I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 66

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Chapter 66

 

“Well, it’s still a baby, so let’s let it go. Originally, it’s proper to spare the young of any creature.”

 

Kaiden shook his head at me, saying I was truly strange.

 

“Shall we go now?”

 

I tugged at the hem of Kaiden’s robe. Then, after having a staring contest with the worm-like baby snake, I threatened it.

 

“Hey, Worm. Don’t follow us anymore.”

 

Kaiden quietly stared at my hand gripping the hem of his robe.

 

“Margaret.”

 

At the voice calling my name softly, I looked up from my staring contest with the worm.

 

Kaiden pulled my shoulder and embraced me tightly.

 

“I’m going crazy.”

 

What’s…?

 

Grumble.

 

I couldn’t bring myself to ask Kaiden the question. My hungry stomach was loudly announcing mealtime.

 

Naturally, I remembered the fish trap I had thrown into the valley water last night.

 

“I think I’ll go retrieve the fish trap.”

 

I watched the worm fidgeting while reading my mood, then tugged at Kaiden’s robe hem.

 

Kaiden grabbed my hand and smiled broadly.

 

“Yes, let’s go.”

 

Trembling with anxiety that the worm might follow us, I headed to the valley with Kaiden.

 

Fortunately, the fish trap we retrieved from the valley was full of fish.

 

We set up camp near the valley and lit a campfire. Then, after butchering the fish, we skewered them on thin tree branches and grilled them golden brown over the fire.

 

Smoke rose with a savory aroma.

 

Watching the fish skin sizzle and burn, I picked up a fully cooked fish and tore off the plump flesh. The tender meat melted softly in my mouth.

 

Ah. I briefly opened my mouth slightly because it was hot, then raised my head. Soon I chewed and swallowed the soft flesh, and it tasted like honey.

 

“I feel like I’m going to live.”

 

Kaiden smiled at my words.

 

Today I was happiest that we caught many fish so we could eat our fill.

 

For a month, our staple food had been fish, but even this was always insufficient, leaving us in desperate circumstances. There was no time to get tired of fish.

 

Archbishop Luzef, who was picky about food, seemed to dry heave whenever he saw fish these days, but Enoch and Kaiden ate well, so let’s exclude him from consideration.

 

After finishing our meal, we walked again to find the cabin. After walking through the bushes with Kaiden for a while like that, I suddenly had a question.

 

It feels like we’re climbing a rugged mountain? Why is the slope so steep?

 

“Is going in this direction right?”

 

“The direction is certain. It’s just hidden by the forest, but once we climb up the cliff, it’ll be easy to look around.”

 

I nodded in understanding at Kaiden’s words. Since we definitely came straight in from the cabin, if we just find that cliff, returning to the cabin will be easy.

 

‘Right, my bag might have fallen on top of the cliff.’

 

I pushed through the bushes with Kaiden, harboring just a little hope.

 

And unfortunately, a fork in the road appeared before us who were harboring such hope.

 

“Which way should we go?”

 

At my question, Kaiden stood in front of the fork in the road, resting his chin on his hand and pondering for a long while.

 

“Which direction is closer?”

 

“The fact that we’ve come to a fork like this means the path isn’t straight, so direction doesn’t really matter.”

 

At Kaiden’s words, I stood in front of the fork for a while before pointing to the left path.

 

“Then let’s go up a little and if it doesn’t seem right, we’ll come back. It’ll exceed the time we calculated a bit, but we don’t have a choice.”

 

At my words, Kaiden nodded as if he had no choice and turned toward the left fork. That’s when it happened.

 

Something quickly swept across the ground. Or did it crawl? I’m not sure. Anyway, I could guarantee it was at a speed barely visible to the eye.

 

“What was that just now…? Eeek!”

 

I grabbed the hem of Kaiden’s robe and stepped backward. Because right in front of my nose was a worm with glinting silver scales.

 

It stretched its head out long and looked at me while flicking its tongue. Why is it licking its lips?

 

“Huh? Isn’t that the baby snake from earlier?”

 

As soon as Kaiden finished speaking, it quickly crawled in the opposite direction from where we were standing at the fork.

 

Puzzled, I watched what it was doing, and it stood at the entrance to the right fork, tilting its head.

 

“What? Why is it doing that?”

 

Kaiden and I looked at the worm with puzzled faces and tried to continue on our way. We could have done so if it hadn’t quickly crawled in front of us and blocked our path.

 

“Listen, Kaiden… Isn’t that thing too fast to just call it a snake…?”

