In the wake of Eris leaving him, a deeply depressed Rudeus continues his search for Zenith by traveling to the remote northlands, subsequently making a stop in the Duchy of Basherant and formally disbanding the Dead End party. Needing to earn money to continue his travels, he reluctantly agrees to join the party Counter Arrow, consisting of frontline fighters Suzanne and Patrice, mage Timothy, healer Mimir, and archer Sara. However, Sara is mistrustful of Rudeus, and he finds himself comparing h
Several months pass, and Rudeus builds his fame and reputation in Basherant, hoping that word of his exploits will reach Zenith or that someone will know her whereabouts. He decides to accompany Counter Arrow on another quest to collect snow drake scales, but he accidentally runs into another party, Stepped Leader, who are out to hunt the snow drakes. Despite this setback, Counter Arrow successfully completes the quest and returns to town, where Sara convinces Rudeus to join their victory celebr
After the rescue, Sara gets closer to Rudeus, eventually deciding to ask him out on a date. Later that night, Sara flirts with Rudeus and indicates that she is willing to have sex with him. However, Rudeus discovers he is suffering from erectile dysfunction, which causes a disappointed Sara to leave. Afterward, an embarrassed Rudeus tries to drink away his sorrows and ends up venting his feelings to Soldat. Soldat, figuring that Rudeus' issues lay with his lingering subconscious feelings for Eri
Rudeus spends the next two years adventuring with Soldat's party, eventually culminating in him slaying a red dragon singlehandedly. Shortly after, Elinalise finally catches up with Rudeus and informs him that Paul and Roxy have already set off to the labyrinth city of Rapa on the Begaritt Continent to find Zenith. In the meantime, Rudeus decides to stay in the northlands until winter passes before traveling to Rapa himself; he quickly finds out about Elinalise's promiscuity. Sometime later, Rud
Rudeus arrives at the university, where his ability to cast spells silently is tested in a mock duel against another silent caster, a boy named Fitz, who, unbeknownst to Rudeus, is Sylphie in disguise. Rudeus easily defeats Fitz and is accepted as a student, along with Elinalise. After attending a speech by Ariel, who is the student council president, Rudeus attends his homeroom class. There, he reunites with Zanoba and meets some of his classmates: Gyes' daughter Linia Dedoldia, beastgirl Purse
Rudeus begins to get used to school life in the university, where he studies magic he lacks experience in, as well as researches the cause of the teleportation disaster alongside Fitz. However, Rudeus begins to realize he may have a crush on Fitz, much to his confusion since he still believes Fitz is male. Meanwhile, he also attempts to teach Zanoba how to create his own sculptures, but his own lack of magic capacity and his super strength prevent him from being able to sculpt. Fitz suggests tha
As Sylphie gets used to school life with Rudeus back in her life, she begins to realize that she may have romantic feelings for him. One month after Zanoba purchased Julie, Rudeus has been able to teach her basic magic as well as how to cast without incantations. However, when Zanoba shows Julie Rudeus' sculpture of Rujierd, Rudeus asks about the sculpture of Roxy that he had also made. Zanoba is forced to admit that in his first year, he lost a duel to Linia and Pursena, who destroyed the sculp
Cliff approaches Rudeus one day and asks him to introduce him to Elinalise, whom he has developed a crush on. Rudeus goes through with the introduction, but Elinalise privately reminds him the curse that forces her to sleep with men won't be fulfilled if she's dedicated to a single partner. Rudeus advises her to turn down Cliff's feelings, but the next day, he is shocked to see that both she and Cliff are in a genuine relationship, with Cliff promising to find a way to lift the curse. Later, the
Fitz wants to reveal her true identity to Rudeus but fears he might have forgotten her. She gets encouraged by Ariel's approval. Meanwhile, Rudeus continues to study teleportation and sees many similarities to summoning magic. Fitz suggests Rudeus consult with a summoning specialist, Silent Sevenstar, but is shocked to discover it is Nanahoshi and faints after reliving the trauma of his death at Orsted's hands. Fitz revives Rudeus, and Nanahoshi shows Rudeus two Japanese names, Shinohara Akito a
Fitz continues to feel jealous that Rudeus spends most of his time assisting in Nanahoshi's experiments but remains too afraid to reveal her identity to him. One year after enrolling in the university, Rudeus notices that the other students are in awe of him thanks to the reputation he had built up from defeating Fitz, Linia, Pursena, and Badigadi, but he turns down suggestions to take a leadership role. Later, he receives an invitation from Soldat to attend a clan reunion. After the reunion, he
With Fitz's secret now known to Rudeus, Ariel pressures her to reveal her identity to him. However, Fitz is still uncertain if Rudeus remembers her as Sylphie, so Ariel and Luke devise a plan to help jog Rudeus' memory. Later, Fitz invites Rudeus to accompany her to gather a rare flower deep in the forest despite it being the middle of winter. Rudeus agrees, and the pair travel into the forest. Fitz then secretly casts a spell to cause it to rain, soaking both her and Rudeus before they can reac
Rudeus admits he loves Sylphie as well, but to his dismay, he cannot make love to her since his impotence still isn't fully cured. Sylphie reports back to Ariel and Luke, with Luke agreeing to help Sylphie find a cure for Rudeus' impotence out of sympathy for him. Luke gifts Sylphie a rare and powerful aphrodisiac that should counter Rudeus' impotence, while Ariel provides some advice on how to seduce him. Sylphie meets Rudeus later that night, and they both imbibe the aphrodisiac, which helps p
