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Three Heroes and Allies
General
- Adaptational Heroism: In all iterations of The Rising of the Shield Hero, the Legendary Heroes only saw the Isekai world they've been transferred to as a video game to give them an excuse to live out their fantasies. At worst, the Three Heroes had an It's All About Me attitude that made them ignorant to anyone, unless they gained some sort of reward. By Ambition of the Red Princess, the negative traits of the Three Heroes were Adapted Out, and they are instead portrayed as mentally ill people that had their own personal troubles and misguided mindset to act as heroes. When the Three Heroes start taking Medea more seriously, after seeing genuine consequences and the mistakes caused by their own cluelessness, they become more focused on wanting to live up as the heroes that their own party members see them as.
- The Chosen Zero: The Three Heroes all started out with no knowledge of Medea by the time of their summoning and saw the world as a video game for their ideals to play around in. The result was that they all lacked agency of their actions and just wandered around Medea with their companions following them around.
- Switching P.O.V.: Throughout chapter 111, each Legendary Hero gets to have their own P.O.V detailing the events they are experiencing such as a discussion with the Three Heroes Church, and them getting into a a trap with an overzealous member of the church.
Sword Hero and Allies
Sword Hero/Ren Amaki
Origin: The Rising of the Shield Hero
- Always Someone Better: After being the best player of Brave Star Online for most his life as a gamer in his own world, he gets a feeling of insignificance in Medea because of the many soldiers that surpass him with their legitimate sword skills and magical powers, unlike his game skills.
- Beneath the Mask: He presents himself as a well-composed hero that can remain calm in the most uncomfortable of situations, but behind what he shows, Ren is a Socially Awkward Hero and can be quite stressed through a few subtle features.
- Bound and Gagged: Invoked. His plan to find a way to damage the Soul Eater in chapter 93 is to either block out the mouth that is sucking away the magical attacks that are being thrown at it or to have the monster be pinned down.
- Brutal Honesty:
- After gaining awareness of Mein being an imposter to the real Myne of Samphor in chapter 66, Ren bluntly announces to Naofumi of Mein's deception as an imposter in a private conversation during chapter 85. The way Ren blurts it out is so blunt that as much as Naofumi wishes to deny it was false, he knows for a fact that Mein indeed is keeping secrets from him.
- Ulfra, who is questioning where her allies have gone in the fight against the undead during chapter 97, Ren bluntly answers that Ulfra's allies left her for dead. Though a clear answer, Itsuki finds it to be quite uncomfortable for Ulfra having woken up from her loss of consciousness.
- Clothing Damage: As a result of his rapidly growing muscles in chapter 93, Ren's clothing and armor are torn apart.
- Distinction Without a Difference: Ren is insistent on calling the Thunder Lizard as a T-Rex, but Motoyasu sees the creature as Godzilla. Ren objects to seeing the Thunder Lizard as Godzilla, since the monster doesn't look like Godzilla itself, even though the creature having traits that resemble Godzilla.
- Dropping the Bombshell: To breakdown Eclea's answer of being a close friend to Mein in chapter 111, Ren reveals crucial information to Eclea that "Mein of Samphor" is an imposter of the real one back in Samphor. By using the real Myne of Samphor to rebuff Eclair's statement, Ren is able to push her further down to see if she really knows who the Mein that travels with Naofumi is.
- Escapism: His enjoyment in wanting to spend his time alone on Brave Star Online is because outside of his video game life, Ren is The Generic Guy where he lacks any outstanding skills to be unique to the world. With Brave Star Online, Ren is recognized for his talent as the best player.
- The Generic Guy: Back from his original world, Ren never stood out of his population, as his school grades were on the average and after graduating, he was expected to become a Salaryman for whatever corporation that hired him. The only skill where he really stood out and excelled at was by being the best player in Brave Star Online.
- Growing Muscles Sequence: Ren copying the Sword of Loptus to boost his physical body at its peak results in his muscles massively inflating than what he could handle. His body had inflated in so much muscle mass that his armor and clothing had begun bursting in chapter 93.
- Heroic Self-Deprecation: Ren sees himself as a Heroic Wannabe that lacks the experience of what it means to be a Legendary Hero to protect the people of Medea against the waves. In a strategy discussion during chapter 98, Ren is frustrated of himself for being unable to take part and understand anything, so he opts to wish he was just like Naofumi to better cope as a hero.
- Insistent Terminology: Ren and Motoyasu get into an argument with each other in chapter 97 about what they should call the Thunder Lizard. For Ren, he calls the lizard a T-Rex, while Motoyasu is insistent in calling the creature as Godzilla.
- Let Me Get This Straight...: At chapter 111, Ren summarizes Iris' talk about nobility's conflict with the church without any grandiose exaggeration to get a clear grasp as that how the Three Heroes Church operates in dealing with the Legendary Heroes.
- Liar Revealed: Lampshaded. He compares the "liar revealed" plotline of many stories to what Naofumi and Mein are going towards in chapter 85 to warn Naofumi that trying to keep a lie as a secret will only lead to unnecessary problems that could be avoided.
- Mighty Glacier: In exchange for the large muscles he gained from utilizing the Sword of Loptus at chapter 93, Ren's physique is at the best shape for striking powerful attacks, but he is struggling to balance himself from the large amount of muscle mass.
- No Sense of Direction: He realizes he has so much to learn about Medea and can't just call the world as an afterlife for himself, since he never even bothered to learn the geography of Medea in chapter 98.
