I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 285

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Part 2
(Side Story)
Episode 43
4. Those Who Leave and Those Left Behind
Ten days ago.
We escaped the island safely.
When I came to my senses, we were near the Southern Coastal Area of Langrid Empire.
Against all expectations, I found myself imprisoned once more.
This time too, I was classified as a death row inmate and placed in solitary confinement. At least there was a window.
I could have escaped using Battle Mode or my Transmigrator Survival Mode, but I chose not to.
I wanted to test what Kaiden had said.
That Enoch would come to extract me directly, no matter what.
“Ten days have already passed.”
Should I wait just four more days?
There had been no interrogation yet, but according to the system, interrogations would begin in four days.
This blasted system provides information selectively.
‘By now, they must have expelled the Peony Faction and gathered information about clearing my name.’
The moment we escaped the island, I handed over the notebook I possessed to them.
Even those who had protested vehemently that they would never trust me eventually took the notebook with reluctant expressions after I said, “What’s to lose? At least search.”
‘By this point, they should have found something.’
Though I had no way to receive updates, it was bearable.
The fortunate thing was that the potatoes and mushrooms stored in the Camping Trailer remained.
Whenever I had time, I would slip into the trailer to cook and eat, and occasionally take afternoon naps to pass the hours.
When the interrogation comes in four days, I’ll activate Battle Mode and escape.
Perhaps because Kaiden from the Original Dimension had visited and replenished my Mana, Battle Mode had upgraded somewhat.
Originally, activating Battle Mode limited my usage time to one hour, but now I could use it for a full five hours.
It was only natural, given that Kaiden’s Mana quality surpassed Jenas’s.
I had wanted to use it freely without time restrictions, but according to the system, five hours was the limit at my current user level.
In any case, I had already secured all the routes needed to escape through the system.
“System, can you pinpoint Enoch’s location?”
[That request cannot be answered.]
Well, I expected that response.
But once I escape, I know a place where I can meet him safely in private.
Margaret Rose Flone and Enoch had been inseparable for over a decade since childhood.
They must have at least one secret place known only to them.
[Kaiden: How is the crystal responding?]
[※
Connection status
is unstable, so only partial text data is being
received
received.※]
I looked up at the hologram system window. It seemed Kaiden had returned to the Original Dimension.
After confirming his text data, I pulled out my keyring and shook it. Just to be safe, I had been keeping the crystal stone stored inside the Camping Trailer.
The basic components inside the trailer would ‘reset’, but the items I placed inside usually remained exactly where I left them. Just like the ingredients I had stored in the ice box. It truly deserved to be called a magical pocket.
In any case, I opened the First Floor Drawer on the most remote shelf inside the Camping Trailer. Out came a pouch no larger than my palm.
I shook the pouch over my open hand. A silver crystal stone the size of a fingernail rolled across my palm.
‘It looks just like a mineral.’
It resembled a fragment of ore that might have emerged from a mine. With its mysterious iridescent shimmer, it seemed almost like an opal, yet it was far more transparent than any opal I had ever seen.
“There doesn’t seem to be anything wrong with it?”
[Kaiden: Something’s strange… cough.]
[※
Connection status
is unstable, so only partial text data is being
received
※]
I looked up at the hologram system window, somewhat startled.
The data converted into text simply ended there.
He had mentioned that the restrictions were putting strain on his body—could this be related to that?
It shouldn’t be anything serious.
Worried about Kaiden, I spent a long time bouncing on my feet, attempting to reconnect the communication.
But no matter how many times I tried, there was no response—as if no one was on the other end of the line.
I had no choice but to turn off the transmission function and examine the crystal stone instead.
“They say this crystal stone was discovered in an area where a disaster occurred. It seems His Majesty the Emperor personally collected and stored it…”
“It’s like a mineral from another dimension. The Dimensional Rift was definitely closed, so it must have come through another route. For instance, through His Majesty the Emperor as a medium. He’s traveled through the Dimensional Rift before, remember? You and Eun-ji still have Mana remaining, so it doesn’t matter for you, but it’s different for him.”
“That crystal stone wants you destroyed. More precisely, it seems to want to destroy you. It was a mineral that would disappear once it achieved that simple objective, but His Majesty the Emperor wouldn’t stand by and watch. It seems he sacrificed himself in your place.”
According to the conversation I had with Kaiden, this crystal stone desired my destruction.
He said that if it failed to achieve its purpose, more crystal stones would continue to be created.
That meant disasters would continue to occur throughout the world.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid wanted to find the source of the crystal stones to stop it, and in the process, he had fragmented his own soul.
And he said that as I searched for his fragmented soul, I would surely reach the source of this crystal stone.
What on earth had happened to Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid? Just how much of a burden was he carrying alone?
As I stared at the crystal stone lost in thought, it remained silent and unresponsive as time passed.
I eventually placed the crystal stone back in the pouch and returned it to the Camping Trailer’s shelf drawer.
Then I transformed the Camping Trailer back into keyring form, and at that very moment, a Prison Guard entered the Prison.
That guard always had impeccable timing when entering. Thankfully.
“Come out.”
He unlocked the shackles on the bars and nodded toward me.
I rose awkwardly from my seat.
For a death row inmate, I wasn’t bound with shackles or anything, so my body was free, but as I tried to exit, he fastened shackles around both my wrists.
“Where are we going?”
“….”
The Prison Guard didn’t answer and dragged my arm.
Was I being taken for interrogation? But the date hadn’t come yet?
Or had Enoch already come for me?
Uncertain and anxious, I followed the Prison Guard through the dark Corridor of the Prison. When we reached the end of the Corridor and opened the Door leading outside, a black Cloth was placed over my head.
“What, what is this? Why are you covering my head?”
But no one answered my question.
I was dragged along by them, bewildered and ignorant of my destination.
‘It really seems like we’re heading to the Interrogation Room.’
That place was called an Interrogation Room, but it was essentially a torture chamber.
We walked down a long Corridor, climbed the Stairs, climbed again. Then we opened a Door and emerged outside once more.
‘Wait. Outside?’
The Interrogation Room was supposed to be inside the Prison building.
A cool breeze blew toward me. The air brushing through the Cloth was definitely not the stale indoors—it was the outdoors.
Waaaaaah-! Waah!
The roar of crowds echoing from a distance. Intense heat.
Even from what I could faintly hear, it was evident that an enormous throng had gathered.
An ominous feeling washed over me.
Ominous. So ominous.
That tremendous roar grew louder and louder. Now it was loud enough to hurt my eardrums.
The Prison Guards dragged me up some Stairs. Then they removed the Cloth covering my head.
Suddenly assaulted by light striking my corneas, I squinted my eyes.
Waaaaaah-! This Witch! Die! Die!
A crowd was gathered before me.
This appeared to be the Plaza in front of Langrid Palace.
And I discovered a Rope dangling down in front of me.
It was a Rope fashioned into a Snare with a knot tied in a circle.
There was no way I could fail to understand what it meant.
This was a gallows.

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