Betrayed and killed by the Church, Malty wakes up a week before the Hero summoning, and, having a change of heart, she decides to forgo vengeance and stay out of the conflict altogether this time. To focus on staying alive and to enjoy her second life to the fullest. Too bad that trouble simply won't leave her alone. And even worse that she's just so bad at being good! Time!Travel.

Naofumi got suspicious of Myne during their dinner, and, after a heated confrontation, her scheme got unveiled, leaving Naofumi with two options: To keep hating her and to blame the Shield for everything OR To embrace it, help her become Queen, and marry her-to rule over the fools who feared and vilified him. The choice was obvious. Smart!Manipulative!Naofumi.

Queen Mirellia wasn't so naive to let her daughter unchecked while she went away to negotiate with the other countries. She'd tried all in her might to bring Malty back on the right path, but the girl seemed a lost cause. Perhaps life as the Shield Hero's slave-fighting the Waves-would teach her daughter some much-needed humility and discipline.

Before the trial, Naofumi accidentally absorbed some of Myne's blood. Now he started to hear the voice of a self-proclaimed Goddess in his head. Disbelief shifted to reliance when she unlocked powerful Shields for him and kept reviving him whenever fanatics got the better of him. Once she started to possess people and strode the earth next to him, there was no more doubt. AU. Harem