- Overshadowed by Awesome: He has a strong dedication in wanting to be the strongest hero or be efficient at wielding his sword, so that he isn't overshadowed by the soldiers in Medea who have genuine combat experience.
- Spotting the Thread: Ren makes a good point as to the T-Rex being unusually stagnant of its rampage in chapter 97, despit the creature not near innocent lives or buildings to destroy.
- Pull the Thread: In chapter 111, to rebuff all of Eclea's attempts of her not wanting everyone to know why she would be relieved by Mein being with Naofumi, Ren reveals to Eclea of only one real Myne of Samphor existing to expose Eclea on how well she really knows the Mein the one that travelled with Naofumi to escape the Three Heroes Church. Before Eclea fully cracks on giving him an answer, Iris instead steps up to expose Mein of Samphor as Malty S Melromarc to prevent anymore confusion.
- UltimateGamer386: In the world of Brave Star Online, Ren is the highest ranking player for his great utilization of his sword skills. His skills can be so strong in the game that he can do battles that even a group of players have struggled to beat.
- Utility Magic: Feeling useless as a hero in chapter 98 and hearing nobles talk about needing a quicker way to travel to bring what messages they have, Ren questions to himself if his only usefulness is his instant teleportation skill.
- What the Hell, Hero?: He berates Itsuki in chapter 92 for recklessly shooting his arrows at the Void Dragon, despite having done strategies and training before the third wave. Subverted when it turns out that Itsuki was actually aiming at a floating island producing exploding fishes, and Itsuki's creative thinking instead impresses Ren in the end.
- What Would X Do?: From being unable to understand the complex strategies and bickering of the nobles in chapter 97, Ren asks himself as to what Naofumi would do in that sort of situation, since the latter was always selfless in going out of his way to help everyone.
Wyndia
Wyndia
Origin: The Rising of the Shield Hero
- Big, Stupid Doodoo-Head: Once she is hissed by Firo's hostility to back away from Naofumi in chapter 85, Wyndia comes up with childish insults to call Firo. The main insult Wyndia uses is to call Firo a "dumb featherhead", and each time Firo launches back her insults, Wyndia's comebacks always have her call Firo an even dumber featherhead.
- Defiled Forever: Played for Laughs. She jumps onto Ren, believing him to be the Shield Hero and states her wishes to marry him. When Ren reveals himself to be actually the Sword Hero, Wyndia cries from having tainted her body over hugging the enemy of the Shield Hero. Ren needed to explain that he and Naofumi are friends, so that Wyndia doesn't disappoint herself too much.
- No, You: Wyndia's insult to Firo as a "dumb featherhead" in chapter 85 devolves into Wyndia using the same insult as the main comeback with the additional bonus that Firo is getting dumber.
- Rapid-Fire "No!": Played for Laughs. She says a bunch of "no's" at the fact she had defiled her body by hugging the enemy of the Shield Hero, Ren Amaki.
- Wimp Fight: She and Firo slap each other in chapter 85 to escalate their arguments as to who the worst child is.
Gaelion
Sir Beckter
Keel
Keel
Debut: Chapter 66/Interlude 11: Incubation of Heroes
Origin: The Rising of the Shield Hero
- Blowing a Raspberry: Unable to convince Raphtalia to abandon Big Sister Mein and Master Naofumi, Keel sticks her tongue out at Mein and Naofumi in chapter 90 under the assumption they are exploiting Raphtalia.
- Call a Human a "Meatbag": Being in slavery, Keel had picked up commonly used racial slurs people had said in Port Harp. One of those racial slurs is by calling the Shield Hero a "man animal" under the presumption that the latter is exploiting slavery onto Raphtalia.
- Harmful to Minors: Her time in slavery has taught her racial slurs people have used as a way to commonly refer to slavers exploiting demi-humans.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Deconstructed. She has a nice side that she mainly shows to Raphtalia and cares for her safety. To Ren, Keel is respectful and is impressed for his decision to kill off the slavers that enslaved her. As for Keel's jerk side, it can be off-putting for Raphtalia and Mein, since it can be hard for them to work together if they are unable to cooperate at the third wave.
- A Match Made in Stockholm: Discussed. Keel assumes that Raphtalia being a surrogate daughter to Mein and Naofumi is that Raphtalia is being exploited by them, since Raphtalia became a part of the party through being bought as a slave.
- Stay in the Kitchen: Not a man, but believing herself to be a more experienced fighter and having been in a lot of fights before getting enslaved, Keel doesn't want Raphtalia to participate with the Shield Hero's party in fighting the waves. Another reason is that Keel is under the assumption that Mein and Naofumi are only being nice to Raphtalia to exploit her in their battles.
Tershia
Conner
Bow Hero and Allies
Bow Hero/Itsuki Kawasumi
Origin: The Rising of the Shield Hero
- Adaptational Jerkass: Itsuki is more obviously obsessed with his perception of justice, to the point of being noticeably unhinged. This was done to give Malty a clear motivation to ally herself with Naofumi over one of the other three Heroes. However, after Hob's death, he does change his perception of justice from judging those he deemed "evil" to protecting the innocent from genuinely evil threats.
- Apologetic Attacker: He feels sorry for having to launch arrows at the Siltvelt army in chapter 119, as while he understands their intentions to save Naofumi, Itsuki can't let them risk the lives of innocent people in a way, so he apologizes for the actions he has to take.
