I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 74

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Chapter 74

 

I don’t understand what he means. Looking around, Kaiden also seemed unable to comprehend what he was saying.

 

The Prince of Asdal didn’t seem inclined to provide any further explanation.

 

What’s with him, acting pretentious while saying something so cryptic? I looked at Asdal with an exasperated expression before ultimately deciding to ignore him.

 

Anyway, Margaret in the past possessed a large amount of mana, but as soon as she heard that she needed to ‘practice’ to use it, she quit magic studies that very day. It was obviously going to be boring and difficult.

 

Come to think of it, there was something else I had heard about the mana I possess. I looked at Kaiden and opened my mouth.

 

“It does seem like I have a lot of mana. There was what the teacher who came to the family estate to teach magic said. When I took the Academy exam in the past, I had a mana test, and I actually broke the test orb back then.”

 

After looking around at the people who were listening attentively to my words, I shrugged my shoulders.

 

“The Magic Department Professor who was the examiner at the time said it was either a problem with the orb, or I possessed tremendous mana – one of the two. So he said he’d bring a new magic orb and we could test again, but…”

 

“But?”

 

“I didn’t take the test. I only went because Enoch was going to be a special Academy examiner, and I wasn’t really interested in Academy admission.”

 

At my answer, everyone looked at me with understanding expressions.

 

“What’s with all of you? Those pitying looks?”

 

“I had forgotten. How much Lady Flone used to follow Crown Prince Enoch around.”

 

Asdal sighed and made a deflated expression.

 

“That’s right. As expected, Young Lady only had eyes for His Highness Enoch.”

 

Yuanna also nodded with an agreeing expression.

 

‘Margaret likes Enoch’ seems to be a magic phrase that gives a free pass to Margaret’s questionable behavior.

 

But since it’s true, I can’t even refute it… Oh, honestly.

 

“That’s all in the past. It’s different now. Right, Margaret?”

 

Kaiden, who had been sitting with a displeased expression the whole time, pressed me for an answer.

 

“Uh… Well, I don’t have the mental capacity to worry about such things now.”

 

“See, Margaret doesn’t like the Crown Prince anymore.”

 

I was about to refute Kaiden’s words, but since they weren’t wrong, I stayed silent.

 

“Anyway, regardless of how much mana Young Lady possessed, that’s all in the past. On this island right now, isn’t your mana close to zero?”

 

“That would be right. This is an island where magic cannot be used.”

 

“Then doesn’t the hypothesis that the magical beast was imprinted by Young Lady’s mana not make sense either?”

 

At Asdal’s counterargument, I nodded in agreement.

 

“Then what could it be?”

 

Yuanna rested her chin on her hand and muttered. Exactly. I don’t know either.

 

Everyone looked at Eun-ji again with puzzled expressions. Just then, Eun-ji, who had come down from my shoulder, was wagging her tail on my lap and cutely flicking her tongue.

 

As I was thinking about Eun-ji for a while like that, Enoch’s large hand, who I thought was fast asleep, suddenly grabbed my wrist firmly.

 

Startled, I looked at Enoch’s face as he lay there. He opened his eyes drowsily, perhaps delirious with fever, and spoke.

 

“Is that really true?”

 

It was a terribly low tone.

 

His voice was hoarse and rough, whether from drowsiness or fever. Enoch’s gaze as he looked up at me sleepily was intense.

 

“Margaret. I asked if that’s really true.”

 

As I stared at him blankly, he called my name again.

 

“…What? What is?”

 

“Don’t you like me now?”

 

“You’re asking me this now, getting up while you’re in pain because you’re curious about that?”

 

“…Answer me, hm?”

 

“That’s….”

 

“…No. Don’t answer.”

 

Enoch let out a deep breath and quietly looked up at me.

 

His atmosphere was so bewitching that everyone who had been making a fuss fell silent at once and focused on us.

 

‘This is, this is burdensome.’

 

Cutting through those overwhelming gazes, Enoch spoke to me.

 

“I like you, Margaret. You should know that.”

 

After making such a bombshell statement, he fell asleep again as if fainting.

 

A frighteningly quiet silence flowed into the cabin.

 

I knew that Enoch was looking at me romantically, but this was the first time I had directly received the emotions he harbored.

 

‘You should say things like this when we’re alone…!’

 

That way I could at least think about it seriously! I clutched my head in embarrassment.

 

“Well, I expected it, so there’s nothing to be surprised about.”

 

Asdal answered as if it was no big deal. Then Yuanna chimed in as if agreeing.

 

“What he said about disliking Young Lady is also a thing of the past. Looking at Young Lady now, it’s not strange that Your Highness Crown Prince would fall for her, right?”

 

Yuanna said with a hearty laugh.

 

‘No, Anna…. You shouldn’t say things like that.’

 

I sighed while dry-washing my face.

 

‘…Right. Actually, this worked out well. Now I’ve completely avoided the death flag.’

 

Archbishop Luzef and Diego remained silent, neither affirming nor denying, while Kaiden glared at Enoch with an annoyed expression.

