Mushoku Tensei Jobless Reincarnation Vol. 7

or scrambling to retreat. Twenty opponents were a lot, but they were all
unaccustomed to fighting, scarcely attended class, and primary relied on
violence in numbers to maintain their threatening appearance.

“I’m gonna tear you to pieces, mew!”

“Fuck yeah, we will!”

Only Linia and Pursena were different. Their fighting spirits weren’t
dampened, not even as they witnessed Fitz’s magic for themselves. In fact,
they dodged each spell with great agility. Linia then charged forward while
Pursena put her hand to her lips.

“Awoooo!”

They had unique vocal cords that could make sounds infused with
magic to instantly paralyze their opponent. This type of magic was inherent
to the beastfolk.

A tendril of blood trickled from Fitz’s nose, and his upper body
slumped forward. Once Linia was sure he’d been hit, she slashed her claws
toward his face. “Hyah!”

One of them would use vocal magic to seal the enemy’s movement
while the other went in for the kill. That was Linia and Pursena’s strategy for
victory.

However, in the next moment, Fitz made a baffling move. He lifted his
hands and slapped his ears. Blood burst forth.

At the same time, Linia charged in. “I got you, mew!” Her claws
slashed forward, but just as she was certain she’d hit her target, Fitz sank
downwards. Linia caught a few strands of his hair, but now he had slipped
right in past her defenses.

“Urgh…!”

His fist shot into the pit of her stomach, emitting a shockwave that sent
her flying through the air like shrapnel from an explosion.

“Wh-why?!” gasped Pursena.

Fitz didn’t miss a beat. He headed right for Pursena, who was visibly
shaken by the fact that her vocal magic hadn’t hit its mark. She frantically
tried to brace herself, but it was already too late. “Ha!” He sent her airborne

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with an invisible wave from his outstretched fist. She slammed against the
wall of the cafeteria and lost consciousness.

“Ack…cough…”

Fitz came and stood in front of Linia, who was gasping for air. The boy
had carried out his wrath in silence this entire time. Linia was in shock as he
towered over her. She glanced at her surroundings, but not a single person
from their group remained standing. Even her reliable partner was sprawled
helplessly on the ground with her legs spread wide open, completely
unconscious.

Linia realized that their group had been decimated and lost the will to
fight. “Y-you win, mew.”

Even as Linia conceded defeat, Fitz remained eerily quiet. His eyes
were hidden behind sunglasses, but the anger was still there, a true killing
intent that couldn’t be satisfied by this joke of a fight. Fitz knew exactly what
they had done—that they’d thrown water on Ariel, stolen her underwear and
discarded it.

Linia might have her pride, but she didn’t value it more than her life.
“W-we’re sorry, mew. We’ll apologize for the underwear incident too. I’ll
even do this, mew.” Linia had no choice but to take a submissive posture,
exposing her stomach in repentance. It was the most humiliating move for
beastfolk.

Fitz smashed a ball of water over both Linia, who was prostrating
herself, and Pursena, who was lying unconscious a short distance away.
There was little attack power behind it, but it was the equivalent of having a
bucket upended on them. Both beastgirls were drenched, looking quite pitiful
with their fur flattened against their skin.

“If you’ve truly learned your lesson, never raise your hand against
Princess Ariel again.”

Fitz left them with those words. He rarely ever said anything. It was
the first time that Linia, Pursena, and the rest of the students in the cafeteria
—indeed, any of them, save for Ariel and Luke—had heard him speak. His
voice was high, almost feminine.

“Y-yes, understood.” Linia nodded, her face bright red with shame.

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“Fitz, well done. Let’s be on our way.” Ariel offered him a quick smile
when he returned, and their group departed as if nothing had ever happened.
Only Linia and Pursena were left in their wake, looking like a couple of
drowned rats. They soon retreated, unable to withstand the attention that was
now focused on them.

All the students who had witnessed this spontaneously broke into
applause. That was the moment when the delinquents who acted like they
ruled the school were defeated.

