"Help me contact her, but not now." Momonga said, "I still have one very important thing to do."
Momonga looked at Sebas. "Prepare the [Remote Scrying Mirror], Sebas. I want to observe the surrounding situation."
About half a day later, the sky changed from the pitch-black of night to the bright light of day, and Momonga finally returned to Nazarick.
"So I really have returned to the past."
It had only been speculation before, but now he could finally confirm it because of what Momonga had just experienced.
Through the [Remote Scrying Mirror], he saw Carne Village being invaded by a group disguised as Imperial knights—who were actually the Slane Theocracy's Sunlight Scripture. Then Momonga went to Carne Village and rescued Enri, Enri's little sister, the Kingdom's Warrior-Captain, and some of the villagers.
Through this event, which had already happened once in the past, Momonga had confirmed the fact that he had traveled through time.
"I tried my best to keep things the same as last time... Though it seems I saved a few more people... This much deviation should be acceptable, right?" Momonga thought to himself.
Actually, because he knew in advance this time, Momonga could have arrived earlier and saved Carne Village completely.
However, if he did that, the future might undergo serious changes. After much hesitation, cautious by nature, Momonga ultimately decided to act according to the original course of events.
"Good thing I remembered in time." Momonga sighed.
If he had forgotten, Enri and the Kingdom's Warrior-Captain would both have been killed by the Sunlight Scripture. The two of them would play important roles in Nazarick's future plans, so he could not let them die so easily here.
After settling the matter of Carne Village, quite a while had passed. When he returned to the