I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 42

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Chapter 42

 

Prince of Asdal, who had been watching this scene, pointed out Kaiden’s behavior with an incredulous tone.

 

“I remember that the Lord of the Langrid Empire definitely despised Lady Flone, but what a strange sight I’m witnessing.”

 

I could understand why Prince of Asdal found it fascinating. Even I really couldn’t get used to seeing Kaiden, that crazy character, showing this kind of attitude.

 

“That bastard really talks too much.”

 

Without even looking toward Prince of Asdal, Kaiden grumbled in a low voice.

 

“Do you have multiple lives? Why are you acting like that toward the Prince? What are you going to do when we get off this island?”

 

No matter how much he has a weird nickname like Hardtack Prince, he’s still a prince after all.

 

“Like I care.”

 

Kaiden retorted irritably. I had nothing more to say, so I eventually closed my mouth.

 

“Wouldn’t it be better to give up the cabin and just go back? Living together would be uncomfortable for both sides. I did develop some interest in the Young Lady, but I think it would be a bit difficult to handle the Young Lady’s reckless personality.”

 

Prince of Asdal spoke to us with a still relaxed face, smiling brightly.

 

He still seemed to think I was that Margaret from the past. Even if I said otherwise, how could I prove it here and now? So that was the right reaction.

 

Although we were much more advantageous with flares and grenades, we couldn’t underestimate them.

 

With Luzef and Yuanna having gone over to their side, we were at a numerical disadvantage.

 

While observing the enemy’s movements, I belatedly realized that Luzef was holding a first aid kit in his hand.

 

‘Wait… why is the first aid kit over there?’

 

It seemed like Luzef had unconsciously grabbed it and taken it with him, but why didn’t I notice that it had gone over to their side?

 

Actually, the first aid kit was more important than flares for surviving on this island. All the medicines for wound disinfection and treatment were in that medicine bottle. Therefore, we absolutely had to get that back.

 

I was actually quite flustered, but I couldn’t show signs of panic or anxiety to Hardtack Prince’s group. The basics of negotiation is not showing weaknesses to the other party.

 

I quickly hid my expression. Then, with a deliberately calm face, I spoke to Prince of Asdal.

 

“Send Archbishop Luzef over to this side. Then we’ll leave the cabin behind.”

 

I deliberately spoke as if my purpose was Luzef. I couldn’t let their attention turn to the first aid kit.

 

Luzef, who didn’t even realize he was holding the first aid kit, just looked at me with moved eyes.

 

From the looks of it, he seemed incredibly touched. I felt guilty.

 

“Sorry, but that’s rejected.”

 

Prince of Asdal crossed his arms and smiled arrogantly.

 

“Why negotiate? Just take it by force.”

 

Kaiden bared his teeth and threatened Yuanna’s group.

 

“Lord, stay still. That kind of attitude is absolutely unhelpful.”

 

Enoch, who had been silently watching the situation, delivered a sharp rebuke to Kaiden. Kaiden belatedly glanced at me and closed his mouth.

 

“Are you really planning to leave after the plundering is over?”

 

Yuanna said something ridiculous with a brightly smiling face. Plundering!

 

I lifted my chin provocatively toward their group and laughed.

 

“Plundering is a word that only applies when this was yours to begin with. If it’s an ownerless object, then the person capable of possessing that object should own it.”

 

At my words, Kaiden let out an exclamation that didn’t match the situation.

 

“You have no intention of sending the Bishop over?”

 

I asked once more.

 

Prince of Asdal closed his mouth for a moment and stared at me intently, then had a conversation with Diego and Yuanna.

 

Luzef stood pitifully at a distance from them, alternately looking between us and them.

 

“Or, let’s just burn this down.”

 

I aimed the flare at the cabin.

 

“Actually, we don’t really need this cabin. We know how to build one. But it seems like you guys need it.”

 

Whether my last words were the deciding factor, Prince of Asdal raised his hand as if he understood.

 

“Alright. I’ll hand over the Bishop. Keep your promise.”

 

Luzef glared at Prince of Asdal with a grimly distorted face.

 

“You cannot do this to me, Your Highness.”

 

Apart from wanting to join our group, he also seemed displeased that Prince of Asdal was letting him go without any regret.

 

Yeah, he had every right to feel bad. Still, there should be some affection built up from going through hardships together all this time.

 

“I’m sorry.”

 

Prince of Asdal apologized to Luzef in a soulless voice. Though those words didn’t seem to resonate much with Luzef.

 

It was when Luzef had completely come over to our side.

 

“Before leaving, I have something I’m curious about, Saint.”

