After being hit by a truck and dying, a homeless and jobless Japanese man reincarnates into a fantasy-like world as Rudeus, son of the swordsman Paul Greyrat and his wife, the healer Zenith. Keeping his memories of his previous life, Rudeus quickly learns to read and eventually starts practicing magic. Noticing his aptitude, Rudeus' parents hire the adventurer Roxy Migurdia as his magic teacher. Roxy initially doubts about tutoring him due to his tender age until she witnesses his unique ability
Rudeus reminisces about his past life when he was expelled from home and was hit by the truck that killed him while attempting to save some teenagers. He spends the next months training magic with Roxy until the day of his five-year-old birthday party when Roxy declares that she has nothing more to teach him and will hold his graduation exam. The next day, Rudeus, accompanied by Roxy, leaves his home for the first time. He gets distressed over his past trauma when he was severely bullied by his
After losing his fear of leaving his home thanks to Roxy, Rudeus starts playing outdoors by himself until he rescues a half-elf child, whom he assumes is a boy named Sylph, from a group of bullies. Sylph becomes friends with Rudeus and starts learning magic from him, and it is revealed Sylph is capable of casting magic without incantations as well. Six months later, Rudeus brings Sylph home during a storm and takes away Sylph's clothes by force so that they can take a bath together. However, he
The Greyrat family is overjoyed upon learning that Zenith is pregnant again. However, their happiness is cut short when their maid, Lilia, reveals that she is also pregnant after having an affair with Paul. To protect Lilia from Zenith's wrath, Rudeus convinces his mother to forgive her by having Paul take all the blame for the incident, despite realizing that she was the one who seduced him, which earns him Lilia's gratitude and loyalty. Zenith and Lilia give birth to two girls, Norn and Aisha,
As Ghislaine and Rudeus leave the village, he reads a letter from Paul explaining that he found a tutoring job for him to pay for his and Sylphiette's studies. However, Paul forbids him from returning home or meeting Sylphiette for the next five years. In the city of Roa, Rudeus meets his employer, Philip Boreas Greyrat, who is also Roa's mayor and his father's cousin, and is tasked to teach Philip's daughter, Eris. However, once Rudeus is introduced to Eris, she acts hostile towards him. Certai
Philip thanks Rudeus for protecting Eris and warns him not to reveal his connections with the Greyrat family to anyone, or he may be targeted again. While Ghislaine begins teaching swordsmanship to Eris and Rudeus, Rudeus teaches Eris and Ghislaine magic, literacy, and math. However, Eris usually skips classes out of boredom, and Rudeus decides to give her one day off per week to encourage her. While taking a stroll in the city, Eris attempts to buy Rudeus an expensive book, but he refuses, clai
With Eris' tenth birthday party approaching, Rudeus allows her dance teacher to take over part of his tutoring schedule to help her improve. At the same time, he makes use of his newfound free time to learn other languages. Despite that, Eris barely improves her dancing and considers giving up, but Rudeus encourages her to continue and starts helping with her lessons. As Rudeus makes some progress on his foreign language skills with Ghislaine and Roxy's help, Eris does not improve at all, and on
Two years later, Eris and her family hold a birthday party for Rudeus, who is disappointed at first that his own family could not attend due to the increase of monster activity around the country. Rudeus is presented with a top-quality magic staff, and Philip expresses his will to have Rudeus marry Eris and become his successor, but Rudeus rejects the offer. Later that night, Rudeus is surprised to see Eris waiting in his room. He then attempts to have sex with her, but she pushes him away. Real
Inside his dreams, and looking like his past self, Rudeus has a short encounter with an elusive being known as the Human-God, who instructs him to rely on and help the man who saved him. He then awakens in his current body and learns that he and Eris are stranded in the middle of the Demon Continent and were rescued by Ruijerd Superdia, a member of the dreaded Superd race, who becomes their friend and promises to escort them home. Ruijerd brings Rudeus and Eris to the nearby Migurdia village, wh
Rudeus, Eris, and Ruijerd arrive at the city of Rikarisu. To have Ruijerd enter the city without trouble, Rudeus dyes his hair and has him pretend to be a member of the Migurdia tribe. The three become an official group of adventurers called "Dead End," but their novice status prevents them from taking quests that pay well enough for them to make ends meet. By the Human-God's suggestion, Rudeus accepts a quest to look for a lost pet, which leads them to another group of adventurers who kidnap pe
After the Mana Surge in Fitoa, all of Paul's family members are missing except for Norn, and he asks for his contacts to make search parties to find them. Meanwhile, to accomplish a quest, Rudeus' party looks for a mysterious monster in the middle of a forest. They encounter two other parties also searching for the monster. One of the parties is ambushed by monsters, but Rudeus decides to wait, which ends with one of the adventurers being killed. The monster they are looking for attacks and kill
Rudeus and his party finally arrive at a coastal city with a port while Roxy and her party arrive at the same time by boat, but both parties fail to encounter each other. Unfortunately, Rudeus and Eris learn that Ruijerd is a Superd, so his boat fee to travel the ocean is too high for them to pay. While looking for a solution, Rudeus is once again contacted by Human-God, who instructs him to buy some food in a specific place, where he stumbles upon a hungry vagrant and feeds her. The vagrant rev
