Chapter 40
I haven’t decided yet… And I’m not planning to leave right away either.
What am I supposed to say in situations like this?
Enoch, who was looking at me, was always considerate.
It seemed that ever since he started having feelings for me, he had never stopped taking care of me.
I knew he probably had some idea, but I didn't expect him to ask so directly.
“I also…”
Enoch opened his mouth again. I waited for his next words with a nervous face.
“Am I also someone you’re going to abandon and leave?”
He asked me with a gloomy face and a heartbreakingly tender voice.
I was a little flustered and hurriedly chose my words.
“Who’s abandoning whom? It’s not like that.”
He took another step closer to me.
Then, he slowly lowered his head.
“Then let me stay by your side, Margaret.”
He whispered softly in my ear. The feeling of his breath tickling my ear made me instinctively shrink back.
“Don’t abandon me.”
His large hand gently wrapped around my neck.
“You can do that, right? Huh?”
He lifted his head and met my gaze.
He had no expression on his face, but there was a hint of patheticness in his seemingly indifferent face.
I was captivated by the golden eyes that were calmly looking down at me.
Oh my god, what should I do?
Even though there’s no room, I wanted to make a place for Enoch in the Bunker.
“…Don’t regret those words later.”
I deliberately didn’t answer the question about abandoning him.
Enoch just stared at my face silently. A soft smile appeared on his lips. His large hand, which gently wrapped around my neck, soon caressed my cheek.
“I guarantee that won’t happen.”
He shouldn’t be so sure so easily.
Fortunately, Enoch didn’t press me any further for an answer.
I scouted around the riverbank, and Enoch followed me and caught two rabbits.
I watched Enoch tie the rabbits together with a string and hang them on his waist, and I was reminded of Bishop Ruzef with fish hanging from his waist. Still, rabbits are better than fish.
It was around sunset when Enoch and I decided to return to the cabin.
“Strangely, I haven’t seen any Monsters lately. Do Wolf-type Monsters not come down to the river?”
At my question, Enoch glanced around cautiously before looking at me.
“They didn’t seem to be near the beach where we woke up either. It seems Wolf Monsters dislike water.”
At Enoch’s words, I nodded and recalled the contents of the novel.
Clearly, there are several types of Monsters on this island besides Wolf-type Monsters.
Among the Monsters, the most dangerous were the Anaconda-shaped Monster and the Tarantula-shaped Monster.
If I remember correctly, the Anaconda-shaped Monster could breathe out poison.
They usually live in swamps, but they are often seen around rivers, so the protagonists were very careful when going to the river.
‘Wait a minute, the river?’
“Wow. Why am I only thinking about this now? I was so fearless.”
Looking back, our shelter was also near the river, so it wasn’t a very safe place to be so carefree.
Enoch asked me what was wrong, probably because he heard me muttering to myself.
“It’s nothing. Should we go back since the sun is setting?”
At my words, Enoch looked at my expression with a puzzled face and nodded.
Still, one good thing is that Monsters don’t appear when the sun is up.
…Is that more dangerous?
“What is this?”
On the way back to the cabin, Enoch found an empty box in the bushes.
It looked like military supplies, and upon closer inspection, it was a supply box.
“Oh… I guess so. It looks like someone already opened it. Could it be Bishop Ruzef’s group?”
At my question, Enoch rested his chin on his hand and stared at the empty box before nodding.
“It seems so. For now, it seems they and us are the only people on this island.”
I didn’t expect to see a supply box.
The box had ‘Military Support’ written on it in Korean.
Seeing that, I once again strengthened my hypothesis that this island might be a remote island in Korea.
“The sun is already setting, let’s go back quickly.”
No matter how much I looked at the empty box, nothing came out of it. Enoch and I started walking again towards the cabin.
However, when we arrived at the cabin, we witnessed an unexpectedly astonishing sight.
“…What on earth is this.”
Enoch muttered in disbelief.
