Highlights
- Sylphie struggles with her secret identity as Fitz and feels jealousy and loneliness as Rudeus spends more time with Nanahoshi.
- Rudeus reunites with his old adventuring comrade Sol, and later discovers that Fitz is actually Princess Ariel in disguise.
- Rudeus realizes his feelings of love for Fitz and learns that she is female, resolving to take things slow and understanding her importance in curing his impotence.
The following contains spoilers for Episode 10 of Mushoku Tensei Season 2, "These Feelings," now streaming on Crunchyroll.
Ever since the beginning of Season 2, viewers have been made aware of Fitz's secret identity as Sylphiette, and have been waiting with bated breath for her to reveal her identity to Rudeus the moment they met in the Ranoa University of Magic. Despite not realizing that he is with his old childhood friend, Rudeus' relationship with Sylphie has been stronger than ever, and fans are certain that love is certain to bloom between the two.
Despite this, Sylphie has done her best to hide her true identity from Rudeus, largely from fear that Rudeus does not feel for her the way she does for him. However, the events of this week's episode of Mushoku Tensei lead Rudeus to a discovery that she cannot roll back. With only a few episodes in the season left, it seems very likely that Rudeus and Sylphie are about to reunite.
Sylphie's Struggles
As Sylphie walks with Princess Ariel and Luke, she notices Rudeus talking with Elinalise and Cliff. She is surprised that Rudeus has yet to enter into a relationship, and feels that as Fitz, she is unable to become a special person to him. With Rudeus now spending more time with Nanahoshi, Sylphie begins to feel jealousy and loneliness grasp at her heart, and she starts to wonder if she'll ever be able to reveal her identity to Rudeus.
Meanwhile, Rudeus has nearly spent one whole year at the University, and while much of his routine has not changed, there has been quite the number of changes. Rudeus' victory over Badigadi has spread to the other students, and he has now become feared by anyone not in the special students class. Rudeus continues to attend classes, spend time with his fellow classmates, and make time to help Nanahoshi with her summoning experiments. Though h experiments is simply funneling mana into the magic circles she creates, the brute force mass summoning strategy she is employing means she is taking up more of her time. As he finishes up the day with teaching Julie to make figures, Rudeus realizes that he hasn't been able to spend much time with Fitz lately.
A Strange Encounter
A letter arrives for Rudeus from Sol of Stepped Leader, his old comrade from his adventuring days. Sol explains that he'll be in town for a clan meeting, and that he wants to catch up with Rudeus. Rudeus meets Sol and the other members of Stepped Leader at a bar, accompanied by Elinalise and Cliff. The group reminisce about their days going on quests while Sol marvels at the idea of Elinalise going steady with a boyfriend. Eventually, Sol is called away for another meeting and bids Rudeus farewell. Elinalise, meanwhile, has made plans to show Cliff the ropes when it comes to adventuring, so Rudeus decides to head back to school on his own.
While walking through the city on his way back, Rudeus stumbles into Luke and Fitz shopping on the streets. Rudeus greets them, but Fitz is strangely guarded around him. Luke attempts to excuse him by claiming that Fitz cannot speak when he is guarding his highness, but Rudeus is doubtful. Feeling hurt that Fitz would ignore him like that, Rudeus searches for someone to talk to but can't find anyone who would listen. In the end, he decides to go to the library, where he is surprised to find Fitz acting normally. Rudeus interrogates Fitz about what happened in town, but Fitz repeats that he cannot speak when outside with the princess. Seeing Fitz's change in demeanor, Rudeus deduces that the Fitz he met in town was actually Princess Ariel, and that she was disguised as Fitz so she could wander around town unnoticed. Relieved that Fitz does not suddenly dislike him, Rudeus begins to realize that he sees Fitz as more than just a good friend and classmate.
The Cure
Rudeus begins to find himself constantly occupied with thoughts of Fitz, to the point where he cannot seem to think of anything else. Rudeus understands that his feelings are that of love, but is a bit troubled that he is having those feelings for another man. However, Rudeus begins to wonder about the possibility of Fitz not actually being male and tries to find out. He talks to Jenius about Fitz, but learns that he is unable to reveal anything about Fitz's background and insists that he is male.
While stressing over this situation in the library, Rudeus is surprised by Fitz, who comes up from behind him. The shock makes him fall over, and Fitz falls on top of him while trying to keep him from falling. The two make close physical contact, and Rudeus realizes that Fitz is, in fact, female. However, Fitz fervently denies it and runs over. However, Rudeus is certain he is right, and finds that his impotence has even been cured, though only temporarily. Realizing that Fitz must have some reason for hiding her gender, Rudeus resolves to take things slowly with her now that he knows that she is the key to curing his impotence for good.