Naofumi protected Melty from the setup and the knights were driven away. They then began going everywhere though and showed altered footage that made it look like Naofumi’s party were the bad guys, when that wasn’t true. The knights and people started calling Naofumi “the devil of the shield,” and wanted posters were put everywhere to find him. While making their way to the next country, they were pursued by Myne and the heroes. Naofumi’s party almost got split up, but he made a diversion and they got away. Melty joined Naofumi’s party by this time. Myne started burning the forest down to try and corner them. From there, Naofumi, Raphtalia, Filo, and Melty went to a domain controlled by Reichnott and took shelter there. The knights found them though, and took Melty away. While Idol Rabier had possession of Melty, Naofumi and the others arrived at Seaetto and Raphtalia and them rescued some demihuman kids, including Keel. We got a flashback of how Raphtalia was friends with another demihuman kid, Rifana, and how she wanted to marry the shield hero when she got older. Raphtalia and the others found her in the same cell, but long dead, which made Raphtalia cry (and it made me cry too). Naofumi supported Raphtalia, however, and assured her everything will be okay. They then confronted Idol Rabier before he could hurt Melty, and he fell and it was assumed he was dead. But when they went outside again they found him releasing the seal in town and unleashing a powerful dino monster. Naofumi entrusted Keel and the demihuman kids to Reichnott, and Naofumi’s party lured the monster away. They couldn’t defeat it, but the queen of the filofials, Fitoria, defeated it easily and had them come with her to talk. Naofumi explained that the heroes were fighting and it was a lost cause, and Fitoria said that if they can’t work together, she must kill the Four Cardinal Heroes. Definitely looking forward to binging the next episodes!
Plus, One Summer's Day is such a beautiful song.
