History Fanfic / RiseOfTheSwordAndShield

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Chapter 09: For all of his corruption, Aultcray makes it clear he does not approve of the Three Heroes bickering amongst themselves, especially when it led to Asuka going into hiding after she was harassed and laughed at by Motoyasu and Itsuki. In the same chapter, both he and [[SinisterMinister Pope Balmus]] are shocked by Malty's suggestion to enslave Asuka after they cheat in the duel, and also express genuine disgust with Motoyasu's lecherous behaviour towards Asuka (to the point that Aultcray warns him that he's on the road to becoming as bad as they claim Naofumi is) and annoyance at his continued belief that her rejections are due to being drugged, with Balmus outright telling Motoyasu that the "drug" Naofumi has supposedly given her does not exist, nor does any drug that could affect someone's personality to such a degree, pointing out that, even if it did, it would not affect a Cardinal Hero, and asking if Motoyasu has ever seen it or even bothered to look for any evidence that it exists.

** In canon, only Naofumi gets his payment revoked because of Aultcray's petty excuses, but has it reinstated after the Sword and Bow Heroes argue how unfair it is. In this story, both Naofumi ''and'' Asuka have their payment revoked after Aultcray gets mad at them for winning the duel and, due to Itsuki's dislike of Asuka, Asuka has to convince Aultcray on her own to pay them fairly. This has a trickledown effect that causes her to refuse to accept future payments from the King since she feels he's too petty to trust.

* HoistByHerOwnPetard: Myne's dogged insistence that Motoyasu get a specific monster part that would give his spear a paralyzing attack ends up biting her after he accidentally uses it on her during the duel, which both leaves her lying in the middle of the arena, unable to move, and topless for extra humiliation.

* {{Hypocrite}}: In Naofumi's trial, Motoyasu condemns him for supposedly attempting to rape Myne. Asuka calls him out and rightly accuses him of hugging her earlier just to get a feel of her breasts. He continues to believe the false rape accusations and insult Naofumi for it, all while showing no respect for Asuka's boundaries, ignoring her repeated refusals (even after both Aultcray and Pope Balmus spell out that the "drug" Myne claimed Naofumi used on Asuka doesn't exist, and that Asuka really does want nothing to do with him), and generally harrassing the poor girl, made worse by him being twenty-one years old to her ''sixteen''.

* TheMole: Elena reveals herself immediately to be one as soon as Asuka deduces her real intentions in approaching her. However, Elena had already decided to cut ties with Motoyasu's party by then, so her plea to join Asuka's party is genuine. Asuka only allows her join as a slave (at Elena's suggestion) and figured using her as DoubleAgent for both sides would be advantageous. [[spoiler:It also helps that Asuka knows [[MadeASlave what Myne does]] to girls who fail her, and isn't thrilled with the idea of letting that happen to someone]].

** Naofumi, weirdly even more so than in canon, as due to Asuka being the one to unlock her own cursed series first while Naofumi still hasn't unlocked his own, now he's left trying to calm down and rein in Asuka when she is getting too vengeful and angry for her own good. Asuka's continued defence of him at great personal cost, and him realising that Asuka did this despite being traumatised by the deaths of her friends, also helps him shed some of his bitterness and trust issues.
** Elena is this to Motoyasu's groupies. She barely believes any of Myne's claims, is fully aware of how horrible she is, and doesn't really like Motoyasu, only going along with them for the perks and an easy life of luxury. [[spoiler:She even figured out that Felecia the maid was actually Asuka, though didn't bother revealing this to the party because she didn't care]].

* BringMyBrownPants: [[spoiler:Motoyasu wets himself at the post-Second Wave party when a Wrath-possessed Asuka smiles at him]].

* TheMole: Elena reveals herself immediately to be one as soon as Asuka deduces her real intentions in approaching her. However, Elena had already decided to cut ties with Motoyasu's party by then, so her plea to join Asuka's party is genuine. Asuka only allows her join as a slave and figured using her as DoubleAgent for both sides would be advantageous.

** Elena is this to Motoyasu's groupies. She barely believes any of Myne's claims, is fully aware of how horrible she is, and doesn't really like Motoyasu, only going along with them for the perks and an easy life of luxury. [[spoiler:She actually figured out that Felecia the maid was actually Asuka, though didn't bother revealing this to the party because she didn't care]].

* PottyFailure: [[spoiler:After Asuka is taken over by the Curse of Wrath series, Motoyasu pisses himself when she smiles at him.]]

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Following chapter 03's trial, Asuka voices her contempt at Motoyasu for his lechery. He doesn't get the message, due to believing she's under the effects of a drug and he still pursues her. Asuka even goes out of her way to avoid him as much as possible.

** Motoyasu to Katsuragi. Both are open-skirt chasers, but while Katsuragi genuinely cares about her friends and her harassment is played off as harmless fun, Motoyasu ignores the feelings of the girls he's interested in, which includes Asuka, and his flirting comes off as annoying.

* {{Hypocrite}}: In Naofumi's trial, Motoyasu condemns him for supposedly attempting to rape Myne. Asuka calls him out and rightly accuses him of hugging her earlier just to get a feel of her breasts.

* IRejectYourReality: Motoyasu refuses to believe that Asuka genuinely hates him. He wholeheartedly believes it's a drug that makes her hate him and not Naofumi. He doesn't even question its existence, he believes it because Myne told him.

* OnlySaneMan: Naofumi, weirdly even more so than in canon, as due to Asuka being the one to unlock her own cursed series first while Naofumi still hasn't unlocked his own, now he's left trying to calm down and rein in Asuka when she is getting too vengeful and angry for her own good.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Chapter 09: For all of his corruption, Aultcray makes it clear he does not approve of the Three Heroes bickering amongst themselves, especially when it led to Asuka going into hiding after she was harassed and laughed at by Motoyasu and Itsuki. In the same chapter, both he and [[SinisterMinister Pope Balmus]] are shocked by Malty's suggestion to enslave Asuka after they cheat in the duel, and also express genuine disgust with Motoyasu's lecherous behaviour towards Asuka and annoyance at his continued belief that her rejections are due to being drugged, with Balmus outright telling Motoyasu that the "drug" Naofumi has supposedly given her does not exist, nor does any drug that could affect someone's personality to such a degree, pointing out that, even if it did, it would not affect a Cardinal Hero, and asking if Motoyasu has ever seen it or even bothered to look for any evidence that it exists.

* {{Meido}}: Asuka disguises herself as a maid to infiltrate the castle. Her maid act easily fools Motoyasu and Malty.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Chapter 09: For all of his corruption, Aultcray makes it clear he does not approve of the Three Heroes bickering amongst themselves, especially when it led to Asuka going into hiding after she was harassed and laughed at by Motoyasu and Itsuki. In the same chapter, both he and [[SinisterMinister Pope Balmus]] are shocked by Malty's suggestion to enslave Asuka after they cheat in the duel.