*Appearance Rudeus stands at around average height(175cm), well-built, and cool-looking man. He was born with light brown hair and green eyes. However, he later has Kishirika Kishirisu switch out both of his original eyes for demon eyes, causing them to now have a slightly mismatched coloration. Like his father, Paul, Rudeus also has a mole underneath his left eye. Following his second fight with Orsted and later the final battle against Hitogami's faction, Rudeus' hair temporarily lost its color from mana exhaustion. Fortunately, in both cases, the roots were uneffected, causing his hair to grow back to normal over time. Background Rudeus was a 34-year-old NEET otaku in his previous life. As the fourth child of five children in a well-off family, he was praised as a bright student in elementary school considering his age. In junior high, he joined the computer club and and saved up his allowance to assemble his very own computer. However, he was focused on tinkering his computer so much that he neglected his studies. In high school, he was a victim of severe bullying that resulted in him dropping out: he was in line to buy lunch when a person cut in front of him. He gave a piece of his mind but it turns out the person was an upperclassman, who beat, hung up naked, took and distributed pictures of him, and nicknamed him "Pencil Dick". His family tried to encourage him to go back to school, but he brushed them off. There was at least one classmate whom he had a good relationship with who came by everyday to deliver homework. However, he pushed him away too when he also tried to get him to return to school He continued being a shut-in, living off his family, for twenty years. However, this toxic lifestyle finally came to an end when his parents passed away and he refused to even attend their funeral. This ended up being the last straw for his siblings, prompting them to kick him out of the family home and disown him. Homeless and penniless, he wandered the streets aimlessly while reflecting on his life until he came across three high-schoolers arguing on a road. Seeing a truck heading toward them at high speed, he mustered all of his strength to run over and managed to push one of them away to safety. Unfortunately, this caused him to get hit instead, killing him. The next time he opened his eyes, he found himself reincarnated as a newborn in the Six-Faced World. Realizing he had been given a second chance, he declared he would live this new life to its fullest. Abilities Magic: While Rudeus isn't the kind of person that likes fighting and violence, he is a skilled magic user, being able to cast magic in both of his hands. He is also a quick learner. Thanks to scientific knowledge from his past life, he could create some extremely deadly spells, according to Badigadi a spell that he created known as "Stone Cannon" is at a very high power level. As a child, he often used water magic, which was the first type of magic that he learned on his own. However as he grew up, he mainly started using earth magic, which is the magic he used to create his Stone Cannon spell. Perugius Dola, Badigadi, Kishirika and Orsted have all stated that his magic is even more powerful than that of the Demon God, Laplace. Rudeus is also one of the best magic user who doesn't need to chant to use the spell to use it and average mages need around five seconds to use a simple spell, for high-level magic it takes average mages a minutes, but for Rudeus, it only need a couple seconds. Multilingualism: At a young age Rudeus was already able to speak; Magic God, Beast God, Fighting God and Human God languages at the age of 9 while he was teaching Eris and Ghislaine Dedoldia at the same time. Rudeus was also planning to learning Heaven God and Sea God language, however unfortunately he couldn't find any learning sources, except that he found book of the sea race sometime later in the series. Equipment Arrogant Water Dragon King/Aqua Heartia: Aqua Heartia is a wand that was given by Eris to Rudeus on his tenth birthday. It was eventually passed on to his daughter, Lara Greyrat. The wand is made out of rough wood from a type of tree called an Elder Torrent. The wand is black and is a few centimetres taller than Rudeus. It has a blue sphere in its center, surrounded by a incomplete metal circle that has an opening. On top of the sphere is some sort of a black pyramid (with