Chapter 1

1. Life Is Made up of Damn Timing

Enoch realized later that it was my ankle that he was holding on to, and hurriedly let go of my ankle. Then I cleaned the sand off my ankles.

“Young Lady Floné.”

It was a voice filled with anger. He got up with a ferocious face.

“How the hell did this happen?”

He must have misunderstood that I had kidnapped him.

Then I sat down with him.

The golden eyes and even the tear dot under his left eye were staring at me fiercely.

“That is……”

I was a little perplexed and looked into his eyes. Enoch had bloody eyes that seemed to tear me to pieces if I didn’t answer.

I should have run away as soon as I opened my eyes.

“That…… actually I don’t know either…… eh? What’s that?”

I didn’t continue but pointed at the sky with a surprised face. Enoch followed my finger and looked up at the sky.

Of course, there was nothing in the sky.

I jumped up from my seat taking advantage of that opportunity. However, as soon as I took my feet, I was quickly caught by Enoch’s hand.

Eventually, I rolled the sand with him again.

Damn it!

Enoch locked me in his arms.

“Where are you going to run away?”

There was no time to think about this strange posture. Because he asked me in a bloody tone again.

“You have to tell me how this happened.”

As I showed signs of moving, he grabbed my wrist.

“Oh, how do I know? I think I’m going to die of confusion right now.”

I grumbled without hiding my resentment. Of course, Enoch didn’t blink an eye.

“You just tried to run away, do you think I would believe that?”

“You threatened me, so what should I do when I’m scared?”

When I asked with an absurd face, Enoch bit his mouth to see if he had been stabbed in the right direction. But soon, his eyebrows rose sharply again.

Even in the midst of this, it’s an alluring look that makes people admire it. A handsome face with no gaps was nice to see, but that face doesn’t save me, right?

“Young Lady Floné. I know it’s like a joke seeing how you look.”

There was a sense of intimidation in his harsh tone, and his eyes as he looked at me blazed like blazing lava.

“You must have poor eyesight.”

With a slight headache, I answered by rubbing my temple.

“Thinking about what Lady has done in the past, I think my suspicions are justified.”

At his words, I remembered Margaret’s past deeds.

Margaret was famous for chasing Enoch viciously.

It was not uncommon to follow him around like a stalker and annoy him, and if there was a young lady who even talked to him, she would hold her hair without noble’s-dignity and make a fuss.

There was a time when she nearly killed him because of a love potion she had bought by tricking him into thinking it was a drinkable medicine.

The case was well managed by the power of the Duke of Floné, but from then on Enoch began to hate Margaret in earnest.

She had done so many rude things that she could be punished at any time for her sins, but she survived.

It was thanks to the great power of the Duke of Floné. Of course, the fact that Prince Enoch was a prince without backers also played a part.

‘I have nothing to say.’

But I answered in the calmest tone possible.

“The Floné’s family is strong, but it’s not enough to recklessly kidnap the Crown Prince of the Empire.”

I sighed and ruffled my hair back. Maybe it was because of the humid weather, I already had a headache. It’s too late to pretend to be dignified.

“…… that’s right.”

Enoch calmed down his anger faster than expected and began to make a proper judgment of the situation. The energy that had threatened me disappeared in an instant.

“Was it the work of the Rodven faction?”

He muttered with a thoughtful look on his face.

If it was Rodven, it was clear that he was referring to the wretched and abandoned prince who had been deprived of the crown prince’s seat by Enoch and was imprisoned in the north.

Yes, as Enoch said, there may be political reasons.

However, it is not too late to think about the problem after I escape.

“Then, are you done with your business?”

I turned around quietly. I was about to go straight into the forest but he hurriedly grabbed my arm.

“Where are you going?”

Damn, I tried to run away naturally, but this time I failed again.

‘I think it will be easier for me to take refuge in a safe place.’

Finding the hut the main characters lived in might help me survive.

Besides the hut, there was also an underground bunker suitable for hiding.

It seems that the female lead, Yuanna, finds the bunker at the end of the first volume. It was before she escapes from the island through the ‘gate’.

I was thinking of finding the hut and bunker.

Even if I don’t have combat power, I’m more confident than anyone in survival, so all I need to do is find a place to hide.

Of course, Enoch was not in the plan.

“Let me go.”

I warned Enoch by pointing at my captured wrist, but that warning didn’t work.

His eyes glaring at me became harsh again. It was like igniting burning embers.

He clasped my wrist tightly as he lowered his head gently.

“If I let you go, you’ll run away again. I still don’t trust you, Lady.”

A terribly low voice rang in my ears.

My wrist hurt, so I shrugged and protested.

“It hurts.”

He smirked at my words.

However, contrary to his reaction, the strength in my tightly gripped wrist was released. But that didn’t mean he completely let go of it.

In the novel, Enoch is a gentleman, but the ‘gentleman’ does not seem to apply to Margaret.

‘Why did you live like that, Margaret of the past?’

There is no point in lamenting. Now I am the present Margaret.

Enoch looked around the beach and said, “First of all, we need to figure out where this place is.”

I hide my annoyance and shook my head hard to find a way out of this situation. How should I escape from Enoch?

Even if I ran away now, it was clear that I would be caught again. So, I have to do it when he wasn’t vigilant.

After all, Enoch is going to meet the female lead soon, should I run away at that time?

“Are you going into the forest?”

At my question, Enoch looked at the forest, which seemed rather dark.

“If necessary.”

The island was dangerous when the sun went down. Because it is an enchanted island, it is crowded with monsters that are active only at night. Whatever you do, you have to move quickly before the sun goes down.

‘Come to think of it, it seems that there were also modern items on the island……’

I remembered the original content again.

The worldview of the novel 《Things More Important Than Survival》 was very unique.

It’s not just the survival on an uninhabited island, it’s as if a spoonful of modern stuff was mixed with a western period romance fantasy.

Therefore, useful items used in modern times such as first aid kits and lighters were hidden on this remote island. All of them were very helpful equipment for survival.

‘That was a bit odd. The main characters are all from another world, so why do the modern stuff exist?’

I don’t know what the author intended to create such a setting.

Even in the original story, the main characters used to throw away relentlessly because they didn’t know how to use it even though it was necessary for survival.

‘It would be important to find and collect modern items. Even if the main characters don’t know, I will be able to use them well.’

I worked hard on a plan in my head.

“You’d better not think about running away again.”

And perhaps Enoch noticed such a sense, he looked back at me and threatened me again.

‘He was quick.’

I sighed as I looked at my wrist held by him.

“Yes Yes.”

I finally moved along with Enoch.

The plan to escape from Enoch had failed, but at least I had to avoid meeting other male leads.

‘By the way, what are the other male leads doing now?’

My favorite was Kayden the Arch Wizard, the 5th male lead who appeared at the end of the story.

The reason why Kayden appeared last is because he has strong individualistic and independent tendencies.

He didn’t like group life, so he only wandered around the female lead before she escaped. And he’s not even a ‘wild animal’.

I like him because he’s the most straight and rational among the male leads, and I don’t want to meet those crazy people.

On the other hand, Enoch moved without notice. Thanks to him, I almost fell, so I protested against him again.

“If you’re going to hold me, can’t you just hold my hand instead of my wrist? It’s uncomfortable.”

At my words, Enoch’s sharp eyes fell on my face. Those eyes were so bloody that I quickly turned my head.

It’s better to deal with one man who despises me the most than to deal with many men who also hate me……

It would be really better, right?