I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 62

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Chapter 62

 

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Kaiden took off his mage robe and hung it on a tree branch to dry, then checked Margaret’s condition again as she lay unconscious.

 

Starting a campfire in the middle of the night was dangerous, but if he left her like this, her body temperature might drop and she could die.

 

“The bag…”

 

Come to think of it, the bag Margaret had been carrying was gone. It must have broken free when she was flung away by the spider’s leg.

 

Margaret had carried the items in that bag around like they were her lifeline, so he couldn’t imagine how devastated she would be when she found out.

 

“…First, we need to survive.”

 

Kaiden knelt in front of Margaret and checked her pulse. His hand trembled as he placed it against her neck to feel for her pulse.

 

He didn’t know if it was from tension, the shock of falling from the cliff, or because she still hadn’t opened her eyes.

 

Fortunately, her pulse was beating normally.

 

“Hah.”

 

Relief washed over him like a tide.

 

Kaiden felt like he would never forget the emotions he felt in that moment when Margaret fell off the cliff.

 

“Damn it, Margaret. Please just open your eyes.”

 

Kaiden muttered with a weary face as he rubbed his dry face with his hands.

 

Despite his desperate pleading, Margaret’s closed eyelids didn’t even twitch.

 

He slowly lowered his head and rested his forehead against Margaret’s shoulder. Hot emotions surged up through his throat in waves.

 

Margaret fought desperately to survive, but in truth, she valued her own life less than anyone else among them.

 

When danger struck, she would sacrifice herself for others without hesitation.

 

The incident when they defeated the anaconda, and what happened just now—it was all the same.

 

She could have used him as a shield to preserve her life, but she didn’t.

 

Kaiden had been watching Margaret closely.

 

Her personality and way of speaking that couldn’t be fully explained by saying she had “changed,” and her skillful handling of crisis situations.

 

The fact that she could recognize and read languages that even he had never seen, and how she handled strange magical tools with familiarity.

 

The magical beasts that would try to attack her first when they were all together. Yet somehow, the suspicious magical beast egg that reacted favorably only to her.

 

She was peculiar.

 

Moreover, she knew about the secret of his earring that he had never told anyone.

 

Had she said she knew the person who made the earring? It was suspicious, but there was no way to verify the truth right now.

 

She seemed to think he wouldn’t notice the reason why she kept deliberately making him do physical labor. He was more perceptive than anyone else.

 

Most strange of all was Kaiden himself.

 

He had been watching her closely, and at some point, he had become completely absorbed by her.

 

His contradictory attitude of not hiding his fondness for her even while knowing she was suspicious was because of that.

 

Margaret was always at the end of his gaze. The reason wasn’t solely due to distrust toward her. He only realized this now.

 

“It’s my fault. I…”

 

Unable to finish his words, he swallowed his emotions.

 

If only he hadn’t called her out to the cliff, no, if only he hadn’t suspected her in the first place, she wouldn’t have been put in danger.

 

He quietly caressed Margaret’s ice-cold cheek with his thumb. It was cold as ice, with no sign of life to be felt at all.

 

Guilt pressed down on him with such deep weight that it made breathing difficult.

 

“I understand why you say such strange things to someone you don’t even like. It’s because of the earring.”

 

Kaiden closed his eyes and took a deep breath while resting his forehead against Margaret’s shoulder.

 

Margaret didn’t truly accept even his inexplicable fondness for her, dismissing it as “because the earring is broken.”

 

It was understandable. He had never shown her trust from the beginning.

 

Even he himself didn’t know how he had somehow developed feelings for Margaret Rose Flone, whom he had despised so much.

 

However, one thing he could be certain of.

 

He hoped Margaret wouldn’t die.

 

Even if he himself got hurt and fell into danger instead, he wanted to save Margaret.

 

Kaiden decided to completely set aside even the last trace of suspicion he had toward her.