 

At my question, Yuanna smiled brightly as if she had been waiting.

 

“Finally, you’re thinking of joining me…”

 

“More than that, do you have the escape key right now? Where did the key come from? Is there an exit somewhere on this island that can be opened with that key?”

 

Enoch and Kaiden, who didn’t know about my previous conversation with Yuanna about the key, looked back and forth between me and her with confused expressions.

 

After receiving my question, Yuanna put on a thoughtful expression, rested her chin on her hand, then asked me.

 

“You have no intention of staying with me, do you?”

 

“No.”

 

“That’s too bad. I liked the Young Lady because they said you were a lunatic.”

 

You’re not exactly sane either.

 

“If you have no intention of joining me, then I have no obligation to answer. You’re not my person.”

 

That was a fair point. But the matter about the key wasn’t in the original work, so I absolutely had to confirm it.

 

The novel only mentioned that a door to escape this island would open after one year, but there was no mention of opening that door with a key to get out.

 

If that were the case, then even if I found the ‘door,’ would I only be able to escape if Yuanna, who has the key, was there?

 

‘At this point, isn’t Yuanna the most suspicious one here, not me?’

 

Prince of Asdal’s group showed no signs of surprise, as if they already knew about the key.

 

“An explanation seems necessary. A key, you say.”

 

Enoch looked at Yuanna with a displeased expression. However, Yuanna just smiled without any sign of disturbance.

 

“I told you. If you’re not my person, I have no intention of telling you. I have to be careful too. The situation is what it is.”

 

Enoch seemed to have nothing to say to her words and quietly closed his mouth, looking back at me.

 

Then Kaiden and Luzef also looked at me simultaneously. Their gazes seeking my opinion felt a bit burdensome.

 

“What are you thinking of doing, Margaret?”

 

“I’ll follow your opinion.”

 

“I will follow as well.”

 

Enoch, Kaiden, and Luzef spoke in turn.

 

‘It’s become… more burdensome.’

 

I closed my mouth for a moment and racked my brain.

 

We need information about the ‘key’ that Yuanna possesses.

 

And for some reason, she wants to be with us. Whatever she’s planning, it seems like having more people is better for her.

 

“Coexistence with them seems unnecessary, and I don’t understand it at all. Are you confident you can handle the troublemaker Young Lady?”

 

Prince of Asdal asked Yuanna with a face that showed this war of words was very unnecessary and tiresome.

 

Those words also seemed to mean that if Yuanna could just handle me, he might be willing to consider coexistence.

 

Then Yuanna smiled as if stating the obvious.

 

“Of course. If the Young Lady becomes my person, then everything that belongs to the Young Lady becomes ours too. It doesn’t seem like unnecessary coexistence, does it?”

 

Hand over everything I have? Are you a highway robber?

 

“Hah…”

 

A sigh escaped me involuntarily.

 

‘The escape key has been mentioned, so I can’t just leave.’

 

The key is actually a more important clue than the bunker.

 

What’s the point of staying in the bunker forever if we can’t find the exit?

 

‘We’ve talked enough already. If words don’t work, there’s only one method left.’

 

Yuanna, Prince of Asdal, and Diego were standing with their backs to the forest. At a position somewhat distant from them was a large rock.

 

If I utilized that rock, it seemed possible to distract their attention for a moment.

 

I took out a grenade—no, a flame bomb—from my pocket. Kaiden and Luzef looked at what I was doing with surprised faces.

 

“Y-Young Lady. Please calm down.”

 

Archbishop Luzef tried to stop me with a pale face. I didn’t care and glanced at Enoch.

 

“Do you know what I’m trying to do?”

 

At my question, Enoch slowly nodded. Kaiden, who was beside him, also seemed to understand and grinned.

 

Only Archbishop Luzef blinked with a confused expression while clutching the first aid kit to his chest.

 

‘I need to hit it properly.’

 

I bit the safety pin of the bomb with my teeth and did some warm-up exercises by rotating my arm.

 

Then I took my stance and threw the flame bomb I was holding toward the rock I had marked.

 

Boom!

 

The bomb hit the rock.

 

While Yuanna’s group turned their heads toward the rock in surprise, thick dust clouds spread and blocked their vision.

 

Enoch and Kaiden, who had been waiting for that moment, swiftly moved to their respective positions.

 

“Ah!”

 

“Let go of me!”

 

Through the dust clouds, we could hear the voices of the Prince of Asdal and Yuanna.

 

Yuanna’s group, who had let their guard down for just a moment, were subdued by us so quickly it was almost anticlimactic.

 

What, that was nothing special.

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