- Armor-Piercing Response: He gets to shutdown Kael'thas' Armor-Piercing Question in chapter 119 by responding for if the latter is willing to risk countless innocent lives to save Naofumi, even if taking such violent actions would only anger Naofumi in the end. Kael'thas could only flinch from hearing such and answer and accepts in a Heroic Heelization Speech that he has to be a Well-Intentioned Extremist to have Naofumi rescued.
- Dastardly Whiplash: Lampshaded. In chapter 86, he makes a remark to Duke Oify's mustache as being evil-looking, but Mein who has no idea of the culture in Itsuki's world, she wonders why he would connect a mustache to something villainous.
- Death Glare: Though not that he directs it at Ren, Itsuki gains a glaring face in chapter 111 for his disgust at the Three Heroes Church for practicing the usage of slavery.
- Exactly What I Aimed At: He looks to be aiming at the void dragon leviathan at chapter 92 and is blamed by Ren for shooting so wildly. It turns out, Itsuki was actually aiming at a floating island that is releasing the exploding fishes that are acting as a major danger hazard to everyone else.
- Heroic RRoD: After spending his time firing at the floating islands containing the exploding fishes in chapter 92, Itsuki is described to be pale, sweaty, and can barely even stand from having shot so many arrows.
- Heroic Self-Deprecation: He feels like he is taking an unheroic action in chapter 119 between having to stop Kael'thas' army from saving Naofumi, or let them trample into Melromarc, which would risk the lives of many innocent people.
- Phlebotinum Overdose: To recover his stamina from shooting so many arrows at the third wave monsters, Itsuki attempts to chug a stamina potion on his belt. Before he could do so, he is stopped by Rishia and is warned of negative consequences that can occur from potion overdose.
- Psycho Supporter: Itsuki tends to act as one to Naofumi. While he supports Naofumi fairly often, it's due to his own psychotic obsession with justice which makes him fight anything he perceives as unjust. He does get better about it after Hob's death, however.
- Switching P.O.V.: Chapter 109 starting off with Eclair's P.O.V in an omake where she learns of Naofumi and Malty being persecuted as criminals, due to hearing from Itsuki talk about what the Three Heroes Church had done. By chapter 111, the perspective of the same scene is continued onto Itsuki being the P.O.V where Eclair gets the full information and joins the side of the Three Heroes.
- Took a Level in Kindness: Itsuki started out wanting to do justice, but is so obsessed with what he thinks justice is that he is noticeably unhinged, and makes incredibly poor decisions because of it. After seeing Lord Emon's actions and being forced to kill him, he learns that justice isn't about judgement but protecting people.
- You Can Barely Stand: After launching out an Arrow Shockwave in chapter 92, Itsuki's Heroic RRoD catches up to him and causes him to collapse. The only support he can have to keep him from falling down is to hold onto Sir Crepe and attempt to drink a stamina potion.
Mald
Mald
Origin: The Rising of the Shield Hero
- Adaptational Heroism: Downplayed. He helps Itsuki commit genuine assistance in being a hero by being the strong brute in the party, whereas Mald's counterpart in The Rising of the Shield Hero ditched Itsuki for his failures and because he did not follow the latter's ideals. Contrast to Ambition!Mald, he stays with Itsuki to help him and despite all the scolding he receives for his rude attitude, Mald at minimum has a genuine loyalty to him.
- Advice Backfire: Mald tries to give a well-meaning advice for Itsuki to not feel guilt at killing Kael'thas' demi-human army in chapter 119, because they are all filthy animals opposing their cause. However, such an answer filled with lots of Fantastic Racism undertones only ends up enraging Itsuki for Mald to back off from providing anymore insulting comments.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: He is kept around the party for his physical strength but besides that, no one in the party can stand his Jerkass attitude. Mald's interactions with anyone is him acting snobbish and the only one who could command him is Itsuki taking action.
- Innocently Insensitive: His advice to comfort Itsuki to not value to lives of demi-humans ends up coming off as an Advice Backfire, since it contradicts Itsuki's point of view to save everyone, regardless of what race they come from.
- Jerkass Has a Point: As much of a jerk he can be to the people he is condescending and even his own teammates, Mald makes a good point that Keel can't keep bickering with Raphtalia about slavery during a fight against the third wave's monsters.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Downplayed. His usual behavior is filled with his Fantastic Racism views and is the most difficult member to get along within the party. A frequent argument Mald gets himself in is with Sir Crepe on trivial matters to chaste the former for his rude behavior. However, as rude as Mald may be, he is still a loyal member to Itsuki and will remain obedient to best assist the latter in being the best hero.
- Noble Bigot: Downplayed. Mald is firm on holding his prejudice beliefs that demi-humans are worthless, but he continues being an obedient party member to help Itsuki in the best way he can, even if Mald's racism can make his occasional support appear rude or misguided.
- Team Member in the Adaptation: Being slightly more heroic that his counterpart at The Rising of the Shield Hero, Mald stays with Itsuki because he genuinely sees him as a hero to put his loyalties in, rather than follow what his canon self did to abandon Itsuki and turn him into an Unwitting Pawn.
- Thin-Skinned Bully: Mald has dished out plenty of negativity and abuse that is mainly directed to Rishia. Despite his appearance as a bulky-looking person, he can't take any insults or pain towards himself well, and is likely to cower in fear.Mein's thoughts: (It seems like despite all his blunder, Mald is all bark and no bite if he's afraid of a junior knight serving under Mother.)
