I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 98

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Chapter 98

 

“Aren’t you laughing a bit too loudly?”

 

“Sorry.”

 

Jenas even wiped away tears as he apologized to me. He really is quite polite.

 

“But there’s no food in the cabin.”

 

“I figured as much. You don’t eat things like rice, right?”

 

“Right. I’ll get you some tomorrow.”

 

“You’ll get me some?”

 

“Yeah. Fish.”

 

Jenas nodded, then tilted his head with a puzzled expression. Though that look was quite adorable, I came to my senses again by recalling his age.

 

“You don’t like fish?”

 

Jenas asked me.

 

Hearing those words, I became certain.

 

That Jenas had been watching me all along.

 

“It’s too late now, so let’s sleep first.”

 

Jenas approached me with a completely harmless expression and patted my shoulder.

 

“I’ll get you food tomorrow.”

 

Though his face showed no expression, he was quite affectionate. Somehow, he seemed to have great interest in me.

 

‘You’re difficult to figure out, kid.’

 

In the end, we decided to get fish tomorrow morning and agreed to sleep for now.

 

Naturally, I didn’t sleep a wink. I kept my eyes wide open and fought a battle against drowsiness. I wasn’t foolish enough to fall asleep in front of someone suspicious.

 

When I first opened my eyes on this island, this must have been how Enoch felt when he was observing me sleep without getting any rest himself.

 

I stayed awake all night, tense and alert.

 

Jenas, who had climbed into the hammock, was sleeping soundly like an angel. He really did look pretty and cute.

 

After quietly looking up at Jenas’s face for a while, I glanced out the window. Dawn was breaking.

 

I rubbed my tired eyelids and let out a small yawn.

 

‘I’m so tired.’

 

I need to leave quickly. To find everyone. I wanted to deliver this news as soon as possible and hold a strategy meeting together.

 

Indeed, it seems better to be with others than alone.

 

* * *

 

Margaret fell into the river.

 

At the same time, Kaiden from the North Island and Enoch from the South Island both jumped into the river simultaneously.

 

Prince of Asdal shouted toward Enoch.

 

“Damn it! Your High… Enoch!”

 

Then Archbishop Luzef’s piercing scream could be heard from the North Island.

 

“Lord! Where are you!”

 

However, unfortunately, the two men disappeared into the water along with Margaret.

 

“This is insane. Everyone’s gone crazy.”

 

Prince of Asdal rubbed his face in disbelief.

 

Despite the river’s wide span, the current was tremendously fast. It was as if it had been artificially made to flow rapidly.

 

Archbishop Luzef and Diego sat blankly on North Island, staring at the spot where they had disappeared, while Prince of Asdal and Yuanna stood on South Island, gazing vacantly at the flowing river.

 

They waited like that for a long time, but even as time passed, the three people did not return.

 

* * *

 

When Kaiden regained consciousness, he was being dragged out of the water by the scruff of his neck in Enoch’s grip.

 

“Gasp!”

 

He exhaled and spat out water, and only after Enoch had completely pulled him out of the river did he let go.

 

“Haa, haa.”

 

Enoch exhaled heavily and wiped away the water dripping from his chin with his hand. Then he wrung out his shirt with trembling hands to remove the water.

 

“Gasp. Huk. Ma, Margaret is…”

 

Kaiden lowered his head and spat out water onto the floor once more.

 

Eun-ji, who had been wrapped around his forearm, crawled down to the floor and likewise spat out water following his example, then looked back and forth between him and Enoch.

 

Soon she stretched out her neck long and surveyed the surroundings. As if looking for someone.

 

When Kaiden looked at Eun-ji with a puzzled expression, Eun-ji began crawling rapidly somewhere.

 

“Huh? Hey…!”

 

By the time Kaiden reached out his hand, Eun-ji had already disappeared from sight.

 

Enoch also stared blankly at the spot where Eun-ji had disappeared with a flustered expression. Kaiden shook his head.

 

“That thing…”

 

They wouldn’t be able to follow Eun-ji. She was faster than most adult men. They had no choice but to wait for her to return on her own.

 

‘If something happens to that creature, I’ll have nothing to say to Margaret.’

 

Rubbing his face, Kaiden muttered curses under his breath.

 

Enoch’s chest rose and fell violently. He gasped for breath and shook his head. Then he slumped down and ran his hands through his hair with a pained expression.

 

“Damn it.”

 

Enoch muttered curses and gritted his teeth.

 

He had lost Margaret. Just moments before, he could see her being swept downstream, but at some point, he had lost sight of her.

 

Kaiden breathed more evenly than before and spoke to Enoch.