After that, courtesy of Ellemoi and Cleane’s work, rumor spread that it
was, in fact, Linia and Pursena who had sent their minions to beat up Ariel.
The majority of the beastfolk involved were expelled in the incident’s
aftermath.

***

And that was how Ariel secured her current position. By driving the
delinquents out of the school and bringing peace back to the campus, she
earned the gratitude of the students, who then voted for her in the following
election. She became the student council president in her second year, and
many regarded her with strong admiration.

That situation, of course, didn’t sit well with the vice president. They
spent their remaining year making snide comments, but they hadn’t the
courage to face Fitz—the very man who had taken on the indomitable Linia
and Pursena all by himself—and graduated quietly.

As for the humiliated party of two…

“Urgh.”

“Fuck.”

Somehow, they’d managed to avoid expulsion. Their behavior wasn’t
entirely improved, and they were still hostile toward Ariel, but they were
attending classes more seriously. They would hiss and bark like sore losers
whenever they laid eyes on her, even as they tucked their tails between their
legs and made way for her to pass.

“Hmph! We won’t forget what you did to us, mew!”

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“Pft! Better not go out at night!”

Ariel said nothing. She just giggled.

This only increased the admiration directed at Ariel and her two
bodyguards. There was no one left at the school who could stand up to the
princess.

***

That same princess was now a third-year student. Just as she’d
planned, becoming the student council president in her second year allowed
her to make contact with both the Magicians’ Guild and the rulers of Ranoa
Kingdom. Those of like mind flocked to the student council, and Ariel picked
the most exceptional and trustworthy to go to the Asura Kingdom and
proceed with her plans. What she considered her vanguard would be leaving
for the kingdom the following year.

Everything had gone surprisingly well in this past year since she
became the president. Today they were conducting another one of their
strategy meetings, though they had transitioned from her personal suite to the
student council room. “Now then, Cleane, are there any promising candidates
among the first-years this year?” she asked.

“There are. Zanoba Shirone and Cliff Grimor, in particular. The former
is a Blessed Child, while the latter was able to perform Advanced-tier magic
even before he enrolled.”

“Very well. Let’s look for opportunities to gradually engage them. Are
there any others who stand out?”

“Among the first-years? No, I don’t believe so.” Cleane shook her
head. “However, there may be some who will show promise in the future.”

“I still require many more pieces for my chess board. Perhaps we
should look at reaching out to those outside of the school.”

As Ariel agonized over what to do, Ellemoi looked up. “Princess, I
suspected you would say as much. I have already located some particularly
impressive individuals beyond the walls of the university.”

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“I expected no less. Let me see what information you have on them.”

“Yes, Princess.” Ellemoi pulled out a sheaf of papers from one of the
cabinets in the student council room and handed them over. “I would propose
selecting some of these, inviting them to the school, and then assessing their
character before approaching them to join us. What do you think?”

“That sounds good. Please go ahead and begin the selection process.
As for inviting them… We can ask Vice Principal Jenius for aid with that,
I’m sure.”

“Yes, Princess.”

Fitz and Luke began to scan the list at Ariel’s bidding. There were
several different individuals on the list: from those already living in the
Magic City of Sharia; to active adventurers across the Three Nations; and
even the protector of the Sword Sanctum, the Sword God Gal Farion himself.

It was as Fitz studied that list that he suddenly gasped. His hand
stopped when he spotted a name he recognized. His eyes went wide and his
lips pursed shut. His trembling hand tightened against the paper, creasing it.

“Fitz, did someone on there catch your eye?”

The boy gave a sharp nod. His expression was a mix of surprise,
bewilderment, and delight.

“Princess Ariel… I know this person.”

The paper in his hand had the name Rudeus Greyrat written on it.

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About the Author:
Rifujin na Magonote

Resides in Gifu Prefecture. Loves fighting games and cream puffs.
Inspired by other published works on the website Let’s Become Novelists,
they created the web novel Mushoku Tensei. They instantly gained the
support of readers, and became number one on the site’s combined popularity
rankings within the first year of publishing. “Running can be an acceptable
solution when life is truly agonizing,” stated the author very seriously.

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