three lines on two sides) that is connected to the wand. The wand is very important to Rudeus as stated by Ruijerd. Despite Rudeus's power having grown too powerful for the wand, he will still use it during important battles. The main spell that Rudeus likes to use is Shotgun Cannon. Plot After being hit by a truck and dying, a hopeless and jobless Japanese man reincarnates into a fantasy-like world as Rudeus, son of the swordsman Paul Greyrat and his wife, the healer Zenith. Keeping his memories of his previous life, Rudeus quickly learns to read and eventually starts practicing magic. Noticing his aptitude, Rudeus' parents hire the adventurer Roxy Migurdia as his magic teacher. Roxy has some doubts at first about tutoring him due to his tender age until she witnesses his unique ability to cast magic instantly and realizes his potential. As the Greyrat family gives a welcome party to Roxy, Rudeus vows to work hard to improve himself and make proper use of the second chance he was given to have a happy and fulfilling life. Rudeus reminisces about his past life, when he was expelled from home and was hit by the truck that killed him while attempting to save some teenagers. He spends the next months training in magic with Roxy until the day of his five-year-old birthday party, when Roxy declares that she has nothing more to teach him and will hold his graduation exam. The next day, Rudeus leaves his home for the first time accompained by Roxy. He gets distressed over his past trauma, when he was severely bullied by his classmates in school that led to him become recluse, but he ends up overcoming it once realizing how Roxy blended well with the villagers, despite all the prejudice she usually suffers due to her foreign traits. In the exam, Rudeus manages to summon a massive thunderstorm and Roxy declares that he passed. Roxy then departs to continue her journey and Rudeus thanks her for everything she has done for him. After losing his fear of leaving his home thanks to Roxy, Rudeus starts playing outdoors by himself until he rescues a half-elf child called Sylph from a group of bullies. Sylph becomes friends with Rudeus and starts learning magic from him. Six months later, Rudeus brings Sylph home during a storm and after taking away her clothes by force so that they can have a bath, he discovers that she is actually a girl and her full name is Sylphiette. Despite Rudeus apologizes to Sylphiette, she starts avoiding him, much to his chagrin. Some time later, Sylphiette approaches Rudeus and the two make up, with Rudeus determined to cherish the first true friend he has made in his new life. 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. As Ghislaine takes Rudeus away, he reads a letter from Paul explaining that he found a tutoring job for him to pay for his and Sylphiette's studies, but certain that his attachment to Sylphiette is hindering his development, Paul forbids him from returning home or meeting her for the next five years. In the city of Roa, Rudeus meets his employer, Philip Boreas Greyrat, who is also the mayor and his father's cousin, and is tasked to teach Philip's daughter Eris. However, once Rudeus is introduced to Eris, she acts hostile towards him. Certain that Eris will not listen to him at all, Rudeus comes with a plan to earn her trust by faking their kidnapping with her father's consent. Rudeus and Eris are captured and after earning her cooperation, he uses his powers to escape their captors with her. Back in Roa, Rudeus discovers that their kidnapping was not fake and one of Philip's servants is working with the kidnappers. Rudeus fights the bandits to protect Eris until Ghislaine comes to their rescue, killing them and arresting the servant. Once they return home, Eris accepts Rudeus as her tutor and he begins living in her house. Philip thanks Rudeus for protecting Eris and warns him to not reveal to anyone his connections with the Greyrat family or he may be targeted again. Since then, Ghislaine teaches swordsmanship to Eris and Rudeus, while Rudeus teaches magic, literacy and math to both. However, Eris usually skips classes out of boredom and Rudeus decides to give her one day off per week to encourage her. While taking a stroll in the city, Eris attempts to buy Rudeus an expensive book, but he refuses, claiming that she can't give presents to others without her own money and suggests her father to give