 

“I definitely saw it.”

 

Enoch glanced at him. Kaiden slowly got up, swept his wet hair back, and sighed.

 

“I definitely saw Margaret. I thought I could catch her… But then, suddenly the current got faster. Isn’t that strange? That wasn’t terrain where the current should flow that rapidly.”

 

Enoch nodded at Kaiden’s muttering. It was definitely strange. But then again, this island had more than just one or two strange things about it.

 

Enoch furrowed his brow irritably. He gazed quietly at the river that had become calm again.

 

“Based on the direction she was swept away, she probably went northwest.”

 

“The problem is we can’t get a sense of where we are right now. Do you know, Your Highness?”

 

“I was swept west following Margaret. I definitely pulled Lord out in the direction of North Island.”

 

“The problem is we don’t know whether Margaret is on North Island or South Island…”

 

They spoke with confidence that Margaret wouldn’t have been swept out to sea. Moreover, they were certain she hadn’t died.

 

“We’ll find her. By any means necessary. Even if we have to search the entire island.”

 

Enoch calmly rose from his seat. Kaiden nodded and stood up following him. He took off his wet robe, wrung out the water, and smiled.

 

“Of course we have to find her. If Margaret is somewhere, I’d chase her to the ends of hell. I can’t let things end like this.”

 

Kaiden drew his dagger from his waist.

 

Shing.

 

Enoch also drew his long sword and pointed the blade toward the forest alongside Kaiden.

 

They were already surrounded by magical beasts whose appearance had been somewhat grotesquely transformed.

 

Kaiden quietly looked up at the sky. It was a warm afternoon with the midday sun beating down.

 

The magical beasts that used to only be active from sunset until the dark of night had apparently expanded their range of activity.

 

During the day, they could at least move around with some peace of mind, but now that was no longer possible.

 

The exception of only having to be careful at night had disappeared, and the time had come when they had to prepare for war with magical beasts all day long.

 

“Damn, these bastards seem to have evolved again.”

 

“We can finish them off quickly.”

 

Enoch responded to Kaiden’s muttering, and Kaiden let out a snicker. Then he followed Enoch, charging toward the magical beasts and swinging his sword.

 

“Obviously.”

 

It was the first moment when Enoch and Kaiden’s opinions aligned.

 

* * *

 

After one night had passed, my wound hurt less than yesterday. Of course, it still caused pain when I moved, so I had to be careful.

 

‘But I can’t give up mountain climbing just because I’m injured. I need to understand the geography of North Island too…’

 

As I was deciding to go mountain climbing, I ultimately decided to make and wear socks. It seemed like walker shoes would be better than the thin cloth white sneakers.

 

I selected usable clothes from the pile of clothes Jenas had brought and tore them. Then I wrapped them around my feet like socks, tied them securely, and put on the walker shoes.

 

After getting up and walking around a few times, I also checked my abdominal wound once.

 

“Ugh.”

 

When I gently removed the gauze, the stinging was terrible. But fortunately, perhaps because I had disinfected it well with modern medicine, there was no inflammation.

 

“I hope it doesn’t get infected.”

 

I looked down at my abdomen, sighed, then brought the medicine bottle and disinfected the wound again before applying new gauze.

 

I checked if the cross bag had dried well and examined its contents. The notebook was intact without being torn, but the ballpoint pen was unusable. Same with the flare and emergency medicine.

 

Even though they were unusable items, I packed them carefully in the bag. Had I grown attached to these things? For some reason, I didn’t want to throw them away.

 

I slowly got up and looked around the cabin. Jenas had gone out for fish hunting.

 

It wasn’t like I was staying quietly in the cabin to have a friendly breakfast together with him.

 

I decided to examine this suspicious cabin while he was away.

 

‘First, I should go up to the third floor that I couldn’t see yesterday.’

 

With the cross bag slung over my shoulder and the wooden knife in my hand, I stood in front of the stairs leading to the second floor.

 

But then, I noticed something strange about the seam on the side of the stairs leading to the second floor. It looked just like the cupboard door under the stairs where the protagonist lived in Harry Potter.

 

I touched the seam area and gently pushed the wall. Then, with a sliding sound, the door opened, revealing stairs leading downward.

 

It was so dark that I couldn’t really see what was below.

 

I swallowed hard and hesitated for a moment. Should I go down?

 

‘But whether I die this way or that way, it’s better to find out something.’

 

To escape from this place with everyone, I need to find something that could serve as a clue, whatever it might be.

 

Since Jenas didn’t seem inclined to tell me the details, I had no choice but to find out myself.

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