 

Whether he agreed with my words, even Kaiden looked at the worm with a flustered expression.

 

The worm blocked the path and tilted its head, then quickly crawled to the right fork again, flicking its tongue and looking at us.

 

“It seems like it’s telling us to go that way?”

 

Kaiden pointed at the worm and looked back at me. His eyes even sparkled with a somewhat innocent expression. He seems quite interested in this situation.

 

It seems like the creature is a highly intelligent higher life form.

 

“How can we trust what it says?”

 

“That thing didn’t actually speak, Margaret.”

 

“…”

 

“Actually, it didn’t matter which way we went anyway.”

 

I couldn’t argue with his words. Because it was all true. If there had been a clear answer, would we be wandering around in this forest like this?

 

I let out a sigh of self-reproach and glared at the worm with complicated feelings.

 

Whether the worm knew my feelings or not, it just kept tilting its head and flicking its tongue.

 

The little thing really looks like a worm. Since its color is silver, I should call it Silver Worm from now on.

 

“It looks interesting, shall we follow it?”

 

At Kaiden’s words, I was horrified.

 

“What if it leads us to a monster den?”

 

“Hmm, that’s right. That would be dangerous.”

 

Kaiden agreed too easily.

 

This is troublesome. Really troublesome.

 

I looked back and forth between the path we were going to take and the path where the Silver Worm was standing.

 

“But Margaret, doesn’t it look familiar somehow?”

 

When I had been lost in thought like that for a while, Kaiden suddenly asked an ominous question.

 

“Its color is similar to those things we dealt with a few weeks ago…”

 

Those bastards we killed a few weeks ago.

 

Among the demon beasts we killed, the only one that looked similar to that Silver Worm was the anaconda.

 

“Anaconda? No way.”

 

It’s so small though…

 

The ones we killed were really enormously huge.

 

“Those silver scales. They’re exactly the same as those bastards.”

 

When Kaiden expressed his doubt once again, I scrunched up my face in disgust. I didn’t want to entertain such a creepy suspicion.

 

Come to think of it, those bastards seemed to be preparing to spawn eggs back then.

 

“So you’re saying that thing is a demon beast spawn?”

 

“Margaret, the way you talk, really. Are you actually nobility?”

 

“That doesn’t seem like something you should say when you’re always swearing, Lord?”

 

Kaiden laughed and raised both hands. It was a gesture of surrender.

 

Anyway, we fell into confusion again.

 

The Silver Worm seemed anxious as our silence grew longer, constantly circling the ground and looking at us like a puppy.

 

‘What is this situation where a baby snake that looks like a worm turns out to be part of the doggy family…’

 

Even when it rubbed its body against the dirt ground, the silver scales didn’t get dirty in the slightest. As if they had waterproof function.

 

I was watching the fussing Silver Worm with curious eyes when my cheek stung, so I turned my head. Kaiden was staring at me intently.

 

“What?”

 

“It’s cute, isn’t it?”

 

“What? Are you crazy? I absolutely hate snakes! I hate them so much! Ugh…!”

 

I suddenly remembered a movie featuring anacondas. In the movie, the anaconda swallowed people whole in one bite.

 

Shuddering at the creepy memory, I looked at the Silver Worm, and it drooped its body as if it understood my words and glanced at me sideways.

 

It seemed like it was reading my mood. As if I were its owner or something.

 

“Still, let’s follow it once.”

 

Kaiden said to me. I looked at him in alarm. Then he shrugged his shoulders with a calm expression.

 

“It’s suspicious. We need to find out what it is.”

 

He seemed to make a slightly more rational judgment than me. Right. It is important to figure out what it wants first.

 

I sighed and nodded my head.

 

“Alright, let’s go.”

 

As soon as I finished speaking, Kaiden drew his dagger and took my hand with his other hand.

 

Eventually we moved in the direction where the Silver Worm was standing. Then it took the lead as if it had been waiting.

 

It crawled back and forth on the ground excitedly, flicking its tongue. Somehow even its tail tip seemed to wag like a dog’s.

 

It definitely seemed to be a demon beast rather than an ordinary snake. Because its crawling speed wasn’t normal. Despite being only palm-sized, it moved much faster than us.

 

Then when it seemed we couldn’t keep up, it would stop and look back at us, then go ahead again, repeating this pattern.

 

“Amazing. This is the first time I’ve seen a demon beast act like a pet.”

 

Kaiden said this while walking and watching the Silver Worm’s rear end. He spoke while gripping his dagger firmly.

 

“And it seems to recognize you as its owner?”

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