The Demon Knight of the Round Table [Devil May Cry x High School DxD]

OVA 4: The Unressurected Phoenix!

Devil May Cry

Shortly after the trip onboard the Astral Express in the Autumn Season.

ORC members were at Rosso's apartment with a sudden visitor they weren't expecting. It was Ravel Phenex herself, the younger sister of Riser Phenex. She was sitting on the couch, with Issei and Rias sitting in the opposite direction along with Rosso, Mei, and Jeanne sitting next to them, while the rest were standing near the entrance.

Ravel: Rias, I apologize for the sudden visit. Actually, I wanted to ask for your advice regarding my brother.

The two of them looked surprised. It's not every day someone unexpectedly just comes by and asks for a weird favor.

Rias: Riser...

Issei: What does that Grilled Chicken want?

Ravel: Well, I assume you've heard the stories about him. Like, how he does nothing but mope about since that incident.

Both of them could only nod their heads, and Rosso briefly remembered the story Issei had told him. The time of the Rating Game between the Rias' household and the Riser's household had passed for about six months. During that time, Issei had crashed in during their engagement party and won a one-on-one fight with Riser. The phoenix who had never lost even once.

Xenovia: Riser? I've heard the rumors, too...

Irina: Who is he?

Asia: He's from the Phenex Clan and Buchou's ex-fiancé.

Irina: Fiancé?! How romantic!

Rossweisse: It sounds so noble!

Suddenly, when she was slowly connecting the dots, Irina realized something after she fantasized briefly about romance.

Irina: Hang on. If he is her ex-fiancé, then...

Rosso: From what Issei had told me so far. In a nutshell, he crashed their engagement party and challenged Grilled Chicken, as Issei would like to call him, to a duel. In short, he won over Riser and took back Rias' heart. On the other hand...

After Rosso enlightened them with a nutshell version, Mei and Jeanne giggled at the fact that Rias' ex-fiance being called Grilled Chicken while Astolfo burst into laughter at hearing that; Then the young Demon Knight drifted himself in a train of thought, thinking back during the Young Devils' Gathering party.

Rosso: Now that I think about what Ravel had told us since the gathering, the Phenex had never lost before... so...

If he guessed it right, Riser was depressed, ever since then. Unable to leave his room. Moaning over his total defeat; Causing himself to slump and sulk all day long. It was then Ravel, tired of her brother's constant sulking, decided to ask Issei and Rias for their help.

Rias: Riser still hasn't recovered from that, right?

Ravel: I probably shouldn't have come here, but... I only have your place to turn to for this.

Rias: My place? What do you mean?

Ravel: When I was asking for advice on how to help my brother, I was told that he should learn the so-called fortitude that your peerage possess. That is what your household is famous for.

Rias: Fortitude?

When Rosso heard that keyword, it made him feel pretty awkward. Honestly, he practically has a knack for giving his friends fortitude, even before he and his family moved to Kuoh Town.

Rosso: Oh boy...

Xenovia: Fortitude, huh...?

Jeanne: *giggles* A certain someone knows all about that, especially Issei, of course.