Now that he is engaged to Sylphie, Rudeus considers marriage, but has little idea on how it works in the fantasy world. After taking advice from Zanoba and Cliff, Rudeus decides that the first step is buying a house. He settles for an abandoned mansion that he can purchase at a very low price, but it has a reputation for being haunted, with past residents being mysteriously murdered in the night. Rudeus, Zanoba, and Cliff travel to the mansion to get to the bottom of the hauntings, and discover
Rudeus and Sylphie decide to organize the customary wedding reception feast, and invite all of their friends and classmates to attend, including Princess Ariel and Nanahoshi. On the day of the reception, Sylphie finally reveals her true identity to everybody. At the end of the reception, as everybody gives their blessings to Rudeus and Sylphie, Elinalise suddenly breaks down and begins to cry. Sylphie then asks Elinalise if she is her grandmother, since she heard stories her grandmother was one
Rudeus receives a letter from Paul informing him that he and his party are about to depart for the Begaritt Continent to search for Zenith. However, since Begaritt is as dangerous as the Demon Continent, Paul has decided to send Aisha and Norn to live with Rudeus while he is away. Meanwhile, Nanahoshi's latest teleportation experiment ends in failure, causing her to have a nervous breakdown and go catatonic. Realizing that Nanahoshi has been overworking herself and has fallen into the same despa
After catching up with Rudeus and having a brief confrontation with Badigadi, Ruijerd takes his leave, and suggests to Rudeus that Eris likely couldn't properly convey her feelings to him. While Aisha is happy to see Rudeus, Norn remains wary of him ever since his fight with Paul back at Millis and becomes isolated without Paul or Ruijerd by her side. Rudeus then reads another letter from Paul, requesting him to enroll both Aisha and Norn in the university. Aisha instead insists on taking care o
Upon learning of Norn's situation, Rudeus confronts her class, believing they have been bullying her. However, after talking with them, Rudeus realizes that the problem is that Norn doesn't like to be compared to him, which her class were inadvertently doing. Sylphie, Linia, and Pursena help Rudeus infiltrate the girls' dorms so that he can talk to Norn personally. Upon entering Norn's room, Rudeus recalls memories of being a shut-in during his past life and how his older brother tried to help h
Rudeus spends the next few months spending time with Sylphie and his sisters, writing a book about Ruijerd, assisting Nanohoshi in her experiments, helping Cliff develop a device to counteract Elinalise's curse, and witnessing Zanoba improve his sculpting skill. One day though, Sylphie approaches Rudeus and informs him that she is pregnant, and he is overwhelmed with emotion at the thought of becoming a father. However, Rudeus later receives a letter from Geese informing him that the mission to
Rudeus relays his decision to Elinalise, who agrees to accompany him to Begaritt even though a round trip to the continent takes 16 months at a minimum. Rudeus then informs Nanahoshi of his departure, and she discloses the location of a secret teleportation circle nearby that can instantly transport him to Begaritt and back, which would shorten the trip to just one month. Rudeus then lets his family know he is leaving, and despite Sylphie's reservations about the use of teleportation, Rudeus ass
Rudeus and Elinalise quickly encounter Geese in Rapan, who agrees to take them to Paul. Paul is shocked that Rudeus and Elinalise made it to Rapan so quickly, and makes amends with Elinalise over an incident in their past. He then explains that Zenith went missing in a nearby, highly dangerous labyrinth. Despite numerous expeditions, Paul's party had been unable to locate her and Roxy had gone missing after accidentally triggering a teleportation trap. Upon learning the labyrinth is the infamous
Rudeus is happy at reuniting with Roxy, but is disheartened when she initially doesn't recognize him due to the time they have spent apart. The party then returns to town to let Roxy rest for some days while preparing for their next expedition, with Rudeus and Roxy spending some time together, but Rudeus refrains from telling her about his marriage with Sylphie or his child. Roxy meanwhile appears to have fallen in love with Rudeus now, and has him promise to explore an easier labyrinth with her
Upon arriving in the sixth stratum, the party is shocked to see that the labyrinth's guardian is a hydra protecting a crystal with Zenith encased inside it. Paul goes into a berserk fury upon seeing Zenith and attacks the hydra, but it can repel magic and can instantly regenerate its heads no matter how many times Paul cuts them off. Seeing that their attacks have no effect, the party retreats back to the fifth stratum to regroup. Paul is initially angry at leaving behind Zenith again, but the p
Devastated with Paul's death, Rudeus reminisces about his parents from his previous life and regrets not having paid his respects when they died. Roxy then comes to his room to comfort Rudeus and spends the night having sex with him. The next day, Lillia tells Rudeus that according to Elinalise, Zenith lost her memories and it is unlikely she will ever fully recover. Regardless, Lillia assures Rudeus that she will take care of Zenith in Paul's stead, so he should focus on his own family. The par
In the wake of the teleportation disaster, Sylphie finds herself transported to the palace of the Kingdom of Asura, where she inadvertently kills a monster threatening the life of Asura's second princess, Ariel; in the process, Sylphie's hair turns from green to white. Witnessing Sylphie's abilities, Ariel uses the threat of charging her with trespassing to blackmail her into becoming one of her bodyguards under the alias of "Fitz". Ariel is currently engaged in a secret feud with her brother, G