her an allowance. With her allowance, Eris presents Rudeus with a vial he was previously interested in, which puts him in a pinch, as he is in fear of revealing to her and Ghilsaine that it is in fact an aphrodisiac. With the approaching date of Eris' tenth birthday party. Rudeus allows her dance teacher to take some time from his schedule to have her improve, while he makes use of the extra time to learn other languages. Despite that, Eris barely improves her dancing and considers giving up, but Rudeus encourages her to continue and starts helping with her lessons. As Rudeus improves on his foreign language skills with Ghilsaine and Roxy's help, Eris barely improves her dancing at all and on the day of the party, she fails to dance with another noble. Rudeus steps in and successfuly dances with Eris after instructing her to incorporate some of her fighting skills in her moves. After the party, Rudeus meets Eris' grandfather Sauros, who sees a strange ball of light in the sky and fears it could be an ominous sign. Two years later, Eris and her family hold a birthday party for Rudeus, who is disappointed at first that his own family could not attend due to the increase of monster activity around the country. Rudeus is presented with a top quality magic staff and Philip expresses his will to have Rudeus marry Eris and become his successor, but Rudeus rejects the offer. Later that night, Rudeus is surprised to see Eris waiting in his room. He then attempts to have sex with her, but she pushes him away. Realizing his mistake, Rudeus apologizes to Eris, who forgives him. A few days later, a huge cloud of mana forms in the sky and the legendary hero Perugius Dola sends his aide Almanfi to investigate. Suspicious that Rudeus, who was practicing with his new staff alongside Eris and Ghislaine, could be involved with the cloud's appearance, Almanfi attacks him, but Ghislaine defends Rudeus and confirms his innocence when a massive burst of light envelops them. Looking like his past self, Rudeus has a short encounter with an elusive being known as the Human-God, who instructs him to rely on and help the man who saved him. He then awakens in his current body and learns that he and Eris are stranded in the middle of the Demon Continent, and were rescued by Ruijerd Superdia, a member of the dreaded Superd race, who becomes their friend and promises to escort them back home. Ruijerd brings Rudeus and Eris to a nearby village that coincidentally is Roxy's birthplace, where they meet her parents. During their stay, Rudeus learns from Ruijerd that his tribe's ill repute comes from the cursed spears they received from the Demon-God Laplace, which turned them into mindless murderers, and that the spear in his possession belonged to his son, whose death by his hands made him recover his senses. Moved by Ruijerd's determination to clear his race's name, Rudeus decides to help him, and the two depart from the village with Eris to begin their journey back home. Rudeus, Eris and Ruijerd arrive at the city of Rikarisu. To have Ruijerd enter the city without trouble, Rudeus dyes his hair and has him pretend to be a member of the Migurdia tribe. The three brazenly call their team Dead End, after Ruijerd's nickname. Everyone laughs and the disguise works. However, their novice status prevent them from taking more challenging quests. Nokopara is one of those who mocks them. At the inn, a young demon walks in with friends and tries to befriend them, but due to a misunderstanding, gets beaten by Eris. Rudeus heals them and they introduce themselves as Bachirou, Gablin, and Kurt, as Tokurabu Village Gang. While on bed, Rudeus worries about expenses with the inability to accept higher quests. In a dream sequence with Human-God, he gets the advice to accept the lost kitten quest. He wakes up and found Eris awake, who is worried for Ghislaine and her grandfather. The next morning, they accepted the lost kitten quest, which leads them to another group of adventurers who kidnap pets to get the bounty for finding them. After the kidnappers are defeated, Rudeus attempts to interrogate them, but is hit by one of them, which leads Ruijerd to kill him instantly. Rudeus reprimands Ruijerd for it and forbids him from killing unless in self-defense. After leaving the city, Rudeus reconciles with Ruijerd. The next morning, they find Ruijerd with a shaved head. Rudeus gives him a