Chapter 93
“You shouldn’t touch suspicious flowers like this carelessly. Please put it down.”
Diego looked back and forth between the flower and Kaiden for a moment, then obediently placed the flower on the floor.
“As expected of a Wizard, Lord, you know a lot.”
“This much is common sense.”
Yuanna looked at the discarded flower on the floor with a disappointed face and muttered. Kaiden sighed with a very annoyed face and retorted to her.
And then, a sudden gust of wind scattered a considerable amount of yellow pollen that had bloomed around the cabin.
“Achoo!”
Yuanna, who was covered in pollen, sneezed. Diego also inhaled the remaining residue, dropped the flower, and covered his nose.
Kaiden sensed that the two people’s reactions were unusual.
Because Yuanna and Diego’s necks were slowly turning red.
Yuanna grabbed her neck with a bewildered face and sat down. She kept coughing dryly.
Diego grabbed the front of his shirt with a pained expression, pulling it so hard that three or four of the top buttons were torn off.
‘Damn it, what is it? Is the pollen poisonous?’
Only Kaiden, who was immune to all poisons, was the only one unscathed.
The two seemed to be in considerable pain, not moving from their spots, which made Kaiden even more troubled.
Moreover, Yuanna and Diego’s complexions were fading like wilting flowers.
On the other hand, their unfocused, blurred eyes, rough breathing, and the way they groped the floor as if desperate to quench their thirst felt very greedy.
It was an embarrassing situation.
They had just encountered a Monster, and he couldn’t just leave them outside.
In the end, Kaiden decided to move the two to the cabin. Just moving these struggling people was quite a struggle.
“This is why I hate group activities. It looked dangerous, so why did you touch it…! Fucking hell!!”
Kaiden finally cursed.
It seemed he had to give up on his plan to return without any problems and be praised by Margaret.
Eunji, who had disappeared last night, was eating all of the Tentationem.
As soon as Enoch and I came out of the cabin, we found Eunji eating the flower at a terrifying speed.
I was sure there weren’t many flowers blooming, but overnight, the area around the cabin was densely filled with Red Flowers.
“Eunji!”
I was surprised and called out to her, and then Eunji turned to me and wagged her tail, happy to see me.
She hesitated, her eyes sparkling, wanting to come to me, but she finally ate all the remaining Tentationem before struggling to crawl to the deck of the cabin where we were.
Even so, Tentationem was a highly poisonous flower. And she ate such a large amount all at once…
Eunji crawled up to me and collapsed weakly on the floor. I was startled to see Eunji passed out and quickly picked her up. She slumped limply on my palm.
Fortunately, she was breathing evenly, so it was clear that she was simply asleep.
I let out a sigh of relief.
“Did you say that Monster has merged with you?”
Enoch asked, looking at Eunji, who was sleeping as if she had fainted.
“Yes, I think so. I can roughly predict the emotions this one feels. I think this one understands me too. Kaiden said it’s because this one imprinted on me.”
“It certainly doesn’t seem like a normal case.”
Enoch muttered after hearing my words.
I recalled the story I had told everyone about Eunji imprinting on me before.
Monsters do not recognize humans as apex predators, and Anacondas are already apex predators themselves, so it is difficult to find other imprinted individuals.
If she met me, who had a vast amount of Mana, there was a possibility that she would imprint.
‘Even I think it’s a mystery.’
I thought as I looked at Eunji, then went back into the cabin with Enoch.
Luzef was sleeping as if he had fainted, probably tired, and Asdal was sitting at the kitchen table, drinking water.
“She’s smart for a Monster.”
Asdal said, looking at Eunji, who was in my arms. He seemed to know that Eunji had eaten all the Tentationem overnight.
Did he know that Tentationem would be bad for Eunji’s body and just leave her alone? I was dumbfounded and glared at him.
“I had no choice but to leave her alone. She was doing something helpful for us.”
Asdal replied nonchalantly, realizing the meaning of my gaze.
I laid Eunji down on the soft makeshift bed and took care of her. I was worried just in case, but she was snoring comfortably with a peaceful face.
Fortunately, there seemed to be no problem. Only then did I feel relieved and went into the kitchen to prepare a meal.
Then Enoch came over and gently pushed me away.
“Margaret, you should rest a bit. I’ll prepare the meal.”
As expected, Enoch was the only one who cared about me. I felt strangely sad that I had taken care of Asdal while Enoch was unconscious, and I almost burst into tears.
Asdal, who was sitting with his chin resting on his hand, watching Enoch, looked dumbfounded.
“No matter how I look at it, it’s amazing. For Enoch Crown Prince to change this much.”
“People change.”
