User blog comment:B214/Light Novel Volume 16 spoilers/@comment-67.176.158.104-20140202002056

Say I been wondering, during Ise's fight with Euclid when he gained his new ability of controlling white dragons. Did it seem like Euclid was beginning to gain an interest in Ise the same way that Vali, Raiser, Cao Cao, and Sairaorg have in him.

He started smiling when he got hit by Ise's redirected Dragon Shots.