Edited…

<Episode 2>

“Ha…”

He began to glare at me with a face that didn’t erase the will to live. Unconsciously, I closed my eyes, wondering if he was trying to dominate me with pheromones again.

However, there was no imposing scent emanating from him.

Alphas and omegas could emit scents. They called it pheromones, and through those pheromones, they could determine each other’s ranks.

The higher the rank, the stronger the ability.

The obsessive presence in front of me, Elkais de Robein, was a royal alpha.

So, if he decided to use his abilities, I would faint from the pheromones. Poor betas might be affected by pheromones, but they couldn’t emit pheromones themselves.

“To play such a prank…”

He grabbed my arm, which was covering my sight, and forcefully pulled it down.

“Hand over Abellard immediately.”

“What are you talking about?”

I roughly knew the current situation because I had seen the original work.

This place is a deserted island with no one around.

This deserted island is the setting for Abellard Wilden, the only omega, and Elkais de Robein, to inevitably come together.

They survive together on this island, caring for each other, imprinting on each other later, and even having a child, creating that kind of story.

Certainly, it was that kind of story, but…

“There’s no way you wouldn’t know. What kind of sick play is this?”

“I really don’t know?”

Elkais could have thought that way.

I was the villainess from the original work who tormented Abellard, my brother, to death. I had done anything to take revenge on my brother during that time.

Of course, I hadn’t tormented him at all since I came into this body.

The problem was that the bad things I had done before entering this body were so creative and diverse that people couldn’t forget them.

“Ha. Wedding dress on an Island? Ridiculous.”

“That’s true…”

He exerted force in the hand holding my arm.

Blood was gradually losing its flow in her hand. However, contrary to the hand becoming hot, the surface was growing pale.

Elkais was wearing a suit. Clearly, it was the attire of a man getting married.

If only Elkais was in a suit, there wouldn’t have been such a misunderstanding. The problem was that I was also wearing a wedding dress.

“How on earth did you bring me here?”

“Haha…”

“More bizarre than I thought.”

I knew it was an obvious mockery, but I couldn’t figure out what to say in response. Even if I were Elkais, I would have doubted the situation.

“Where is Abellard?”

“I don’t know… I just woke up…”

I wanted to shout to express my opinion, but I was cautious because I felt that if I made eye contact now, he might tear my arm off.

“Are you asking me to believe that now?”

“Yes…”

I couldn’t remember how many laws were passing through my mind. Only, in the Cropha Empire I was reincarnated into, this wouldn’t be considered a crime.

At this point, it would be something like assault and coercion.

But that story was when there were people who would protect me and enforce the law.

In the place I am now, it seemed like we were the only people.

“Your Grace.”

“…”

“Your Grace , I am a beta. How could I bring Your Grace here? I can’t even use pheromones.”

Although I tried to speak logically, the strength holding my wrist was getting stronger, and I felt like I would stutter.

“Moreover, how could I move Your Grace in this attire?”

The weight of the wedding dress I was wearing was easily over 5kg. Moreover, the hair that had been tied up fell heavily onto my shoulders as soon as I spoke.

“Where is Abellard?”

“Why have you been looking for my brother since earlier? How do you know if he came with me or not?”

“I can sense Abellard’s pheromones on this island.”

“Oh…”

I couldn’t know if this island was not a small one that made it possible. But, well, they say anacondas can find a female anaconda even from a very far distance during the mating season. Quite far away.

Is it something like that?

“Look at the shoes. It’s even difficult to walk with these on.”

With the hand not caught by Elkais, I lifted the skirt and showed my foot. As I did, the high heel protruded sharply.

Somehow, even though I hadn’t walked much, my toes were hurting.

“Moreover, there’s no reason for me to bring Your Grace here.”

“You always wanted to kill Abellard.”

“…”

“So, Where did you isolate Abellard on this island?”

It was annoying to have to refute this nonsensical statement without getting angry.

“If that’s the case, why bring Your Grace here? Wouldn’t it make more sense to isolate my brother without bringing Your Grace?”

“…”

“Ha…”

The person I saw was clearly a rational and intellectual individual. However, at the moment, he seemed too unsettled to make sound judgments.

“Please let go now.”

As I pulled my arm, he released his grip on my hand, but his expression still looked very confused.

Ruby-like red eyes that complemented his jet-black hair perfectly. Wearing a suit and a red cape, he was handsome indeed.

Except for the fierce glare, his appearance was truly fantastic.

Abellard hadn’t shown any interest in Elkais until arriving on this island.

