I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 86

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Chapter 86

Diego’s face turned grim at her question.

“Well, the Saint…”

Just as he showed signs of confessing the truth, Kaiden quickly cut off his words.

“Saint. You didn’t say anything special. Don’t you remember anything at all?”

The words Yuanna had spoken while suffering from hallucinations seemed like trauma even from what he had briefly overheard.

Since she couldn’t remember anything at all, there seemed to be no need to deliberately remind her of those memories.

“I don’t remember anything. Everything was cut off right after that strange flower wrapped around my ankle.”

At her words, Kaiden sighed and looked back and forth between Diego and Yuanna.

“That red flower is a special poison flower called Tentationem that the Rohade Family secretly experimented on and developed.”

Both of them looked at Kaiden with surprised eyes. Kaiden continued his explanation without concern.

“The toxicity of the poison from Tentationem flowers has stronger acute properties than chronic ones. So when poisoned by this toxin, mental disorders like impulsive excitement and hallucinations occur, and you temporarily fall into an uncontrollable state.”

“Excitement and hallucinations… Those are the symptoms Diego Bastian Vilterheim and I experienced last night.”

When Yuanna answered with a haggard face, Kaiden nodded.

“That’s right. Among human neurotransmitters, there are some that cause excitement in the brain. The addictive substance from this flower is exactly that kind. Only the low body temperature of someone who isn’t poisoned can reduce the function of this substance. That’s all I know.”

Diego, who had been listening to Kaiden’s explanation, asked him with a serious face.

“Why on earth did the Rohade Family create such a flower? What are they trying to do? And why is a flower developed by the Rohade Family here?”

“I don’t know that either. I’m not very close with the family members. But it’s definitely suspicious.”

“And Lord, are you dropping the formal speech now?”

Diego frowned and asked somewhat discontentedly. Kaiden shrugged his shoulders as if it were absurd and answered in a tone suggesting that wasn’t important right now.

“Considering how you two made me suffer last night, don’t expect formal speech, alright?”

At Kaiden’s words, Diego ultimately couldn’t make any rebuttal and closed his mouth.

“This island and the Rohade Family might be connected.”

At Yuanna’s words, Kaiden nodded in agreement.

“It’s speculation, but there’s that possibility.”

“From what I can see, Lord doesn’t seem to get poisoned by the toxin.”

At Diego’s question, Kaiden rested his chin on his hand and searched his memory.

“My memory is getting hazy now, but I was experimented on when I was young. Thanks to that, I developed resistance to poison.”

“What kind of experiments did you go through…”

“Diego Bastian Vilterheim. It’s rude to ask such things directly.”

Yuanna scolded Diego. Then Diego scratched the back of his head with an embarrassed face and asked Yuanna.

“Are you alright, Saint?”

Kaiden clicked his tongue and looked at Diego. He seemed preoccupied with taking care of Yuanna. Kaiden, who had been quietly watching while massaging his stiff neck, asked.

“But why does Diego Bastian Vilterheim take such care of the Saint? Do you like her?”

“Isn’t it mild compared to Lord’s behavior toward Lady Flone?”

And Yuanna, who had somehow returned to her original condition, smiled cheekily. At her words, Kaiden had nothing to say and quietly closed his mouth.

“And Diego Bastian Vilterheim taking care of me? It’s nothing special. Prince of Asdal and Diego Bastian Vilterheim feel guilty toward me. I didn’t really want to talk about this, but given the situation…”

She spoke calmly as if talking about something trivial.

Diego silently organized Yuanna’s messy clothes without any reaction.

‘Seems like there’s some troublesome story involved.’

Kaiden inwardly regretted asking and quietly listened to her explanation.

“When we were attacked by magical beasts, those two abandoned me.”

“We didn’t abandon you. You fell off the cliff while being attacked by a tarantula magical beast, so we thought you had died instantly.”

“But I survived.”

When Diego immediately retorted, Yuanna raised both hands and shrugged with an innocent expression.

Hearing that, Kaiden was momentarily amazed.