 

“The Crown Prince isn’t in his right mind right now. Margaret, don’t take it to heart.”

 

Kaiden looked at me with an anxious face and covered my ears with both hands. What’s the point of covering my ears this late?

 

“Right. Enoch isn’t completely sane right now.”

 

At my answer, Kaiden sighed with a relieved expression. He lowered the hands that had been covering my ears. I quietly looked at Enoch’s sleeping face and continued speaking.

 

“And right now, Enoch can’t do without me. There’s no one else to stop his rampage. That’s why he said those things. Everyone, please don’t misunderstand.”

 

I looked around and asked them, but everyone just nodded halfheartedly.

 

No, these people…?

 

“So. What’s the situation here? You need to explain.”

 

At my words, Diego, who had been reading the room, approached with a determined face like a general taking charge and opened his mouth.

 

“After Young Lady disappeared, Your Highness seemed very anxious. To the point where he kept looking only for Young Lady.”

 

Diego’s calm words had many stories omitted.

 

“He acted like a madman. The problem was that magical beasts happened to swarm in at that time….”

 

Asdal looked troubled as he stood and stared intently at the sleeping Enoch. Archbishop Luzef, who had been reading the situation, opened his mouth as if taking the baton.

 

“I tried to guess why magical beasts suddenly swarmed in. It seems to be because of the magical beast blood.”

 

“Blood?”

 

At my question, Archbishop Luzef slowly nodded his head.

 

“Magical beasts seem to have the ability to detect the scent of their own kind’s blood. Just like when we killed the anaconda at the previous base camp, other anacondas swarmed in the next day.”

 

It was the same as my speculation.

 

“Kaiden and I were missing for two days. What was it like during the daytime? Did the magical beasts disappear then?”

 

“Yes. They disappeared somewhere. And Your Highness slept deeply as if he had fainted. Then he would wake up and kill the magical beasts that swarmed again after smelling the blood… He kept repeating that.”

 

So the rampage continued even after he had a deep sleep and woke up in between.

 

Enoch’s symptoms don’t seem to be getting better at all. Usually in cases like this, it depends on willpower…

 

“Still, it’s fortunate that we seem to have figured out the behavioral patterns of large groups of magical beasts. We’ve also disposed of the monster corpses, so it should be fine now.”

 

At my words, everyone nodded with somewhat relieved faces. It seemed like they had finally shed some of their worries.

 

I stared intently at Enoch’s sleeping face and let out a sigh. Fatigue washed over me like waves.

 

“First… shall we rest a bit and talk again later? I think we all need to rest.”

 

I wouldn’t be the only one who was tired. Dinner or whatever, I was too exhausted and wanted to rest a bit.

 

But somehow Kaiden was unusually quiet, which seemed strange, so I looked back at him, and he had a face full of guilt that didn’t suit him.

 

“Are you okay?”

 

“I’ll apologize again. I’m sorry.”

 

Neither he nor I knew that our trip to the cliff to see Eunji’s egg would escalate to this extent. I had resented him for a moment, but not anymore.

 

“Actually, I was a bit disappointed, but you weren’t wrong to suspect me. The situation got a bit absurdly out of hand, but no one would say it’s your fault.”

 

At my words, Kaiden squeezed his eyes shut with a pained expression.

 

“Margaret, I’m still sorry.”

 

Eventually, he slowly opened his eyes and looked straight at me. His wavering red eyes gradually calmed down.

 

I looked at him, who seemed to have become firm somehow, and asked.

 

“So you won’t suspect me anymore?”

 

“Yeah. I won’t.”

 

“But you still don’t trust me.”

 

“No, I trust you now. Really.”

 

Kaiden’s gaze as he looked at me while saying that was calm without any wavering.

 

I quietly looked at him and opened my mouth.

 

“It took a really long time for distrust to change into trust, didn’t it?”

 

At my question, he pressed his lips together and didn’t answer. I spoke to him with a resolute face.

 

“You wait too. Until I trust you.”

 

At my words, he obediently nodded. I looked at him like that and lay down next to Enoch.

 

Eunji wriggled and crawled over, settling by my pillow and curling her tail into a circle. Kaiden followed me and lay down on my left side.

 

As I lay looking at the cabin’s ceiling, rustling sounds could be heard.

 

The others were preparing their sleeping areas. The bustling movements continued, and I closed my eyes to force myself to fall asleep.

 

“Margaret.”

 

Then Kaiden quietly called my name. I slowly opened my eyes and turned my head.

 

Kaiden was lying on his side facing me. He looked at me with a contemplative expression for a while, then asked carefully.

 

“I can’t fall asleep. Can’t I hold you while sleeping? I think I’d sleep better that way.”

 

“You’re not asking because you think I’ll allow it, are you?”

 

“Yeah. I thought you’d refuse.”

 

“Then just go to sleep.”

 

At my words, he obediently nods his head. He was still lying turned toward me.

 

It seems like I haven’t been able to rest peacefully since waking up on this Island. It’s been a continuous series of tense days, constantly under threat to my life, filled with violence.

 

…I’m so tired.

 

I closed my eyes again.

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