I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 282

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Part 2
(Side Story)
Episode 40
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Outside the tent where not a breath of wind had stirred, the faintest breeze began to blow.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid, lying in his sleeping bag inside the tent, felt that subtle current of air and opened his eyes.
His hand was already pressing firmly against his sword sheath.
The expression that crossed his face was somewhat different from his usual demeanor.
A menacing look, like that of an emotionless instrument of war, was tinged with tension.
‘That’s definitely magic power.’
On an island devoid of magic power, he could sense it unmistakably.
Having once engaged in battle with Jenas, he could be all the more certain.
Enoch slowly pulled the tent zipper open and stepped outside.
A brilliant flash—
And a blue light that consumed his vision flickered, filling all the surrounding bushes.
When the light faded, a man stood in its center.
Kaiden Blake Rohade.
It was definitely Kaiden.
The problem was that the Kaiden who had just been in the tree above had leaped down beside him.
Then who was that?
“Damn it. What the hell. I’m getting chills right now.”
The Kaiden standing beside Enoch brushed his forearm.
“Kaiden!!”
And Margaret burst from the adjacent tent, rushing toward him in a single bound.
“My lady!”
By the time Enoch moved to stop her, it was already too late. She had embraced the suddenly appeared Kaiden.
What was even more shocking was how Kaiden, as if it were the most natural thing, embraced her in return.
“Wow. What is that. Exactly. What is this.”
The Kaiden standing beside Enoch muttered continuously, unable to hide his shock.
It was understandable. Unlike Enoch, who had become somewhat more lenient toward Margaret through traveling with her, he still despised her.
Yet a man with an identical face was tenderly embracing Margaret….
Crack.
The sword sheath in Enoch’s hand fractured.
‘Is it the replica monster I saw in the cave.’
But judging from Margaret’s reaction, it didn’t seem to be a monster.
Enoch slowly approached them.
The closer he drew, the more he realized this wasn’t merely someone resembling Kaiden—this was a genuinely replicated human.
The difference was that this one appeared somewhat older.
A man who exuded a rich, mature charm.
In other words, he appeared older than Enoch himself.
Enoch’s grip tightened around the sword sheath.
At that moment, Kaiden—who had been conversing while cradling Margaret in his arms—glanced up and fixed his gaze upon him.
Their eyes met, crimson against the darkness.
Enoch’s brows rose sharply. It was merely a meeting of gazes, yet it felt as though he’d been ensnared by an invisible trap.
The instant he lifted his hand holding the sword sheath, that sensation vanished in a heartbeat.
The man resembling Kaiden regarded him with momentary surprise before turning to Margaret with a question.
“He’s somewhat different from His Majesty the Emperor.”
“Of course he is. You’ve seen His Majesty through the communication channel yourself.”
“This one’s technique is slightly superior. Though in terms of physical strength, he likely cannot match His Majesty.”
“He survived an attack from Jenath’s magic power.”
“What?”
The man resembling Kaiden, upon hearing Margaret’s words, rested his chin in his hand and studied Enoch intently.
“What in the world is this situation? Is he Lord’s brother? How can they resemble each other so closely?”
Sensing the atmosphere had grown less tense, Archbishop Luzef and Diego Bastian Vilterheim approached and posed their questions.
Margaret laughed and patted the shoulder of the man resembling Kaiden.
“I told you, didn’t I? I came from a parallel dimension. Let me introduce him. This one is also Kaiden.”
“That’s impossible.”
It was the real Kaiden who responded to Margaret’s words.
He, who had been standing in a daze all this while, strode forward and seized the parallel dimension Kaiden by the collar.
“What the hell are you?”
“Ah. I’m nothing like this brat. I refuse to be compared to him.”
The original dimension Kaiden, still gripped by the collar, made a jest toward Margaret.
Unable to restrain himself any longer, the young Kaiden threw a punch, but it connected with nothing. The original dimension Kaiden, who had been seized by the collar, had vanished.
He reappeared behind Enoch, hands casually thrust into his pants pockets, circling the young Kaiden with leisurely grace.
“Wow. This is quite fascinating.”
“Stop playing around and come here. We have much to discuss.”
Margaret seized the original dimension Kaiden’s arm and pulled him along.
The two of them moved behind a tree and began conversing in hushed tones.
Enoch stood motionless, observing the scene unfold.
His chest burned with an inexplicable heat. Something churned within him.
A foul sensation threatened to erupt at any moment.
In that instant, Margaret turned her head, and their eyes met.
She closed her beautiful blue eyes in a smile and waved toward him.
Just then, the clouds parted, and moonlight cascaded down—not sunlight, but moonlight.
Beneath the ethereal blue moonlight, watching Margaret smile toward him, the turbulent heat within his chest subsided as though it had never existed. He could not fathom why.
Could she have cast magic into that smile?
Now that he thought of it, even in the parallel dimension Enoch’s memories, Margaret had always regarded him with that very smile.
Only then did he understand.
That’s right. This was not his own emotion.
‘That’s right. This emotion isn’t mine.’
This belongs to her husband.
‘So it’s not mine….’
When I came to my senses, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid had somehow moved closer to Margaret and taken her hand, leaving the Original Dimension Kaiden at a distance.
Margaret looked up at him with a bewildered expression.
“Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid? Why are you doing this?”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid himself was confused.
Why am I….
Despite the confusion, he didn’t release her hand.
[Target: Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid]
[Affection toward the target’s user: ▲95.3%]
[Detailed emotional composition analysis:
Loyalty·Protective instinct 5%
Affection 15.3%
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Obsession 75%]
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What…, what on earth is happening?
I have no idea why Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid suddenly did that.
And why did his Obsession rating shoot up so high?
Damn it. I worked so hard to lower that Obsession rating…!
It seems to be because of Kaiden. But we have so much to discuss that I can’t distance myself from him.
Kaiden, standing across from me, raised his eyebrows with a dumbfounded expression.
Soon after, he laughed as if amused.
“Ah. So you really are the same person. Pretty similar in both places.”
I’m not sure what he means, but I have a rough idea. It seems Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid is being protective of me.
I was bewildered myself since I didn’t understand why he was acting this way either.
“Didn’t you say I was your husband?”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid asked me. It was a rather direct question.
Given his personality, there’s no reason for him to beat around the bush with such words.
“Ah. Yes, that’s right. Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid is my husband.”
“Then what is your relationship with that man?”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid gestured with his head toward Kaiden, as if the man wasn’t even worth pointing at.
“Ha.”
Kaiden let out a hollow laugh at the sight, his expression saying ‘See? What did I tell you?’
“He’s a colleague.”
“A colleague. A colleague, you say….”
A low, meaningful voice repeated my words.
Kaiden, watching Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid with his arms crossed, spoke to me.
“I don’t have much time, so I’ll need to return to my original dimension soon… Listen.”
Then, abruptly, I flick my finger toward Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid.
What? Why is this man doing this again?
“Listen?”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid crosses his arms in response, meeting my gaze without yielding an inch. He refuses to be intimidated by Kaiden.
Actually, if we’re talking about presence, his aura was far more menacing and terrifying than mine.
Truly, that was so like Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid.
“Why should I use honorific speech with you? You’re not even the Crown Prince of our world.”
Kaiden’s eyes gleamed as he spoke those words, and he laughed.
“I didn’t hand Margaret over to you so you could slack off like this. Treat Margaret well. If you don’t, I’ll take her with me regardless of whether the world is destroyed or not.”
“….”
At that, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid, who had been about to lose his temper, fell silent.
He seemed to be on the verge of saying something in rebuttal when shock flickered across his expression.

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