Rishia
Origin: The Rising of the Shield Hero
- Armor-Piercing Question: When her question first came out as stupid by Mald, Rishia is asked again by Itsuki to repeat her intriguing question in chapter 111. As Rishia repeats her question, she states it as wanting to know if Mutsu has the legal rights to protect himself from the Three Heroes Church, since he belongs to a Legendary Hero and looks like an adult.
- Ask a Stupid Question...: Reconstructed. Asking a question in front of everyone in chapter 111 if Mutsu can protect himself from the Three Heroes Church via legal means, her question is shut down by Mald for looking stupid. However, by asking such a question, the Three Heroes and their party members are able to do outside-the-box thinking that could possibly outsmart the Three Heroes Church.
- Boring, but Practical: Rishia keeping inventory for Itsuki's party is a great help for the boy, who admits all the micromanaging that comes from actually keeping a party supplied gives him a migraine.
- Grew a Spine: Previously in all of her interactions with Mald, Rishia is on the receiving end of his abuse and lacks the confidence within herself to stand up against him. Come in chapter 92, and Rishia makes an effort to push Mald's insults away to make a clear order for Itsuki to not overdose himself with potions.
- Not Afraid of You Anymore: In each time she speaks of her opinion or give out useful facts to Itsuki, Rishia is frequently belittled by Mald to stop talking and sees her as the weak link of the party. Once the story reaches chapter 92, Rishia refuses to have the information she wishes to give for Itsuki to be shut down by Mald once again. When Mald tries to do so, Rishia shoves him away to really make a point for Itsuki to not drink more potions than he can handle.
- Phlebotinum Overdose: She takes a direct stance in not wanting Itsuki to not drink another stamina potion in chapter 92, so to warn him that an overdose on any potion will cause death.
Lesty
Origin: The Rising of the Shield Hero
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Lesty's relationship with Malty from the original canon was that they were best friends and on the other hand, Malty had viewed her as a pawn for her goals. In Ambition of the Red Princess, they both lack any connections to each other and Lesty's role as Malty's only friend is replaced by Katarina Claes, Iris Amelia, and Bertia Noches.
Sir Crepe/Princess Josephine
Sir Crepe/Princess Josephine
Debut: Chapter 6/Chapter 5: Woe is the Shield Hero
Origin: Original Character
- Actually, I Am Him: In chapter 87, Sir Crepe remembers hearing a rumor that a level 99 noblewoman was defeated by a travelling merc and it resulted in the noblewoman's popularity dying down. Sir Crepe eventually gets the full context of the story by learning that the merc was Zellus talking right in front of her about the achievement he made in the past against Lady Yumiela.
- King Incognito: Sir Crepe is actually Princess Josephine disguising herself as a man.
Maron/Macaroon
Maron/Macaroon
Debut: Chapter 66/Interlude 11: Incubation of Heroes
Origin: Original Character
- Cooldown Hug: She hugs Rino in the middle of the latter's emotional distress from being unable to become a famous adventurer she always wanted to be. Macaroon when hugging Rino, she apologizes to her for appearing to act ungrateful and is sorry for what Rino has to feel as a baker. Their conflict is soon resolved once Rino is able to communicate what she really feels and for Itsuki's praise of her skills as a baker.
- Inconsistent Spelling: When introducing her nickname as "Maroon" in chapter 66, her nickname is shortened to one "o" short and is now called "Maron" afterwards.
- The Nicknamer: To address Rino, Macaroon always refers to her as "Rye-Rye".
- Original Character: She was never a part of the original Shield Hero story or any of its continuity. Maron exists in this fanfic to contrast her life between Rino and to promote the latter's baked goods as a part of Itsuki's party.
- Running Gag: In chapter 87, she offers her cookies to people whenever Zellus is celebrating at anyone being able to deduce the points he is trying to make about the leveling system. A lot of Maron's dialog consists of her reacting to Zellus' excitement and wishing to offer up cookies to promote her sister's bakery.
Welst
Croissant
Spear Hero and Allies
General
- Big "WHAT?!": The trope name is said out loud in Katarina and Bertia reacting at Iris revealing Mein's identity to be Princess Malty S Melromarc in chapter 111 to prevent any further mix-ups to all the Three Heroes and their party members.
- Demoted to Extra: Katarina, Bertia, and Iris all started off as the main protagonists of their respective series, but are turned into supporting side characters for Motoyasu in Ambition of the Red Princess.
- Non-Idle Rich: Katarina, Bertia, and Iris being nobles that come from high-ranking noble house, they all joined Motoyasu to help him fight off the Waves of Catastrophy and experience a once-in-a-lifetime experience to live out as heroic adventurers.
Spear Hero/Motoyasu Kitamura
Spear Hero/Motoyasu Kitamura
Origin: The Rising of the Shield Hero
- Adaptational Nice Guy: After to losing to Naofumi in their sacred duel, Motoyasu bounce himself back up into a better hero through the encouragements of Bertia. In Motoyasu's new mindset, he comes to see his female companions as more than just his harem, but as people to care for and inspire. Contrast to his canon counterpart where Motoyasu only views his female companions as a harem, resulting in him being a gullible idiot that is frequently taken advantage on.
- Adaptational Intelligence: Downplayed. Motoyasu is still just as dumb like his canon self, as they both are unable to put their thoughts into making coordinated plans or prepare for unforeseen consequences. The difference the sets out Ambition!Motoyasu from his canon counterpart is that the former has the awareness to understand how the characteristics and relationship with his companions operate, something which contrasts Canon!Motoyasu being a gullible pawn to Malty, and eventually being driven to insanity in loving filorials exclusively.