 

What was important now wasn’t whatever secrets she held, but understanding where these inexplicable emotions and confusion were coming from.

 

So he decided to act and speak according to his instincts from now on.

 

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When I opened my eyes, it was the middle of the night.

 

I felt warm, but it was somewhat suffocating. After my vision clearly recovered, the first thing I saw was a solid bare chest. I bolted upright in surprise.

 

Pure white silver hair glinting in the moonlight.

 

The shirtless man furrowed his brow and twitched his eyebrows.

 

“Mmm.”

 

It’s Kaiden.

 

But why is he here shirtless?

 

Come to think of it, my body felt chilly in the night air. Maybe it was worse because I was wet.

 

Ah, is that why? To raise body temperature?

 

For that purpose, it was actually Kaiden who couldn’t keep it together.

 

I carefully placed my hand on his forehead. He had a fever.

 

I was still wearing my wet dress while Kaiden was holding me shirtless to raise body temperature, so it made sense.

 

“Damn it.”

 

Catching a cold in this situation. This is really bad.

 

‘I packed emergency medicine in my cross bag.’

 

I looked around searching for my bag. But there was nothing that looked like a bag anywhere.

 

“Don’t tell me…”

 

Did it fall in the river?

 

The flare and bomb would be useless if they got wet. That means they’d just become junk.

 

“Damn!”

 

I clutched my head. Kaiden’s fever needs to come down.

 

After checking his fever again by placing my hand on his forehead, I resolved to start a fire.

 

Starting a fire at night might not be the best idea, but if Kaiden dies from hypothermia at this rate, that would be a much more serious problem.

 

“It’s definitely strange. Why are you the only exception?”

 

“It’s been strange all along. There wasn’t just one or two things like that. Margaret, tell me what exactly you’re hiding.”

 

“Are you trying to run away alone again? All you think about is escaping, don’t you? You were planning to abandon us from the beginning.”

 

I recalled the conversation I had with Kaiden right before the tarantula appeared.

 

Kaiden’s reasons for suspecting me were very valid. If I were in his position, I would have done the same.

 

I also knew he was ‘pretending to have feelings’ for me. But vaguely expecting something and getting confirmation are two different matters.

 

Right, I’m not the protagonist of this novel. Yuanna is.

 

I didn’t expect the Male Leads’ attitudes to change immediately just because I showed a slightly different side of myself. It’s a bit bitter, but that’s reality.

 

I put aside my useless thoughts and assessed the situation again. Starting a fire is the priority right now.

 

“Ha. Damn it, the Zippo Lighter is in the bag too.”

 

If I had that, I could have started a fire a bit more easily.

 

I sighed and got up from my spot. Then I pulled out the dagger stuck in Kaiden’s waist.

 

On the tree branches, whether Kaiden had hung them there, his shirt and mage robe were spread out. I wish I could take off my dress too.

 

‘It’s so uncomfortable.’

 

But I couldn’t really be naked in front of Kaiden, so I approached the tree branches while still wearing my damp dress.

 

The shirt seemed completely dry and the cloak still had some wet parts, but this seemed pretty good.

 

I helped Kaiden put his clothes back on, then covered him with the robe like a blanket and stood up.

 

The place where we had been lying was in the forest not far from the riverside. It was a fortress-like location surrounded by giant tree leaves, but how did he find a place like this?

 

I looked around and searched for wood to start a fire.

 

I had been wandering around like that for a while when something pure white glinted in my vision.

 

Surely it’s not another magical beast, is it?

 

I got scared and gulped. Feeling tense, I spread my bare hands and clenched them into fists, then slowly moved my feet.

 

When I got a bit closer, I saw it wasn’t a magical beast but an egg about the size of a fist. Being silver, it sparkled very prettily in the moonlight.

 

It’s such a familiar shape.

 

It looked similar to what I saw at the cliff. That very mysterious egg that was the original cause of putting Kaiden and me in this current predicament.

 

“…Surely not.”

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