Chapter 62
What, is he really trying to seduce me?
But considering that, he wasn't showing much emotion and had a rather dry look on his face.
I swallowed a sigh and replied.
"It's a good idea, but haven't you forgotten why we're here? The Key that The Saintess has. Either get information or steal the Key. We have to do one of those before we leave."
Enoch let out a deflated laugh. He straightened up and shook his head as if he couldn't help it.
"You really only know how to survive."
I shrugged.
"We should hurry up and hunt before Noel sets."
Then, pretending to be calm, I turned my head and looked around. I looked at Enoch, whose face was unreadable, and said.
"There's a valley right in front of us, shall we go catch some fish?"
Enoch reluctantly nodded and turned away.
Not far from the cabin was the valley where we had been bathing.
Since the water wasn't flowing gently, it was better to hunt with a Spear, fish traps, or nets than with a fishing rod.
Fortunately, Enoch and I had been hunting with Spears, so catching freshwater fish wasn't too difficult.
In fact, Enoch was good at hunting 'too'. It was the first time I'd seen him hunt in person, and I didn't know what this man couldn't do.
I first drained the blood from the fish Enoch had caught, cleaned them simply, skewered them on a tree branch, and hung them on the Spear.
"We'll collect fish only today, and tomorrow we'll have to make snares to catch land animals."
I should also ask Kaiden to make a bow. If it's Kaiden, he can make anything, so he'll definitely be able to make a bow and arrows without difficulty.
Enoch, who hadn't responded to my words for a while, opened his mouth.
"Lord and I will go hunting tomorrow, so you should rest."
"How can I do that? Everyone's busy."
It would be nice if Kaiden and Enoch could hunt for me, but there's also the matter of each person's role.
"Margaret, you can. You've been through a lot so far."
Enoch stroked my hair with a gentle touch.
"Don't run away because it's hard. Rest."
I didn't answer Enoch's words. The words 'Don't run away' seemed to have a bone in them, and I broke out in a cold sweat.
He told me to rest comfortably, but I think it's best to do my part as much as possible.
The person who holds the Key to this novel and has the right to receive all that favor from the male leads is not me. It's Yuanna.
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It's not that I haven't lived in a group before, but I've never been good at getting along with people. I was mostly used to being alone, and that was the same even after I came out into society.
In other words, I'm not good at taking care of other people, assisting them, or suppressing my feelings to make the organization run smoothly.
"Hey, Lady. Don't be so stingy. Aren't you dividing it too much? Put more in!"
I was in the kitchen cleaning fish when Asdal, who had been loafing around until now, came up to me and kept nagging.
Thwack!
I finally got annoyed and stuck the Stone Knife into the kitchen table.
Asdal was so surprised that he took two steps back from me. Even Kaiden and Luzef, who were sitting in the living room grabbing each other by the collar for some unknown reason, were surprised and turned to look at me.
I sighed and glared at Asdal. I guess I'm not suited for group living.
"If you don't want to starve, move."
Asdal blinked his eyes and stared blankly at me, then belatedly pointed at himself with his finger.
"Lady, are you talking to me right now?"
I picked up the Stone Knife that was stuck in the table and nodded.
"Shall I say it again?"
As I said that, I slammed the Stone Knife into the wooden table even harder than before.
Thwack! Crack.
With the sound of the wooden table splitting, the Stone Knife was deeply embedded in the table.
"Move, you're in the way."
At my words, Asdal looked back and forth between the Stone Knife and my face with a bewildered expression, and slipped away backwards.
Then, scratching the back of his head,
"Isn't that food our Crown Prince got anyway? I don't know why Lady is taking credit for it."
He went out to the living room, making such irritating noises.
It's a childish thing to say, but I caught more fish than Enoch in the first place. And I never took credit for it.
Asdal went out to the living room, turned to look at me in the kitchen, and smiled slyly.
"Lady Flone. Let me give you a piece of advice. We can't live with Lady if you act like that."
