I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 33

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

Chapter 33

I haven’t decided yet… And I’m not planning to leave right away either.

What should I say at times like this?

Enoch, who was looking at me, was always attentive.

It seemed like he had never stopped taking care of me since he started having feelings for me.

I knew he was probably catching on, but I didn’t expect him to ask so directly.

“Will you…”

Enoch opened his mouth again. I waited for his next words with a tense expression.

“Will you abandon me and leave too?”

There was no change in Enoch’s expression. His face was endlessly calm. So I couldn’t tell what intention he had in asking such a question.

Abandon. He speaks as if he had been mine at some point.

I was a bit flustered and hastily chose my words.

“Who’s abandoning who? It’s not like that.”

He took another step closer to me and slowly lowered his head.

“Then let me stay by your side, Margaret.”

The voice whispering in my ear was gentle. It felt ticklish inside, making me unconsciously shrink my neck.

“Don’t abandon me.”

His large hand gently wrapped around the back of my neck.

“You can do that, can’t you? Hmm?”

The eyes that had been staring intently at the back of my neck moved slowly as if caressing my skin. Eventually, our eyes met.

Though he showed no expression, there was somehow a pitiful light flowing across that face disguised with indifference.

I looked at the golden eyes quietly gazing down at me and found myself entranced.

Oh my, what should I do?

Even though there probably wouldn’t be room, I wanted to give Enoch a place in the bunker.

“…Don’t regret saying that later.”

I deliberately didn’t answer about abandoning him.

A gentle smile appeared on Enoch’s lips. His large hand that had been gently wrapped around my neck soon caressed my cheek.

“I guarantee that won’t happen.”

He shouldn’t make such easy guarantees.

Fortunately, Enoch didn’t press me further or say anything more expecting an answer.

An awkward atmosphere flowed for a moment, then we moved again.

I scouted around the riverside area, and Enoch followed me while catching two rabbits.

Watching Enoch tie the rabbits with rope and hang them at his waist reminded me of Archbishop Luzef hanging fish at his waist. Still, rabbits are better than fish.

It was around sunset when Enoch and I decided to return to the cabin.

“Strangely, we haven’t seen any magical beasts recently. Don’t the wolf-type magical beasts come down to the riverside?”

At my question, Enoch glanced at me while staying alert of our surroundings.

“They didn’t seem to lurk around the beach where we woke up either. The wolf magical beasts must dislike water.”

I nodded at Enoch’s words and recalled the novel’s content.

Certainly, this island had various types of magical beasts besides the wolf-type ones.

Among the magical beasts, the most dangerous were those shaped like anacondas and those shaped like tarantulas.

If I remember correctly, the anaconda-type magical beasts could also spew poison with their breath.

They usually inhabited swamplands, but were often spotted around streams too, so I recalled the protagonists being very careful when going to the riverside.

‘Wait, the riverside?’

“Wow. Why am I only thinking of this now? I was so fearless.”

Looking back, our dwelling was also near the riverside, so it wasn’t really a place we could feel safe about.

Maybe the reason the wolf magical beasts don’t come down to the riverside was exactly because of this?

Cold sweat ran down my back.

Having heard my muttering, Enoch asked me what was wrong.

“It’s nothing. The sun is setting, so shall we go back?”

Enoch looked at my expression with a puzzled face, then nodded.

Still, one fortunate thing was that magical beasts don’t appear when the sun is up.

…Is that more dangerous?

“What’s this?”

On the way back to the cabin, Enoch discovered an empty box among the bushes.

It looked like military supplies, and examining it closely, it was a supply box.

“Uh… that’s right. It looks like someone already opened it. Could it be Archbishop Luzef’s group?”

At my question, Enoch stroked his chin and glared at the empty box, then nodded.

“It seems so. After all, the only people on this island seem to be them and us.”

To think even supply boxes would appear.

The box had ‘Military Support’ written on it in Korean.

Seeing that, I again gave strength to my hypothesis that this island might be some remote island in Korea.

“The sun is already setting, let’s hurry back.”

No matter how much we stared at the empty box, nothing would come out. Enoch and I moved our steps again toward the cabin.

However, when we arrived at the cabin, we witnessed an unexpectedly surprising scene.

“…What the hell.”

Enoch muttered as if he couldn’t believe it.

I too was at a loss for words seeing the anaconda magical beast stretched out long by the riverside in front of the cabin.