‘…Is surviving a fall from a cliff a common occurrence?’

He couldn’t help but seriously ponder such thoughts.

“Even before the Saint arrived, we were still fighting the magical beasts. We didn’t have time to search for you.”

“Yes. I understand.”

At Diego’s continued rebuttal, Yuanna nodded. It wasn’t a sarcastic tone, but a face that truly understood Diego.

Kaiden crossed his arms and quietly watched the argument between the two.

“That’s why I said I would dedicate my life to protecting the Saint.”

“No, I’m really fine though.”

Yuanna sighed. Then she pointed at Diego with a face seeking agreement from Kaiden.

“You saw, right? Even though I say I understand, he’s like that. He probably never intended to save me from the beginning. Otherwise, there’d be no need to feel that much guilt.”

Yuanna shook her head with a disgusted expression. Hearing her words, Kaiden also clicked his tongue.

Yuanna swept her hair back with a rough gesture, then looked down at Diego while picking her ear annoyedly.

Even Kaiden couldn’t help but be quite flustered by her considerably rough appearance. Her behavior was frivolously similar to his own, like looking in a mirror.

“Haa, annoying, really. I’m really not holding a grudge. I would have done the same. We were all strangers at that time.”

Yuanna sighed and looked at Diego.

Kaiden intuited that although she spoke as if it was nothing, the situation at that time had been more serious than expected.

After watching the standoff between the two for a moment, he raised his head to look up at the sky.

Quite some time had already passed. Would they be able to go to their destination and return within the scheduled time?

Kaiden was about to interrupt the flow of conversation when he looked at Diego with a sudden thought.

“But anyway, doesn’t your chivalric spirit have quite a few flaws? You even stole Margaret’s dress while she was bathing.”

It was an incident everyone had learned about when Margaret stole Diego’s clothes in revenge at the cabin. Yuanna also seemed to have no intention of defending him as she shrugged and stepped back.

Diego slowly knelt before them with a pained expression.

“You’re right. I lack chivalric spirit. At that time, I wanted to lessen the guilt I felt toward the Saint. Even if it wasn’t the right method.”

Silent tears flowed down Diego’s cheeks. A teardrop that formed at his chin fell onto his fist resting on his knee.

It was an upright attitude that anyone would call the embodiment of chivalry.

However, Kaiden found Diego’s reaction somewhat peculiar. It didn’t seem like he was simply caring for her out of guilt.

‘It seems like there are more personal emotions mixed in.’

Yuanna was looking at him and sighing with an expression that showed she didn’t know what to do with that fool.

Similarly, Kaiden also felt very tired as he looked down at Diego.

Diego seemed to be in a confused state due to guilt over acting against his beliefs and unknown emotions toward Yuanna.

It appeared he had lost his mind because various tangled emotions had become too much to handle.

‘Come to think of it, there doesn’t seem to be anyone here who isn’t crazy. Aren’t I pretty normal in comparison?’

Kaiden rested his chin on his hand and nodded thoughtfully as he pondered such thoughts.

He had also found out what had happened on the saint’s side during this time, so he felt he could probably receive praise from Margaret for doing well.

After a while, Kaiden’s party finally arrived at the place where Yuanna had first awakened. It was a pebble field with a massive river flowing in front of it.

“Your Highness the Crown Prince and I also awakened not far from this place.”

Diego said while looking around the pebble field. Kaiden stood on top of a large rock, looking down at the pebble field while resting his chin on his hand.

“The key was just lying on the floor. Within arm’s reach. Strange… there really doesn’t seem to be anything special here.”

Yuanna stood at the position where she had first collapsed and was carefully examining the surroundings.

Diego, who had gone far out to briefly survey the area, returned to their side and reported the situation.

“I looked around over there too, but there doesn’t seem to be anything special.”

Just then, Yuanna, who had been standing at the waterside looking into the water, bent her waist. She put her hand into the water and pulled something out.

“Huh? There is something here after all?”

“Hm?”

What Yuanna had picked up was some kind of thin cloth. And on the cloth were carved pictures and letters.

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