I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 41

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Chapter 41

 

The history of conflict between the Temple and the Magic Tower had lasted for a full thousand years.

 

After constantly checking each other for such a long time, the situation finally exploded into what became the last Divine-Magic War, that is, the war between the Temple and the Magic Tower.

 

Currently, the Western Continent was experiencing a declining trend in the population with mana or divine power day by day. Yet the Papal Court and Magic Tower wasted these already precious human resources by waging war.

 

The biggest battle of the Divine-Magic War was fought on the Anes Plains in the center of the Western Continent, where the Holy Knights lured the mages to their home ground in the Sacred Territory Romalizan in the northern part of the Western Continent.

 

And unbelievably, the Magic Tower’s army fell for that obvious trick and headed to Sacred Territory Romalizan, resulting in massive casualties.

 

Eventually, the Langrid Empire and Hestia Kingdom, unable to stand by any longer, formed an allied force to mediate between them, and the commanding officer of that allied force was none other than Enoch.

 

“Hey, Half-Emperor. Why didn’t you tell me about that?”

 

“Should I have?”

 

“Of course! Weren’t we close enough friends to fight every day during our Academy days?”

 

Asdal shrugged his shoulders and answered cheekily.

 

‘Fighting every day makes you close friends…?’

 

The definition of close friendship in this world seemed a bit different from what I knew.

 

“I heard about the war too. When I came out of hibernation, suddenly the Magic Tower was at war.”

 

Kaiden, who had been quietly listening to the conversation, added his comment. I looked back at him in bewilderment.

 

“Hibernation? Are you a snake?”

 

“I was kidnapped by the Temple as a child and experimented on. It was an unavoidable choice to recover the mana I lost then.”

 

I was flustered by Kaiden’s words and momentarily lost my voice.

 

“Sorry.”

 

“It’s fine. More importantly, are we going to keep standing off like this?”

 

“Then Enoch and I will keep watch on those people, so why don’t you go check if there’s anything to take from the cabin?”

 

He obediently followed my instructions and went inside the cabin.

 

Watching him felt a bit strange. It meant that Kaiden trusted me that much.

 

‘Maybe it’s the psychology of banding together when there’s a common enemy.’

 

Suddenly, Enoch, who had been standing guard against Asdal, spoke to me.

 

“I hope you’ll keep staying by my side like this.”

 

Enoch’s words sounded a bit strange to me, so I looked at his profile. He tilted his head slightly closer to me.

 

“I still can’t completely control my episodes. Right now, you’re the only person who can handle me. No one else will do. It seems I only respond to someone as beautiful as you.”

 

“Beauti… what?”

 

At my bewildered question, Enoch smiled mischievously with his eyes.

 

“I said your voice is beautiful. Did you misunderstand?”

 

“…I, I didn’t misunderstand!”

 

Why did he phrase it so confusingly?

 

“It would be troublesome for both of us if you misunderstood. We’re not at that level yet, are we?”

 

“What are you saying? Just be quiet.”

 

When I scolded him, Enoch burst into loud laughter.

 

I shook my head while trying to calm my pounding heart.

 

He wasn’t wrong. It seemed Yuanna still didn’t know how to stop Enoch’s rampage.

 

Whatever he was thinking, Enoch’s gentle golden eyes suddenly flickered roughly.

 

“Margaret, I need you. So please don’t leave me. I’m begging you.”

 

At Enoch’s words, I again couldn’t find words to answer and just opened and closed my mouth.

 

I remembered what Kaiden had said before.

 

“The Crown Prince goes crazy looking for you as if he has some kind of separation anxiety…”

 

Just as Kaiden had said, it seemed Enoch had developed something like separation anxiety.

 

While I was thinking this, Enoch, who had been quietly looking down at me, smiled.

 

He patted my head once and then gripped the spear tightly again while staying alert against Asdal’s group.

 

Only then did I remember that there was a sword stuck in the backpack I had seized.

 

“Enoch, use this.”

 

I pulled the scabbard from the backpack and handed it to Enoch. Enoch obediently took the sword from me.

 

“I can’t use it anyway.”

 

“Thank you.”

 

After giving a simple thanks, Enoch immediately threw away the spear and drew the sword.

 

Indeed, a sword suited Enoch better than a spear. Though dirty, he looked dignified standing there in his Crown Prince uniform holding a sword.

 

While I was admiring this, Enoch spoke to me.

 

“Staying in the cabin doesn’t seem like a good choice.”

 

“I think the same.”

 

I nodded while looking at Asdal’s group in the distance.

 

This cabin was special. For some unknown reason, magical beasts rarely came near the cabin.

 

That’s why I remembered the protagonists staying here for a long time in the original story too.

 

But no matter how good the cabin was, we couldn’t live together with them. Their group was too aggressive to stay with.

 

If we wanted to monopolize the cabin just among ourselves, battle seemed inevitable, but I didn’t want to take such risks.

