Episode 1

Shiro the hero looked across the gathered nobles and gentry, trying to gain some relief from hot and itchy quasi military formal wear he had been stuffed into for this, his last official night in the capital. The swirling press of elites he was watching continued to dance and mix. The knights and other military members of enough standing to be at this party were in the same regalia as Shiro, with different embellishments denoting rank and wealth.

The rest were free to dress as they wished favoring ornately embroidered jackets, waist coats and so forth. The women were clad, very lightly despite the spring chill outside, in laces, gossamer, and chains of varying metals. The ones who deemed it necessary for modesty to have more skin covered than a bikini would just thickened the fabric of the garment in the areas she deemed needed. Though the women who did this generally focused on necks and arms when adding the extra material.

Lily, the only person Shiro had that he could consider an ally approached, ripping his mind back to mere moments after his summoning
"I the high king appointed by the saint and invested strip you Lily of rank and title for your sins and bequeath you into the care of the Hero until such time he deems your sins atoned. Until then all shall know you as Lilly the defiler!"

Shiro shook the memory off as the words still echoed in his head, he had been able to save her that day but it had made things…. awkward. It had not been till after he had been shown to his quarters that he had realized the king had basically made her a his slave.
Being new to this world though there was little he knew, and everyone he talked to seem more keen on parading him around and trying to get him to give speeches on things he knew nothing about, but from how Lily had tried to make herself as small and unnoticeable as possible lead him to believe that there was some expectation of him trying to cleanse her sins through violence. So in what little time he had spent in his quarters he had tried to move softly and talk to her gently like she was a stray animal.
Conveniently she warmed up to him in the days before this party and was able to answer questions candidly when he put them forth. Shiro looked her over as she handed him a glass taken from a servers tray, she was about a head shorter than him. She was not dressed in the same way as the rest of the women at the party, something that made Shiro wonder how many politely discreet stares were meant for him and how many for her, instead the closest thing he could compare her outfit to was a nun's habit from his world, save in all black and form fitting. He supposed it was part of her being "the defiler" but it left her gold shoulder length hair concealed. That was another thing he had noticed, everyone around him were all some flavor of blonde leaning dish watery, with only Lily, the king and several others who he only saw near the king being a pleasant gold tone. Thinking of this drew his eye to the those exact heads as they bobbed their way though the crowd towards the dais at the end of the reception hall.

Seeing this Shiro nodded to Lily and they started making their way to the main floor, as the only instruction Shiro had received was to be close at hand for the King Trumdon's speech.

As Shiro and Lily took their place just off to the side of the platform other attendees noticed the king settling in and started hushing their neighbors. Then in a sonorous and well modulated tone King Trumdon began his speech with raised hands: 
"Friends, Lords and Brothers, we are gathered on this auspicious occasion to greet the dawn of a new era! 

The great darkness will now be beaten back by the light of the summoned hero! With his aid we will restore the seals on the demonesses and drive back the dark cult that seeks to rain their destruction upon all! once the seals are restored then we will root out the source of the demonesses strength and banish them completely from this world! 

It cheers me that so far you all have done your part in this contest of good and evil keeping fast to the words of the great saint who first sealed this evil that we might have a chance to grow in the strength and wisdom to protect human kind

now the final days are upon us and we stand ready to usher in the golden age of faith!"

 He paused here to raise a glass towards Shiro The Nobility cheered but Lily stirred nervously. The king gestured Shiro to the podium and raised his glass "Behold the hero! Our shining example of virtue and strength! Source of the blinding light that will purge the evil!"

The rest of the evening passed in a flurry of well wishes, congratulatory shoulder smacks, offers of support and marriage. 

Shiro unbuttoned his jacket and dropped into the bed face down head reeling with all the faces, with all the well wishers he had not manged more than a sip of anything except the drink Lily had brought him before the speech. One thing he had to give this world credit for so far was that there had been no signs of corsets so Lily and all the other ladies  from the party would have a pretty quick time of getting ready to relax.

After a few moments of silence he spoke "Well I would say it has been fun bumming around your esteemed capital city but it has not. It has been very frustrating with tonight being the most information I have received about this 'grand world shaking threat that seeks to plunge all into darkness.' Even then with it being a rallying speech there was next to no historical or tactical value. How am I supposed to fix these seals everyone is going on about? I have been trotted around like a prize pig with no thought towards any fundamentals of this world's combat or magics." Lily mumbles something he did not catch and Shiro lifted his head to see her better "come again?" she looked at him for what seemed to be the first time and he her. There was a caginess to her eyes, a kind of defensive cunning that was searching for his angle maybe? She replies louder "I said 'that was the point' keeping you close and in the dark. It would not be good for their image to have you start training where rumors could spread if you struggled in one part or another. Once they have you on the road in a hand picked regiment of loyal and skilled fighters they can teach you everything on the  way." Shiro plops his head back on the bed "Well, I guess that makes sense, so how long is it between here and the nearest seal?" She thinks a bit "About six months journey, if we take the straight route but they could skirt by the western border to show you off to the elves encamped in siege on the fortress there as a test of whatever training they can squeeze into you by then." Shiro considers the new information, "What I am hearing is that under all this save the world finery I am being switched from a show-pony to a weapon in someone else's hand. That sum it up fairly?" Lily nods and Shiro continues "Interesting that the big and mighty hero is nothing but a chained attack dog. Though I suppose until I learn more about how this world works and what I can actually do both physically and politically I have to keep up pretenses. Will you help me learn Lily? As far as I can tell you are supposed to be my slave in some way to atone some sort of sin and it seems that you would be more useful working that off by helping me have the knowledge, to the best of your abilities, to guide me into being the best hero I can be rather than an ignorant sword in someone else's hands. Then you can also leave when you are confident that your sins have been taken care of to everyone's satisfaction." Lilly looks at Shiro for a long moment "I think I can agree to those terms." She finally says, Shiro lifts himself off the bed to standing. 

"Well then my apologies for not introducing myself sooner. Nakahara Shiro of Tokyo, now summoned hero I suppose, at your service." Lily raises an eyebrow "You are a strange man Mr. Nakahara Shiro to put yourself at the service of a blasphemer, but who am I to deny folly that may keep me alive and possibly purify me from my transgressions. I am Lily the defiler, once restored I will again be Lilly daughter of the king. At your service whatever it may be."