headband while the rest gets matching accessories. He starts his first strategy meeting which involves Asura Kingdom. Rudeus keeps traveling with Eris and Ruijerd all the way to a coastal city on the edge of the Demon Continent, unaware that Roxy is also arriving at the continent to look for him, accompanied by two of Paul's former companions. Roxy's party disembark at the city, while Rudeus and Eris learn that due to Ruijerd being a Superd, his boat fee to travel the ocean is too high for them to pay. While looking for a solution, Rudeus is once again contacted by Human-God, who instructs him to buy some food in a specific place, where he stumbles on a hungry peddler and feeds her. The peddler reveals herself as the Demon Emperor Kishirika Kishirisu, who rewards him with a new power that allows him to see a few seconds in the future, and Rudeus uses this power to save a man from harm. After getting used to his new ability, Rudeus decides to sell his staff to get enough money for Ruijerd's ticket, but Ruijerd himself dissuades him from doing so, when Gallus Cleaner, the same man whom Rudeus saved approaches them. Rudeus is captured in the village of the Beast Tribe for an innocent crime. While he is hoping that Eris and Ruijerd will come to pick him up, Geese, a member of the demon tribe, is thrown into the same prison because of his gambling cheating. While talking with Geese, Rudeus explores the possibility of escaping from prison, but suddenly a group of smugglers attack the village.[ Rudeus, Eris, and Ruijerd are welcomed into the Doldia village. Eris is delighted to learn that this village is Ghislaine's hometown, but her brother, Gyes, insults her out as a disgrace to the family, and the two have a tiff. While Rudeus and the others are bewildered by the unpredictable situation, Eris is assigned to teach swordsmanship to Gyes's daughter, Minitona. Rudeus and his friends arrive at Millicion, the capital of the Holy Land of Millis. As Rudeus decides to stay for a while to raise funds, as he strolls around the city, he finds a child being kidnapped. He follows the kidnappers to save the child, and gets into a fight with them, but it turns out that someone he knows well is involved. Although he is reunited with his father, Paul, Rudeus is heartbroken because Zenith, Lilia, Aisha, and Sylphy went missing in the transference incident, and because of the conflict with Paul. Paul, on the other hand, is admonished by Geese and realizes his own mistakes, such as the words he said to Rudeus, and tries to meet his son again to talk. Rudeus summons up his courage and confronts Paul. Rudeus, Eris, and Ruijerd leaves Millishion, and sets off on a ship towards Central Continent, thanks to Paul Greyrat and Therese Latreia (cut content). Roxy meets with Nokopara in Rikarisu and learns that a former team-member Blaze has passed away. At the mention of Dead End and the deadly Superd member, she nearly wets herself. Nokopara encourages her to meet her parents. Roxy returns to her village and reunites with her parents. They share that Rudeus, Eris, and Ruijerd. Roxy faints when she hears that Ruijerd is a Superd. After the visit, Roxy realises the party Dead End actually constitutes Rudeus. She returns to her lodgings in Rikarisu and walks into a scene where Elinalise is having sex. She reacts by casting Icicle Break and blows up the room. Roxy, Elinalise, and Talhand sets off to find the missing members of the Greyrat family. Rudeus engages in a talk with the "Human God" He asks for the location of Zenith, Lilia, and Aisha. He also asks for the location of Sylphy, Ghislaine, Philip, and Sauros. "Human God" asks for Rudeus to trust him if his information turns out useful. Rudeus says he'll consider it. "Human God" shows a scene of Aisha Greyrat, but Rudeus must not reveal his real name. "Human God's" next advice is to write a letter to someone Rudeus know in the palace of Shirone Kingdom. If he does so, he can rescue Lilia and Aisha from the palace. Rudeus exits the dream world and finds himself seasick onboard a ship. Rudeus wonders at "Human God's" motive in getting him a demon eye. <> disembarks onto the Central Continent. They travel by river. Eris tries to interest Rudeus in an onigri - rice being a new food item to her. She seems puzzled at why Rudeus is not showing the same level of excitement. The team enters the capital of Shirone Kingdom. Eris