Roxy and her companions, Talhand and Elinalise, begin searching the city for any sign of Paul's missing family, including Rudeus. Unfortunately, since Rudeus has been traveling under an alias, Roxy doesn't realize he is in the same city. As Roxy explores the city, she comes across Eris and Ruijerd sparring, but flees when she assumes they are both Superds. Failing to find any information, Roxy and her party leave for the next town. Meanwhile, Rudeus and his party are able to leave the city by se
Rudeus is imprisoned in Doldia Village, later joined by another human prisoner, a rogue named Geese. A few days later, the village is attacked by the smugglers seeking to kidnap beast children, and both Rudeus and Geese break free and help the villagers. Together, they defeat all enemies except for Gallus, who reveals himself as the head of the smuggling ring who deceived him in order to use Ruijerd as a distraction to lure the village's warriors away. Gallus overpowers Gyes and kills two of his
With the rainy season starting, Rudeus and his party are forced to stay in Doldia Village for the next three months. During this time, Eris befriends some of the beast children, including Tona, Gyes' daughter, who is the village's best warrior. However, when Ghislaine's name is mentioned, this elicits a negative reaction from Gyes, who reveals that Ghislaine is his younger sister who left the village long ago and is considered a traitor for refusing to become a village guardian. This sparks Tona
The party reaches the capital city of Millis, Millishion. Geese parts ways with the group while Rudeus decides everyone should take the day off. However, Rudeus notices what appears to be a kidnapping taking place and follows the kidnappers. He confronts the kidnappers and is surprised to see Paul is their leader. Paul explains that their home village was caught in the teleportation disaster, and he and his party have spent the past year and a half tracking down the missing villagers and their f
Geese pays a visit to Paul, revealing he is a member of Paul's party, and encourages him to make amends with Rudeus, reminding him that Rudeus is still just a child. Paul has nightmares about what could have happened to Rudeus and decides to quit drinking. The next day, Rudeus and Paul meet again. While the meeting starts off awkwardly, Rudeus realizes Paul misinterpreted his initial intentions and is trying to apologize for it. After having a heart-to-heart, they tearfully reconcile. In the occ
While Rudeus and his party cross the sea to the Central Continent, Roxy returns to her home village, where she reunites with her parents. Still feeling herself displaced for being unable to use telepathy to communicate with her fellow villagers, Roxy considers leaving immediately but reconsiders after realizing how much her parents missed her. Roxy learns from her father and mother that Rudeus visited them two years ago. Relieved that he is safe, she departs with her companions to keep searching
Rudeus has another encounter with the Human-God, who instructs him on how to reunite with Lilia and Aisha. Once arriving at the Kingdom of Shirone, Rudeus sends a letter to Roxy, who works as a teacher in the palace, and rescues Aisha from some pursuers. Following the advice of the Human-God, Rudeus refrains from revealing his identity to his sister, who thinks Rudeus is a pervert due to finding Roxy's panties that Lilia had confiscated from him. Rudeus is then summoned to the palace for an audi
While waiting in his cell, Rudeus is met by Shirone's third prince, Zanoba, who idolizes him for making such lifelike sculptures of Roxy and Ruijerd and seeks to become his apprentice. When Rudeus explains that only Pax can undo the seal on his cell, Zanoba promises to resolve the situation. Meanwhile, Pax's guards smuggle Ruijerd, Eris, and Aisha into the palace in return for rescuing their families, who are being held hostage by Pax. Zanoba then captures Pax, with Aisha revealing that Zanoba i
Rudeus, Eris, and Ruijerd continue their journey when they come across Orsted, the Dragon God. Eris and Ruijerd are stricken with fear and refuse to move, but Rudeus, ignoring their warnings, talks with him. Orsted inquires Rudeus about the Human-God and, believing Rudeus to be one of his apostles, attacks him. Ruijerd and Eris try to protect Rudeus but are easily defeated by Orsted, who mortally wounds Rudeus. As he dies, Rudeus meets the Human-God, who reveals that Orsted is afflicted with sev
During the night, Rudeus reveals the nature of the Human-God to Ruijerd and the fact that the Superd curse on him is gradually fading away. The next day, the party reaches the ruins of Rudeus' hometown, where he has flashbacks to his early life there. Ruijerd then announces that since Rudeus and Eris are strong enough that they do not require his protection anymore, he will take his leave. Rudeus and Eris bid Ruijerd farewell before continuing on to Roa, which is also in ruins. There, Eris reuni
Rudeus falls into a state of depression and begins having flashbacks to his old life, where severe bullying at school traumatized him into becoming a social recluse. Meanwhile, Eris has left on her own journey with Ghislaine so that she can grow strong enough to fight Orsted and protect Rudeus. Ruijerd rescues some travelers from beasts, earning their praise despite revealing his identity as a Superd to them. Zanoba and Geese continue on their respective journeys as they recall Rudeus fondly. Gy