Hey, remember Rishia Ivyred? Dumped like a bag of sand by the Bow Hero Kawasumi Itsuki, she joined Naofumi’s party and vowed to become stronger and more useful. Thanks to Elrasla she’s become a competent swordswoman. She seeks neither revenge...
Hey, remember Rishia Ivyred? Dumped like a bag of sand by the Bow Hero Kawasumi Itsuki, she joined Naofumi’s party and vowed to become stronger and more useful. Thanks to Elrasla she’s become a competent swordswoman. She seeks neither revenge nor apology from Itsuki—she simply wants to show him she isn’t the weak burden he abandoned.
As Filo runs off with Melty and Raph-chan to level up together, Naofumi appoints Eclair the village ruler, noting that she’d been over-relying on Melty for administrative duties, which kept the Crown Princess from necessary training. Ren offers to help her out, which she accepts. Then S’yne returns with a big sack of prize money and some news: the Bow Hero is fighting in the underground arena.
Naofumi brings Raphtalia, Ren, Sadeena, S’yne, Atla, Keel, and a handful of kids to participate in battles to gain experience. But Rishia has come in hopes she can speak to Itsuki. Instead, he completely ignores her and shoves her to the ground as he heads to the arena.
Itsuki glowers at Naofumi, telling him Malty Melromarc has informed him him all of the horrific crimes he’s committed. Bitch has already messed with the other three heroes, so it would be weird if she didn’t sink her pretty fangs into the Bow Hero as well. Like Ren and Motoyasu before him at first, Itsuki doesn’t believe anyone but Malty.
Atla suggests beating some sense into the guy, and I honestly like where her head’s at. I don’t think Rishia owes Itsuki a goddamn thing and would be wise to steer clear of him altogether, but he did save her life, so I respect her desire to at least talk to him, which only seems possible if she fights and defeats him in the arena.
Back at an inn where Itsuki’s reunited party and Bitch are staying, he provides more gold for her claimed cause: saving all of the slaves. Of course the money is just for her, and she intends to squeeze every possible coin out of Itsuki before ditching him like she ditched the Shield, Spear, and Sword.
Will Rishia be able to talk (or beat) some sense into Itsuki? I hope so, for as much as I loath yet another hero falling for Bitch’s wiles, we know that all four Cardinal Heroes will have to level up sufficiently and fight as a team in order to defeat the coming Phoenix.
As Elrasla said, Rishia is still raw, but she has confidence she can fight and win in the arena if she stays focused. That said, Rishia is raising her sword against her savior; will that perceived debt cause her to hold back? Hopefully not, because I want to see Bow Hero reformed. I also just want to see Bitch lose once more and take up a new hobby—one that doesn’t involve cozying up to and manipulating heroes.