is visibly excited. Eris asks about Rudeus' master but he still seem distracted. Rudeus reveals that he learned that part of his family is held captive in the kingdom. Eris learns that he has a second sister that she was not aware of (She met Norn in Millishion). Eris and Ruijerd agree to help. Rudeus writes a letter to his master Roxy, and entrusts it to a employee of the inn. A young girl is partially shown to be gripping a letter hard as Rudeus walks away. Rudeus wanders the market. He senses that he was being followed. A partially view of a female was shown to be running after him. He leads her into an alley. Armed men are also shown to be following the same direction. Rudeus runs around a corner and raised stone magically to seal the path behind him. There are sounds of a struggle, so he dispelled the stone wall, and sees a young girl in a tussle with two armed men - one of them holding a letter in his hands. They declare themselves soldiers from the palace. The young girl protested that they stole her letter. Rudeus sinks the two guards in Quagmire. The guards summon for help and Rudeus escapes with the girl with his magic. Rudeus is aware that the young girl is his six year old Sister Aisha. He introduces himself as "Shadow Moon Knight". Aisha asks for his help in sending a letter to her father to let him know that her mother is being held in the palace. Rudeus makes vague suggestions on who can help her: a description of Roxy; a possible brother. Aisha says she has a un-dependable brother, which stings him. Her brother is a pervert. He reveals his alias to her - "Pet Owner of <>". He pledges to rescue her mother. Rudeus asks his team to help with keeping his real name secret. Eris and Ruijerd end the talk by immediately embarking on an attack on the palace. Rudeus reins them back in lieu of Roxy's reply. Morning came and someone called out to Rudeus. He quickly covers the sleeping forms of Aisha and Eris with a blanket, and answers the call. The lady identifies herself as Ginger York, affiliated to the Guards of the Seventh Prince. She asks that he follows her to the palace. Supposedly Roxy wants to see him. The party <> is travelling through Red Dragon Mountain to reach the Fittoa Region of Asura Kingdom. One night, after a brief spar, Ruijerd acknowledges Eris as a warrior. An astonished Eris asks Rudeus to pinch her, to check if its not a dream. Rudeus asks Eris if she'll not punch him if he does so, to which Eris tells she won't. Rudeus playfully pinches her chest and Eris sends him flying neverthless. Now that she realizes it's not a dream, she gets excited, but Ruijerd warns her not to get cocky, since acknowledging her as a warrior means he won't treat her as a kid anymore. The next day, they climb the Red Dragon's Lower Jaw valley, to avoid any fights with a group of red dragons. But Eris suggests that, instead of taking a detour, they should climb the mountain and fight them. Both Rudeus and Ruijerd reject this plan, since fighting a herd of Red Dragons is very risky. Ruijerd then goes to explain that even the lower ranked <> will have to retreat halfway, while fighting a herd of red dragons. Rudeus is surprised to hear that even people that strong will have hard time against red dragons, to which Ruijerd tells that an upper ranked <> can easily dominate them even in herds. Rudeus starts thinking how strong the Technique God and Dragon God are when both Ruijerd and Eris stop moving, stiff as rocks. Since they had a terrified look on their face, Rudeus asks them what happened and looks ahead. In the thick mist, a tall man in white is seen coming in their direction along with a masked girl with black hair. They both pass the members of <> and after a while, the man in white stops. Ruijerd warns both Rudeus and Eris not to move at any cost. Hearing that voice, the man in white asks him if he is 'Ruijerd Superdia'. He then looks at Eris and asks if she is 'Eris Boreas Greyrat'. Rudeus tries to look at that man with his clairvoyence eye, but couldn't find anything. The man then looks at Rudeus and tells, he doesn't know who he is. Ruijerd and Eris asks him how he knows them, to which he comments that it is a strange place for them to meet and turns back to leave. Rudeus, now curious about this person calls at him and introduces himself. He then ask's for that man's name, to which he answers his name is 'Orsted'. Rudeus asks