The way Fia yaps is so familiar that I had to pause the anime and look up the voice actress. Ah, it’s Shion Wakayama. Basically, I get to hear our lovable clown waifu be her nervous, anxious self twice a week. Granted, Fia is not quite so useless. In fact, she’s an overpowered saint with unparalleled healing and enchantment magic. In addition, she has the ability to calmly analyze every situation and every foe. And yet she wants to be a knight. There’s a reason for that, though. 300 years ago, Fia was known as the Great Saint Serafina. Everyone loved her — everyone except her evil, jealous brothers. They would ultimately leave her dead after the siblings had journeyed together to defeat the demon lord. Man, I bet they were mostly buttmad that a girl was showing them up. Toxic masculinity at its finest.

Serafina would get captured by the demon lord’s right-hand man, and then… and then… and then what? Shrug. All we know is that she took her sweet time reincarnating into a family of knights, but this is fitting. For all her greatness, Serafina was a sitting duck without mana. Maybe if she can hold her own in physical combat, people can’t betray her this time around. But it’s been 300 years. Yes, her brothers swore to kill her if she ever made it out alive, but they must surely be dead by now! Don’t tell me their descendants still bear the same ridiculous vendetta! You really want to tell me we haven’t made any progress in 300 years? Well, that’s just how it is. I don’t see cars or light bulbs in the present, so clearly, this world is stagnant.

Having said that, I can’t quite get a read on most of her family. Fia’s sister dotes on her, which is good. The middle brother, however, seems like a jackass. The oldest brother is cold. The father has little to say, but he certainly doesn’t want to let anyone swoop in and claim his youngest daughter. Fia’s situation is certainly a lot better than it was 300 years ago, but I can’t say that it’s ideal.

Anyway, the girl tries to undergo her family’s rite of passage, which involves killing an animal and bringing back its magical stone. Kinda barbaric, but knights are also kinda meatheads. The first thing Fia does, however, is use her one healing potion on what she thinks is a dying black bird. Doesn’t look like much of a bird to me. Sure enough, it’s a dragon and it thought she was going to hurt it. As a result, it immediately attacks and tries to kill her. But that’s when she conveniently surfaces those saint memories from 300 years ago, and as a result, her powers also come back. She also inadvertently heals the dragon, who is now friendly. It even pledges its loyalty to her, completing a pact of servitude. Imagine being a great, powerful dragon and willingly submitting yourself to a human. I don’t get it. I’d be grateful to my EMTs, but I certainly wouldn’t kneel to them. But I digress. This is just generic fantasy for ya, so I guess I shouldn’t be too nitpicky. Moreover, this part is rather rote and thus boring, so I don’t want to dwell on it too long.

For her own safety, warranted or not, Fia wants to keep her identity as a saint a secret. But the girl is kinda foolish. First, she grabs the biggest magic stone she could get her hands on — the dragon had protected her in her sleep — so of course, her brothers don’t believe her. She also rides home on a literal ass dragon. Granted, if she came home later than she already was, her family would’ve sent out a search party. Even so, a dragon, man. A dragon. Aren’t you supposed to be discreet? This clues you in already that Fia might be knowledgeable about a lot of things, but she doesn’t exactly have common sense. We see her undergo a series of exams to become a knight, which she passes with flying colors because she can now enchant her sword. But the thing is, she ends up beating her brothers easily despite never getting the upper hand on them in the past. She also helps out a fellow examinee even though she just met the guy. Sure, Fabian is probably positioned to be the primary love interest, so he’s probably a nice guy. But eh, if I’m trying to keep myself hidden, I wouldn’t go healing people willy-nilly, especially someone I barely know. Clearly, Fia has no restraint.

She ultimately draws the attention of Saviz, the knight brigade grand master. I have no clue if that’s an official title that has ever existed. Basically, he’s the head honcho, and Fia has garnered his attention. As a result, he wants to duel her during the entrance ceremony. The mere fact that she could ever hold her own against him is enough to make her infamous. But no, Fia enhances her sword to its limit — so much that it should rightfully become a national treasure. Luckily, her father backs her up, but I don’t think Fia’s secret is staying a secret for much longer. She’s kind of a bumbling idiot for a saint, and I’m not exactly sure what her ultimate goal is. Become a knight and then what? Just survive? When she was a saint, she could presumably do great things as people flocked to her for help. If Fia somehow manages to keep her identity a secret — which she’s doing a poor job of — it’s a major step down in ambition, no? Even if being a saint paints a target on your back, I feel like you could help way more people if you’re open about it. But I guess we’ll just see how the rest of Fia’s second chance at life unfolds.

Yeah, this is going into Villainess Villainy (or lack thereof). I don’t believe there’s enough meat here for a regular post every week.