I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 96

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Chapter 96

 

At my question, he once again nods slowly like a sloth.

 

“That’s right.”

 

“Don’t call me sister.”

 

“…Why?”

 

“Why did you lie about being twelve years old? That’s fraud. Do you want to get arrested for fraud? Or should I say, do you want to get arrested, elder? No, grandfather? Are you an ancestor?”

 

Jenas’s expression looking at me twisted strangely. It was the first expression-like expression I’d seen since meeting him.

 

“In appearance, you’re the older sister.”

 

“Be quiet. I mean, be quiet, grandfather.”

 

At my words, Jenas puffed out his cheeks with air, his face full of dissatisfaction. Someone who’s lived a thousand years acting cute, but since he’s a beautiful boy, he was incredibly adorable. Damn it.

 

“I don’t like that.”

 

“Then what should I call you? I mean, what should I call you?”

 

“…Jenas? Jeni?”

 

“It doesn’t seem right to dare call an ancestor who’s lived a thousand years by name. And wait, did you just call yourself Jeni with your own mouth?”

 

“…”

 

“Then how about Grandpa Jeni? Since you asked to be called Jeni.”

 

“Sister. I said no.”

 

Jenas spoke eerily with an expressionless face. But how could he kill me on an island where he can’t even use mana?

 

“I’m joking. I’ll call you Jeni.”

 

No wonder he seemed so calm like an old soul. It was because he’d lived for a thousand years.

 

‘A thousand years…’

 

Actually, what Jenas was saying didn’t feel real. I wasn’t sure if I could believe his words.

 

Maybe he just arrived on this island before us, and after a long time passed, the child got confused?

 

Even while making various speculations, despair washed over me again.

 

“Will we never be able to leave this island?”

 

As I was muttering like that, Jenas sighed and scolded me.

 

“…You’re being stupid.”

 

“It hurts my feelings, so could you not call me stupid?”

 

“Can’t leave.”

 

“What?”

 

I thought I misheard, so I asked back.

 

“I said you can’t leave this island.”

 

But Jenas said it once more as if driving in a nail.

 

With a child’s face, he let out a weary sigh like a grandfather who had lived his whole life. He might actually be a grandfather who had lived his whole life.

 

“Since you only half-listened to what I said about being on this island for a thousand years, you’re stupid, sister.”

 

“I’m a thousand years younger than you. Don’t call me sister.”

 

“Then…”

 

Jenas looked at me with a displeased face, then made a troubled expression.

 

“I’ll call you Meg.”

 

Even Enoch doesn’t call me Meg yet…

 

“Just call me Margaret.”

 

“Meg.”

 

“Ha, fine. What am I doing acting so childishly with a thousand-year-old grandpa? The sun has set, so shall we move quickly? Let’s go to the cabin first and talk about the details there.”

 

The sky was indeed dyed a deep red color.

 

I’d have to ask Jenas at the cabin what he’d discovered on this island during the thousand years, what he’d been doing all this time, and what happened to his companions.

 

Of course, I still hadn’t let my guard down around him. Hearing that he’d lived for a thousand years made him even more suspicious. The fact that I kept joking around, showing a light attitude and appearing relaxed was half intended to keep him on guard.

 

Fortunately, we didn’t have to go far before quickly arriving at the cabin.

 

The cabin I’d stayed in with Yuanna’s group was deep in the mountain interior, but this one was located in a place where you could see a wide river at a glance.

 

Moreover, it was incredibly large. It was three stories high and big enough for at least ten people to live in.

 

“Wow. Who could have built this?”

 

I muttered while carefully looking around the cabin. Jenas put down the coconut and followed me with quick steps, then tilted his head.

 

Then he clapped his hands as if remembering something. It was a bit scary seeing him make such gestures with an expressionless face.

 

“What’s wrong?”

 

“Wound.”

 

At his words, I carefully placed my trembling hand on my stomach, shaking from the persistent pain. Blood was still seeping out.

 

“I should stop the bleeding first and change clothes.”

 

At my words, Jenas disappeared somewhere and then approached carrying a first aid kit in his arms. It looked exactly the same as the first aid kit I had found.

 

He supported me and slowly helped me sit down, then took out disinfectant and bandages from the first aid kit.

 

“I’ll do the hemostasis myself. Since it’s a dress, I’d have to take it all off to see the wound.”

 

At my words, Jenas handed me the medicine bottle with a slightly embarrassed face and stepped back.

 

“Then I’ll go look for clothes…”

 

And then he quickly disappeared to the second floor. At times like this, he really seemed like a twelve-year-old child.

 

I first took off the dress, lifted the hem of my chemise, cleaned around the wound, then disinfected it. Then I applied gauze and wrapped my stomach round and round with thick bandages, simply finishing the hemostasis.

 

Just then, Jenas came down to the first floor. His arms were full of a pile of clothes.

 

“They were in the cabin.”

 

Seeing my questioning expression, Jenas made excuses in a small voice.

