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
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 reunites with Ghislaine and her servant 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 marry into them to preserve the family line, though Ghislaine is against it. Rudeus later finds confirmation that Sylphiette was not found dead, but her location remains unknown to him. That night, Eris enters Rudeus' tent and has 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
 * Roxy Migurdia
 * Sylphiette
 * Paul Greyrat
 * Zenith Greyrat
 * Lilia Greyrat
 * Orsted
 * Philip Boreas Greyrat
 * Hilda Boreas Greyrat
 * Sauros Boreas Greyrat

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
TBA