User blog comment:SpookyBoogie27/Light Novel Spoilers/@comment-94.128.193.176-20130208055832/@comment-33447191-20130208064857

No longer antagonistic as before, they seem to be on a friendlier relationship, shown when Issei helped him conquer his fear of Dragons in "The Unresurrected Phoenix", also when Riser appeared to the Gremory Group to give them helpful advice before their match with Sairaorg in Volume 10, as well as in Ophis' side story where he and Issei are shown to still have their differences but can converse (somewhat well) with each other. Riser occasionally calls Issei to talk about Ravel and her propensities (Issei's lap).


 * He's still shown to have feelings for Rias shown in  "The Unresurrected Phoenix" where he wanted to peek on her and Akeno while they were in the hot springs  only to be stopped by Issei. Also demonstrated when he mistakenly believed that Ophis was the daughter of Rias and Issei and he flew into a state of rage in  Ophis' side story.