 

I nodded roughly. Since there had been modern items in the cabin where I stayed, it wasn’t particularly strange for things like this to be here.

 

I examined the clothes he had put down on the floor. There were skirts and several pairs of pants. There weren’t many t-shirts. Moreover, not all the sizes would fit me.

 

“Ah, this would fit me.”

 

I picked up a pair of black cargo pants.

 

‘The size would fit perfectly. Are there any t-shirts?’

 

With the discerning eyes of a consumer examining second-hand clothes spread out on stalls at Dongmyo Market, I rummaged through the pile of clothes.

 

And following the cargo pants, I found a white plain t-shirt that seemed like it would fit me perfectly.

 

Besides this, there were many decent clothes, but there weren’t many clothes that looked like they’d fit, and there were only a few outfits suitable for wearing in this wilderness.

 

“There are shoes too.”

 

I examined several pairs of shoes that had been buried under the clothes. There were black walker shoes. The size seemed about right too.

 

“If I wear the wrong walker shoes, my feet will hurt.”

 

They weren’t new and had been worn by someone for a long time, so they were a bit worn, which seemed like it might be okay, but I still didn’t want to get blisters.

 

‘I should wear socks later if I can find some.’

 

I set the walker shoes aside for now and stood up with the clothes I had just selected.

 

Jenas, who had been quietly standing and watching what I was doing, asked in a dazed voice.

 

“Are you done?”

 

“Yeah. I’ll go change on the Second Floor and come back.”

 

At my words, Jenas slowly nodded his head. Then, he added something.

 

“Just go to the Second Floor.”

 

It was a very meaningful statement.

 

“Just the Second Floor?”

 

“Don’t go to the Third Floor.”

 

“Why?”

 

“My room is there.”

 

“That’s the reason?”

 

“Respect for privacy.”

 

He explained the reason in a clean sentence. But doesn’t he know that saying something like that only makes you want to go up there more?

 

I nodded for now.

 

“Got it.”

 

And I slowly climbed the stairs to the Second Floor. Still, having done disinfection and hemostasis, it somehow felt like the wound hurt less.

 

‘If this was going to happen, I should have just stayed on the First Floor like before and told Jenas to go up to the Second Floor.’

 

I hadn’t thought of that. With such regret, I stopped walking just before reaching the Second Floor.

 

‘There won’t be any monsters or anything on the Second Floor, right?’

 

There’s no harm in being suspicious. I’ve seen spiders evolve into monsters before, haven’t I?

 

I checked that the wet cross bag on my shoulder was secure and slowly entered the Second Floor.

 

But contrary to my worries, nothing happened on the Second Floor. However,

 

‘It’s dirty.’

 

The floor was full of scattered trash. I quietly covered my nose. There seemed to be a foul smell.

 

‘It seems like mold smell mixed with food waste smell.’

 

There were many things rotted beyond recognition, and among them were modern items I was familiar with.

 

I walked down the corridor, examining the garbage-strewn floor. There were four rooms total on the Second Floor, and I entered the one that looked the most decent.

 

It was a room with just a single wooden bed sitting alone. As soon as I closed the door, I threw off the wet dress.

 

“Ah. I feel like I can live.”

 

I stripped down to just the drawers I was wearing under the chemise, then suddenly realized I had no upper underwear and immediately tore the chemise in half and put it back on.

 

‘The chemise is made of thin cloth material, so it should dry quickly.’

 

First, I put on the cargo pants over the drawers and wore the white t-shirt over the chemise.

 

“Wow, I could almost cry.”

 

Tears actually welled up in my eyes. To be able to wear such comfortable clothes was so moving.

 

I considered taking the torn dress but decided to just throw it away. It would be luggage anyway, and there should be plenty to choose from among the pile of clothes Jenas brought for cloth substitutes.

 

I came back out to the Second Floor corridor. I was going to look through the trash to see if there was anything useful, but there were only items that I could understand why they were rolling around on the floor.

 

‘Well, if they were decent items, Jenas wouldn’t have left them rolling around on the floor.’

 

Jenas probably has something like a thousand years of wisdom. Plus, he seems to be a more amazing magician than Kaiden. Of course, Kaiden would probably become that kind of magician if he lived for a thousand years too.

 

I looked at the path leading up to the third floor and hesitated for a moment. But if I delayed any longer, Jenas might become suspicious, so I decided to obediently go downstairs for now.

 

When I went down to the first floor, Jenas was lying in a hammock near the fireplace, staring intently at me.

 

Then he quietly gave me a thumbs up.

 

“It suits you well.”

 

“It’s incredibly comfortable.”

 

I carefully sat down next to him and looked at the fireplace. While I was changing clothes, he seemed to have lit a fire.

 

I sat quietly and watched the fire embers crackling and burning away. Whatever Jenas’s true identity was, at least the current him was being excessively kind to me.

 

I had a mountain of questions I wanted to ask him, but now that I had found some stability, worry for my companions came rushing over me like waves instead.

 

‘I miss everyone.’

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