I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 68

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Chapter 68

 

“Eun-ji? That sounds weird.”

 

Kaiden said that, but Eun-ji seemed to like the name. Judging by how she clung to my leg, rubbing her body against it and making a big fuss about how much she liked it.

 

But the cold touch of scales against my leg was still far too unfamiliar.

 

“Ahhh!”

 

I reflexively lifted my leg in surprise, causing Eun-ji to tumble to the ground.

 

I was startled and quickly scooped up Eun-ji with both hands, forgetting all about the snake’s scale texture.

 

“Are you okay? I’m sorry. I didn’t do it on purpose. I was just surprised.”

 

The little thing that had been lying on my palm as if knocked out glanced around cautiously before weakly raising her body.

 

From what I could see, she wasn’t hurt at all, but seemed to be pretending to be in pain.

 

“…Why are you pretending to be knocked out? You scared me!”

 

But even after hearing my scolding, she just lay back down on my palm with an innocent expression.

 

“That’s really strange.”

 

Kaiden, who had been quietly watching us both, propped his chin on his hand and spoke.

 

“Can you understand what this snake is trying to say? I have no idea what she’s doing, but you seem to know.”

 

Only after hearing those words did I realize it. That I was sensing Eun-ji’s emotions.

 

How could anyone tell whether a snake with no expression was happy or not just by looking at its face?

 

But right now, I could somewhat guess what she was feeling.

 

“I guess this really is a magical beast that imprinted on you?”

 

Even at Kaiden’s words, Eun-ji just lay sprawled on my palm, resting peacefully.

 

“If you say so, then I guess that’s what it is…?”

 

In fact, in this situation, there was no other possible answer besides Kaiden’s hypothesis.

 

If she was a magical beast imprinted on me and recognized me as her master, then she wouldn’t be someone who would harm me.

 

That was fortunate. I was a bit curious about what Enoch would say when he saw her.

 

“Alright, let’s go.”

 

I put Eun-ji into my dress pocket. She wriggled around and then poked her head out of the pocket.

 

After gently patting the pocket, I returned to the cabin with Kaiden.

 

Everyone would be worried, so we needed to hurry.

 

But unfortunately, the problem was elsewhere. While we were gone, the cabin had become a complete mess.

 

15. Butterfly Effect

 

Kaiden and I returned to the cabin together, but there was no one there. The surroundings were very quiet.

 

Just then, the area around us grew dark. The sunset was casting shadows across the sky.

 

“Where did everyone go?”

 

Kaiden drew his dagger and gripped it in his hand as he moved slowly.

 

We looked around inside the cabin, but no one was there.

 

It didn’t look like they had left for good. Everyone’s luggage was scattered around inside the cabin. It looked as if they had all gone out for some urgent matter.

 

And that’s when it happened.

 

Ku-woong–!

 

A tremendous roar echoed through the forest. Kaiden and I looked at each other’s faces, gauged the situation, and hurriedly came out of the cabin.

 

Thud!

 

Another roar rang out, and we could see bushes shaking and trees falling in the distance.

 

Flutter flutter-

 

As a result, birds flew up into the sky.

 

“Something seems to be happening over there?”

 

“Let’s go check it out.”

 

At my words, Kaiden nodded with a tense expression.

 

The Silver Worm wriggled and came out of my pocket, looking up at me pitifully. As if asking me not to abandon it.

 

“I’ll be back. Stay here and guard the place.”

 

However, even at my words, the creature spun around in place, showing signs of anxiety.

 

“That place might be more dangerous.”

 

Even at my words, Eun-ji still fidgeted and protested, asking to be taken along. I watched the worm wriggling on the ground for a moment, then extended my hand.

 

“Are you confident you won’t fall off my arm then?”

 

Then Eun-ji, as if it had been waiting, crawled up onto my palm and wrapped its body around my wrist in circles.

 

The texture of the scales wasn’t particularly pleasant, but the way it wrapped tightly around my wrist didn’t seem like it would fall off easily.

 

I eventually came out with Eun-ji wrapped around my arm, taking the two wooden spears that had been placed at the cabin entrance.

 

“What’s that?”

 

Kaiden asked in amazement as he took a spear from me, looking at Eun-ji wrapped obediently around my wrist like an accessory.

 

“It threw a tantrum saying it wanted to come along.”

 

When I smiled and shook my arm to show him, Eun-ji raised its head as if protesting that it was dizzy.

 

“Alright. I’ll stop.”

 

I smiled and lowered my hand. And Kaiden, who had been watching me, shook his head as if he was seeing all sorts of strange things.

 

“Anyway, let’s go.”

 

At Kaiden’s words, I gripped my spear properly and moved with him to find the location where the roar had echoed.

 

* * *

 

Margaret had disappeared.

 

I had gone on a light reconnaissance around the cabin with Luzef, but Margaret was nowhere to be seen in the cabin.

 

“Perhaps she went mushroom gathering. Lord is nowhere to be seen either.”

