Light Novel Volume 16

This is the sixteenth volume of the Mushoku Tensei light novel, which covers the Asura Kingdom Arc Part 1. Its contents corresponds to volume 17 of the web novel.

Synopsis

 * -|English (MF Books)=FIRST MISSION AS A SUBORDINATE Now Rudeus has Eris as his wife and is under the control of dragon Orsted. By summoning a magical beast to protect the house, he was able to recover his peaceful days for the time being. One day,  Orsted give him his first mission, "make Ariel, the second princess of the Asura kingdom, Queen."

Rudeus and his friends go to the Library Labyrinth in search of hints on how to get the backing of Perugius. Then, while they search information of the first king, they will find a diary. Who is the author and contents of the diary ...? "Translated Synopsis from MF books" "Synopsis from Seven Seas."
 * -|English (Seven Seas)=LONG LIVE THE KING Now officially Dragon God Orsted’s underling, Rudeus receives his first mission: to make Princess Arielle the next king of Asura Kingdom! Mighty as the endeavor might seem, it’s just the first of many steps he’ll have to take if he’s going to help Orsted bring down the Man God.

Chapters

 * Chapter 1: The First Mission
 * Chapter 2: Guardian Beast
 * Chapter 3: Opening Move
 * Chapter 4: Mind Made Up
 * Chapter 5: Working Together
 * Chapter 6: Orsted's Suggestion
 * Chapter 7: Library Labyrinth
 * Chapter 8: The Armored Dragon King and the Second Princess
 * Chapter 9: Before Traveling to Asura Kingdom
 * Extra Chapter: The Black Wolf Sword King

Adaptation Notes
Differences from the original web novels
 * Chapter 5: Organization of Cooperation: In the WN Ariel find the answer to Perugius question with the help of Rudeus, in the LN she wasn't able to find the answer, leading to the events of Chapter 6 and 7.
 * Chapter 6: Draft of Orsted: New original chapter for the light novel.
 * Chapter 7 : Library Labyrinth: New original chapter for the light novel.
 * Chapter 9: Before Leaving for Asura Kingdom: the WN chapters "The Men Meeting" and the "The Women Meeting" where merged in this chapter, also have new events.