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 3.7

Inside the Mimosa Empire.

After passing through the raging storm wall, we had finally entered the empire.

What lay before us was a pristine cityscape—one that bore little difference from the memories of Lloyd, who had lived in this world.

Despite the violent chaos at the borders, the interior of the Mimosa Empire remained eerily untouched, frozen in time.

Yet, amidst this immaculate scenery, there was no sound.

No human chatter, no chirping of birds, not even the rustling of leaves in the wind.

It was as if all life had vanished.

“Th-This is… This can’t be real.”

“It’s too quiet. It’s unsettling.”

“……”

The empire’s interior was exactly as it had been years ago.

However, every trace of life had disappeared.

Not even the wind stirred—only an eerie, lifeless stillness remained.

“I don’t see a single person who lived in the Mimosa Empire. Not even corpses.”

There should have been people here.

There must have been.

“The Mimosa Empire was attacked by a sudden wave of monsters.”

As I pondered this mystery, Bohater spoke up from inside the carriage.

“Huh?”

“The empire was destroyed by an unknown horde of monsters. I don’t know what they were, but the nation fell under their attack.

Flames engulfed the city, corpses littered the streets—it was a hellish sight.”

“That… doesn’t match what we’re seeing here at all.”

“Exactly! None of this makes sense! The nightmare I saw that day—what the hell was it!?”

Bohater, seated in the carriage, let their emotions explode.

“A powerful spell has been cast over this entire area.

Either reality has been rewritten in some way, or time itself has been reversed—at least for the buildings.

I don’t know which, but either way, this is serious.”

The situation was at least ten times worse than I had expected.

This was bad.

“…Magic?”

“What scale are we talking about?”

“Who knows? Even I wouldn’t be able to construct something like this. I can’t even begin to grasp its full scope.”

“…What?”

Under any other circumstances, I would have been content to shut myself inside and focus solely on magic research.

Honestly, I still want to.

I really want to.

But obviously, I can’t.

The situation is too dire.

The circumstances are too pressing.

Ugh… Just endure it, me.

“Creak… creak… creeeak!”

“…Huh?”

Just as these thoughts ran through my mind, the carriage suddenly halted.

A monster emerged from the ground, right in front of me.

“T-That thing!?”

Bohater gasped in shock at the sight of it.

“Well, well… I see. I see.

Alright, let’s capture it alive.”

That monster…

Could it be one of the ones responsible for what happened to this country?

Perfect.

Now I had something to investigate.

I cast a sleep spell on the horses to keep them from panicking, then leapt from the driver’s seat—

Straight into the unknown.