I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 48

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Chapter 48

 

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I was assigned to the first night watch.

 

Kaiden and Enoch had laid out their bedding on either side of me and were sleeping, and Archbishop Luzef was lying next to Enoch.

 

Diego was sleeping curled up a little distance away. I don’t know why he was lying there looking so pitiful.

 

I sat near the fireplace watching the burning flames, then brought over some of the firewood Diego had chopped to revive the dying embers.

 

The second floor doesn’t have a fireplace, so it must be cold up there…

 

Or maybe not? There are beds and blankets, so it might be fine.

 

I was getting too sleepy, so I got up from my spot and quietly slipped out of the cabin.

 

It was meant to help me stay alert, but it didn’t seem to be helping much.

 

I might as well use the compass to draw a map while I’m at it.

 

Inside the cross bag I took from my backpack, there happened to be a palm-sized notebook and a ballpoint pen. Very useful items.

 

When you open the door and come out of the cabin, wooden decks are built on both sides of the entrance stairs. I sat on the front steps and took out the bunker map, notebook, compass, and ballpoint pen.

 

Bunker

 

I stared intently at the word “bunker” marked in the direction of the island’s North Island.

 

Like “Alea,” this was also written in English. Could it be that this Alea person is a Westerner and this island is some kind of experimental island that would only appear in movies or dramas?

 

But then it wouldn’t make sense for people from other worlds to be on this island.

 

It was a situation where if I formed one hypothesis, the other side didn’t make sense, and if I formed the other hypothesis, this side didn’t make sense.

 

‘This is driving me crazy.’

 

I first looked at the bunker map and copied it into my notebook, then marked north, south, east, and west with the compass. Then I drew in the bunker location along with the cabin location.

 

There were two mountains on the South Island. Since we discovered the cabin just before crossing the next mountain after passing the mountain where I had stayed with Enoch and Kaiden, our current location seems to be somewhere in the middle of the island.

 

As I carefully examined the bunker map drawn on the cloth again, I discovered something peculiar.

 

Now I could see that at the eastern tip of the South Island, there was a path connected to cross over to the North Island. We would have to climb quite a bit from the cabin too.

 

Of course, it wasn’t that there was no bridge in between. I stared intently at the bridge marking connecting the North and South Islands.

 

“I wonder who built this bridge…”

 

I rested the ballpoint pen against my chin and fell deep in thought.

 

“Anyway, that’s good, it would be too far to go all the way to the east.”

 

After copying over the bridge location as well, I closed the notebook.

 

“What are you doing?”

 

“Shit, you scared me!”

 

I jumped up in shock, having a fit. Thanks to that, the items I had placed on my knees scattered everywhere.

 

Luzef looked at me with a startled face and stared blankly at my face.

 

“I’ve thought this before, but what kind of noble curses so freely…”

 

As he muttered that, his gaze slowly moved down to the items that had fallen below the stairs. I hurriedly picked up the items and put them in the cross bag.

 

‘He didn’t see the map, did he?’

 

I seem to have no talent for acting. I’m not skilled at lying either.

 

At this rate, I really might be suspected as the culprit who kidnapped everyone, and I’d have nothing to say in my defense.

 

“Are you alright?”

 

I can’t tell whether he saw it or not. Luzef examined my complexion without showing any particular reaction.

 

“Yes, yes… I’m fine.”

 

After brushing it off roughly, I asked him.

 

“But is something wrong? Why did you come out?”

 

Luzef scratched the back of his head with an embarrassed expression.

 

“Well… I usually can’t sleep well when my sleeping place changes.”

 

Good heavens. He’s been constantly changing sleeping places this whole time, so has he even had any proper sleep on this island?

 

Perhaps because of that, Luzef looked quite haggard. Of course, even so, he was still pure and beautiful like a single lily.

 

However, Luzef pointed to the stairs where I had been sitting just moments before, as if it was no big deal.

 

“May I sit for a moment?”

 

I shrugged my shoulders and answered.

 

“Go ahead.”

 

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When Luzef opened his eyes, it was the middle of the night.

 

He sat up and looked around, and the only empty spot was Margaret’s.

 

It seemed like he had been asleep for a long time, but the first night watch shift hadn’t even ended yet.