About a dozen spears were stuck in the anaconda’s body, which was writhing faintly.

Archbishop Luzef seemed to have fainted and was collapsed in front of the cabin, while Kaiden, covered in wounds, had one foot on the anaconda’s head and was driving down a spear.

I was momentarily stunned seeing Kaiden covered in the magical beast’s blood. But soon, seeing the writhing anaconda, I urgently grabbed Enoch’s arm.

“Wait here.”

Enoch threw the rabbits tied at his waist to the ground, gripped his spear properly, then ran to Kaiden. He then helped Kaiden drive spears into the anaconda’s head.

What on earth happened here?

“Ha. I thought I was going to die.”

Hearing Kaiden’s cursing, I finally came to my senses and approached them.

The anaconda seemed completely dead.

“Are you okay?!”

I hurriedly examined Kaiden. His body had many new wounds. Not only torn and scratched wounds, but also wounds that looked infected with poison.

Kaiden’s red eyes, looking back at me with his disheveled appearance splattered with red blood, held deep madness.

As soon as I checked Kaiden’s condition, I looked back at Enoch. Sure enough, I saw Enoch covering his eyes with one hand and trembling while standing there.

As if barely maintaining his sanity, veins stood out on his reddened neck.

“Why is he like that?”

While Kaiden looked at Enoch with a puzzled face, I picked up string from the ground and ran to him, tying his hands and feet tightly.

“What, Margaret. What are you doing?”

Kaiden followed me and watched what I was doing. I answered while tightly binding Enoch’s hands and feet.

“I’m calming him down.”

“What?”

I didn’t have time to answer Kaiden. Enoch’s breathing was getting rough.

“Enoch. Can you hear me?”

Fortunately, as if he still had some sanity left, he calmly nodded.

However, he had gripped so strongly that the string snapped with a pop. The muscles in his forearms turned red and blue. He seemed to be using all his strength to control himself.

I calmly patted him.

“No one got hurt.”

“Margaret, I’m hurt though.”

Kaiden gestured sharply from beside him, glaring fiercely at him while placing a finger over his lips.

Shh.

He looked startled and closed his mouth, nodding his head. Seeing him quiet down, I soothed Enoch again.

“No one died. This isn’t a battlefield. There’s no need to be afraid.”

It was a terrible place in a different sense from a battlefield, but I had to calm him down first, so I made up something vague.

Enoch’s shoulders trembled as he squeezed his eyes shut. His lips twisted.

“How does that look like a scared face to you? To me, he just looks like he’s about to slice someone up…”

Kaiden, who was about to add another word, closed his mouth again at my glare.

Still, what was truly fortunate was that controlling Enoch had become easier than before.

Previously, he would even talk about violently throwing me away, but now it seemed I didn’t need to go that far.

Enoch didn’t faint and his episode calmed down quickly. If the calming speed improved like this, I might be able to control him later without restraining his hands and feet.

I let out a sigh of relief and stood up from my spot.

“Are you okay?”

This time I turned to Kaiden and examined his wounds again. I had prioritized Enoch, but Kaiden’s condition also looked serious, which worried me.

“What’s going on right now? Why is the Crown Prince acting like that?”

“I’ll explain later. More importantly, you look serious too, that’s why I’m asking.”

At my words, Kaiden looked at me and grinned.

His charming dimples deepened, but with blood splattered all over his face, the sight felt somewhat eerie.

“Ah, Margaret. It was fortunate you weren’t here. That lackey fainted the moment he saw this.”

Kaiden gave an irrelevant answer while pointing at the unconscious Luzef. I glanced at Luzef as Kaiden said, then looked briefly at Enoch.

“Look here.”

And Kaiden, noticing that I was looking at Enoch, turned my chin to fix my gaze on him. Only when our eyes met did he show a satisfied expression.

“Look only at me right now, Margaret.”

Then he pestered me like a child seeking attention, whining.

“I worked hard, you know. Give me some praise for doing well.”

His fine silver hair was completely messy with blood.

I watched him quietly, then slowly reached out to stroke his hair.

“You worked hard alone, Kaiden. I’m glad you’re safe. I really mean it.”

Kaiden’s face brightened cheerfully.

If he had a tail, I thought it would be wagging vigorously right now.

But those deranged eyes were still somewhat frightening. Moreover, covered in blood as he was now, it was even more terrifying.

Wiping the blood from his lips with the back of his hand while grinning, he really looked like a madman.

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————