Unfortunately, Enoch wasn't in the cabin right now. He had gone out on patrol.
Kaiden and Luzef were still holding each other by the collar, staring blankly up at Asdal, who had approached them.
Diego didn't care about Asdal's behavior at all. He was helping Yuanna light the fireplace as if she was the only thing he could see.
Well, Diego is only in that group because of Yuanna in the first place, and he's basically Enoch's man. Not Asdal's.
"That son of a bitch……."
Kaiden cursed and fidgeted. He was about to show insubordination again, so I hurriedly opened my mouth and changed the subject.
"Since Prince Asdal is so uncomfortable, I think it would be better to have one person from each team go out to get food from now on."
"Huh?"
Asdal turned to look at me with a face that said he didn't understand what I was saying. Even Diego and Yuanna, who were quietly lighting the fire, turned to look at me.
"You said group living is important, right? Then we should divide it up fairly and get it."
"Wait, wait, I think I misheard. Lady Flone, are you telling me to go get food now?"
At Asdal's words, I couldn't help but laugh.
"Is there anyone here who doesn't have to get food? You keep forgetting, but I'm Lady of House of Floone."
House of Floone had great power in the Langrid Empire. That meant that it also had great power in countries that traded with the Langrid Empire.
Asdal immediately shut his mouth when the name of the family came up. He seemed to realize belatedly.
The mutual courtesy that we had been maintaining, keeping in mind the possibility of escaping from the island, was now coming to an end.
It had already been two months since we had opened our eyes on this strange island, and we didn't know how much longer we would be staying on this island. Because we haven't found a way to escape yet.
That meant that we had to abandon our status and face for the sake of survival.
"Anyway, you always make things bigger."
Yuanna gave Asdal a pitiful look.
"If you don't want to, I can't share the food."
I crossed my arms and looked at Asdal with a disapproving look. Asdal seemed flustered by my attitude.
The characters in the novel <What's More Important Than Survival> all knew Margaret except for Yuanna. Asdal was the same.
Margaret had a wide network and a large radius of activity as much as her high notoriety.
Four years ago, when Margaret turned eighteen, she studied abroad in Hestia Kingdom for about half a year. She met Asdal briefly at that time.
So, Asdal would know as much about the true nature of Margaret as the other male leads.
"Lady Flone, are you confident that you won't regret those words after you get off the island?"
Asdal frowned and warned me.
As he said, I might regret this after I escape from the island.
But,
"If I die before I get off the island, there's nothing to regret, right?"
Asdal had nothing to say to my answer and closed his mouth.
"You're too soft. Why are you even dealing with him?"
Kaiden, who had come to my side before I knew it, sighed and helped me finish cleaning the fish.
Asdal raised both hands as if he was dumbfounded. He looked back and forth between me and Kaiden, changed his attitude, sighed, and clutched the front of his chest.
"I have no one on my side."
Yuanna clicked her tongue at his lament.
"Do you think you would?"
"Everyone's on Lady Flone's side. My heart feels a little sore, so I should rest."
Asdal pretended to wipe away tears that weren't even flowing, like someone who had been dumped.
Then, without answering the proposal to divide the team and take turns getting food, he went up to the second floor.
Luzef, who was watching the situation, crept up to me and checked my complexion.
"Don't worry about it. Prince Asdal wouldn't have believed anything Lady said anyway."
At Luzef's words, I thought about Crown Prince Asdal again.
'Asdal is so different from Enoch.'
Asdal was noble from birth and had no brothers who were powerful enough to threaten him.
If Enoch was a royal who started from the bottom and climbed up, Asdal was a royal who was at the top of the pyramid from the beginning.
He was arrogant without ever being broken, and he was a man who lived knowing that was the right answer.
"Perhaps, Prince Asdal won't even admit that Lady has changed."
Luzef explained to me in an unusually gentle voice. He spoke in a soft voice, as if soothing a child.
