I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 44

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Chapter 44

 

In the strange atmosphere, we decided to explore the cabin together.

 

The cabin was built with a two-story structure.

 

The first floor had a spacious living room with a fireplace and a kitchen, while the second floor had two rooms with wooden beds.

 

Yuanna in the original story seemed to have speculated that this was a cabin built by someone who had lived on this remote island. My guess wasn’t much different.

 

I explored the cabin first with Kaiden, Enoch, and Archbishop Luzef.

 

After we finished our exploration and came back down to the first floor, only then would Yuanna’s group explore the cabin in that manner.

 

Having looked around every corner of the cabin, I became puzzled.

 

I was sure I had heard that there were modern clothes in the cabin too, but strangely, I couldn’t see any clothes at all. It seemed there was nothing more besides the sneakers Kaiden had brought out earlier.

 

‘This is also different from the original. Or maybe my memory is wrong?’

 

Lost in thought, I sat in the first floor living room and opened the backpack I had picked up in front of the cabin.

 

That backpack that had been neatly placed as if someone had been about to leave carrying it but had forgotten and left it behind.

 

“It’s an unusually shaped bag.”

 

Enoch approached and examined the backpack with me as he spoke. Kaiden also sat casually in front of me and glanced at the backpack with a curious expression.

 

Soon Kaiden glanced at the sword sheath at Enoch’s waist and asked.

 

“It seems His Highness the Crown Prince took the sword that was stuck in it. What else is inside?”

 

Archbishop Luzef, who had been hesitating, also approached with the first aid kit and crouched down beside me.

 

“I’m curious too. What’s in there?”

 

I shrugged my shoulders and put my hand into the backpack to rummage through the items.

 

“This is a dagger.”

 

“Give it to me. I’ll use it.”

 

Kaiden’s eyes sparkled as he held out both hands to me.

 

He was a mage who used his head, but incongruously, he possessed monstrous strength. So this kind of dagger would be better than the longsword I gave to Enoch.

 

I placed the dagger on his hands without hesitation.

 

Kaiden examined the dagger this way and that with a pleased expression, and I rummaged through the bag again.

 

What came out next was a compass.

 

“A compass?”

 

Enoch said while examining what was in my hand.

 

Compasses existed in the Langrid Empire too, but this was a modern item made of stainless steel.

 

Moreover, this compass had luminous hands, so it seemed it could be used even at night.

 

Seeing that the needle was properly attached to the central axis, it appeared to work well.

 

“I should keep this one.”

 

I examined the inside of the backpack again while holding the compass in my hand. The last thing that came out was a small cross bag.

 

‘Perfect, a cross bag.’

 

I took out the cross bag, put the compass, flare, and ammunition pouch inside, and slung it over my shoulder. I gave the large backpack to Kaiden.

 

Kaiden packed living supplies like the wooden knife and rope made from twisted tree branches into it.

 

“Is there nothing for me?”

 

Luzef, who had been quietly watching us, asked me with a seemingly disappointed tone. He was clutching the first aid kit like a lifeline.

 

“Archbishop, please take good care of the first aid kit and carry it around.”

 

I already had a lot of luggage, so I needed someone to carry the first aid kit separately.

 

“What, you’re entrusting the medicine bottle to a lackey? Isn’t that dangerous?”

 

“I agree with Lord’s words too, Margaret. I think it would be better to divide and carry the medicine bottle.”

 

Enoch and Kaiden protested to me about how they could trust Luzef, but there was no choice. We were short on hands, and each person had something called an efficient role.

 

And Luzef was a priest who had learned healing arts, so he was qualified for this task.

 

“Actually, even if we combine all the items we have so far, they’re not more important than that.”

 

I earnestly requested Luzef with a serious face without any trace of playfulness.

 

“You can throw away swords, but you must never throw away medicine. You understand what I mean, right?”

 

At my words, Luzef looked around at Enoch and Kaiden with a bewildered expression, then soon nodded with a face full of sense of mission.

 

“Just leave it to me.”

 

The spirit emanating from that expression was like the tragic vigor of a solemn general going to the battlefield.

 

Finding it somehow cute, I chuckled, then took out ointment and disinfectant from the first aid kit and shared them with Enoch and Kaiden as emergency medicine.

 

“This should do it, right?”

 

Enoch and Kaiden had faces full of dissatisfaction, but they didn’t say anything more and kept their mouths shut.

 

And then, suddenly, Yuanna’s voice was heard.

 

“Sir Diego, you can just put me down.”

 

“It’s fine.”

 

“I’m not fine. Your back is hard and uncomfortable.”

 

“It’s, it’s dangerous…”

 

“Oh my. Fine, I understand.”

 

I slightly turned my head and swallowed a hollow laugh seeing Yuanna trying to sleep peacefully while being carried on Diego’s back.

