I Reincarnated as a Villainous Noble and Want to Enjoy a Laid-Back Harem Life – I Have No Intention of Getting Involved in the Main Story, Just Want to Live Comfortably with My Female Slaves, but Everyone Around Me Keeps Treating Me Like a Hero - Chapter 2.19

A spell fueled by the stolen magic of the World Tree.

“…Haaah.”

To counter it, I began weaving my own spell.

“Your Majesty.”

In the midst of this, I called out to the Queen.

“Huh!? W-What is it?”

“First, I must apologize for involving you in this. I had hoped to keep you outside the range of this spell, but unfortunately, time is not on my side.”

“What…?”

“‘Dimensional Enclosure Barrier.’”

I activated the spell I had been preparing.

The effect was simple.

The entire room we stood in was lifted out of its reality and transported into another dimension.

“W-What is this place!?”

“What… just happened!?”

“…Huh?”

Suddenly, our surroundings had changed.

The walls, the ceiling—everything was gone.

Only an endless abyss of black stretched out before us, illuminated solely by an eerie white light descending from above.

Everyone in the room wore an expression of confusion.

“I’ve shifted our space to another dimension. Essentially, this place no longer exists within our original world.”

“W-What are you even talking about…?”

“Simply put, whatever happens here will have no effect on the world outside.”

“Wait… and why is your tone so polite all of a sudden?”

“Well, I’m not addressing a criminal anymore.”

I spoke in a calm, refined manner, as if the previous torture session had never happened.

After all, I needed to repair my image.

If I didn’t, I wouldn’t just be seen as an arrogant man—I’d be labeled as an arrogant sadist.

And unfortunately, negative times negative does not equal a positive here.

I had to limit the damage.

“From here, things are about to get chaotic.”

As I prepared my second spell, I continued speaking.

“However, leave everything to me. I may not be a hero, but I always see my tasks through to the end.”

The moment I declared this—

── Goon… Goon… Goon…

A deep, heavy bell tolled through the space.

The barrier I had created.

The massive magic circle inside it, fueled by the magic siphoned from the World Tree.

It was now complete.

Cracks spread across the air itself.

『OAAAAAAAaaaaaAAAAAAAHHHHHH!?!?』

Then—

A massive hand emerged from the rift, gripping the edges and tearing the crack open wider.

The rift expanded into a gaping void—

And from within, something crawled forth.

“…Ah… Ahhh…”

It was a nightmare made flesh.

A colossal figure, its body composed of rotting flesh, with exposed bones jutting out from various places.

Its gray, decaying skin was marred by festering wounds, constantly oozing pus.

Its eyes glowed crimson, deep pools of malice that seemed to pierce through one’s very soul.

Its mouth was unnaturally large, lined with rows upon rows of razor-sharp teeth.

With every breath it took, the air filled with the stench of rotting meat, the very atmosphere around it turning heavy with decay.

『OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH!』

It took a step forward.

The sheer weight of its movement sent tremors through the ground.

“W-What… is this thing?”

“A monster summoned by the magic Hamenos stole from the World Tree.”

The Queen’s voice trembled as she beheld the horror before her.

Behind her, the royal guards stood frozen in terror, their bodies stiff with fear.

“Hahaha! Yes! Yes! With this… the elven kingdom will fall! Destroy everything! Prove me right! Reduce it all to nothing!!”

Hamenos laughed maniacally, screaming in ecstasy.

“Shut up, perverted pig.”

“…!?”

With just those words, I silenced her.

“As if I could lose to this thing.”

The monster took another step.

Then another.

Each footfall echoed with a thunderous impact.

And yet, I took a single step forward as well.

Calm. Unshaken.

With a flicker of magic, a sword manifested in my hand.