 

He dry-washed his face and sighed tiredly, then looked at Kaiden and Enoch lying next to him.

 

Kaiden seemed to be fast asleep, oblivious to the world.

 

Enoch had his eyes closed but probably wasn’t asleep. He was the type to always stay alert and sleep lightly so he could get up at any moment.

 

‘Where did Lady Flone go?’

 

Luzef took a sip of purified water and got up from his spot.

 

He looked around the first floor of the cabin, then examined the stairs leading to the second floor before deciding to go outside the cabin.

 

As soon as he opened the door and went out, he spotted Margaret sitting at the entrance.

 

Because of the moonlight shining through the giant vegetation, Margaret’s platinum hair seemed to glow pure white.

 

Luzef approached her as if enchanted, but she was so deeply concentrated on something that she didn’t even notice him approaching.

 

And Luzef ended up discovering the map in her hands.

 

He couldn’t tell what was written on it, but it appeared to be a map of this island.

 

“What are you doing?”

 

“Shit, you scared me!”

 

She folded what appeared to be a notebook and jumped up from her spot in shock.

 

Luzef was even more startled than she was. Moreover, he was shocked once again by her rough cursing.

 

“I’ve thought this before, but what kind of noble curses so freely…”

 

Luzef said this while slowly lowering his head. The items that had fallen below the stairs came into view.

 

A compass and notebook, and an unidentifiable stick and a piece of cloth. Margaret hurriedly picked up the items and put them in a small bag. All the while, she kept glancing at him nervously.

 

He didn’t know what she was trying so hard to hide. The map he had seen earlier? Why would she want to hide that? Luzef glanced at the items she was clutching to her chest.

 

Margaret certainly had as many suspicious aspects as Yuanna. He could understand why people occasionally suspected her. He had felt the same way at first.

 

Luzef examined her complexion and asked.

 

“Are you alright?”

 

“Yes, yes… I’m fine.”

 

After telling her with an embarrassed face that he couldn’t sleep and had come out, he pointed to the stairs.

 

“May I sit for a moment?”

 

Margaret shrugged her shoulders and answered.

 

“Go ahead.”

 

Luzef sat down first, and she hesitantly sat down next to him. They spent a long time like that, silently gazing at the forest.

 

After a long silence, Luzef quietly spoke up.

 

“…I wonder if we’ll really be able to escape from this island.”

 

Perhaps because the surroundings were quiet, even his softly muttered voice rang out clearly.

 

Margaret slowly raised her head. Her bright blue eyes that met his sparkled brilliantly in the moonlight.

 

“Yes. We will escape. So let’s hang in there just a little longer.”

 

Luzef couldn’t help but feel puzzled by her firm answer. How could she be so strong and solid?

 

He knew she was saying it to comfort him, but sometimes he thought Margaret’s mental strength was remarkable.

 

“Being with you puts me at ease, Young Lady.”

 

At his quiet confession-like words, she looked up at him with a surprised face.

 

“…Relief? If it’s just the two of us and a monster appears, we’d be taking the train to the afterlife together, you know? Enoch or Kaiden would be much more reassuring than me.”

 

“Do you really think so?”

 

At Luzef’s question, Margaret rested her chin on her hand, thought deeply, then nodded.

 

“They’re both carrying time bombs, so it’s a bit scary.”

 

“And Young Lady, you can handle those time bombs.”

 

“Hmm. I suppose you could see it that way.”

 

Margaret burst into laughter as if she found it amusing.

 

Watching that bright smile, Luzef thought that if they were in the Langrid Empire, he wouldn’t have even known she had such an expression.

 

In the strange atmosphere, he quietly opened up about feelings he had never shared with anyone.

 

“Actually, I became a cleric because I dislike people.”

 

“Ah… Really? But don’t clerics meet even more people?”

 

Margaret looked at him with slightly surprised eyes. He nodded.

 

“To be precise, I didn’t want deep relationships. After becoming a cleric, it was comfortable not having to maintain troublesome human relationships. But the doctrine said to love humans and bestow that love.”

 

After revealing his inner thoughts that he had never told anyone, he somehow felt refreshed.

 

“Actually, on this island it’s comfortable not having to pretend like that.”

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