After thinking that, I heard a voice from inside. [……So it’s you Ravel. I don’t want to meet anyone today. I saw a bad dream….. I’m not in the mood to meet anyone.] Hearing that, Ravel made a sigh. Then she tells him. “-It’s Rias-sama.”
After a pause…… GASHAAAAN! The sound of something being dropped on the floor echoes within his room. [--! ……..Ri…..Rias……you say……?] He was really panicked. It must have been an unexpected guest for him. Buchou stood in front of the door and speaks to him. “Raiser. It’s me.”
[…..What do you want with me now, Rias? Did you come to laugh at me? Or did you come to tell me about your intimate relationship with the Sekiryuutei?] The tone of his voice is low. Rather, it sounds like he holds a grudge. “……Let’s talk for a bit. Let me see your face.”
After Buchou said that, we heard rough footsteps approaching this way and the door was opened violently. The one who came out was Raiser who had messy hair and untidy clothes. “What do you want to talk about, with the guy who you rejected……..?”
He had glassy eyes and there was anger within his speech; but his expression changes when he sees me. “Se, Se, Se, Sekiryuuteeeei!”
He points at me and shrieks. “H-Hey, hello.”
I smiled, and greeted him by putting my hand up. “…….Hi.”
Hii? “Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!”
Raiser screamed and ran into his room! Are you serious!? What’s going on!? He then shouted, after he ran into his expensive bed that has a canopy. “P…Please leeeeeeeave~! I don’t want to remember about back then! I don’t want it any more! I don’t want to experience a shabby feeling like that ever again~!”
……………. Everyone was obviously shocked, but also confused by Raiser’s attitude. ……..T..This is…. That guy who looked down on me with his high and mighty attitude got scared the moment he saw me and he hid himself inside the bed. “Raiser-sama~”
“It’s alright~”
Raiser’s servants, the twins with the chainsaws, were calming Raiser down. But Raiser just shook timidly inside his bed. “Raiser hasn’t lost in a proper fight since he was born.”
Buchou explains. Ravel also nods. “Yes. It seems like losing to Ise-sama, head on, left a deep scar in both his body and soul.”
“But, Raiser-san was also strong. If it’s now……I wonder which one of us is stronger?”
Kiba answers my question. “If it’s the current Ise-kun, then you will be comparable to Mr. Raiser Phoenix even at his full power. No, most likely you can beat him. In terms of spirit…the guts you have is superior to him. The pressure of taking on a Heavenly Dragon will drain their spirit and it will also hinder the traits of the immortal bird. Being immortal is the biggest factor for the power of the Phoenix, so having that hindered will give a big blow to him.”
Ho, if this guy says that, then it must be true. In regards to battle, Kiba calculates calmly after all. “…….Is it that scary to fight me?”
I ask Kiba once again, pointing at myself. Kiba nodded his head while making a bitter smile. “It’s scary enough with you being a legendary Dragon, but also we never know what you might do.”
Is that so? W-Well, even I’m also scared of the unknown factor which will cause something to happen as well. But taking on an immortal is also scary. It’s scary to see someone who will regenerate again once you beat them down. “Onii-sama. Since Rias-sama and her group came all the way here, please get out of the bed!”
Ravel works hard to take the blankets off him and make him leave his bed. “G..Go home! Please go hooooooome~!”
Is all Raiser shouted. “Umm, to begin with, let’s take Raiser-san outside by force.”
After that, we cooperated with Raiser’s servants and succeeded in pulling Raiser out of his room by force and into the garden of the castle. ……..Though it took some time to do that. I pack my things in the garden. Alright, with this I’m all set. “So what kind of plan is it?”
To Buchou’s question, I pointed at the sky. “He will be here soon.”
When I called him before, he said he will be here immediately. -Then a big shadow comes flying from far away. “Ah, here he is.”
There is a giant shadow above us! ZUUUUUUUUUUUN! The giant Dragon landed in the garden while causing the ground to shake violently. “It hasn’t been that long since we last met, all of you.”
The giant Dragon is……the former Dragon-King, Tannin! “Old man, thanks for coming.”
I gave my thanks, and Raiser screams. “Ta, Ta, Ta, T-T-T-T-T-T-T-Tannin! Ultimate-class Devil…… L-legendary Dragon!”
……Ah, so he can’t even see a Dragon, huh? He’s really scared huh….. Well, the old man IS a "Dragon" after all. The old man’s giant eyes grasps sight of Raiser. “Raiser Phoenix, huh. I’ve seen a couple of your Rating Game matches. I had my attention on you as a potential [King] in future games, but…… Judging from how you are right now, it seems like you have some problems.”
I gave a simple explanation to the old man. Even the old man just said "Pathetic". “Do you think you can do to him what you did with me? His family is saying they want him to get some guts.”
The old man made a big smile at my words. “I see. Guts huh. That sounds good. Are you saying you want to go to the mountains then?”
“Yeah. I think that would be good. I have already packed my stuff and his.”
“You are well prepared.”
“Rather, this is the only thing that came to mind. So that's how it is Buchou. I’m taking this person with me and I’m going to the mountains with the old man, to train.”
This is my plan. I will put aside all the simple stuff. I think we can train him by forcing him to go to the mountains and change his environment. I was also taken to the mountains by force during summer and was trained quite a lot…… Uuu, I’m getting a flashback of those harsh memories…. “Mountains are good. Yeah, it will somehow succeed.”
“It’s like a fantasy for a Dragon and phoenix to train in the mountains!”
Xenovia and Irina were saying such things. No, this is actually quite bothersome you know? But this is all for Buchou and Ravel. So I will take this guy to the mountain with me. “N..Nooooooooooooo!”
Raiser spreads his wings of fire and tries to escape, but—
GRAB! The old man quickly catches Raiser with a huge hand. “Don’t run. If you are a man, then prepare yourself.”
“Hiiiiiiiiiii~!”
If you look from the sides, he looks like a bird that is about to be eaten by a Dragon! “Buchou, Asia, I’m off then!”
I got on the old man’s back quickly, and gave my goodbyes to Buchou and Asia. Buchou then asks me while looking up at me. “Ise, can I really leave this to you?”
“Of course!”
“Please call me when you are in trouble.”
“Yes, Buchou!”
“Please don’t push yourself!”
“Okay, Asia!”
“I will also go with you!”
When I gave my farewells to my comrades, Ravel steps forward and declares with determination, that she would be going too. What, she wants to come with me!? But I feel bad taking a girl to the mountains with me. I was confused and Ravel tells me. “My brother….I want to fix him together with you!”
“-!”
She has determined eyes.