My assumption is that the Saintess's original country ultimately won the war against the Wolf's empire... or at least, a crucial battle that let them take back the Saintess and capture the feared wolf warrior who had her captive. Then they ignored the Saintess' protests against executing her...
I had to doublecheck, but... the "Hero" here is supposed to be the very first reincarnator who punched out Pomera in front of the King. You can tell by the elf girlfriend.
Well, this was an interesting way to show the couple's plan.
Pins the responsibility clearly, while leaving room to wonder about the details.
My own guess? Aurora has wanted to defeat her sister for a while, but is having second thoughts about some of the details.
From the villager's tone, it's believable that they only recently built the village there in the past few months.
"We just got here! Are we gonna have to move again?" "Well, who was expecting a castle to show up practically overnight?"
So, the evil "heroine's" scheming almost gets the house she's after burned down.
I expect a panel or two where she goes "Well that wasn't what I had in mind."
Hmm, I wonder if Rimuru spoiling manga is a nod to how spoilers for this series are floating about. After all, the original source material is pretty old at this point.
I'm sorry, but I can't take Coney seriously in this one. For one thing, it's not clear how much she's grown up since her mother's death - the flashback to when she took "Mom went to heaventhe Moon" literally isn't contrasted with anything. For another, she jumps too quickly from "Piloting the...