I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 95

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Chapter 95

 

So there were other people here. Did they come before us? Or later? Were those people also from the Empire?

 

I had many questions I wanted to ask, but I couldn’t bring myself to do so. I couldn’t imagine how devastated Jenas must feel saying that the people he was with had died.

 

I took a moment to choose my words.

 

But before I could offer any words of comfort, Jenas spoke first.

 

“I don’t even know how much time has passed.”

 

“Ah…”

 

“I think I counted the days at first, but at some point I lost track.”

 

Jenas answered in a very calm, monotone voice while holding an armful of coconuts.

 

“I see.”

 

Then even if I asked when he came, it would be difficult to compare it precisely with the date we woke up.

 

“Did you come here alone too, miss?”

 

“I also had companions. I was swept here by the river and got separated from my group. We also woke up on this island, just like you.”

 

“What’s your name, miss?”

 

“Ah, I’m late with introductions, aren’t I? Margaret Rose Flone, you can call me Margaret. I’m from the Langrid Empire. I’m a noble from House Flone.”

 

“A noble…”

 

Jenas stared at my face with a look of wonder. Is this his first time seeing a noble? I was flustered under Jenas’s intense gaze.

 

‘He’d probably faint if he saw the Crown Prince and Prince.’

 

With that thought, I briefly recalled my other companions.

 

‘Are they all safe? They have to be safe.’

 

The island seemed quite large, so what if our paths cross and we miss each other while trying to meet? Should I head toward the suspension bridge after all?

 

Here I am worrying about others when I don’t even know what will happen to my own life. I let out a sigh.

 

From what I could see, Jenas didn’t seem to have any weapons either. First, I should assess the situation from a safe place, then think of a way to find Kaiden and Enoch.

 

“Miss, I have a cabin where I’ve been staying. Want to go there?”

 

“There’s a cabin here?”

 

“Yeah.”

 

Jenas nodded vigorously.

 

I thought the only cabin was the one we stayed in on South Island.

 

‘Can I trust him?’

 

But if this young boy was connected to some secret of the island, I needed to find out what it was.

 

Moreover, once the sun set, anywhere would be dangerous.

 

“Miss, your wound. I can treat it.”

 

The boy added, pointing to my injury.

 

“There’s medicine at the cabin.”

 

“Medicine? Is that really true? You really have medicine that can treat wounds?”

 

At my question, he quietly nodded and looked at me. He didn’t seem inclined to provide further explanation.

 

“…Alright, let’s go.”

 

At the mention of medicine, I pondered for a while before finally making my decision. It would be terrible if I left the wound untreated and it became infected.

 

You can’t judge just by appearance, but it didn’t look like this young child had kidnapped all of us.

 

Of course, I should still stay alert.

 

I looked at the items spread out on the pebble field to dry. Jenas, who followed my gaze and looked in that direction, said.

 

“You have a lot of interesting things.”

 

“The clothes you’re wearing are unusual too.”

 

At my words, Jenas looked down and blankly examined his own clothes.

 

“I found them in the cabin. They’re comfortable.”

 

He found them in the cabin – just like how I picked up the bag and sneakers from the cabin, it seems Jenas’s cabin also had such modern items.

 

“There are other clothes there too.”

 

After saying that, Jenas blatantly looked over my outfit for a moment. I suddenly felt embarrassed.

 

The dress that clearly exposed my calves was absolutely miserable. The decorations and lace on the dress’s sleeve cuffs were all torn, and the ribbon and jewels attached to the neckline were ripped off.

 

Moreover, it was damp from being wet, and though it didn’t smell, it felt very uncomfortable.

 

Jenas pointed at my tattered dress and said.

 

“Sister should change clothes too.”

 

“Is the cabin close from here?”

 

“Just go in a little from here.”

 

At Jenas’s words, I bent down to pick up the cross bag that had fallen on the floor, but screamed from the rushing pain.

 

“Huh, ugh.”

 

Jenas, who was watching me, sighed and packed the items into the cross bag in my place and handed it to me.

 

“…Thank you.”

 

“Yeah. Shall we go?”

 

I quietly followed Jenas into the island. I tried to look around and figure out the location, but I still couldn’t tell just by looking.

 

‘All the forests look similar.’

 

I’ll probably have to climb up a high mountain as soon as the sun rises tomorrow to check the location again. It’s a shame that if the flare was intact, I could shoot it up into the sky to signal my location.

 

‘How should I signal my location?’

 

While pondering that, I looked at the back of Jenas’s head again.

 

“How did you survive? This place is extremely dangerous. Magical beasts appear too.”

 

At my question, Jenas glanced back at me, then looked up at the sky with a thoughtful expression. Then he scratched his temple and answered.

 

“I’m good at running away and hiding.”

 

“That’s similar to me.”

 

“I didn’t need to find food supply.”

 

“Huh? Why? Is there a lot of food supply in the cabin?”

 

I asked him with a little hope. However, the answer I heard was quite unexpected.

