I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 46

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Chapter 46

“I understand why you find it suspicious, but if this were a scheme I orchestrated, you wouldn’t be here. Maybe if it were just Enoch and me alone. And why would I go through life-threatening ordeals and suffer together with you?”

At those words, Enoch looked pleased while Kaiden kept muttering that he was glad such a thing hadn’t happened.

“You really did face life-threatening situations, right? You’re not exaggerating? We truly went through life and death. I’m curious how difficult it was for your side.”

It was a leading question based on speculation that if I were the culprit who kidnapped everyone, our side would have suffered less.

Whatever the case, if this was going to be a suffering contest, our hardships were truly no joke either.

“Exaggerating? I almost died several times.”

From beside me came Kaiden’s eerily low voice.

While I had only seen his smiling face for a while, he now had that familiar look of madness in his eyes after so long.

Having gone through life and death situations with me, facing deadly crises, he too seemed quite heated by Prince of Asdal’s remarks.

Prince of Asdal smoothly laughed and tried to calm Kaiden down.

“Don’t be so sensitive, Lord. Isn’t this a reasonable doubt to have in our current situation? It’s not just Lady Flone I’m suspicious of. I’m suspicious of everyone here.”

“I don’t care about that. If you interrogate me or Margaret in front of me, I won’t be able to stay still.”

Kaiden shot up from his seat to warn Prince of Asdal. Thanks to that, I was busy embracing him with my whole body to stop him.

Of course, that ended quickly when Enoch grabbed Kaiden by the scruff of his neck and pushed him aside.

Kaiden sat on the dirt ground, roughly running his hands through his hair while glaring at Prince of Asdal as if he wanted to kill him.

I suddenly understood why Kaiden had stayed on the outskirts without participating in group activities in the original story.

Prince of Asdal irritably straightened his collar that Kaiden had grabbed and muttered.

“The Lord seems to have lost his mind. Don’t you know who I am?”

“Status means nothing in a survival situation.”

There was no point in talking about status, authority, and etiquette to Kaiden right now. I understood him.

In situations where survival is threatened, you inevitably have to break social rules many times.

After continuously going through such processes, discussing social status and class becomes meaningless.

Archbishop Luzef, who had been quietly reading the room, mediated appropriately and took our side.

“I also went through life-threatening situations with them. Your Highness should have seen it too. Those anacondas were truly…”

Archbishop Luzef shuddered again as he recalled with a pale face.

“What’s certain is that if it weren’t for Margaret, none of us would have made it out safely. It seems everyone went through similar ordeals, so suspecting each other is meaningless. I wasn’t asking for opinions, so don’t think about arguing with what I said.”

Enoch consistently stated his opinion calmly. His manner of saying no rebuttals allowed was so imposing that ultimately no one could object.

“Yes. Well, that’s true. We almost died too. We were attacked by spider-shaped magical beasts.”

This time Diego and Yuanna, who had been quietly sitting and observing the situation, added their words.

“Anyway, everyone’s just making speculations based on circumstances without narrowing down the culprit. We can’t even know if there actually is a culprit or if we’re all caught up in some incident. As Your Highness Crown Prince said, suspecting each other seems meaningless.”

At Yuanna’s words, Prince of Asdal read the room and quietly shut his mouth.

Watching Prince of Asdal be silenced in one go was truly fascinating no matter how many times I saw it.

“So rather than questioning how each of us survived, I think it would be better to discuss whether there’s a way to escape from this island.”

Oh. She spoke very logically and persuasively. She was a more rational person than I had thought.

Most of all, I quite liked that she had no interest in the Male Leads whatsoever and only thought about ‘survival.’

Then, Kaiden spoke up.

“This is also speculation, but I think there might be an Escape Gate on the island. Warping consumes a certain amount of mana. If this island exists in a different space-time and we all consumed a considerable amount of mana because of that, it would somewhat explain why we can’t use mana right now.”