Orsted if he knows Ruijerd and Eris, to which he answers that "they haven't properly acquainted yet". Rudeus, surprised by that answer, asks what that means. Orsted tells he doesn't need to know that and asks which Greyrat family is he from and what is his father's name. Rudeus tells his father's name is "Paul Greyrat". To his surprise, Orsted comments that "Paul is supposed to have only two daughters". Orsted then asks Rudeus, why he doesn't look away, to which Rudeus politely tells that he wants to look away since Orsted is kind of Intimidating him. Orsted then asks Rudeus why he called for him, to which Rudeus asks if he knows anything about Mana Calamity. Orsted, a little annoyed by the question, tells he doesn't know anything. Rudeus then thanks him and turns back to leave, when Orsted asks if he knows anything about the word "Hitogami". Rudeus turns back with a smile on his face and tells he knows about him and immediately gets attacked by Orsted. Ruijerd blocks his attack with his spear and tells Rudeus and Eris to run away. Orsted looks at Rudeus with rage telling Rudeus is an apostle of Hitogami. Ruijerd then fights Orsted but is immediately sent flying away with a punch. He then approaches Rudeus to finish him. Eris comes roaring at him with her sword, but her swing is stopped by Orsted and sends her flying too. Rudeus looking at his party members getting overpowered, gets terrified and gets a vision of his lungs getting puncutred. Orsted catches Rudeus and punctures his lungs and tells him to inform Hitogami before dying that Dragon God Orsted will kill him soon and turns back to leave. Eris, makes a despirate attempt to attack Orsted with spell, but couldn't since she was badly injured. Looking at this, Rudeus builds up his mana to make a very powerful spell and fires it at Orsted, which injures him. Orsted notices that Rudeus can use chantless magic casting and asks if he learnt that from Hitogami. Rudeus uses wind magic to breathe and then builds up a spell in his right hand. Orsted, now more annoyed, uses to suck the magic, built by Rudeus. Rudeus uses wind magic to fall back and starts developing a very strong, saint level fire magic and fires it at Orsted. Orsted then opens the and sucks the spell which almost breaks it. Orsted then tells that his mana is as powerful as Laplace. He then lifts Rudeus and asks why he doesn't heal himself with chantless casting and thrusts his hand through Rudeus's Chest, leaving a hole as shown in prelude. Eris looking at this, starts crying for help. As dying Rudeus loses his consciousness, The masked girl, whom Orsted calls 'Nanahoshi', tells him that he might be useful in future. Rudeus, now in his original form, finds himself in the void dimension. He looks at his body and finds a hole in his chest. Hitogami appears and tells that he wasn't expecting Rudeus would meet Orsted. Rudeus then asks Hitogami, why Orsted attacked him after hearing his name. Hitogami starts explaining that Orsted is an evil Dragon God and he hates him, since he is a virtuous Human God. Rudeus comments that, it's easy for people to hate Htogami and asks why he didnt inform him beforehand about his meeting with Orsted. Hitogami tells that he can't see anything about Orsted since he is a cursed. He further goes to explain that Orsted was born as a cursed child, which made living creatures of that world to either hate him or fear him. Rudeus finds that situation relatable and tells that it is a very sad curse. He then asks Hitogami, why he didnt hate or fear Orsted in the first place, to which he answers that Rudeus is originally from an another world. A curious Rudeus asks if curses dont affect reincarnated people, to which Hitogami answers that the situation was same, when he met Ruijerd. A surprised Rudeus asks what he meant by it. Hitogami tells that Ruijerd's curse is due to the spear that Laplace gave him during the war, which passed to the Superd race. Rudeus now starts thinking that, him helping Ruijerd was useless after all, to which Hitogami tells that the curse is slowly fading away, since Ruijerd shaved his head off. He then tells that Ruijerd can build their good reputation back, by doing good work. Rudeus then asks Hitogami, how he can defeat Orsted. He tells that Orsted can't be defeated, since he is the most powerful person in the world with the power to destroy that world but cannot do so due