Reality (Dream)

Reality and Dream (現実ユメ) is the Twenty-second episode of the Mushoku Tensei anime series originally broadcasted on December 12, 2021.

Synopsis
Rudeus and his friends have finally returned to the Fittoa territory. However, the village of Buena, his hometown, has become a wasteland, and the town of Roa, where the Boreas family used to live, has become a refugee camp for people caught up in the teleport incident. After reuniting with the butler Alphonse and Ghislaine, and learning about the current situation in the Fittoa territory and the Boreas family, Eris visit Rudeus after thinking alone.

Plot
Rudeus dreams of everyone he knows in a happy gathering. Then the dream turns nightmarish and he gets stabbed in his old form, in his old room. He wakes up with Eris beside him. Ruijerd asks him about "Human God" and Dragon God.

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, Rudeus practices Disturb Magic while traveling - in case he meets Orsted again. Eris looks dejected after hearing this.

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. Ruijerd thanks Rudeus for helping him grow. They bid each other farewell.

Rudeus and Eris continues on to Roa, which is also in ruins. There, Eris reunites with Ghislaine and her servant [Minor Characters#Alphonse|Alphonse]]. However, Alphonse reveals that Eris' parents were both killed as a result of the teleportation incident while her grandfather was executed by the king. Alphonse also explains that another branch of the Greyrat family has offered to allow Eris to be married to Pilemon Notos Greyrat as a concubine. Ghislaine has a heated argument with Alphonse. Eris asks them to leave her alone.

Rudeus noted his mother is still missing and later finds confirmation that Sylphiette was not found dead, but her location remains unknown to him.

That night, Eris enters Rudeus' tent and tells him she turned fifteen a few days ago. Rudeus don't want to take advantage of her current state, but she initiates sex with him.

The next morning, however, Rudeus wakes up to find that Eris had left with Ghislaine to an unknown location, which leaves him distraught and confused.

Characters

 * Rudeus Greyrat
 * Eris Boreas Greyrat
 * Ruijerd Superdia
 * Ghislaine Dedoldia
 * Alphonse
 * Philip Boreas Greyrat (dream sequence)
 * Hilda Boreas Greyrat (dream sequence)
 * Sauros Boreas Greyrat (dream sequence)
 * Paul Greyrat (dream sequence)
 * Zenith Greyrat (dream sequence)
 * Lilia Greyrat (dream sequence)
 * Roxy Migurdia (dream sequence)
 * Sylphiette (dream sequence)
 * Orsted (dream sequence, hand-only)

Locations
Central Continent


 * Asura Kingdom
 * Buena Village
 * Roa (Refuge camp)

Adaptation Notes
This episode adapts the following material:


 * Light Novel Volume 6
 * Chapter 11: Journey's End
 * Chapter 12: The Reality of the Calamity
 * Chapter 13: The Young Miss's Resolution

Differences with the light novel:


 * The anime adds a scene where Rudeus imagines a what if scenario with everyone together and shows his trauma to Orsted.
 * In the light novel they still use the carriage, meanwhile in the anime they now have a pair of horses.
 * Some thoughts of Rudeus after the encounter of Orsted was cut.
 * In the novel, the conversation with Rudeus and Eris was first and afterwards the conversation between Rudeus and Ruijerd.
 * The anime add a scene where Rudeus arrives to Buena Village, visit his house and remember his past.
 * In the light novel, Ruijerd departure was just before entering to the campament in Roa.
 * A conversation between Rudeus, Ghislaine and Alphonse was cut, some scenes where:
 * Rudeus talking about the past years
 * What happened with the servants
 * About Eris and her future
 * About Philemon, his relation with Darius and the current power struggle of Asura
 * A Eris PoV between the sex scene and when Rudeus wakes up was cut.

Trivia
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