I don’t know how to express my feelings, but I really was popular with kids……
It seems like my armour form looks like a stuffed toy to the kids. But since I kept on saying oppai and oppai, I became popular in a weird way. Hahahaha, there must be a reason why they filmed “that” in the order studio. “By the way Ise. What were you asked to be filmed at the other studio.”
Buchou asks while eating a snack. “It’s a secret. The staff also asked me not to tell people who are close to me as well.”
I said it while making an evil-laugh which sounded like “Nihehe”. “I understand. I will be looking forward to it.”
It seems like Buchou is also looking forward to it. Then it happened when we were trying to stand up to go home. The door opened, and someone enters. I thought she was cute for a moment. It’s a girl who has her hair braided in a roll. And she’s quite a bishoujo. But she looks familiar…. “Is Ise-sama here?”
“Ravel Phoenix. What brings you here?”
Ravel and my eyes met. It seemed like her face became bright for a moment, but she then makes an unpleasant expression. She then pushes the basket she is holding to me. “T-This! It is a cake! My second eldest brother has a television programme in this studio so I came to give you this since I had time!”
Is that so? I’m not sure, but I took the basket from her and checked inside. A delicious looking chocolate cake is inside. Wow, it looks splendid. But why did she give me the basket with a shy face? It looks good. “Did you make this?”
“Y-Yes! Of course! I have confidence if it is cake! A-And I promised you that I would make you a cake!”
“Thank you. But you could have made it for me when we have tea like we promised.”
“I won’t do anything to disturb you. You have a match with the House of Astaroth coming up soon correct? So I won’t waste your time. But I thought maybe I can just give you a cake. You should be grateful!”
Hmm, is she forceful or is she modest? But I’m happy she came all the way here. “T-Then I will be leaving here…..”
Ravel goes home as if she finished her business. “Wait a sec! Kiba!”
I stopped Ravel, and made Kiba make a small cake knife. I cut a bit off the cake and took a piece of it to my mouth. ….The sweet taste of chocolate spreads inside my mouth. It doesn’t have too strong of a taste, and it makes the cake have the right taste. The softness feels good too. “It’s delicious, Ravel. Thank you, I will eat this at home. Hahaha, I don’t know when I will see you next, so I thought I will give you the comment for the taste now. I will make sure to arrange having tea with you on a different occasion. If it is me that you would like to have a drink with though.”
When I said that, Ravel got teary-eyed and her face was red to the maximum. Huh? I thought she would respond by saying “Of course! Ohohoho!”……..
“……Ise-sama, for the next match, I will be cheering for you!”
RUN! After Ravel said her goodbyes to us, she left the scene quickly. When I turned around to Buchou…..
Buchou has her eyes closed while raising her eyebrows. And the girls are looking at me with a scary atmosphere……. W-Why…..? I became suspicious of this situation. But like this our interview finished, and the match against Diodora was drawing near. By the way, a video which has me appearing on it was sent to my house by the studio. I got shocked when I checked it out! …….I never thought it would turn out like this…… How should I tell Buchou and others……
“Buha~”
In the changing room for the big bath located on the first basement floor in my house, I took a gulp of fruit-milk after having a bath. Ah, it tastes good! I drink it in a single sip while putting my hand on my hip! But you know that this big bath is located on the first basement floor right? I still can’t believe in it. The Hyoudou residence, which had a major renovation during Summer, is now six stories high, and has down to a third basement. The second basement floor has a pool. The girls swim in it when they feel like it. Seriously, it really is luxurious. Thanks to that, there is enough space for the girls to live in. My parents are happy as well, so it should be alright. And there are all sorts of milk drinks inside the fridge located on the first basement floor, so we can drink after having a bath. According to Buchou, “Drinking a variety of milk after a bath is a must in Japan”. Buchou’s obsession towards Japan is scary at times. By the way, I change the types of milk drink I drink after bathing everyday. Buchou is in the fruit-milk faction. Akeno-san, Asia, Koneko-chan are in the normal Milk faction. And Xenovia is in the coffee Milk faction. I had a bath after the training towards the upcoming game, so I feel refreshed. I have started to become a training worm lately. I don’t feel calm if I don’t train. Working hard daily is my routine. When I left the big bath room, the big hall which is across from the big bath room is titled with light. There is a big hall next to the big bath room on the first basement floor, so we can do film watching marathons and also do all sorts of training. I was training here just before too. The door is ajar, so I check inside. Xenovia is in there wielding a practice purpose sword. She is wearing training wear and is wielding the sword seriously. “……Ise.”
“Yo. I wasn't trying to peek but the lights were on in this room so I happened to check inside.”
I entered the room. “Practising?”
“Yeah, since the game is coming up.”
“But, didn't you train quite a lot before dawn as well?”
Yes. Xenovia increased the amount of training as the game was drawing near daily. Even today she overworked for training, and it seems like she was being haunted by something. During the spar, even Kiba seemed like he was being overpowered by Xenovia’s high spirit. But since she was rushing things, she created an opening and received a counter. “I am… weaker than Kiba after all.”
Xenovia says it with straight eyes. Certainly. When we first met, Xenovia was stronger than Kiba. But the situation changed all of a sudden because Kiba’s talent started to bloom after he attained Holy-demonic sword. “Even on the video, Kiba showed that he could use Durandal better than me. –In terms of simple talents, Kiba has more talent than me.”
Xenovia has cloudy eyes. I think there is a part inside her that is a bit jealous of Kiba. “From my eyes, both you and Kiba are amazing.”
Xenovia smiles at my words which don’t even sound like I am cheering her. “Thank you. But the thing I can’t forgive the most…….is myself who lost in the previous match without doing anything….. That’s why I am training so I won’t let my guard down any more.”
……So it is about that. In the match against Sitri, Xenovia lost against Tsubaki-senpai who possess a counter-type Sacred Gear. In terms of power, Xenovia was superior. But the timing and compatibility between them was bad, so she lost against Shinra-senpai. I also witnessed how scary a Technique-type can be when I looked at the video.