- Adaptational Sympathy: Motoyasu's victory over Naofumi over the sacred duel in The Rising of the Shield Hero is portrayed as a villainous act that makes Motoyasu an Insufferable Imbecile. His role as an Idiot Hero and being so easily manipulated by Malty results in Motoyasu being a laughing stock for the audiences to hate for being unable to perform anything useful as a cardinal hero. At Ambition of the Red Princess, Motoyasu loses to Naofumi in the sacred duel and the loss causes Motoyasu to have a Heroic Self-Deprecation that he is frilly rider and a hero that can't measure up to its status to do anything useful. His breakdown brings him Mein's sympathy for how pathetic he has shown himself from losing to Naofumi.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: At The Rising of the Shield Hero, Motoyasu's main relationship was with Myne and he mainly acted as her personal attack dog. Being a sexist that believes women are angels that can do no wrong and treating the world around him as a game, Motoyasu lacked real personal connections with anyone. The closest he gets to finding love is with Filo and even then, Motoyasu perversion is to the point of insanity. Here in Ambition of the Red Princess, Motoyasu has a more genuine relationship with his new female companions being Katarina, Bertia, and Iris. Even if his companions have different behavior patterns, Motoyasu has won over their hearts through being able to view past their quirks and love them equally.
- Alas, Poor Villain: He was an antagonistic force that threatened to take away Naofumi's slave seal privileges to Raphtalia, Kyubey, and Lautrec, despite having good intentions in the end. In spite of Motoyasu's best efforts, he loses to Naofumi and upon losing, Motoyasu breaks down believing himself to be unworthy of being a hero. His breakdown is so pathetic, that in Mein's eyes, she finds the situations to just be sad to watch.
- Always Someone Better: Played for Laughs. Chapter 93's omake has Motoyasu complain that if the Pope is so powerful that he can body slam a Soul Eater on his own, then what exactly is the purpose for himself and the other heroes in fighting off the waves for Medea.
- The Apocalypse Brings Out the Best in People: Motoyasu reaches his most heroic in chapter 98 during a battle against the Thunder Lizard by being the one to lecture Ren that all of them as heroes need to give their best and never back down to people that need them.
- Catapult Nightmare: Motoyasu gets a violent nightmare in chapter 96 of having loss the trust of Ikuyo and Momiji from Japan, and them stabbing him to death. Once the nightmare ends, Motoyasu jumps out of the bed started from what happened, and is quickly calmed down by Bertia.
- Deadpan Snarker: Motoyasu has a sense of sarcasm as a way to deal with unfortunate losses or situations that are making his life more dire.
- Dumbass Has a Point: As the Idiot Hero among the Four Legendary Heroes summoned to Medea, Motoyasu in his moment of desperation at chapter 98 is the one to deliver a Rousing Speech to boost Ren to perform his very best at defeating the Thunder Lizard.
- Graceful Loser: Downplayed. Losing to Zellus so many times in chapter 89, despite having the other three Legendary Heroes to back him up, Motoyasu is a bit of a Deadpan Snarker at the many loses, but he is still grateful for the training demonstrating to him the dangers of the incoming third wave.
- Healing Hands: Motoyasu uses his heal spells onto Ulfra to treat the battle wounds she got from facing off the undead soldiers in chapter 97, but before doing so, Motoyasu first has Bertia and Kuro diminish Ulfra's cursed flesh. That way, Motoyasu's heal spell will have an effect.
- Leeroy Jenkins: Angered by the Three Heroes Church enslaving Mutsu, holding Melty as captive, and framing Naofumi and Mein as criminals, Motoyasu announces his plan with his Three Heroes colleagues to tackle down the Three Heroes Church with brute force. For what idea he had in mind, it gets shut down by Ren calling out the flaws of Motoyasu's plan potentially going wrong by the Three Heroes Church turning Melty and Mutsu into hostages.
- Locked Out of the Loop: While the other heroes take the time to learn the basic history of Melromarc and their predecessor heroes, Motoyasu ignored history, believing the subject to not be worth his time. When he does learn the King of Rape, Motoyasu is quick to connect the dots and is the last of the Legendary Heroes to understand why Melromarc hates the Shield Hero.
- Never My Fault: Right after Naofumi's False Rape Accusation is cleared up, Motoyasu immediately forgets the once hostile behavior he displayed towards him. When asked to apology to Naofumi by Itsuki, Motoyasu is left confused believing he did nothing wrong, refusing to acknowledge his aggression to Naofumi. Even as Motoyasu begrudgingly apologizes, he ends up being too arrogant to truly admit his faults.
- Ordered Apology: In chapter 4, Motoyasu is ordered by Itsuki to apologize to Naofumi for having believed the latter of raping Mein. Motoyasu refuses to do so out of his pride and thinking he had done nothing wrong, until Itsuki explains that was behaving aggressively at Naofumi's misfortune. When Motoyasu does apologize, he does so in a way that lacks any sincerity to Naofumi.
- Overshadowed by Awesome: Motoyasu complains about himself and the other Legendary Heroes in chapter 93's omake — because the Pope is so powerful that he can suplex a Soul Eater on his own, then what's the point in needing the Legendary Heroes to defend Medea?
- Papa Wolf: Ever since the enslavement of Mushu in the Three Heroes Church's hands, Motoyasu has been steaming with rage from within and is constantly plotting with his other heroes on how they can storm the church to rescue the people that were enslaved.