I, too, was speechless at the sight of the Anaconda Monster stretched out along the river in front of the cabin.
A dozen Spears were stuck in the faintly wriggling Anaconda's body.
Bishop Ruzef seemed to have fainted, as he was lying in front of the cabin, and Kaiden, covered in wounds, had one foot on the Anaconda's head, driving a Spear into it.
I was momentarily stunned to see Kaiden covered in Monster blood. But soon, seeing the wriggling Anaconda, I hurriedly grabbed Enoch’s arm.
“Wait here.”
Enoch threw the rabbits tied to his waist on the ground, readjusted the Spear in his hand, and ran towards Kaiden. Then, he helped Kaiden drive the Spear into the Anaconda's head.
What on earth is going on?
“Ha. I thought I was going to die.”
I heard Kaiden’s curse, and only then did I come to my senses and approach them.
The Anaconda seemed completely dead.
“Are you okay?!”
I hurriedly checked on Kaiden. His body had a lot of new wounds. Not only were there torn and scratched wounds, but there were also wounds that looked like they were infected with poison.
Kaiden, who was covered in red blood and looked disheveled, turned to look at me, his red eyes filled with a dark madness.
As soon as I checked Kaiden’s condition, I turned to look at Enoch. As expected, I saw Enoch standing there, covering his eyes with one hand and trembling.
His neck was red and his veins were bulging, as if he was trying to suppress his outburst.
“What’s wrong with him?”
While Kaiden was looking at Enoch with a puzzled face, I picked up the rope that had fallen on the ground and ran to him, tying his hands and feet tightly.
“What, Margaret. What are you doing?”
Kaiden ran after me and watched what I was doing. I tied Enoch’s hands and feet tightly and answered.
“I’m calming him down.”
“Calming what?”
There was no time to answer Kaiden. Enoch’s breathing was becoming rough.
“Enoch. Can you hear me?”
Fortunately, he still seemed to have some reason left, as he nodded calmly.
However, he was holding on so tightly that the rope snapped. Angry muscles bulged on his forearms. He seemed to be controlling himself with all his might.
I calmly patted him.
“It’s okay, stop it.”
I slowly sat him down on the ground and patted his shoulder.
“Let’s stop now and quit.”
Still, the really fortunate thing is that it has become easier to control Enoch than before.
Enoch didn’t faint, and his outburst calmed down quickly. If his calming speed becomes this fast, it might be possible to control him without tying his hands and feet later.
I let out a sigh of relief and stood up.
“Are you okay?”
I turned to look at Kaiden and checked his wounds again.
“What’s going on right now? Why is the Crown Prince like that?”
“I’ll explain later. More than that, you look serious, so I’m asking.”
At my words, Kaiden smiled at me.
His attractive dimples were deeply sunken, but perhaps because his face was covered in blood, he looked a little eerie.
“Ah, Margaret. I’m glad you weren’t here. That minion fainted as soon as he saw this.”
Kaiden gave an irrelevant answer and pointed to the fainted Bishop Ruzef. As Kaiden said, I glanced at Bishop Ruzef once and then glanced at Enoch this time.
“Where are you looking?”
And Kaiden, who noticed me looking at Enoch, turned my chin and fixed it on him. Only then did he have a satisfied look on his face when our eyes met.
“Only look at me now, Margaret.”
Then, he urged me like a whining child wanting attention.
“I had a hard time. Praise me for doing well.”
His fine silver hair was all dirty with blood.
I stared at him for a moment, then slowly reached out and stroked his hair.
“You had a hard time alone, Kaiden. I’m glad you’re safe. I really mean it.”
At my words, Kaiden’s face lit up brightly.
If he had a tail, I thought it would be wagging fiercely right now.
But still, those crazy eyes are a little scary. Moreover, he was even more scary now that he was covered in blood.
He wiped the blood from his mouth with the back of his hand and smiled, and he really looked like a madman.
