Punishment Arc

The Punishment Arc is the eighth arc of the Light Novel and Web Novel of The Rising of the Shield Hero.

Synopsis
With the true perpetrators behind Naofumi's false allegations caught, it is time to bring their sin to light.

Summary
Naofumi wakes up in the royal Melromarc hospital after passing out from using a cursed skill against the pope. The Queen welcomes him back and updates him on recent events. With her return, Malty and King Aultcray's abuse of power and discrimination against Naofumi had been revealed to the Queen. King Aultcray has been dethroned and Queen Mirellia will hold a trial for both.

During the trial, a slave crest is placed on Malty so that she could not lie. She is forced to reveal that she summoned all of the Heroes to Melromarc so that other countries could not have their own heroes. She also falsely accused Naofumi and raping her and finally, she attempted to kill her sister Melty. The King seems to have followed her word just because she is his beloved daughter. When the queen asks Naofumi what the punishment should be, he says death.

At the execution, Aultcray and Malty were about to be killed however, Naofumi decides that killing them isn't a proper punishment. He stops the execution and demands that Aultcray be renamed to "Trash" and Malty be renamed to "Bitch". The two were stripped of their royal status and ejected from the castle. Later, in a private discussion with Naofumi, the queen reveals that significant political unrest was created by Malty summoning all four heroes since usually the heroes are spread among the nation. However, Naofumi reaffirms that he will continue to work with Melromarc.

After the trial, Naofumi and his party go the Melromarc's dragon hourglass. With The Church of the Three Heroes disbanded and replaced with a new religion, Raphtalia and Filo are able to get their class-up. However, they were not able to choose their class-up path since the cow-lick which Fitoria gave Filo interfered with the ceremony. Despite not liking this, Naofumi decides to keep this class-ups.

Volume 4

 * Chapter 11: The Queen
 * Chapter 12: Paying the Piper
 * Epilogue: Friends Forever

Volume 5

 * Prologue: Class Up

Web Novel

 * Chapter 74: The Queen
 * Chapter 75: Sermon
 * Chapter 76: Trash and Bitch
 * Chapter 77: Dogeza
 * Chapter 78: Agreement
 * Chapter 79: Dinner
 * Chapter 80: Invigoration
 * Chapter 81: Class Up

Character Introductions
No characters are introduces in this arc.