- Right for the Wrong Reasons: Learning from Iris in chapter 111 that Mein is actually Malty S Melromarc, the first princess of Melromarc, Motoyasu is able to conclude that the reason that King Aultcray hates Naofumi is because the former believes Naofumi to be too incompetent to keep his daughter safe afterwards the False Rape Accusation trial. What Motoyasu doesn't know, however, is that when the False Rape Accusation happened, he believes the trial to be a big misunderstanding caused by someone, but is unaware Aultcray caused the whole ordeal and wanted Malty to participate in framing the Shield Hero.
- Ring of Power: Invoked. Motoyasu went to Naofumi to enchant a wedding ring to prepare it for Iris' marriage proposal.
- Rousing Speech: He stops Ren from sulking in comparing himself to Naofumi's caution and heroic deeds, Motoyasu delivers a speech that he, Ren, and Itsuki, should push themselves at their limits to help everyone in their time of need at chapter 98.
- Strong Girl, Smart Guy: Inverted. As the Spear Hero, Motoyasu has the strength, status, and role as one of the Legendary Heroes to fight off the Waves of Catastrophy. Iris on the other hand is much smarter than him, focusing on providing money and resources for problems Motoyasu isn't able to solve with strength alone.
- Unwitting Pawn: Aultcray uses the fact that Naofumi owns slaves in his party to manipulate Motoyasu into becoming an obstacle against Naofumi in chapter 26. Against Naofumi in a sacred duel, Aultcray believes Motoyasu to have a chance at easily winning, due to have a means to attack. If Motoyasu were to win, Aultcray would free Naofumi's slaves and exploit their slaves' freedom to deprive Naofumi of his additional allies.
- Wacky Marriage Proposal: He performs his marriage proposal to Iris at a public village, causing her to let out a Luminescent Blush and Mein cringing at the proposal happening in the awkward time possible. From afar, Iris and Katarina react to the marriage proposal by letting out a string of "aww....".
- We Would Have Told You, But...: When he is finally let out on the secret that the Mein of Samphor, that Naofumi travels with, is an imposter of the real Myne of Samphor, Motoyasu freaks out from the reveal in chapter 96. Demanding Itsuki and Ren as to why they never revealed such an important truth to him, they answer that his lack of self-control would have made the revelation detrimental for Mein and Naofumi's trust for each other.
- Wolf Whistle: Motoyasu makes a whistle in chapter 5 to tease Naofumi for using a single room with Mein as an excuse for them to sleep together, something which Mein agrees.
Iris Lana Amelia
Iris Lana Amelia
Debut: Chapter 1/Chapter 1: The Royal Summoning
Origin: Accomplishments of the Duke's Daughter
- Big "WHAT?!": In chapter 111, Iris initially thought of Eclea as an unsophisticated person unaware of how the Three Heroes Church would take their slimy actions too far when there is no one powerful enough to stop them. However, once Eclea makes herself clear that Naofumi is officially at the rank of a lord/thane, Iris realizes what Eclair is getting at, resulting in the former to say the trope name out of surprise.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: In disguise of Iris' almost always polite attitude to everyone, Malty is frequently suspecting her niceness to be a façade. As shown in a chapter 30 omake, Iris is willing to leave Malty behind as queen, just to control her as a Puppet King with Naofumi. In chapter 48, Malty can see the difference in Iris' and Naofumi's kindness, as while Naofumi is genuinely kind to everyone, Iris' polite behavior is primarily to buy other people's loyalty.
- Breakout Character: Originally, Iris was made by the author to act as a reference to Accomplishments of the Duke's Daughter, and to be Malty's playmate. As the story went on with its expanded world building, Iris was given a bigger role as to how she affected Malty as a playmate and is a major member of Motoyasu's party.
- Can't Hold His Liquor: As a child, she once drank wine near her friends and the result of the wine caused her to recklessly reveal that Melromarc owns her house six million gold coins. Afterwards the event, Iris refused to drink wine and risk revealing unnecessary information.
- Captain Obvious: Iris gives Eclea an obvious reason in chapter 111 of the Three Heroes Church being able to do whatever it wants because no one is strong enough to keep them in line. Right after giving Eclea the obvious answer the latter supposedly needed, Eclea rephrases her first statement as Naofumi being an official lord/thane that the Church can't condemn as a criminal, unless they want to face off all of nobility.
- Crush Blush: The marriage proposal Motoyasu makes to her in Chapter 53/Chapter 45 results in Iris' face turning hotter than a fireball to understand what is happening.
- Exact Words: At chapter 96, To hide Motoyasu from discovering what had happened to Mein and Naofumi with the Three Heroes Church, Iris simply responds to Motoyasu by explaining they had left. That is, except Iris doesn't give him the context as to why they would do so.
- False Friend: In all of the times Malty has viewed Iris as a secret enemy and a backstabbing friend in the play for the Game of Thrones, the assumption turns out to be correct, as Iris' plan is to use her coins to control Malty as a Puppet King from behind, all while having the power from the shadows.
- Gibberish of Love: The moment Motoyasu performs his marriage proposal to her, Iris, in shock, struggle to talk and comprehend Motoyasu making a public proposal. Malty even lampshades on how her childhood friend who is viewed as a genius is struggling to form a cohesive sentence to reply.
