I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 67

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Chapter 67

 

Exactly. I was really puzzled about that too. Why is it treating me like its master?

 

“I was in front of it when it hatched, so maybe that’s why?”

 

“That could be it. But you said it was following you even before it hatched.”

 

At Kaiden’s words, I nodded while walking after the Silver Worm.

 

I thought I first discovered it near the cabin, but maybe it had been following me from even before then. It might have been too small for me to notice back then.

 

“Then maybe this is it? You killed all those anacondas.”

 

Kaiden continued speaking while scanning the surroundings with a tense expression, worried there might be an attack from magical beasts.

 

“Maybe it got imprinted then.”

 

Imprinting? What is this, werewolves?

 

“I learned this when I was studying Magical Beast Studies – occasionally, magical beasts that lose their mothers seek out souls with strong mana and imprint on them. In such cases, they follow that species like a master.”

 

“That’s really unusual.”

 

“Right, it’s also a very rare case.”

 

I looked at the back of the Silver Worm’s head as it deliberately crawled slowly to match our walking pace.

 

Then, as if sensing my gaze, it flinched and sneakily glanced at me. In other words, it couldn’t even look at me directly.

 

‘No, putting everything else aside, isn’t this guy too timid for an anaconda?’

 

Fortunately, we didn’t encounter any other magical beasts on the way and were able to reach the top of the cliff before sunset.

 

The place the Silver Worm guided us to was exactly the top of the cliff where Kaiden and I had fallen. The rotting corpse of the giant tarantula was proof of that.

 

The pungent, sour stench that hit my nose was so terrible that I held my breath for a moment.

 

Come to think of it, although it was before hatching at the time, the Silver Worm had definitely been at this location too. So that’s how it knew where this place was?

 

‘Did it know we were looking for this cliff and help us? How?’

 

Even if it can’t speak human language, can it understand it? If it really is a magical beast and a higher life form, that might be possible.

 

Anyway, it was trying to be helpful to us and was actually quite useful.

 

“We came to the right place.”

 

At my muttering, Kaiden looked down at the Silver Worm with a surprised expression.

 

“Wow, that worm is smarter than I thought?”

 

At his following words, the Silver Worm jumped up and down as if protesting. It seemed it didn’t like being treated as a ‘worm.’

 

Sorry, kid. I’m calling you Silver Worm too.

 

I carefully examined the area around the cliff. I wondered if my bag might have fallen somewhere here, but as expected, it was nowhere to be seen.

 

“What are you looking for?”

 

“Seeing if my bag is here.”

 

Only then did Kaiden realize what I was looking for and followed me in scanning the surroundings. That’s when it happened.

 

Hiss, hiss.

 

When I heard an eerie sound and looked down, I discovered the Silver Worm spinning in circles at my feet.

 

The creature that had been crawling around on the ground stuck its head up and flicked its tongue at me.

 

Then it crawled forward a little bit and looked back at me, then crawled forward a little more and looked back at me again.

 

“It seems like it’s telling us to follow?”

 

At Kaiden’s question, I bit my lower lip gently for a moment and pondered.

 

I should follow it, right…? It was that creature that brought me to this cliff. It should be trustworthy, right?

 

After agonizing over it, I finally decided to follow behind it and pushed through the bushes.

 

Going a bit further behind the giant tarantula’s corpse, I could see a medium-sized spider carcass. And the Silver Worm was wandering around in front of it.

 

“Ugh… I really hate spiders.”

 

I shuddered and grabbed onto Kaiden’s collar. There was something underneath the spider that was lying upside down, dead.

 

Kaiden showed no sign of being disgusted by bugs at all. He casually knelt down on one knee in front of the spider.

 

Then the Silver Worm bounced up and down joyfully, welcoming Kaiden. It was as if it was telling him to examine that spot.

 

A palm-sized worm-like snake bouncing up and down on the ground was quite a bizarre sight.

 

Kaiden tried to lift the spider’s leg, but it was quite heavy and not easy.

 

“Margaret, it looks like the magical tool you were using is trapped underneath here.”

 

At Kaiden’s words, I had no choice but to approach him and place my hand on the spider’s fuzzy leg.

