Mushoku Tensei II: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu (Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2)

We'll be late for our next class.

Take that!

Whoa!

Hey, wait—

Come on!

Hey! Don't eat it!

Is that the kind of girl Rudy likes?

Now I'm depressed.

Ow!

You turn to stare every time Rudeus goes past.

Shouldn't I?

No, there's nothing wrong with that.

But even though you feel so strongly, he's completely forgotten you, hasn't he?

Well, I mean, I haven't told him my name.

So he might still remember.

You haven't even told him who you are?

How could I?

I don't know what I'll do if he's forgotten about me.

You're hopeless.

What does Your Highness think?

That's a good question.

Sylphie.

I leave the matter of Rudeus in your hands.

You may use "Fitz," so do as you see fit.

II

Mushoku Tensei

Jobless Reincarnation

The more I study that disaster, the more teleportation seems like summoning.

One calls things, the other sends them away.

It's all so similar.

But there are insurmountable differences.

Namely, you can't summon people.

Mister Fitz, do you know any experts on summoning?

Mister Fitz?

Huh?!

Summoning? Hm...

Oh, I do know of one. A summoning specialist.

Really?!

Who do you think it is?

I'm sure you've at least heard their name.

Who? Please tell me.

The special student Silent Sevenstar.

I've heard more than just their name.

From improving dining hall menus to inventing uniforms and blackboards,

they've done a lot for this school.

And I recognize most of it from my old world.

All right, then. I'll go see them.

Come in.

It's been a while, hasn't it?

Running away like that isn't very polite.

What soft, gentle hands.

They seem familiar, somehow.

Oh!

You're awake? I was so worried

when I heard you'd fainted.

I had a horrible dream.

A woman in a white mask almost killed me.

Um...

Wait,

where are we?

Honestly,

what are you so afraid of?

I saved you before, didn't I?

Oh, you were dead, so you wouldn't remember.

Where's O-O-Orsted?!

You can relax.

It'll be a while before he comes for you.

"A while"?!

You mean he will come to kill me someday?!

He doesn't plan to...

Though, depending on your actions,

I guess he might.

Um...

Would you start by telling me how you know Rudeus?

I don't, really.

But look how panicked he is.

You must have done something to him.

He must recall what the Dragon God did to him when last we met.

Anyway,

I didn't expect you to turn up here.

Three questions...

I'll ask them now.

Answer truthfully.

First...

Do you recognize these?

Shinohara Akito Kuroki Satoshi

Second, do you know this language?

Third, which one of these two are you?

Neither of them.

I don't know those names.

I see. But you do speak the language.

Huh? What language is that?

Rudeus?

It's nothing.

We're just from the same place.

What?

But you can't be!

So, are you the same way?

In my last memory of my past life,

I saw a truck about to hit a high schooler with the same face as this girl.

My name is Nanahoshi.

Nanahoshi Shizuka. I'm Japanese.

But where are you from? America? Europe?

But you speak Japanese.

Are you mixed-race?

Either way, this is a step forward.

I knew that sparing you was the right choice.

I had a feeling as soon as Orsted said he didn't know you.

It's nice to meet you, um...

What's your name?

R-Rudeus. Rudeus Greyrat.

That's your alias here, right?

What's your real—

Oh, you must be nervous. I can't blame you, after what happened.

But don't worry. I'm on your side.

It feels reassuring to know that I'm not the only one who got sent here.

Let's work together to go back to our world.

Okay?

I...

Huh? What?

I...

don't want to go back to my old world.

Rudeus...

Silent...

Please speak a language I can understand.

I have no interest in this world.

I won't put my knowledge to use here, like in some lame fantasy manga or LN.

It's true that I came from the same world you did.

I was born here as a baby, and before I knew it,

I had family and friends in this world.

"Reincarnation," I suppose you'd call that.

I was more or less teleported.

We're alike, but different.

Friends...

I was on my way to school with friends when a truck came at us.

Then I was here.

What about you?

The same sort of thing.

I think... it was a traffic accident.

I see. And the next thing you knew, you were a baby?

I got dumped in the middle of the Asura Kingdom.

Then Orsted took me under his protection.

Why did he do that?

No idea.

But it doesn't seem like he summoned me.

I spent two years in Asura learning the language, since I didn't know it.

Summoning magic Reduce magic circles to formulas

Needs mana

Layered shapes

Reading and writing, too.

After that, he took me on a journey around the world.