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Malty S Melromarc (マルティ=メルロマルク Maruti Meruromaruku?) is the main antagonist in The Rising of the Shield Hero Web Novel. She is the former first princess of Melromarc. As well as the first to join Naofumi Iwatani's party only to strip him of his belongings and money. She even went as far as to claim that he attempted to raped her. AppearanceWitch was first described by Naofumi as a lovely girl with semi-long crimson hair. With an as pretty cute face, youthful facial features, yet slightly shorter than Naofumi. Even after her betrayal, Naofumi admits that she is a waste of beauty and describe her as needlessly attractive. PersonalityWitch became a genius at lying, spitting insults, and manipulating people. Because she inherited a few qualities from Trash and the Queen. Perhaps the reason is that Trash spoiled her while she was growing up. According to her mother and sister, Malty hides in the shadow and enjoys bringing misery to others. She will do anything to get what she wants and was never loyal to anything. She is a sore loser by not agreeing with her defeat and calls anything against her favor, unfair. She is extravagant and goes as far as to use the countries treasury for her day to day luxurious life spending, calling it "for the sake of the world," and also levying a heavy tax on the wave damaged villages citing it as 'painful reform'. Her Mother mentioned that she already used her own body to gain some benefits. At the very least she gave her body to two of the Heroes, Motoyasu, and Tact. Like always, she never remained loyal to anyone and betrayed almost everyone, including the ones she had direct connections, even her own blood relatives. After her execution, Naofumi tries to find the reason for all her evil deeds and couldn't come to a conclusion. After realizing that she was the soul fragment of Medea Pideth Machina, he concluded that from the start, she was merely the being trying to lead the world to ruin. No matter how hard you tried to fix her, she wouldn't change and develop a personality unbecoming of the child of the Queen and Trash. Perhaps the order engraved on her heart was to torment the Heroes or to covet luxury and cause the declination of the world and demanded her to act this way, even though she has no memory or direct connection with Medea. BackgroundTo fix her bad personality, the Queen let her study abroad in a school in Faubley to learn cultures. But the result was that it was the same school in Faubley that Witch graduated from her virgin status (Naofumi suspect that she gave her virginity to Tact with no proof or leads). She also came across the King of Faubley during her time there, who was notorious for "drowning in carnal pleasure" and roughly treating women as "simple items for pleasure," and learns exactly why young noblewomen will go so far as committing suicide over becoming one of the king's toys. She faints as soon as she learns that he laid his eyes on her. Later, Trash reveals to Naofumi that Malty firmly backed The Church of the Three Heroes idea of hero summoning ceremony. This became his motivation and reason for summoning them without his wife's consent. SummaryShe chooses Motoyasu as the hero under a false alias but for whatever reasons she switched to Naofumi's side. Later, she stole all his belongings and framed the Shield Hero of attempting to rape her. Though she puts Naofumi through hell for a while, when the Queen returns from her trip in diplomatic relations she strips Malty of her name and privilage as royalty as a punishment for the false claims and renames her Bitch thanks to Naofumi's suggestion. Alternative acceptable names by royal decree include Whore and Slut. She did not repent for her misdeeds and always tries to find ways to hurt or eliminate Naofumi as she believes it is his fault that she has had such misfortune. She has a twisted personality and tries to manipulate everyone. LegacyInformation to be added later on. AbilitiesMagic
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TriviaInformation to be added later on. ReferencesWhat happens to malty Shield hero?After the defeat of the Church of the Three Heroes, whose members she worked with in an attempt to assassinate her sister Melty and frame Naofumi, Malty's true nature is exposed by her mother. Disowned from the royal family, Malty is placed under a special slave curse and is forced to reveal the rest of her crimes.
Does malty marry Naofumi?Eventually, Naofumi did indeed marry Melty (and several other women, including Raphtalia) and in effect became Trash's son in law.
Does malty betray the Shield Hero?Malty is ultimately the cause of Naofumi's dark and cynical personality due to the fact that she betrayed him and falsely framed him for the attempt of raping her for no other visible reason.
Why did malty betray the heroes?She is the former first Princess of Melromarc who betrayed Naofumi Iwatani by lying about him sexually assaulting her. After her lies were exposed, she was disowned from the royal family where she soon betrayed the other 3 heroes and she became a wanted criminal.
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