenly came to mind.
There was something Jenas had said to me when I first possessed Margaret Rose Flone in this world.
“If I threw you in among the test subjects, wouldn’t that create an interesting situation?”
“Don’t you resent the men who put you here?”
“Should I give you another chance? A chance to clear your false accusation and turn those men’s hearts toward you.”
Jenas had definitely said such things. And I had asked the system about that false accusation, but the system had given me no answer.
[False Accusation]
Could it be that I need to clear my name in order to fully complete this mission?

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