All of us and Buchou made a dumb face for a moment when we heard the answer "guts", but soon there were a couple of laughs in the living room.
Hahaha….....Guts huh. Certainly everyone in our group, including me, all have guts.
Wait, why is everyone looking at me? Yeah yeah, I just move ahead with only guts!
Under this lightened atmosphere, Ravel spits out all the things she kept within herself.
“The fact is, my brother is pathetic! For him to stay depressed for six months after a single defeat…..! It seems like he’s afraid of Dragons you know? He hasn’t participated in a Rating Game since then and he’s been written about in a gossip magazine, where they wrote things however they wanted! He has trauma after being defeated by Ise-sama and he doesn’t talk about anything related to Dragons. I would understand if he holds a grudge instead. But he’s scared you know? If he’s a man, he should learn from his defeat and move on! He’s really pathetic, just pathetic!”
…….Everyone opened their eyes wide at her super machine-gun talk.
She has so much stress huh. So is that guy Raiser in such a bad state?
“…….Though, he’s still my brother.”
So deep in her heart, she’s actually very worried about him.
Buchou, who is being consulted, must feel quite complicated. The first thing is, she won’t be able to decline it and Ravel didn’t come to push the responsibility on us; she came, purely because she is worried about her brother.
……..Yeah. As I thought, that’s the only way. I decided to say what was on my mind.
“Leave it to me, Ravel. I will do something about it.”
Ravel and everyone else, looked at me.
I continued while scratching my cheek.
“W-Well, it’s something that I did, so I think I have to fix it as well. And you want ‘guts’ right? Leave it to me. If you say guts, then I’m your man. Even though I’m a Devil, I do things like living in the mountains and I’ve been through a lot of harsh things. I’m used to those kinds of things.”
“…….He’s an embodiment of guts both in a good and bad way.”
That’s exactly right, Koneko-chan!
“Ise, this is my…”
It sounded like Buchou was going to say “I will do it”, so I stopped her with my hand.
“It’s okay. I have a plan.”
It's not a bluff. I actually do have an idea. There was something which crossed my mind, that can put "guts" inside him and also train both his body and soul. Hahaha, since I’ve just been training, my mind has adapted to think like that. Not having any talents can be useful at times.
When I looked at Ravel, she had a very bright expression, but she coughed after she realised it.
“I..I..It can’t be helped then. I don’t mind asking Ise-sama. So please work hard for the High-class Devils. …….I…I will give my thanks in advance.”
Yeah yeah. I’ll do my best then. Buchou took a breath, then nodded her head.
“I understand. We will start the strategy to make Raiser stand up again, by having Ise act as his therapist.”
Hence it was decided, that we will fix that Yakitori-bastard.