- Hesitation Equals Dishonesty: When asked by Motoyasu as to what had happened to Naofumi in chapter 96, Iris is slow to answer and when she does give one, it is a vague answer for Motoyasu to not think about and just focus on his own condition. On usual circumstances, Iris is likely to tell the truth in a concise form and is one of the smartest people around, but her hesitation causes Motoyasu to suspect her secrecy.
- High-Class Fan: When talking to others on serious subjects, Iris has a habit of putting a fan near her mouth to make herself look professional or to hide worries she might be displaying.
- Internal Reveal: For many chapters of Malty hiding her real identity from everyone, Iris reveals to the Three Heroes in chapter 111 of her status as a princess, so that no more confusion and complications are caused from her Mein of Samphor identity.
- Love Makes You Dumb: After getting proposed by Motoyasu in chapter 53, Iris' usually calm and calculating behavior is replaced by her being unable to make cohesive sentences to properly respond back to Motoyasu.
- Luminescent Blush: When admitting in chapter 111 to Rishia that most of her knowledge focuses mainly on trades and economics, she blushes out of embarrassment from being unable to use her intellect to properly deal with legal rights for the Legendary Heroes against the Three Heroes Church.
- Not So Omniscient After All: For most of Ambition of the Red Princess, Iris has portrayed herself in the eyes of Malty to be superior than her in every way, when comparing both to academic knowledge, charisma, and patience to deal with problems. By the time of chapter 111, Iris shows her more vulnerable side to the Three Heroes by lacking experience related to dealing the more militaristic and physical aspects to what the Three Heroes Church are causing. In response for her lack of knowledge to do anything, and instead rely on theories on what the church could possibly do, Iris can only blush out of embarrassment or keep a false calm attitude to hide her real feelings.
- Not So Stoic: Her usual attitude is to be calm or collected, but expressing her love o Motoyasu or having her party members be endangered can crack her calmness with a sense of anxiety she tries to hide with her charismatic knowledge.
- An Offer You Can't Refuse: Subverted. Uttering the words of this trope to Malty, the latter is put under the assumption that Iris had sold the Spear Hero's extra party members to claim Motoyasu for herself. Iris, disgusted at the accusation, she quickly explains that she just gave the extra party members a lot of money to leave and makes it clear to Malty that they are nobles above the need for the usage of barbaric actions.
- Open Secret: Malty has been hiding to Naofumi and all the Legendary Heroes of her princess status, but all the Three Heroes learn the former's secret from Iris revealing her real identity in chapter 111 to avoid anymore problems in the future trying to hide the truth.
- Puppet King: Her ultimate plan in a chapter 30 omake and in the main timeline is to have her chosen hero gain the credibility that even if Malty succeeds in the Game of Thrones to become queen, Iris can just control her with the great riches her family has.
- Strong Girl, Smart Guy: Inverted. As opposed to Motoyasu being the Spear Hero being the main fighter of the group, Iris stays from the back to manage her economics, his decisions, and any additional resources to aid him.
- That Came Out Wrong: In chapter 30, she makes An Offer You Can't Refuse to the extra members of Motoyasu's party and the way Iris says her deal comes off as her selling the party members to slavery. In actuality, Iris had just given the party members a lot of money to leave Motoyasu and to have less competition claiming his love.
- Thinking Tic: The poses Iris is prone to making as a habit of thinking is to put her High-Class Fan onto her mouth when speaking or to rub her head if she has to do heavy thinking on a subject.
- Xanatos Gambit: In chapter 84, she goes out of her way to assist all of the Legendary Heroes with the resources that she has on her disposal. That way, if any heroes win the Game of Thrones, Iris can use their indebt loyalty they have towards her to come out on top, as Malty suspects that this is what Iris is thinking. As a security measure, Malty would lack any ability to call her out if this really is the case, since it would either result in Malty having to reveal her identity or sour her reputation.
Katarina Claes
Katarina Claes
Debut: Chapter 1/Chapter 1: The Royal Summoning
Origin: My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
- Achievement In Ignorance: Katarina is able to perform a real Kamehameha like Son Goku, a Legendary Hero from the past. What makes the Kamehameha so unique unlike other spells is that it is wave of pure energy produced out of the hands. To Malty, she is quick to admit that Katarina is a real prodigy like Iris and regrets having allowed her own hubris to waste such strong potential like her.
- Breakout Character: She was suppose to be a reference for the story she came from, before her role was increased by the author to act as Malty's playmate and a major party member for Motoyasu.
- The Glomp: In a chapter 89 omake, Katarina hugged Malty in an aggressively, loving way to show her thankfulness for allowing to Anne to become her new servant.
- High Hopes, Zero Talent: She has a lack of experience when it comes to farming, but with her determination from her Grandpa Tom encouraging her to take on the career choice, Katarina is motivated to continue learning how to farm.
- I'm Standing Right Here: From her point of view, she would gladly love and marry Motoyasu as her hero and suggests that if Malty were here, the latter would love Motoyasu. However, Malty disguised as Mein is standing near Katarina and personally finds Motoyasu to be too dumb to love.
- Kamehame Hadoken: Like Son Goku, Katarina and many others of the Claes family can perform the Kamehameha technique. Katarina performs the technique in chapter 84 by being her hands and feet in a manner, and she says the name of the technique, a wave of blue energy is fired out of her hands.
- Loose Lips: She has a habit prone to blurting out whatever comes out of her mind, so Mein has to be careful going near her, just in case Katarina learns and reveals her true identity.