“It’s suspicious that we suddenly woke up in a place like this… It seems like we were warped, and if not, there should be something like an Escape Gate. That’s why I’m thinking of searching the entire island.”

When I first met Kaiden, he had said something like that too. Now he seemed to be making more specific speculations and forming hypotheses.

Kaiden stroked his chin and continued with a thoughtful expression.

“Seeing that magical beasts exist, this isn’t an island without mana, yet it’s strange that none of us can use mana. Given the circumstances, I can only think that we were warped. It seems like after warping us here, our mana output was artificially blocked… I don’t know the reason though.”

“Warped through a gate… That seems like the most reasonable speculation I’ve heard so far.”

Diego, who had been quietly listening to the conversation, supported Kaiden’s speculation, but Enoch immediately refuted it.

“But if we were warped through a gate, how do you explain the key the Saint picked up?”

At those words, everyone’s attention focused on Yuanna.

“The key Saint picked up has ‘Exit Key’ written on it, but we can’t be certain it’s really the key to a door that can get us off this island, can we?”

At my question, Yuanna nodded.

“That’s why we should explore the entire island. We need to find out what kind of key this is from now on.”

A headache was coming on. I pressed my temples firmly and asked Yuanna again.

“Isn’t there a possibility it could be a trap? If someone kidnapped us with intention and purpose, that key could be a trap too.”

“A trap for what purpose?”

“We can’t know that. But I think we should always keep that possibility in mind and be careful.”

“Hmm. You’re right. The more I see of you, Young Lady, the more I want you. Really, won’t you consider becoming my ‘subordinate’?”

Yuanna said with a smile. Seeing how she emphasized ‘subordinate’ in her last words, it seemed like a joke that wasn’t really a joke.

“I have no intention of becoming a subordinate, so shut your mouth. Unless you want to be tied up with rope again.”

At my answer, Yuanna burst into giggles, saying it was interesting. Why does she like it so much when I tell her to shut up if she doesn’t want to be tied up with rope?

I take back what I said about liking certain things about her. No matter how I look at it, she’s like the female version of Kaiden.

If this were Yuanna back in the Empire, she probably wouldn’t have dared to mention ‘subordinate’ or ‘servant’ to me.

Everyone seemed to be gradually breaking the social norms and order they had been maintaining and going crazy. Of course, I was included in that too.

“Finding a gate or a door that matches the key isn’t the only way to escape.”

Then Enoch spoke.

“We could request rescue or directly build a boat to get out.”

“Build a boat? Us? Without magic?”

Kaiden asked back as if it was ridiculous. Enoch raised his eyebrows and shrugged nonchalantly.

“Everyone seemed to be discussing only options 1 and 2, so I just gave one example. If we’re given time, there’s nothing we can’t do on this island with nothing to do.”

“That’s true. Actually, the options are so broad that it feels like they’re not narrowing down.”

I answered Enoch’s words while resting my chin on my hand and thinking deeply.

Come to think of it, the key wasn’t the only thing we needed to discuss right now. We also needed to figure out why modern objects were here.

“Speaking of which, those magical tools Young Lady picked up. They were really peculiar objects I’d never seen in the Empire. Why on earth are such things on this island?”

Then, as if reading my mind, Yuanna mentioned the modern objects I had picked up.

I took out the flare from my pocket and showed it.

“I don’t know the reason for these objects’ existence either. There’s writing that says ‘Alea’ carved here. My speculation is that this person named Alea might be the culprit.”

“Alea? Does anyone know who Alea is?”

After hearing my story, Yuanna looked around the group and asked. However, everyone looked at each other’s faces and remained silent with expressions of not knowing.

As if he had been waiting, Prince of Asdal chimed in.

“Maybe it’s the person who built this cabin. There really are more than just one or two mysteries.”

The more we talked, the more we were in the dark. It felt like we were sinking deeper into a swamp and getting lost.

Then, Prince of Asdal asked Enoch.

“Hey, Half-Emperor. If this wasn’t done by someone with a grudge, could it be connected to the Battle of Romalijan?”

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