“I guess so. ‘That’ Margaret Rose Flone has changed, so there’s no reason why Banhwang wouldn’t change.”
Asdal pointed at me with his finger. Then, as if he suddenly had an idea, he clapped his knee and grabbed my wrist.
“I’ve been thinking, isn’t making a raft more efficient than going back and forth to the beach to see if there are any passing ships?”
At Asdal’s words, I forgot about helping Enoch and turned to him.
Only then did I remember that he had said that we should think about how to request rescue while staying in the cabin.
“Think about it. The Lady has launched flames into the sky with Magical Artifacts several times, but no one has approached the island so far. It would be faster for us to try to escape ourselves than to wait for rescue.”
Asdal said to me in a gentle voice, as if coaxing me. This was definitely him telling me to persuade Enoch to build a raft together.
But I know that this island exists in another dimension. Taking a raft out is useless.
We would probably just spin around the island and return to the original position.
“…Wouldn’t it be better to think about it after The Saintess’s group returns?”
I persuaded him in a tone as gentle as Asdal was trying to persuade me.
“We already have a shortage of manpower, what if a Monster attacks while we’re wasting energy on that?”
At my question, Enoch, who had been quietly preparing the meal, glanced at us and opened his mouth.
“Margaret is right. Let’s wait for The Saintess’s group to return first.”
At Enoch’s words, Asdal, who had been sitting with his chin resting on his hand, nodded with a helpless expression.
“Okay, fine. If our Banhwang says so.”
“Stop calling me Banhwang. Before I challenge you to a duel.”
Enoch finally threw the Stone Knife he was holding. The sharp Stone Knife narrowly grazed Asdal’s cheek and stuck right into the central pillar of the living room.
“Oh, Banhwang… Ahem. If I receive the Crown Prince’s challenge, it will be difficult for me to survive, so I should be careful.”
Asdal raised both hands and made a playful gesture of surrender. When Enoch gave him a contemptuous look, Asdal clutched his chest with a hurt expression.
The truly ironic thing was that Asdal, who always belittled Enoch by calling him Banhwang, trusted Enoch the most among us.
They weren’t on good terms, but could it be that they had some kind of bond from their school days?
“Anyway, if Mana worked, we could have checked the Monster’s movements or patterns.”
Asdal muttered.
I, who was moving Eunji, who was sleeping on a cushion made of leaves, looked at him after hearing those words.
“What do you mean?”
At my question, Asdal tapped his eyes and grinned.
“Well, I’ve mentioned it once before. I have Mana Eye. This is an ability that has been passed down through the Hestia royal family, a royal secret that has not been revealed to the outside world. I’m telling you this specially because of the situation.”
“Yes…? What is that Mana Eye?”
“It’s the ability to read the flow of Mana. It can also distinguish the shapes of various powers such as Mana and Divine Power.”
As he said, it was secret information of the Hestia Kingdom that was not known to the outside world, so even if I searched all of Margaret’s memories, nothing came out.
“The Lady has an enormous amount of Mana.”
“But how does Your Highness know how much Mana I have?”
“I have an eye for seeing such things.”
It seemed that what he had said before was not nonsense. I nodded and admired him sincerely.
“That’s an amazing power.”
“That’s right. And it’s a power that the royal family needs. We have been using this power to recruit talent.”
If you could instantly recognize hidden power, it would definitely be useful for recruiting talent.
Asdal sighed, tapping his fingers on the table.
“Anyway, this is also a power based on Mana, so I can’t use Mana Eye since coming to this island.”
“That’s a shame. It would have been a tremendous force.”
“Isn’t everyone disappointed that they can’t use their power? The Lady too.”
“…I’m curious, has Your Highness really seen how much Mana I have? I only saw Your Highness for a very short time in the Hestia Kingdom.”
Asdal nodded.
“Even if it’s a short time, I can grasp most of it if I make eye contact. It was surprising. To think that you had so much Mana and it wasn’t known… Well, I expected it when I heard that the Lady smashed the test marble at the Academy and didn’t take the retest because of Banhwang.”
I didn’t know whether to be happy or upset at Asdal’s words. I sighed and replied.
“That’s right. The reason my power wasn’t known is probably because I didn’t use my abilities. I hate practice. As you know, at the time, the only thing I was interested in was Enoch.”
Then, Enoch, who had been quietly preparing the meal, looked at me with a proud face. Then Asdal scoffed as if he was displeased.
“That’s a Lady-like ending.”
“Yes. So I don’t particularly miss not being able to use Mana on this island. I don’t even know how to use Mana.”
Asdal, who had been resting his chin on his hand, stared at me. He made a face as if he was thinking about something, then gestured to me.
I approached him with a puzzled face.
“Then I will give the Lady a special gift.”