I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 65

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Chapter 65

 

I felt like all the hair on my body was standing on end.

 

What had been finger-sized had grown to fist-size when I saw it last time, and now it seemed even bigger than that.

 

“What the, Margaret. This looks like that thing, right? That thing we saw at the cliff.”

 

Kaiden furrowed his brow and crouched down to examine the egg.

 

“That thing… it really seems to be growing.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“And it keeps following me around.”

 

“This thing…?”

 

Kaiden looked back and forth between me and the egg with an incredulous expression.

 

“Come to think of it, it is strange that something we left in the forest was found in front of the cliff.”

 

“But what if this is really a demon beast?”

 

Hearing my words, Kaiden stared at the silver egg with a thoughtful, contemplative expression.

 

“It’s ominous, so we should get rid of it.”

 

As Kaiden reached out his hand to touch the egg, I hurriedly grabbed his wrist.

 

He looked at me with a puzzled expression.

 

“I’ll do it. What if you get hurt?”

 

Kaiden pulled his hand back with an understanding look. Sure enough, I could see black smoke trying to emerge from the egg before fizzling out.

 

Kaiden stared at the egg in shock.

 

“Still, be careful, Margaret.”

 

At his concern, I nodded and carefully picked up the egg.

 

“Are you okay?”

 

“I’m fine. The egg is just a bit warm.”

 

I examined the egg from various angles again. Why does it keep growing bigger? How much bigger is it going to get?

 

“It really does seem to be a demon beast. For an egg that was finger-sized to grow this much, it feels ominous.”

 

Kaiden nodded at my words.

 

“Let’s go throw it away somewhere far.”

 

I nodded and followed him to place the egg deep in the forest, far from our sleeping area, before returning.

 

And we quietly settled down under the tree roots to sleep.

 

I went to the inner side and Kaiden lay down near the entrance, but since the space was quite cramped, we had no choice but to sleep pressed closely together.

 

I was fidgeting because it was uncomfortable.

 

A thick arm wrapped around my waist. I felt a firm, warm embrace against my back as I turned over.

 

Startled, I stiffened and raised my head to see Kaiden’s red eyes come into view.

 

“You seemed uncomfortable. I think this would be better. It’s cramped.”

 

He spoke matter-of-factly with a face that seemed completely without ulterior motives.

 

I just blinked blankly while held in his embrace. Kaiden really did seem to have no ulterior motives, and if I pushed him away now, it would create an awkward situation.

 

Actually, in this narrow space under the tree roots, it was easier to fall asleep while being held.

 

I eventually closed my eyes in his embrace without any protest.

 

Then, cutting through the silence, Kaiden spoke again.

 

“Margaret. Don’t you think it would be fine for us to just stay together like this?”

 

He asked me in a whisper-like small voice. His low tone lingered near my ear.

 

I leaned my face against his chest, shrank my neck slightly, then carefully lifted my head.

 

My gaze met Kaiden’s red eyes once again. He looked down at me intently and spoke in an uncharacteristically gentle voice.

 

“Want to leave together, just us?”

 

Surely Enoch had made this same proposal to me. To leave together, just the two of us. Like in the beginning.

 

“…Even if we leave together. It’s meaningless without the key that the Saint has.”

 

Besides, there was a survival kit (medicine and spare bombs, etc.) in Kaiden’s backpack at the cabin that we absolutely had to take.

 

Rather than answering whether I ‘wanted to leave together’ or ‘didn’t want to leave,’ I considered a realistic response.

 

The red eyes staring at me narrowed as if trying to gauge my inner thoughts.

 

“Is survival all you have in your head?”

 

“Then what else should I be thinking about in this situation?”

 

At my question, Kaiden widened his eyes for a moment looking at me, then burst into laughter. Since I was held in his embrace, I could feel even the rise and fall of his chest completely.

 

After a while, the trembling subsided and Kaiden looked at me with a pleased smile. His face was too close.

 

“Well, whatever. Keep staying like that without changing.”

 

He gently pulled his arms and hugged me tightly. Soon he rested his chin on my head and said.

 

“You’d answer the other guys the same way anyway.”

 

At his words, I silently nodded my head slightly.

 

Then his body trembled gently. He was laughing quietly.

 

“That’s enough. That’s all I need.”

 

Of course, I didn’t understand and just blinked my eyes while held in his embrace.

 

What exactly was “enough” for him?