 

It was already getting quite dark, so the atmosphere was one of organizing luggage and preparing sleeping places.

 

‘I really don’t want to get involved with that side.’

 

I shook my head while looking at them. I had felt this before, but Diego was a bit excessive when it came to Yuanna.

 

The Hardtack Prince was still being annoying, but he couldn’t easily approach me to talk.

 

Because Enoch stuck close to my side like a guard dog protecting the house and growled whenever he tried to approach.

 

And Kaiden stuck right next to me, watching me reorganize my bag again, then opened his mouth.

 

“Margaret, you’re just like the king of this island.”

 

I made an incredulous face at the cringeworthy expression.

 

“Have you ever seen such an undignified king?”

 

“What’s important about dignity? You’re already our king.”

 

‘…?’

 

Is this a new way of mocking me?

 

Then Luzef, who had been looking for a chance to butt in, added a comment.

 

“Since it’s too long to say, how about calling you something shorter? Abbreviated to Island Demon King, Island Demon King would be perfect.”

 

Damn it.

 

“Shut up.”

 

Bear Grylls would be better.

 

“Island Demon King…!”

 

“I said shut up.”

 

Luzef finally shut his mouth, and Kaiden, who had been holding back laughter with a bright red face, burst into loud laughter.

 

That bastard definitely said such things to tease me.

 

* * *

 

For now, we decided to postpone the full-scale meeting about the key Yuanna had and the island.

 

Because the sun was setting and time was tight even for preparing sleeping places and food.

 

Except for Archbishop Luzef who was purifying water, the rest of us decided to go gather some edible fruit.

 

Asdal made an incredulous expression seeing Luzef sitting in front of the cabin purifying water.

 

“Where on earth did the Archbishop learn how to purify water? You didn’t know how to do this kind of thing.”

 

At Asdal’s question, Luzef looked at me.

 

“I learned it from Lady Flone.”

 

“…What?”

 

Along with Asdal, Diego and Yuanna’s gazes fixed on me. Asdal, who made eye contact with me, let out a hollow laugh and looked back at Luzef.

 

“You expect me to believe that now?”

 

At Asdal’s retort, Luzef shrugged his shoulders with an unconcerned expression.

 

“The Young Lady is indeed capable. I saw her properly.”

 

Yuanna looked at me with a smile, saying she liked me. That smile seemed somehow ominous, so I deliberately avoided her gaze and picked up baskets with Enoch and Kaiden.

 

“Aren’t you going?”

 

At my question, Asdal sighed and picked up a coconut basket.

 

Fortunately, there was plenty of food near the cabin, so we could easily find wild strawberries and edible mushrooms.

 

I gathered tongue mushrooms that had grown attached to the oak tree.

 

Mushroom gathering in such unfamiliar wilderness required extreme caution. Even mushrooms that looked familiar often turned out to be something else entirely.

 

However, since I had some expertise regarding mushrooms, I carefully selected them and picked out the edible ones.

 

Asdal, who seemed to have never seen mushrooms before, pointed at the mushrooms I was picking as if looking at strange objects.

 

“You eat things like that? No matter how hungry you are, isn’t it dangerous to just pick up and eat anything without knowing what it is? Don’t just think about yourself, Young Lady, but consider your stomach’s position too. Your stomach is suffering from the pain that’s about to come.”

 

He’s even worried about my stomach’s position—such incredible consideration. And well, it was understandable that Asdal would find it strange. Being of the most noble status, he would have only seen mushrooms finely chopped and cooked.

 

I nodded while cutting the root part of the mushroom with my wooden knife and putting it in my cross bag.

 

“It’s a tongue mushroom. The taste isn’t bad. It has a texture similar to meat too.”

 

“Meat texture? Does that even make sense? Hmm… Come to think of it, there’s something wrong with me for seriously listening to what a rascal Young Lady says. Haha!”

 

Crack!

 

I finally stabbed the wooden knife I was holding into the oak tree. Asdal stepped back from me with a startled face.

 

I was annoyed by Asdal picking fights over every little thing, but I belatedly remembered he was the Prince and gritted my teeth.

 

Endure it, endure it.

 

“What was that just now…!”

 

“My hand slipped.”

 

I muttered while pulling the wooden knife from the tree.

 

“Your Highness keeps interfering, so my concentration is scattered. If it had gone astray, it might have stabbed Your Highness’s arm. I’m sorry.”

 

I apologized to him with a soulless expression and turned around.

 

Asdal just gaped with a shocked face, but that’s not my concern. I was sufficiently polite.

 

“Pfft.”

 

Kaiden, who had been watching us from across the way, burst into laughter.

 

“Puhahaha!”

 

He laughed quite heartily. In the distance, I could see Enoch also chuckling as he gathered fruits.

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