Manga Volume 1 (4-koma)

Manga Volume 1 (4-koma) is the first volume of the spin-off A Day in the Life of the Shield Hero manga.

Synopsis
A cute four-frame appearance of "The Rising of the Shield Hero" !! Naofumi Iwatani, who was summoned to another world as "The Hero of the Shield", Raphtalia, a slave girl, and Firo, a bird-shaped demon. Even the heroes of the shield who turned the world to the enemy have a daily life to take a breather

Chapter 1
This chapter begins just after Naofumi purchases Raphtalia from the slave trader and the two get to know each other. After a day of training, Naofumi goes to sleep and Raphtalia starts to get hungry. Before she knows what she's doing, she eats both her and Naofumi's portion of food. She decides to go hunt for food. Despite her best efforts, she is unsuccessful and is about to be attacked by a balloon. However, a recently awoken Naofumi arrives to protect her. They find some mushrooms but it turns out they were poisonous and they both get a stomach ache,

Chapter 2
Back when it was just Naofumi and Raphtalia, Raphtalia decides that she wants to learn table manners. Instead of asking Naofumi, she asks one of the staff at a restaurant. While she is practising, Ren comes to eat at the table over. Unfortunately, some of the food slips from Raphtalia's fork and hits Ren in the face. Meanwhile it becomes clear that Ren is not close with his companions. When it becomes time to leave, Ren tells everyone to split the bill but realizes he does not have enough money for himself. Shamed, he has his companion pay for him. Meanwhile, Raphtalia successfully learned table manners and is praised by Naofumi.

Chapter 3
Naofumi, Raphtalia and Filo enter Erhard's shop to have their equipment checked. However, it seems that Raphtalia's sword is nearly broken and needs a rare monster material to have it fixed. They are forwarded to a monster enthusiast Erhard knows. In exchange for the part, the monster enthusiast asks for them to find his missing "baby" monster. Meanwhile, Itsuki and his party come across a missing poster for the same monster. Eventually, Naofumi's party discovers it. Itsuki's party confronts them but Naofumi is able to persuade them away and successfully return the monster to the monster enthusiast.

Chapter 4
Naofumi and his party are out of money and it seems they are unable to make it through their usual methods. Suddenly, the slave trader arrives and tells them that they can earn money if Filo promotes his circus act. The group hesitantly accepts and prepares for the circus. Meanwhile, Motoyasu and his party are strolling across town. He encounters Filo before she runs away. He then decides to go to the circus to look for her. As the final show, Raphtalia walks on a tightrope. She nearly falls off but Naofumi subtle places an Air Strike Shield to let her catch herself. At the end, the group are happy to be done and get their money.

Chapter 5
This chapter begins in the Hot Spring Town. Raphtalia is getting jealous of the attention Filo is getting from Naofumi. She tries to get his attention but is unsuccessful.. Desiring to not be seen as a child, she tries to find a rare ore to give to Naofumi as a give. However, she bumps into Filo is also trying to find a rare egg for the same purpose. They both compete to find their gift, but the gifts are lost after a silver boar charges into them. The two reconcile and decide to give the boar to Naofumi as a gift. Apparently the town needed this boar for a ritual and pay a large sum for it. They decide to buy special tool for Naofumi which he greatly appreciates.

Chapter 6
In the aftermath of defeating the zombie dragon and receiving the cursed wound, Raphtalia wakes up. The wound is taking a long time to recover but Raphtalia insists on training and helping the village. They make and distribute medicine and clear out the surrounding monsters. Heading back to Melromarc's Castle Town, they run into a girl named Melty.