I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 89

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Chapter 89

 

He remained silent for a moment as if pondering my question, then shrugged his shoulders.

 

“Well, how would I know? I hate experiments so I’m not close with the family members. That flower was a development item managed with handling precautions even within the family, so I didn’t have access to it either. But I can’t say there’s no connection at all.”

 

“Huh? If access wasn’t allowed, how did you know about Tentationem?”

 

“Access restrictions are meaningless to me. Do you think the Empire’s greatest mage couldn’t find out something like that? When they told me not to access it, it made me want to investigate even more.”

 

Kaiden laughed boastfully. Kaiden really doesn’t know what modesty is. But since what he said was true, I had nothing to say.

 

“If the Rohade Family is connected to this island, there are some understandable aspects. Isn’t it a family that’s quite obsessed with magical experiments?”

 

Kaiden burst into loud laughter at Prince of Asdal’s words.

 

“Those bastards aren’t just ordinary crazy bastards. That insane mentality has been passed down through generations of the Rohade Family. But what does this island have to do with experiments?”

 

I couldn’t answer Kaiden’s last question and spoke to Prince of Asdal instead.

 

“But no matter how obsessed they are with experiments, all the kidnapping targets are too important. I think the Rohade Family didn’t directly lead this but are just involved to some extent.”

 

The Rohade Family was merely a marquis house, and this was an incident of such scale that even the Imperial Family would be involved.

 

Everyone nodded with somewhat convinced expressions at my reasoning.

 

“Then we should speculate who might be connected to the Rohade Family. Lord, do you have any guesses? Someone connected to the family who could have kidnapped us.”

 

Kaiden shook his head at Enoch’s question.

 

“I told you. I’m not close with the family members.”

 

Eventually, the discussion returned to square one.

 

While everyone was lost in thought and silent, Yuanna, who had been reading the mood, quietly spoke up.

 

“It seems the questions regarding Tentationem have been somewhat resolved, so we should share the reconnaissance results around now, right?”

 

Yuanna took out a piece of cloth from her pocket and spread it on the floor. I noticed that the map looked somewhat familiar.

 

“I couldn’t find out about the key, but I picked up this instead.”

 

“This is… a map of the island.”

 

Enoch muttered.

 

I sat next to Enoch and quietly scanned the map with my eyes.

 

This was cloth of the same material as the bunker map I had picked up. But upon closer inspection, it was slightly different from the bunker map.

 

On the map I had, there was a bunker marking to the east of the mountain on the northern island.

 

However, on the map Yuanna brought, there was no bunker marking, and a star drawing was depicted to the west of the mountain on the northern island.

 

The edge of the map was clean without any date markings or such.

 

Also, the word ‘supplies’ was written in Langrid Empire language at two locations on the South Island and three locations on the North Island.

 

The ‘supplies’ mentioned here would be supply items. It was definitely mentioned in the original work too. Those supplies that Yuanna discovered but no one knew how to use, so they couldn’t even try them.

 

‘Right. It seems like a map showing the locations where supplies are hidden, but what is this star…?’

 

It seemed like a separate map with no connection to the bunker map I had.

 

I was quietly staring at the map when I suddenly realized that the location of the supplies marked on the southern island wasn’t far from here.

 

It was even a place we had already passed through.

 

“Saint. Have you ever picked up a box containing supplies?”

 

Certainly, at the place where we first encountered the anaconda-type monster, Enoch and I had discovered an empty supply box.

 

“Well, we’ve never picked up anything like that.”

 

Yuanna denied it. Prince of Asdal also sat with his arms crossed and shrugged his shoulders.

 

‘Then who took the items from that supply box?’

 

I naturally thought Yuanna’s group would have taken them… I got goosebumps from head to toe and closed my mouth for a moment.

 

Then, perhaps noticing my condition, Enoch who was sitting beside me placed his hand on my head.

 

“Are you alright?”

 

I slowly nodded at his question. Then I stared at the map and pointed my finger at the riverside where we had encountered the anaconda-type monster.

 

“The supply box marked here, Enoch and I discovered it. When we found it, someone had already taken the contents and the box was empty.”

 

“That means…”

 

Prince of Asdal stroked his chin and trailed off. Enoch nodded and answered.

 

“It means there might be other people on this island besides us. Well, we’ve been expecting that since we discovered this cabin, haven’t we?”

 

Enoch answered nonchalantly.

 

He didn’t seem particularly shaken. He was always like that. He never got flustered easily.

 

Perhaps thanks to his composure, I was able to quickly calm my racing heart.

 

“What could this mark be?”

 

This time I pointed to the star mark on the map and expressed my doubt. Then Yuanna shook her head as if she had no idea.

