I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 43

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Chapter 43

 

Kaiden used his monstrous strength to simultaneously pin down Asdal and Yuanna. Diego was subdued by Enoch alone.

 

Well, Diego was someone who couldn’t be easily subdued even by Kaiden’s monstrous strength, so Enoch had no choice but to handle him exclusively.

 

“This is why you can’t be nice to people. I should have used violence from the start.”

 

I wasted too much time trying to save bombs and ammunition for nothing.

 

And Luzef, who had been watching the situation with a pale face, quietly pointed out the problem.

 

“Lord and Your Highness Crown Prince used violence from the beginning. Young Lady, you also used that flare thing. When exactly did you try talking nicely…?”

 

“Let’s just say I did. This is a jungle after all.”

 

“Yes.”

 

Luzef obediently shut his mouth.

 

Enoch tied up the three people tightly with the rope Kaiden had made and brought them in front of the cabin.

 

Asdal and Diego struggled, but they couldn’t move because Kaiden was holding the rope firmly.

 

“We didn’t want to go this far either.”

 

“That’s right. You were defeated too easily.”

 

Yuanna laughed with a dejected face.

 

“Well. This is what you call a difference in power, Saint. You shouldn’t try to take people so unreasonably.”

 

I laughed along with Yuanna’s words and responded. Of course, it was all Enoch and Kaiden’s doing.

 

“This humiliating situation is a first in my lifetime.”

 

Asdal said that while laughing.

 

What a strange man, having such an expression while calling it humiliating. Somehow, everyone in the Yuanna Family seems to have slightly odd personalities.

 

“Lady Flone seems to have changed a lot. I’d believe it if someone said you were a different person.”

 

Of course, neither Enoch nor Kaiden seemed to be paying any attention to the Hardtack Prince’s words.

 

“This must be the key.”

 

Kaiden, who had been searching through Yuanna’s pockets, threw something to me.

 

It was a large golden key the size of my palm. It looked quite old, but it was definitely a key made by melting gold.

 

“It really is a key. Where did this come from?”

 

To my question, Yuanna only smiled slyly without answering. I looked at her with a contemplative face for a moment, then said.

 

“Let’s negotiate again. I don’t know what you’re planning, Saint, but I’ll listen to what you have to say, and if our interests align, I’ll work with you.”

 

Yuanna looked at me with a surprised expression. She must have thought I would refuse to work together no matter what.

 

But the situation had changed now.

 

At the end of volume 1 of the novel, Yuanna escaped the island through a door that appeared after a year.

 

Even if I hid in the bunker, it would be meaningless if I didn’t know the location of the escape door that would open after a year.

 

I needed Yuanna until I could find out the location of the door.

 

Originally, I had planned to hide alone in the bunker because I was worried that meeting the Female Lead might change the Male Leads’ personalities.

 

I was afraid they might kill me according to the immutable law of the original story.

 

‘But if I worry about that and can’t find the escape door, that’s also a problem.’

 

I pointed at Asdal and Diego with my chin and said.

 

“However, you’ll have to persuade those men yourself, Saint. If you don’t want to, we’ll take the key. We’ll figure out the key’s secret eventually if we keep it.”

 

When I put the key in my pocket and shouldered the backpack I had placed on the ground, Yuanna’s group looked at me with flustered expressions.

 

“This wasn’t part of the plan.”

 

“…This situation certainly isn’t very favorable for us.”

 

I could hear Asdal quietly responding to Yuanna’s muttering.

 

Soon, as if she had made a decision, Yuanna looked at me.

 

“If I answer, will you untie this? Let’s stop fighting. The sun is setting.”

 

I nodded. Only then did she open her mouth.

 

“We’re looking for a ‘door’ that matches this key. The reason I said more people would be better is because we need to search the entire island. You know there are monsters on this island, right?”

 

“Yes. There are various monsters indeed.”

 

“That’s right. So if Young Lady and those gentlemen could become our fighting force, it would be helpful.”

 

At Yuanna’s answer, I ran my hand through my hair and let out a tired sigh.

 

Searching the entire island aligned with our group’s plan as well.

 

“You should have just asked like that from the beginning. Why did you make me angry by saying that damn nonsense about serving you?”

 

I thought I spoke calmly, but Kaiden beside me coughed in surprise.

 

“I told you. I thought it would be better if I held the initiative. That’s all I’ve learned in life.”

 

At Yuanna’s answer, I took out the key from my pocket and waved it.

 

“If that was because of the key, it seems unnecessary now, doesn’t it?”

 

“That’s true.”

 

She still shrugged with a nonchalant face. She never loses her composure. Is this why she’s the protagonist?

 

“Did you properly see what’s written on that key?”