 

“I’m a mage. I can live without eating.”

 

So that’s why he was wearing a mage robe over his hoodie.

 

But what was more puzzling was what Jenas added after confessing he was a mage.

 

“How can a person live without eating? Are all mages like that originally? The mages I know aren’t like that.”

 

“I changed my constitution. Other people probably can’t do it.”

 

Jenas answered very firmly. So firmly that his confidence seemed remarkable.

 

I walked while staying alert and watching the surroundings, then asked him.

 

“I don’t think it has anything to do with constitution? Is that even possible…? The Great Mage I know acts like he’s going to die when he’s hungry. Oh, he’s also one of the top mages on the continent.”

 

Jenas didn’t answer my question. And only after a long while did he open his mouth.

 

“Sister, I’m a genius.”

 

Oh, his confidence is more impressive than I thought.

 

“He’s a genius too.”

 

I defended Kaiden by refuting Jenas’s words. Kaiden was the youngest Great Mage and the youngest Magic Tower Master.

 

His personality is a bit very strange, but if someone like that isn’t a genius, then what would he be?

 

“But he can’t even change constitutions. Then he’s not a genius.”

 

Ah, that’s right. That is true. Even this young child can do something that Kaiden can’t.

 

“Is that so…? But you can’t use mana on this island.”

 

“I already changed my constitution when I was in the kingdom, so it doesn’t matter.”

 

“Is that how it works?”

 

Since I don’t know about magic, I can’t tell even if he says so. I’ll have to ask Kaiden about this later.

 

“But are you from a kingdom? Hestia Kingdom?”

 

“No, Ingram.”

 

“…Huh?”

 

I was surprised by Jenas’s words and froze for a moment, then grabbed his shoulders and stopped walking.

 

Thanks to that, my stomach was strained and the pain was tremendous, but the pain wasn’t what was important right now.

 

“Wait, what? Ingram Kingdom?”

 

Jenas tilted his head with a puzzled face.

 

“Why?”

 

“The Ingram Dynasty was destroyed a thousand years ago. It’s been how long since the Ingram Kingdom fell and the Langrid Empire was founded.”

 

“Ah…”

 

Jenas nodded with a face that finally understood. His face was still without any disturbance.

 

“You don’t mean…”

 

“It’s already been a thousand years.”

 

I was at a loss for words and just stared at the pretty boy in front of me.

 

Complex thoughts came rushing in like waves. To think he’s lived for a thousand years.

 

Could this kid really be the one who kidnapped us? And he said he’s a mage. A genius mage at that.

 

Jenas quietly looked at me and then shrugged his shoulders as if it was no big deal.

 

“Being here makes your sense of time dull.”

 

“A thousand years isn’t a period that can be explained by having a dull sense of time, is it? Ugh.”

 

I got excited and raised my voice, then pain rushed in as if my wound had reopened. Damn, I think I need to treat the wound quickly.

 

“Are you okay?”

 

Jenas asked me in a soulless voice. I also nodded halfheartedly, but I actually wasn’t okay.

 

Not only did my wound hurt, but I was also mentally shocked and felt like my thinking had stopped.

 

Then I recalled the absurd hypothesis I had made just before meeting Jenas. The earthbound spirit theory.

 

An earthbound spirit that doesn’t realize it’s dead and endlessly repeats the same time in the same place infinitely.

 

“Don’t tell me…”

 

I clutched my head in shock.

 

It’s absurd enough that I died from getting hit in the head by a signboard, but did I die once more in Margaret’s body? When exactly?

 

“I died….”

 

I knew myself that it was a ridiculous thought, but it was quite difficult to escape from that feeling.

 

While I was despairing like that for a while, Jenas spoke to me in a calm voice.

 

“What are you talking about? You’re not dead, sis.”

 

I was pulling at my hair when I slowly raised my head. Jenas had his arms crossed and was looking at me with a face that said I was pathetic.

 

“I’m not dead either.”

 

“You said you’ve lived here for a thousand years.”

 

“That’s true, but I’m not dead.”

 

“How can you be so confident about that?”

 

“Because I’ve never died.”

 

Jenas, who had spoken so confidently, stared at me intently and asked.

 

“You don’t remember how you died either, right? That’s because you didn’t die.”

 

“Earthbound spirits originally can’t remember dying even after they’re dead.”

 

“Earth… what?”

 

Jenas furrowed his brow with a face that showed he couldn’t understand and asked back.

 

I sighed and pushed aside the earthbound spirit theory, then asked him.

 

“If you’re not dead, then you just couldn’t escape?”

 

At my question, Jenas looked away for a moment as if pondering, then slowly nodded his head.

 

“Yeah, well. That’s right.”

 

“What’s with that unsettling answer.”

 

Even at my question, Jenas just stared at me blankly without answering. He didn’t seem to have any intention of giving further answers.

 

I was getting up from my seat with an embarrassed face when I suddenly recalled his age.

 

“Wait…, then that means you’re over a thousand years old.”

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