- Luminescent Blush: Her face reddens to a ripe apple in chapter 84 from Motoyasu declaring that his desire to prove himself worth to Katarina and the rest of his female party members.
- Thinks Like a Romance Novel: Hearing Princess Malty's thoughts on how the positions of the villainesses in their romance novels are high ranking nobles like herself and friends, Katarina freaks out over if the legendary heroes will be their downfall.
Bertia Noches
Bertia Noches
Debut: Chapter 1/Chapter 1: The Royal Summoning
Origin: An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess
- Breakout Character: She once first appeared in the story to be a pop culture reference to her story, An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess, before getting an expanded role as Malty's childhood playmate and a bubbly member of Motoyasu's party.
- Calling the Old Man Out: Fed up with falling behind the talents of Katarina's bravery and Iris' intellect, Bertia calls out her father in chapter 83 for constantly managing her life. In Bertia's rant, she deconstructs how her father's controlling attitude has caused her to lose potential experience she might have gained and having a feeling of dissatisfaction from the lack of thrill. Ever since joining Motoyasu's party, Bertia admits to feeling the most alive in her life and at her most healthy as an adventurer. With her rant over, Bertia succeeds at convincing Marquis come to terms that she is ready to make her own choices.
- Dumbass Has a Point: While usually one of the less bright members of Motoyasu's party, Bertia makes a good point on what to do with the miracle seed. Since her group and the Shield Hero's group are on the land of the villagers, she suggest for them to make the decision by involving the villagers, so that they won't be disrespected.
- Healing Hands: Bertia places her hands around Ulfra's cheek and works with Kuro to diminished the cursed flesh on her body, so that Motoyasu can get his turn into properly healing Ulfra's injuries.
- The Heart: In Motoyasu's party, Bertia's frequent role is to be the supporting caretaking that uplift's Motoyasu's spirit in the times he feels let down on his role as a Legendary Hero.
- Power-Strain Blackout: In chapter 97, after she is finished with Kuro in using their dark magic to remove Ulfra's cursed flesh, they pass out from expensing a large part of their mana. Bertia, while passed out, is then carried by Julius to be transferred to Ascart County, until she is able to wake up.
- Shared Life Energy: In chapter 96, Bertia is offered to a [Chain Contract] with Motoyasu to share their life energy with each other, so they would be able to bond closer and be strengthened in fighting the Thunder Lizard.
- Thinks Like a Romance Novel: Believing from Princess Malty's words that their noble lives are similar to how the villainesses in their romance novels are portrayed, Bertia declares herself to become a villainess to help the legendary heroes meet their true love, despite the consequences. It takes Iris to tell Bertia that their lives and romance novels should not be compared with reality.
- This Looks Like a Job for Aquaman: At first, Katarina would look to be the best option in doing a [Chain Contract] with Motoyasu to empower each other to face off the Thunder Lizard threatening Rabier County. However, while Katarina is physically strong, Bertia is chosen by the former to be the best option, since Bertia's dark magic would be the most effective in fighting an undead Thunder Lizard.
- You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Although Motoyasu feels undeserved of her praises after what had happened with the miracle seed, Bertia tells him of how caring of a hero he is towards his companions and his willingness to love them all, despite of their differences.
Kuro the Fox
Filorials
General
- Family of Choice: No matter what age the filorials look like, Motoyasu sees all that were raised by him as his children he want to be protected and be well raised for living.
First Generation
Yuki
Kou
Kuro the Black Lightning
Kuro the Black Lightning
Debut: Chapter 47/Chapter 40: Village on the Brink
Origin: The Reprise of the Spear Hero
Sakura
Second Generation
General
General
- Born as an Adult: A variation of this trope is that once they gain the ability to transform into their humanoid bodies, rather than look like young children like the first generation, the second generation of filorials look like adults.
- Innocent Fanservice Girl: All of them upon being transformed into their humanoid forms in chapter 89 come out as naked people and lack the concept of nudity. The filorials afterwards are quickly given cloaks by the Legendary Heroes to hide their naked bodies.
- Please Put Some Clothes On: Once the filorials transform into their humanoid adult-looking forms, their naked bodies are rushed over to be given cloaks by the Legendary Heroes.
Miya
Miya
Debut: Chapter 89/Chapter 77: Last Preparation, Final Contingency
Origin: Sekirei
- The Leader: She takes charge of being in command to what actions her fellow filorials should to support either Motoyasu or watch over extended allies.
Matsu
Mutsu
Mutsu
Debut: Chapter 89/Chapter 77: Last Preparation, Final Contingency
Origin: Sekirei
- Made a Slave: Being near Princess Melty to protect her for the third wave, Mutsu ended up being in the crossfire of the Three Heroes Church betraying Naofumi and Mein. After the chaos is over, Mutsu is then made into a slave for the Three Heroes Church and his telepathy with his other filorials is cut off by his Slave Seal.
- Psychic Block Defense: The Slave Crest put onto him by the Three Heroes Church has interfered his ability to have a telepathic lock-in of his location to his filorial generation.
- The Smurfette Principle: Inverted. Of all the filorials who transformed into female humans, Mutsu is the only one that appears as a male human.
Kazahana
Karasuba
Karasuba
Debut: Chapter 89/Chapter 77: Last Preparation, Final Contingency
Origin: Sekirei
- Defeated and Trophified: In chapter 94, she announces to the goddess while charging at the latter that she will turn her head into a trophy.Karasuba: Your head will make a fine trophy!