 

Yuanna asked me. Something is written on the key? I looked at the key again carefully, puzzled.

 

As she said, on the side of the key, the words [Exit Key] were written in Langrid Empire language.

[Exit Key]

The problem was the phrase written below that.

 

Alea

 

Return

 

The word Alea appears here too.

 

But Return? It’s a word meaning ‘to come back’, but what could this mean?

 

Could it be that if I open the door with this key, Alea will be there, or that a person named Alea will return to the island, or that the gatekeeper guarding the Escape Gate was Alea?

 

I don’t even know if it’s actually a person’s name in the first place. What the hell is Alea!

 

“Exit Key? A key to what exit? What is this?”

 

Kaiden glanced at the key in my hand and tilted his head. Enoch also had a puzzled expression as he rested his chin on his hand, lost in thought.

 

“An exit key? I have no idea what kind of island this is.”

 

At Enoch’s muttering, Asdal, who had been quiet, sighed.

 

“Whatever it is, it’s certain that we need to explore the entire island. We’re not even sure if this is really the island’s exit key in the first place. It’s just our speculation.”

 

After hearing Asdal’s answer, I asked Yuanna.

 

“Saint, let me ask again. Where did you get the key?”

 

“I found it.”

 

“Where?”

 

“When I first woke up on this island, it was lying by my bedside.”

 

“That’s very suspicious.”

 

“Isn’t it similar to how Young Lady is carrying that suspicious magical tool?”

 

That’s true. Strangely, Yuanna’s words keep making sense.

 

If this really is the key to the ‘door’ that appears in the novel, why was it lying next to Yuanna of all people?

 

Because she’s the Female Protagonist of the novel? Could it be that the escape door only opens in front of her? Or does it only open in front of the person who has the key?

 

In the novel, there was definitely a description of the door opening in front of Yuanna.

 

I couldn’t remember the specific location though.

 

‘I can’t remember because they moved around so much in the novel.’

 

Whatever the case, it was certain that I needed to stay by Yuanna’s side to get even a single clue.

 

I briefly looked back at Enoch, Kaiden, and Luzef. I couldn’t know what variables might arise if they stayed with Yuanna.

 

Would it really be right to bring them along and stay with Yuanna here?

 

Of course, Yuanna seemed more interested in me than the Male Leads, but her intentions were still unknown.

 

‘If Enoch and Kaiden fall for her…’

 

Then I’d have to run away no matter what.

 

I furrowed my brow and pondered repeatedly before asking Yuanna again.

 

“Is there nothing else you know? Anything you’ve discovered about this island?”

 

“There isn’t one. That’s why we were also looking around the island.”

 

At Yuanna’s answer, I bit my lower lip hard and pondered.

 

“Fine. Let’s stay together only until we figure out whether that key is really the island’s exit key, where the exit is, and until we solve those clues. To be precise, we’ll be monitoring you. Don’t even dream of stealing anything.”

 

I pointed to my eyes with my finger to show I’d be watching, then pointed to Yuanna’s eyes.

 

Of course, she smiled brightly as if it didn’t matter to her. It was an elegant smile like a red flower bud bursting open into full bloom.

 

“Listen here, Saint. I cannot accept this decision.”

 

Asdal shrugged his shoulders in rebellion. So I gestured toward Asdal with my chin, addressing Yuanna.

 

“I told you, didn’t I? Convincing those people is your job, Saint.”

 

At my words, Yuanna glanced at Asdal once.

 

“I think the more companions we have, the better. Honestly, surviving on our own was a bit overwhelming, wasn’t it? Does anyone object?”

 

At Yuanna’s question, Asdal hesitated for a moment. He avoided her gaze and remained silent with an uncomfortable expression.

 

It was quite unexpected. I thought that Hardtack Prince would act like he was the only one in heaven and earth, but it seems he does pay attention to what others think.

 

Seeing Diego also keeping his mouth shut while reading Yuanna’s mood, it seemed something had happened between those three.

 

“Honestly, surviving on our own was a bit overwhelming, wasn’t it?”

 

From those words of Yuanna’s, I somehow recalled the image of Archbishop Luzef wandering around without even eating proper meals.

 

“…Let’s do as the Saint wishes.”

 

In the end, Asdal gave a positive answer with a reluctant expression.

 

So eventually we declared a temporary truce and decided to stay together in the cabin for the time being while gathering information about the exit.

 

* * *

 

Naturally, I didn’t unpack all my belongings in the cabin.

 

We were only staying together temporarily, and I’d leave immediately once we found clues about the key.

 

‘Besides, Yuanna is too suspicious. I need to keep a close eye on her.’

 

What if she might be ‘Alea’? It’s worth being suspicious about.

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