My fox-like older brother was not someone who would be satisfied with a mere Duke de Rebois.

There was someone else my older brother was aiming for.

“Where are you going?”

“I don’t like being with Your Grace. Let’s part ways now.”

“Ha…”

When I turned around and walked, he didn’t follow.

While walking, I found out that I seemed to have something hidden in my skirt. Otherwise, the dress alone wouldn’t be this heavy.

After walking for a while and getting away from Elkais, I lifted the skirt to see what was underneath.

In the garter belt under the skirt…

‘A gun!’

And attached to the garter belt was a box of bullets, sewn into the fabric.

‘No wonder it felt heavy!’

The box of bullets was full. With this amount, it should be enough to handle the wild animals that appeared on this island lying down and eating rice cakes.

But in the era I was incarnated into, don’t people use swords? A gun?

Let’s not think about it.

Anyway, now that there’s a gun, it should be okay, right? Besides, details about this era were not extensively covered even in the original work.

Shooting was my specialty.

‘Still, it’s an old-fashioned gun like this.’

The gun was a Desert Eagle, which was popular in the 2000s. The loading area was silver, and the body was entirely black.

Unfortunately, it was more of a hunting gun than a killing gun.

Since it was a gun, it should be fine, right? After all, details about the era weren’t extensively covered even in the original work.

If you’re going to give me a gun, it would have been better if it were the K5.

The Desert Eagle looked cool but wasn’t something I was familiar with.

After taking bullets out of the box and reloading, I held it in my hand.

Wedding dress, gun in hand, and blood on my hand from earlier when Elkais grabbed me.

It seemed like he had killed wild animals on his way to where I was.

This place was a perfect uninhabited island. There seemed to be no one here except us.

From what I saw in the original work, there were jaguars and black leopards, and although there were no lions, there were tigers. Also bears.

‘If you’re going to give me a gun, at least attach a suppressor.’

The gunshot would be quite loud, and without a suppressor, the moment I shot, Elkais could have detected my location. However, since we decided to act separately anyway, what could be the problem?

About a year after Elkais and the satisfied Abellard would be rescued from this island, we could escape.

And there was also a reason why I had to stay away from Elkais.

He would enter the rut cycle without taking suppressants on this island. The problem was that my older brother, Abellard, would also enter the heat cycle.

Seeing that Abellard’s pheromones were felt, it meant that my older brother must be somewhere on this island.

I didn’t want to get involved either way.

So, I decided to find the cottage where the two of them lived sweetly, just as I saw in the original work.

Although this place was an uninhabited island, it used to be a place where smugglers lived, so there were cottages, and below them, there was a underground room filled with rum.

If I occupied the cottage first, Elkais would have to sleep outside.

With that in mind, I recalled the location and climbed the mountain. Surprisingly, climbing the mountain in high heels was hell. My calves felt like they were going to burst, and my thighs felt like they were going to tear.

When I reached the middle of the mountain like that, I saw the cottage. The uninhabited island had a tropical climate, humid and hot. However, it was bearable.

Near the cottage, I could hear the sound of water. Behind it, there was a lake, so it was perfect for washing.

“Grrr…!”

As expected, a jaguar was waiting for me.

Originally, when Elkais and Abellard arrived at this cottage, they would start opening up to each other because of this jaguar. Elkais would protect Abellard, who got injured.

However.

“Don’t move. If you move, I’ll shoot.”

The words came out naturally, like something I wanted to say when catching a criminal. I guess I never got to say it and died.

“Rawr!”

As the jaguar rushed towards me, I aimed the loaded gun at the jaguar as if I were going to shoot.

“Click!”

But I didn’t actually have to shoot.

“Does anyone hold a bat like that?”

Elkais, as if expressing discomfort, frowned and cleared away the jaguar. The jaguar, whose breath was cut off by his knife, was still writhing on the ground.

The “bat” he mentioned seemed to refer to a gun.

“You were so confident.”

“…”

It was unclear from where he had been trailing me, but it was clear that he had the intention to save me.

“I didn’t know there were wild animals.”

After saying that, I unloaded the gun, filled the safety pin, and lowered it.

“Why are you so attached to that useless bat?”

“Thank you for saving me. Let’s say our goodbyes now.”

“Hey.”

He grabbed the wrist without the gun and said,

“If you keep wandering like this, you’ll die.”

“I won’t die.”

“Haven’t you seen the wild animals?”

“Ah…”

“Follow me.”

Elkais gestured towards the dead jaguar and led the way to the cottage that was visible in front of us.

Oh, I was planning to occupy it alone.