Emergency Family Meeting

Emergency Family Meeting (緊急家族会議 Kinkyū Kazoku Kaigi) is the fourth episode of the Mushoku Tensei anime series originally broadcasted on January 31, 2021.

Synopsis
The Greyrat family is overjoyed when Zenith announces that she's pregnant with a second child, but the mood takes a dour turn when Lilia reveals that she is also pregnant and Paul is the father. Will this be the end of Rudy's happy family?

Plot
The Greyrat family is at joy when they learn that Zenith is pregnant again but 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, called Norn and Aisha respectively and Rudeus considers leaving to study at the Ronoa Magic Academy after recieving a letter from Roxy, but Sylphiette does not want to part ways with him and he decides to look for a job to pay for their tuition. However, certain that Rudeus' attachment to Sylphiette is hindering his growth, his parents decide to separate them by entrusting their son to an old friend of the family, the beast woman Ghislayne who leaves the village with him.

Characters

 * Rudeus Greyrat
 * Paul Greyrat
 * Zenith Greyrat
 * Lilia Greyrat
 * Sylphiette
 * Norn Greyrat
 * Aisha Greyrat
 * Ghislaine Dedoldia
 * Roxy Migurdia
 * Pax Shirone

Locations

 * Buena Village

Adaptation Notes
This episode adapts the following material:


 * Light Novel Volume 1
 * Chapter 9: Emergency Family Meeting
 * Chapter 2: The Creeped-Out Maid
 * Chapter 10: Stunted Growth
 * Chapter 11: Parted

Differences with the light novel:


 * A short scene where Rudeus tells the truth to his mother about his previous lies about Lilia and Paul was cut.
 * Part of the Lilia past, when she was a Royal maid was cut.
 * A short scene where Rudeus help in the birth of Aisha and Norn was cut
 * A short scene where Paul show how are real fights with monsters to Rudeus was cut
 * A short scene that explain what are the labyrinths, magic items and magical implements was cut
 * In the Light novel, Rudeus is teaching magic to Sylphie in his room.
 * Paul enter to Rudeus room with the letter from Roxy after Rudeus decides to stay with Sylphie
 * A short PoV that shows Paul thoughts about Rudeus wish to go to Ranoa with Sylphy, how Laws and Paul see how Sylphy was attached to Rudeus and when Paul decides to send a letter was cut.
 * In the light novel Ghislaine arrive with the carriage after the battle between Paul and Rudeus, meanwhile in the anime is before the battle.

Trivia

 * In the ending, Lilia is now credited as Lilia Greyrat.
 * Is the first Episode PV voiced by Sylphiette
 * Rudy gets his wish for a little sister times 2.
 * The affair was largely due to her and Paul being childhood friends, giving the excuse of them being comfortable with each other; otherwise Paul had been faithful to his wife, ignoring the other women in the village.