 

“I don’t know. I think we’d have to go see for ourselves.”

 

“It’s either a location with an exit, or a trap. Didn’t they say this island’s name is ‘dice game’? They’re definitely playing with us.”

 

Prince of Asdal muttered while resting his chin on his hand. Enoch also looked at the map with a serious expression and asked Yuanna.

 

“Were there any other unusual findings?”

 

At Enoch’s question, Yuanna pointed her finger near the river on the map.

 

“We discovered a bridge leading to the northern island. Around here.”

 

The map Yuanna picked up also had a bridge drawn between the rivers, just like the map I had found.

 

“But what do you mean by dice game?”

 

Diego asked me. Only then did I remember that I hadn’t yet explained the meaning of Alea to the reconnaissance members.

 

I explained to the reconnaissance members about the conversation I had with the cabin group a few days ago.

 

“The word Alea means dice game in the language of a minority ethnic group from the Eastern Continent. So my guess is that this isn’t a person’s name but the name of the island.”

 

Prince of Asdal, sitting cross-legged with one elbow resting on his leg and chin propped up, continued my explanation.

 

“So what does dice game mean? It means our fate is being decided regardless of our will. In other words, we were most likely kidnapped by someone. For experimental purposes, that is.”

 

“That’s what you meant by experiments earlier? What kind of bastard dares to experiment on us?!”

 

At Kaiden’s angry voice, who had been quiet until now, Prince of Asdal even clapped his hands in delight.

 

“As expected, Lord is passionate. Speaking so refreshingly straightforward.”

 

“Asdal, don’t you have any suspects?”

 

Enoch, who had been silently lost in thought, asked Prince of Asdal. Prince of Asdal casually shrugged his shoulders and shook his head.

 

“There are too many suspects, so I actually don’t know. What about you?”

 

“Same here. There are many suspicious forces, but I can’t think of any force capable of kidnapping key figures from both the Empire and Kingdom all at once, not just one person.”

 

Even Enoch and Prince of Asdal couldn’t guess. Well, even I, who had read the original work, had absolutely no clue.

 

After all, 【More Important Than Survival】 had no real content. It was just a depressing story about loving and loving again, then hurting each other and eventually killing each other. Besides, I hadn’t even finished reading the novel.

 

“But isn’t that strange? That empty supply box and those magical tools… they only seem to catch Lady Flone’s eye.”

 

Then Prince of Asdal expressed doubt once again.

 

“Lady Flone, tell me. Isn’t there anything else you’re hiding?”

 

‘Should I talk about the bunker map?’

 

But even if I lied about finding the bunker map today, the picture of reluctantly handing it over after Asdal’s persistent questioning didn’t look good.

 

I ultimately decided to postpone the bunker map story.

 

‘I should definitely keep the bunker as insurance.’

 

As I was thinking that, Asdal called me as if urging an answer.

 

“Young Lady. Hmm? Say something.”

 

“…I’m not hiding anything. It’s just coincidence. What am I supposed to do if such things keep catching my eye?”

 

“That’s exactly what’s strange – why do such coincidences only happen to you, Young Lady?”

 

“How would I know?”

 

“You should know, shouldn’t you? If you don’t want to be suspected.”

 

It was when Asdal said that and tried to reach his hand toward me.

 

Thunk!

 

Shing.

 

The dagger Kaiden threw stuck into the empty floor in the center of the cabin, and Enoch’s drawn long sword was pointing at Asdal.

 

I expected Diego to immediately counter Enoch’s sword, but surprisingly he sat quietly observing the situation.

 

“Please keep it moderate. Margaret is frightened.”

 

“If you come close to Margaret, I’ll kill you.”

 

As the two men spoke menacingly, Asdal raised both hands in a gesture of surrender. He smiled with a completely unfazed expression.

 

“I wasn’t interrogating her. I merely asked the questions I had to ask.”

 

“For that, you were pushing too hard.”

 

“After receiving all the help Margaret could give, Your Highness the Crown Prince is surprisingly lacking in conscience.”

 

Yuanna, who had been quietly watching the situation, added with a tired expression, and Archbishop Luzef drove the point home after her.

 

“Everyone’s trust in the Young Lady seems remarkable. I don’t want to suspect the Young Lady either. The changed Lady Flone is more and more to my liking.”

 

Maybe he has about a hundred vipers inside him. I couldn’t read him at all. Asdal was truly like a seasoned fox.

 

He clapped his hands as if the previous incident didn’t matter at all, drawing attention.

 

“Well, let’s move past that for now. I was going to say this when the Saint arrived, but it seems we need to leave this cabin.”

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