to the curses that limit his power. Rudeus gets suspicious because Hitogami seems to know a lot about Orsted, even though he can't see him, but tells he doesn't care about it since he is already dead. Hitogami then tells that Rudeus has got the wrong idea and is still alive, pointing at his chest which now didn't have a hole. Rudeus wakes up on Eris's lap, who explains to him that after he passed out, the girl named Nanahoshi asked Orsted to heal him. Rudeus, filled with a wave of mixed emotions, hugs Eris. She asks if she can punch him, which Rudeus accepts. But she punches him softly and starts crying and tells him that she is glad that he is still alive. Continuing his search for Zenith, Rudeus travels to the remote northlands, though he is still depressed over Eris leaving him. Needing to earn money to continue his travels, Rudeus reluctantly agrees to join the party Counter Arrow, consisting of frontline fighters Suzanne and Patrice, mage Timothy, healer Mimir, and archer Sara. However, Sara is mistrustful of Rudeus, and he can't help think about how similar she is to Eris. He accompanies Counter Arrow on a quest to slay grizzlies, but the situation escalates when the party ends up getting surrounded by them. Witnessing the Counter Arrow members fighting for their lives, Rudeus regains the will to live and helps the party fight off the grizzlies. Upon returning to town, Rudeus is accepted as a member of Counter Arrow. After realizing that he hasn't lost everything and still has friends and family like Roxy to count on, Rudeus finally comes to terms with Eris leaving him and burns the lock of her hair he had as a keepsake. Several months pass as Rudeus builds his fame and reputation in the Basherant Kingdom, hoping that word of his exploits will reach Zenith or that someone will know her whereabouts. After completing a snow gathering mission, He decides to accompany Counter Arrow on another quest to collect Snow Drake scales, but end up being ambushed by the Snow drakes and accidentally running into another party, Stepped Leader, who are out to hunt the snow drakes. Despite this setback, Counter Arrow successfully complete the quest and return to Rosenburg, where Sara convinces Rudeus to join their victory celebration. However, during the celebration, the leader of Stepped Leader, Soldat, goes on a drunken rant over how he is put off over Rudeus because he can tell he's holding back his true power. The next day, Rudeus learns that Mimir was killed and Sara had gone missing during a quest, with the rest of Counter Arrow being forced to retreat due to a blizzard. He heads to Trier Forest, kills the Snow Buffaloes, recovers Mimir's remains, and manages to rescue Sara from a Icefall Treant whom he thought is also dead after finding her earring. After being thanked by Sara and Counter Arrow, Rudeus feels like he is the one saved and forgiven, as he looks forward to a good sleep in a long time. Counter Arrow is celebrating after completing a mission where Rudeus is frequently joining the party ever since saving Sara as his reputation as "Quagmire" grows. Sara, who has grown close to Rudeus asks to help her in buying a dagger much to the amusement of the rest of the party which Rudeus accepts. During the date, they bought 2 daggers then they head to a pub where Sara becomes tipsy and they head back to Rudeus' room at Sara's request. At Rudeus' room, Rudeus and Sara are about to have sex but, Rudeus feels something is off despite having the desire for Sara and after sometime, Sara grew upset and left. Rudeus is later seen drinking alone and demanding more to drink where Soldat finds him and begins to berate him as always. Rudeus attacks Soldat with fist and breaks down while Soldat does not fight back. Soldat takes Rudeus to the escort district after hearing Rudeus' story of Eris leaving him where she meets Elise who is also grateful to Rudeus for healing her sister last winter. Rudeus and Elise return to Soldat where the latter informs him that Rudeus has become impotent. As they leave the escort district, Soldat advises not to rush things and talk things out with Sara but Rudeus still drunk doesn't really care and begins to berate Sara who happens to be nearby with Suzanne. Sara in shock on what she heard, slaps Rudeus and angrily throws the dagger they bought together and says she never wants to see him again. Rudeus falls into despair. *