The White Tiger Siblings

The White Tiger Siblings (ハクコの兄妹) is the third episode of Season 3 and the forty-first of overall episode The Rising of the Shield Hero anime.

Synopsis
Naofumi, while purchasing slave children from Lurolona Village, is shown the white tiger demi-humans Fohl and Atla. Fohl obviously has high combat potential, but Atla is blind and extremely ill.

Plot
''Sadeena went to confront her boss with Naofumi, followed by Rishia, Raph-chan, Accessory dealer, and the Slave trader. With the Accessory dealer and the Slave trader's backing, Naofumi proposed a deal to put Sadeena's bet to the next match so her previous contract can go on. In the next match, which is a throwaway, to begin with, Naofumi easily won. Naofumi obtained fifteen slaves and bring them to the village. Naofumi, along with Sadeena, Raphtalia, Rishia, Filo, and Raph-chan went to the Zeltoble underground slave market to purchase additional slaves. The Slave Traders shows a rather beautiful slave that turned out to be a combat-proficient demi-human type known as a Kiki. Naofumi passes on the offer because she reminds him of Malty. The Slave Traders shows a few other slaves, but Naofumi noticed that something is odd. The offered slaves aren't really slaves, instead, they are children of wealthy and noble families from Siltvelt sent to set up an arranged marriage. Naofumi proceeds to the next slave offer and recognizes it since it belongs to the same type as Imiya and turned out to be her relative. Naofumi then bought other slaves whose origin was the same as Imiya's relative. Slave Traders bring Naofumi to the next offers, a pair of young demi-humans. The first one, Fohl, is Sadeena's acquaintance. The other one, Atla, as told by the Slave Trader, has a genetic disorder and doesn't have much longer to live. Both are Hakuko type of demi-humans and turned out to be siblings. Naofumi gives Atla a medicine and she gradually feels better. They then proceed to perform the slave registration.''

After the shopping, Naofumi sends the slaves to the village with his portal skill, but due to its limitation, the teleport is divided into batches. Atla and Fohl belong to the second batch, and before they depart, Naofumi gives Atla another dose of medicine. Arrived at the village, Naofumi treats the slaves for extra motivation. A few days later, Atla complained about itchiness, so Naofumi tries to check her condition. He removes Atla's bandages and finds out that she is in a significantly better condition now. They then talk about the village and Atla decided to learn how to fight. Fohl and Sadeena decided to reset their level to get Naofumi's heroic growth boost. Later at night, Atla came to Naofumi to sleep with him. They have a conversation about Naofumi's persona and Atla offered herself to be his shield, parallels to Raphtalia being his sword. Atla then fell asleep and Naofumi carries her to the house where Fohl is sleeping. Naofumi wakes Fohl up and they talk briefly.

The next morning, Naofumi is making breakfast for the village and he noticed a human stranger among them. The stranger turned out to be Murder Pierrot he fought at Zeltoble, without her mask. Naofumi gives her food and they talk after the meal. Murder Pierrot asked Naofumi for a job and he quickly stated that he doesn't need a mercenary. She then asked Naofumi to be friends, but their conversation didn't go well and Naofumi asked her to leave the village. As planned, Naofumi brings Sadeena and Fohl to the Melromarc castle to reset their level, with Raphtalia and Atla tagging along. When Naofumi and co. trying to find the Queen, Trash appears and enraged as usual. Strangely, the blind Atla notices that there are two of Fohl, mistaken Trash for the other one. Equally strange, after he sees Atla, Trash stopped his rage and walked away. A moment later, the Queen appears, and after analyzing what just happened, she explains it to Naofumi. She tells how the king's life has been destroyed more than once by Hakuko and how Atla reminds him of his thought-to-be dead sister. Before they went to the Dragon Hourglass to reset their level, the Queen then announces that they have found Motoyasu.

Light Novel & Manga Differences
Information to be added later on.

Trivia
Information to be added later on.