 

Luzef said after scanning the cabin once.

 

Just then, Yuanna was coming down from the second floor. Enoch strode over and approached her.

 

“Margaret is.”

 

“…Yes?”

 

Yuanna looked at him with a face that showed she didn’t understand what he meant.

 

“Where is Margaret.”

 

Enoch asked again. Then Yuanna looked at Luzef with a bewildered face.

 

However, Margaret’s absence was something Luzef didn’t know the reason for either, so he remained silent.

 

“How would I know…?”

 

She looked at Enoch with a puzzled face. As if she truly had no idea. Enoch let out an irritated sigh and looked around the cabin.

 

“What about the Prince and Diego? Don’t you know that either.”

 

At Enoch’s question asked in an arrogant tone with a furrowed brow, Yuanna’s face contorted.

 

“You’re being quite rude.”

 

“Just answer the question.”

 

Enoch’s face looked quite fierce as he asked in an overbearing tone. His attitude suggested he had no business with anyone other than Margaret.

 

“His Highness of Asdal is resting on the second floor. As for Diego, I’m not really sure…”

 

Before Yuanna could even finish speaking, Enoch turned his back. Since this was completely different from his usual attitude, Yuanna also looked at Enoch’s retreating figure with an absurd expression.

 

Even in the Langrid Empire, and even on the island, Enoch had never lost his noble royal temperament. He was the kind of man who, while not affectionate, had polite speech and gentlemanly manners ingrained in him.

 

However, he was different now, looking anxious as if he had lost his reason.

 

“What’s the matter?”

 

Just then, Diego entered the cabin. Enoch quickly approached him and asked about Margaret’s whereabouts.

 

“If you mean Lady Flone, I saw her go out with Lord earlier.”

 

“When did they leave?”

 

“Come to think of it, quite some time seems to have passed. The sun is setting and this is troublesome… Your Highness?”

 

Enoch didn’t even listen to the end of Diego’s words and rushed out of the cabin.

 

Diego looked at Yuanna, not understanding what was happening. And then, Enoch came back through the door with a menacing face and asked Diego again.

 

“Where did they go.”

 

“Pardon?”

 

“Did you see which direction the two of them went?”

 

“I saw them going in that direction. I just thought they were going out to gather food.”

 

Enoch left the cabin with his sword and walked blindly in the direction Diego had indicated.

 

Behind him, Luzef hurriedly ran out.

 

“Your Highness!? Your Highness!”

 

However, whether he couldn’t hear Luzef’s voice or not, Enoch only moved forward silently.

 

The sky had become dark before they knew it, and the forest was pitch black.

 

The bushes grew high and thick, blocking the sky, so there was no moonlight. It was a situation where it was difficult even to walk while looking ahead.

 

“Your Highness, going deeper seems dangerous.”

 

Luzef followed closely behind Enoch, scanning the surroundings with an anxious face. He was tense, worried that monsters might appear.

 

However, Enoch didn’t stop walking.

 

‘There was definitely a sound.’

 

It seemed like he had heard the sound of Margaret’s Flame Bomb exploding from very far away.

 

They eventually emerged from the forest and reached the edge of the cliff. Under the moonlight revealed as the bushes and clouds cleared, a truly horrific scene was unfolding.

 

“Ugh, ahhh!”

 

Luzef discovered the giant tarantula lying dead in front of the cliff and ended up collapsing on the spot.

 

A tremendous stench wafted over, making him cover his nose and step backward.

 

Moreover, around the giant tarantula were several more corpses of smaller spiders.

 

Enoch, who had been quietly surveying the surroundings as if assessing the situation, soon pulled something out from under the tarantula’s legs.

 

“Isn’t that Lady Flone’s bag?”

 

Luzef stood up with a puzzled expression. Enoch froze like a plaster statue, just staring down at the bag in his hands.

 

“…It seems to be.”

 

Only after a long while did Enoch answer Luzef’s question.

 

Luzef slowly approached Enoch while glancing at the dead spiders. Then he carefully examined the bag in his hands.

 

“May I take a look?”

 

Enoch stared at the bag with an unreadable expression and gave no answer. Luzef cautiously gauged his mood and took the bag from his hands to examine its contents.

 

Inside were a notebook and flare ammunition, along with several emergency medicines rolling around in the bag.

 

Strangely, the ‘flares’ that Margaret used to attack monsters and the round magical tools she called ‘flame bombs’ were nowhere to be seen.

 

In the case of flame bombs, since they were single-use, perhaps she had already used them. After all, the spiders were dead.

 

Then where were the flares and Margaret? And where had Lord and Kaiden disappeared to?

 

“Where could the two of them have gone, leaving this here?”

 

Even at Luzef’s muttering, Enoch remained silent. The anxious state he had shown earlier would have been better. At least then he had shown some emotion.

 

But now, not only was it impossible to know what he was thinking, he seemed devoid of any emotion. Like an inanimate object that couldn’t feel anything.

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