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Well, in the manga as I remembered, Naofumi was disgusted by Malty's cowardly pleadge for life, which was devoid of genuiue remorse, so he angrily asked the Queen to execute both Malty and the King. It was Queen Mirella who suggested Naofumi to choose any kind of punishment besides execution, so Naofumi chose to rename them as Bitch and Trash respectively to spite them. In addition, the public execution never happened in manga, and Naofumi didn't feel unnerved about the outcome of his revenge, while Motoyasu still was in disbelief about Malty being a liar even during her punishment.

Make it short, the anime actually toned down Naofumi's originally spiteful attitude upon the treatment towards Malty. Motoyasu in the anime showed apparent disappointment for Malty in the anime as well, something he didn't express in the manga (of which I find it appealing).