Motoyasu, Ren, and Itsuki head out of the throne room after watching Naofumi leave in anger. The trial had been completed, and the shield hero was given quite the mercy, being aloud to live. This was the expected result for scum like him.

What they didn't expect, though, was someone grabbing them from behind, and disappearing with them in a dull flash of light.

Sent by her Mother to cross multiple countries, Melty decides to make her way toward her room to prepare. Before she could take a step, however, an arm reveals itself from her shadow. It taps her ankle, causing her to disappear in a dim flash of light.

Queen Mirellia, noticing the flash, opens the door to check things. Noticing movement in the shadows, she goes to freeze the unknown being in place, only to feel a slight pressure around her collar, causing her to black out. The figure holds the Royal up to keep her from causing noise, and disappears in a similar flash of light.

Fitoria watches as the Cardinal Hero of the Shield heads towards his party after their talk, preparing to rest for the night. Before she could join them, she senses a presence behind her. She immediately goes to slam the being into the ground, when the being ducks under her arm.

What appears to be a shackle is smacked on to her arm, and she finds her power quickly draining. Beginning to freak out at the apparent power of the being in front of her, the monster leader tries to use her magic to trap them, only to find her magic being jammed.

"Impossible!"

She gets hit with a gut punch that sends her a few feet back, only to be slammed with a Lariat, followed by a grapple of her wings. Before she could call for help, though, she disappears with the being in a flash of light.

Being released from the guillotines, the newly named Trash and Bitch are led off of the stage by a hooded figure. When they reach out of sight of the crowds, Bitch immediately vanishes in a flash of light. Before Trash could say anything, he is knocked out with a simple chop on the collar. Trash is gagged, before disappearing in a second flash of light, alongside the hooded figure.

Naofumi hugs Raphtalia as the new flag is raised in the village that they are rebuilding. As the two separate, a hooded figure literally leaves a nearby shadow.

"The group has been collected. You and your party are all that's left."

"Good to hear. Maybe, this way, they'll finally understand what I went through."

As his other two party members gather with the Cardinal Hero, the hooded figure drinks a spirit restoration potion to prepare for transporting such a large number at once. As he does, the Cardinal Hero notices the expression on the figure's face.

"Alright. Who was it?"

"Huh?"

"Who gave you trouble? You don't look that down unless you were defeated in combat."

"Oh. It's just that, well, the Filolial Queen."

"Guess she took more power to subdue than you expected huh? I understand."

With a mutual nod, the figure has the group form a circle around him, and the group disappears into a flash of light.

The first of the group begins to rouse; Mirellia. As she wakes from unconsciousness, she startles to find herself within a small room with chairs arranged in rows and columns. Nearby is a device that most notably has a large magnifying glass attached to a spherical insert. When she notices a small group appear nearby in a flash of light, she swiftly goes to freeze them in place for questioning, only to find herself without access to her magic.

The one in the middle of the group notices the Queen as soon as she tries to use magic. He(?) approaches her, and kneels casually to be eye level with her.

"I'm afraid that won't work, Queen Mirellia."

Mirellia doesn't fail to notice her given name being used in that statement.

"You have not earned the right to use my name. Who even ARE you?!"

The figure chuckles, as if something were funny.

"Unfortunately, that question will have to wait till everyone else is awake and calmed down."

At this, Mirellia leaves her tunnel vision to notice the many people that are laying on futons. Two of these, she is shocked to see is her husband and first daughter. Not as much of a surprise, though, is the fact that they were bound and gagged. It doesn't stop her from rounding on the still-hooded figure, though.

The fist was easily caught, as the figure continued speaking.

"Those two are bound for a reason. All will be explained in due time."

At this, as well as seeing how easily her strike was blocked, Mirellia begrudgingly sits down and waits.

After a small sample of time, with similar reactions from multiple other people, everyone has awakened. It took significantly longer to get everyone into their seats. With everyone seated, the hooded figure stands in front of the strange mechanism, and lowers his hood.

The man has brown hair, with a hint of Light Auburn stubble. His eyes are a deep shade of green, glowing slightly from consistent magic use. His hooded cloak is a similar shade of green, with a dark shade of purple for a tunic underneath. A slight shine or two hints at the existence of some patches of armor. He wears pants with earthen tones, and adventuring boots. Over a pair of leather gloves is a set of brass knuckles.

"Alright, so first things first. My name's Xenysis. No, I'm not going to kill anyone. Yes, there is a reason for you all being here. No, I'm not from this world. I'm from a world where we have records on the events during this time period. Specifically, surrounding a specific party of adventurers in this room."

At this, Xenysis nods toward Naofumi and his group.

"I had found a way to record these records properly on a set of about 25 crystal balls, which is where this device comes in."

Xenysis nods towards the device, then toward Naofumi. He heads into another room. Immediately, Fitoria jumps to attention, before noticing the shackle still attached. The Cardinal 'Heroes' stand as well, in search of a way out. As Fitoria tries to unshackle herself, (and fails) Xenysis returns with a small orange crate filled with crystal balls, labeled 1-25.

Motoyasu, being as dense as he is, tries again to fight Xenysis. As expected, he gets a swoop for his trouble, and his spear stuck into the ground near his chair.

"Sorry for the wait. Here's the crystal balls."

Xenysis sets down the box, before turning toward the group with a fake smile on his face.

"Now, for the exact reasoning for this, let's say, kidnapping. Basically, a good majority of you either don't believe in the shield hero, or don't truly understand what he went through. Outside of daughters, of course."

At this, Xenysis throws a shit-eating grin toward Naofumi, Raphtalia, and Filo.

"Basically, you will all be watching the events of Naofumi's life within your world, mainly from his perspective. Only two ground rules will be placed on everyone here."

"One: no saying idiotic things, like 'that's me!', that's simply cause it's annoying. Second, if any of you try to make a move to physically attack anyone during the watching, I will immediately proceed to teleport you somewhere private to place a temporary slave seal on you to keep repeated incidents from occurring."

At the second rule, a good majority of the group (outside Naofumi's party) went ablaze with outrage. Xenysis sighs loudly enough for the group to hear him, then proceeds to explain further.

"This is literally only for your safety. Besides, wouldn't you rather someone who tries to attack someone here be under control?"

At the group's silence, Xenysis sighs again, and proceeds to insert the crystal ball labeled 1.

AN

With how well my attempt at a Steven Universe "Watching the show" fic turned out, I figured that I'd try for this one. My current goal here is simply to get other fics of this category to get created, since that's what happened last time. Hopefully though, I can actually get an episode reaction out this time.

Edit: changed the points in time that I yoinked two of the characters from.