 

Ugh. I hate this texture so much. Ugh…

 

I followed Kaiden’s lead and lifted the spider’s leg, and as soon as it was off the ground, the Silver Worm crawled underneath as if it had been waiting.

 

“Huh?”

 

I looked down in surprise to see this creature pushing out a flare with its head.

 

If it could talk, it would probably be going “heave-ho, heave-ho” with that posture.

 

Kaiden also seemed fascinated by the sight, watching the Silver Worm’s behavior with bewildered eyes.

 

The creature completely pulled the flare outside and looked up at me with what seemed like a proud face.

 

Well, actually, snakes don’t have expressions, so I don’t know if it was really a proud face. But the way it flicked its tongue while looking at me was just like a dog hoping for praise.

 

It doesn’t make sense for such a creature to be just a snake. As Kaiden said, if it really is a magical beast that imprinted me as its master, then everything would make sense.

 

It seems like it’s definitely the baby of that anaconda that was trying to crack that egg back then.

 

“Good job, thank you.”

 

Perhaps pleased by my praise, the creature spun around in circles, delighted.

 

‘Now it’s even starting to look cute.’

 

A grown anaconda is terrifyingly scary, but this one was a very small worm-like baby snake.

 

Moreover, I couldn’t just dislike a child that cutely followed me around, eyes sparkling as if asking to be loved.

 

I looked at the Silver Worm and let out a small laugh before picking up the flare.

 

The flare was intact. It still had ammunition in it too. In the end, I couldn’t find the bag, but I’m really glad I at least recovered the flare.

 

“Margaret?”

 

Kaiden, who was about to head back, called out to me. I had no choice but to put aside my thoughts and follow him back toward the cliff.

 

The sky was exceptionally clear today and the sunlight was warm. Thanks to this, visibility was good and the beautiful island appeared in my eyes with particularly brilliant colors.

 

The emerald-colored river flowing below the cliff sparkled brilliantly, and the lush bushes surrounding the cliff swayed peacefully.

 

“This island is pretty.”

 

Seeing me quietly gazing beyond the cliff, Kaiden spoke. I glanced at him and nodded.

 

“It really is. It’s beautiful.”

 

Who would think that such a beautiful island would be full of terrible magical beasts?

 

I stared blankly at the island for a while before turning around.

 

“Let’s hurry back. Everyone must be worried.”

 

Kaiden nodded at my words. Then, the Silver Worm carefully followed behind us as we headed toward the cabin.

 

When I turned around to look at the creature, it also stopped in place with a start. Then it slyly rolled its eyes and watched my reaction.

 

When we started moving again, it would quietly follow us, but when we stopped and turned around, it would flinch and stop, watching our reactions.

 

I don’t know why it’s acting so pitiful. Is this some kind of sympathy-inducing strategy?

 

Anyway, if that was its strategy, it seemed to have somewhat succeeded. The little thing was starting to look pitiful.

 

‘It’s so small it wouldn’t even make a single bite…’

 

If it stayed alone, it probably wouldn’t last even a day before getting eaten by other magical beasts, right?

 

I eventually had no choice but to make a decision. Looking at the Silver Worm with a troubled expression, I asked it.

 

“Do you want to come with us?”

 

And in response to my question, it started hopping excitedly, then approached at a very fast speed and circled around my feet.

 

“Wow, that snake bastard really acts like a dog.”

 

At Kaiden’s muttering, I looked at him with exasperated eyes.

 

“It’s not exactly a curse word, but it sure sounds like one.”

 

He shrugged his shoulders.

 

In the end, we decided to take the Silver Worm back to the cabin with us.

 

Since we decided to take it along, I thought we might as well get friendly, so I was carefully poking its silver scales when Kaiden said to me.

 

“Since you’re taking it with you anyway, how about giving it a name?”

 

The Silver Worm, which had been lying quietly and tolerating my teasing, raised its head.

 

Somehow its yellow eyes seemed to sparkle.

 

“Eun-ji.”

 

The creature suddenly perked up.

 

“It’s short for Silver Worm.”

 

Somehow it ended up sounding like a Korean name, but I couldn’t think of any other suitable name.

 

What can I do about my naming sense only going this far?

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