 

14. The Silver Egg I Happened to Pick Up

 

When I opened my eyes, I was still held in Kaiden’s embrace.

 

Since our bodies were pressed against each other, my body temperature was naturally maintained and I didn’t wake up shivering.

 

I quietly looked at Kaiden’s childlike face as he slept soundly, oblivious to the world.

 

‘His sleeping face really is like an angel.’

 

It would be nice if we could just remove the madness from his eyes.

 

I slightly raised my body and carefully emerged from the tree roots. Then I sat quietly at the entrance of the tree roots and blankly looked up at the sky.

 

Dawn was breaking.

 

Rustle.

 

And then, the sound of something moving came from very close by.

 

I drew the dagger from Kaiden’s waist and looked around. My shoulders stiffened with tension.

 

I thought demon beasts wouldn’t appear since the sun was rising, but didn’t demon beasts also appear during sunset? You never know.

 

Then I saw a round silver object between the grassland and let my shoulders drop in deflation.

 

“Sigh… It’s you again? I’m getting tired of this now.”

 

It was a silver bird egg with a smooth, fine texture.

 

Now it was certain. This thing was definitely following me around.

 

But… I couldn’t understand how a round egg with no eyes, nose, or mouth could toddle after me like this.

 

Since I couldn’t figure out what kind of creature it was, it was impossible to determine whether it was harmless to us or not.

 

I was crouched in front of the bird egg like that, resting my chin on my hand and observing it.

 

Crack.

 

Pop.

 

The silver egg began to crack. The egg was hatching.

 

“What the…?”

 

I was so shocked that I couldn’t even think to move, just staring mesmerized at the egg cracking.

 

Crack crack.

 

The top part of the egg broke with a pop, and something wriggled inside.

 

Damn, wriggling? Wriggling??

 

And when I saw the smooth, shiny creature that poked its head out through the broken shell, I screamed and fell backward.

 

“Ahhh! Sn-snake, snake…!”

 

“What is it!”

 

Startled awake by my scream, Kaiden approached me with a drowsy face and pulled me into his arms.

 

“You scared me.”

 

Kaiden rubbed his eyes and buried his face in my shoulder.

 

“Let’s refrain from unnecessary physical contact.”

 

I pushed him away and left a warning, then looked at the baby snake emerging from the egg.

 

I could see luxurious silver scales glinting between the shell pieces. After wriggling for a while, it cautiously poked its head out.

 

“Eek!”

 

I was so startled that I screamed and almost fell backward again, but Kaiden smoothly caught my shoulder.

 

But perhaps startled by my scream, the creature flinched and quickly hid its head back inside the shell.

 

After hiding inside the shell for a while, it only cautiously poked its head out again after some more time had passed.

 

Then when our eyes met again, it startled and hid back inside the shell.

 

‘That worm-like thing is even more timid than me.’

 

I watched the creature repeatedly poking its head out and hiding while calming my startled heart.

 

“It doesn’t seem like a demon beast.”

 

But couldn’t you never be certain whether it was a demon beast or not?

 

I quietly retreated and hid behind Kaiden’s back. I poked just my head out to look at the snake, and when our eyes met, the creature flinched again.

 

The creature nervously looked around and crawled behind the shell, hiding its body like I was doing.

 

Kaiden crossed his arms and looked back and forth between me and the snake.

 

“What are you two doing?”

 

“Being shy.”

 

“With a snake?”

 

“Yeah.”

 

At my answer, Kaiden looked back at me and laughed as if amused. Somehow it seemed like honey was dripping from his eyes, as if he found me cute.

 

It was nice that he found me cute, but I wished he’d do something about that snake too.

 

“It just seems like a regular snake, right?”

 

At my question, Kaiden observed the creature closely once again.

 

“You’re right. It doesn’t look like a demon beast.”

 

Come to think of it, didn’t this thing follow me around like a ghost even when it was still an egg? Could anything other than a demon beast do such a thing…?

 

As time passed and its fear seemed to fade, the creature stretched its body out from between the shell pieces.

 

I watched it and quietly muttered.

 

“If it’s not a demon beast but just a regular snake, it would be better to catch it…”

 

“Huh? Why?”

 

Kaiden asked me with a face that genuinely didn’t understand the reason.

 

“It’s packed with protein. I’m hungry right now.”

 

As soon as I finished speaking, the little thing was startled and immediately began fidgeting restlessly, making a commotion behind the eggshell.

 

It really looked like it could understand human speech.

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