 

“Staying in a base camp exposed to enemies isn’t a good choice. Should we just take useful items and leave?”

 

I classified Prince of Asdal and Diego as ‘enemies.’ Since they threatened us, it was right to call them enemies, wasn’t it?

 

And at my statement, Enoch nodded with a quite satisfied expression.

 

But before leaving the cabin, there was one last thing I needed to find out.

 

“Well. Actually, there are various unspeakable circumstances that make it necessary, but the biggest reason is that I have the key. The escape key.”

 

I needed to ask Yuanna what that meant, but I had missed the timing. Should I call her aside before we leave once the situation is sorted out?

 

Then Asdal extended his hand toward Yuanna with a rather affectionate expression.

 

“It would be better for the Saint to come this way.”

 

Yuanna glanced back at me. When our eyes met, she winked lightly.

 

“Think about it carefully. Staying with us. I really want to become friends with Young Lady. Survival among women. I find that more interesting.”

 

Leaving those words behind, Yuanna walked leisurely toward Asdal.

 

Enoch looked at me after hearing her words. His expression asked what Yuanna’s words meant.

 

“She suggested we stay together in the cabin. She said she’d share information she knows.”

 

Since she said she’d tell me about the escape key, that was information sharing, after all.

 

Since the conversation seemed like it would be long, I didn’t bother mentioning Yuanna’s comment about serving me to Enoch.

 

‘But was Yuanna’s last comment about women surviving together?’

 

I was really someone only interested in ‘survival,’ regardless of protagonists or whatever. Honestly speaking, if we’re talking about that, Enoch and Kaiden were really useful.

 

There was no reason to abandon the useful Enoch and Kaiden to choose Yuanna.

 

‘Besides, I’m someone who just wants to abandon everyone and survive alone.’

 

“Archbishop Luzef. Come here.”

 

This time Asdal gestured toward Luzef.

 

Luzef looked back at me with an anxious expression.

 

“Y-Young Lady…?”

 

He even called out to me, sending me a look that asked what would be best to do.

 

No, this guy really seemed to think I was the leader of this team.

 

Honestly, I didn’t know what to say either. If we accepted Luzef on our side, it seemed like we’d have to restart the fight that had just ended with them.

 

“What are you dawdling for, Bishop?”

 

When Asdal called him again, Luzef moved with a helpless expression.

 

Thus both Yuanna and Luzef completely went over to Asdal’s side.

 

Actually, what was more surprising than both of them going over to Asdal’s group was that Diego, who should absolutely follow Enoch’s orders, was still stubbornly standing over there.

 

What on earth had happened between Yuanna and them?

 

Just then, Kaiden came out of the cabin.

 

“Nothing much there.”

 

In his hands were women’s white sneakers.

 

Then I noticed the finger-sized silver rectangular Zippo lighter in his other hand. It was a classic design lighter with a lid connected by a hinge.

 

“My goodness.”

 

An exclamation escaped me without realizing it.

 

‘A lighter, and a Zippo lighter at that!’

 

Unlike regular lighters, Zippo lighters were less likely to go out even in wind, making them suitable for use in the wilderness like this.

 

It used flint ignition and would become useless once the fuel ran out, but when I shook it lightly, it seemed to be fully filled with fuel.

 

I didn’t bother lighting the lighter in front of Yuanna’s group and quietly received it, putting it in my dress pocket.

 

Fortunately, no one knew what the lighter was for, so nobody found my actions suspicious.

 

“These look like women’s shoes, but they’re strangely shaped. Want to try them on?”

 

Kaiden said, showing me the white sneakers.

 

Since there’s no concept of sneakers in the Empire, he must be calling them shoes.

 

Just like in the original story, there might really be modern clothing inside the cabin.

 

If there are sneakers, wouldn’t there be clothes too?

 

“Margaret, want to try them on?”

 

Kaiden asked me again. His eyes were eager to get rid of the crude wooden slippers from my feet.

 

“I’ll try them on.”

 

“I’ll put them on for you. You keep holding that.”

 

Kaiden said, pointing to the flare I was aiming at Asdal.

 

I nodded obediently.

 

He knelt on one knee in front of me and put the shoes on my feet himself. His large hand wrapped around my ankle in one go. Kaiden’s hands were indeed large.

 

After removing the wooden slippers from my feet, he even brushed off the soles of my feet with his hands.

 

He caressed my bare feet with movements as careful as handling glassware, touching my bare skin so slowly that it tickled my feet.

 

Was he torturing me?

 

“This is my first time touching someone else’s feet.”

 

“I didn’t ask you to touch them, I asked you to put shoes on me, okay? We don’t have time, Kaiden.”

 

“They’re really soft.”

 

Kaiden ignored my words and kept fondling my feet for a while.

 

This bastard…?

 

Of course, it goes without saying that Enoch’s mood became suffocatingly menacing as he watched this scene.

 

Finally, Enoch muttered in a low voice.

 

“Should I break his fingers.”

 

Calm down, he’s on our side.

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