It doesn’t take long for the two white tiger demihuman kids to ascend to prominence this week, as Fohl and his blind sister Atla serve as the co-protagonists of this episode. Naofumi returns to the Slave Trader, and passes by two girls that seem too clean, healthy and eager to be bought to actually be slaves.
Turns out Siltvelt worships the Shield Hero to the point they send their children into slavery hoping He will buy them so they can be closer to Him. Atla isn’t like that. He’s got incredible combat stats for a little kid, and as a White Tiger is one of the strongest non-Hero beings in this world.
When Naofumi learns of his little sister (voiced by Kohara Konomi), he agrees to buy her too, and gives her an Elixir of Yggdrasil to begin the process of healing her. Fohl vows to work and fight hard enough to pay Naofumi back many times over.
Naofumi and Raph teleport back to Lurolona, where all of the former child slaves they bought with their arena winnings are already settling into their new lives of freedom. It goes without saying that the bucolic environs are a damn sight more conducive to Atla’s convalescence than a slaver’s cell.
She continues taking the elixir, and eventually heals up enough that her bandages can be removed, revealing her stunning beauty. This unbandaging event, as well as her struggling and finally succeeding in standing on her own, is given extra gravitas by Kevin Penkin’s always rousing score, as well as Kohara Konomi’s talent for voicing gentle yet determined characters.
Atla and Fohl are such a compelling redemption story that the episode has us riding high, only to bring us crashing down when slavers attack the village in the middle of the night, while Naofumi is off…somewhere. You’d think he’d have better measures in place to protect the kids who were just freaking freed than…leaving them totally undefended.
Perhaps he didn’t think anyone would be bold enough to attack the Shield Hero’s territories, a lesson I hope he’ll never make again. He also at least told Fohl about a signal flare to fire in case of attack, but firing the flare required Fohl to evade the slavers while wheeling a still-frail Atla around. Also, the bright flare attracts slavers to their position instantly.
The chief slaver is ready to kill Fohl as an example to the others (a pretty dumb move, considering he just got done saying how valuable White Tigers are) but the Shield Hero flag one of his men snapped off its pole is tossed like a javelin between him and Fohl…by Raptalia.
That’s right, the cavalry has arrived in the nick of time. Naofumi encloses the kids in a protective Shield Prison while Raph, Rishia, Sadeena, and Elrasa easily handle the slavers, who thought they were pretty tough when they were terrorizing a bunch of little kids but find they’re hopeless against actual adult warriors.
Raph dissolves the chief slaver’s armor with one swipe, and Naofumi is ready to have him executed for his crimes. Fortunately for him, Eclair arrives just in time to tell him doing so would be a huge political headache. The mark on his shattered armor is that of a Three Heroes-worshipping noble family.
Naofumi agrees not to execute the slavers, but isn’t about to let them go. He decides to give them a taste of their own medicine: teleporting them to Siltvelt, where he knows he’s worshipped as a god, where the nobles will pay handsomely for his “gifts.”
All’s well that ends well, and Atla meets with Naofumi to tell him she’s eager to become stronger so she can one day repay him for rescuing and protecting her and Fohl. Fohl also tells Naofumi that he has to become stronger. You can’t help but love these cute kids’ gumption…plus their hair is super-cool looking.
Naofumi brings Atla and Fohl with him on his next visit to Melromarc, where Queen Mirelia says she has important information for him. They end up walking past the former king, whose aura Atla mistook for her brother’s. Mirelia later confirms that her husband was once the Staff King, and fought for his sister’s sake just as Fohl does.
However, that’s not the big news. The big news is that the Spear Hero, Kitamura Motoyasu, has finally been found. Yay, I guess? From what I recall, the guy’s a huge prick. We’ll soon find out if that’s still the case.
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