Konjiki no Gash!! Chapter 85

**A Reliable Brother** (頼れる兄, *Tayoreru Ani*) is the 85th chapter of Makoto Raiku's Konjiki no Gash!!. This chapter was originally released in Japan as part of volume 10 on April 18, 2003.

## Plot

At home, Gash thinks about how there are now 40 demons remaining in the battle to decide the next king. He reflects on how he had made many new friends during the battle but wonders how everyone is doing. In Spain, it’s revealed that Canchome ended up joining a circus and is in the middle of entertaining a live audience. Canchome attempts to show off various tricks he had been practicing but ends up failing at each one. Despite this, it nevertheless entertains the audience. After the show, Canchome runs backstage to cry and wonders why Folgore hadn’t shown up to get him yet. He then thinks back to how he ended up in his current situation at the circus. In a flashback, it’s shown that Cancome found a bowl of candy that was sitting inside of a truck. He climbed into the truck to get the candy but ended up getting trapped inside. Folgore sees Canchome being taken away by the truck and tries to run after him but he is not able to keep up with it and the pair quickly become separated. Just as he thinks about this memory, the circus manager comes in to tell Canchome that he was free for the rest of the day as there weren’t enough customers in the village they were in. Canchome uses this opportunity to spend the rest of the day playing.

Outside, Canchome meets Rushka, a young girl who is sitting still underneath a tree holding one of her toys in the air. Canchome greets Rushka but she doesn’t say anything back. Regardless, Canchome continues to talk to her and introduces himself. He tells her about his experience working at the circus and explains that while he feels he doesn’t seem to be getting better at performing any tricks, he’s perplexed over how everyone still seems to be happy even when he messes up. He then shows Rushka his juggling skills to show how bad he was and subsequently gets hit on the head by one of the rocks he threw in the air. Rushkal starts to laugh after seeing this and Canchome feels happy having made her happy despite messing up his trick. She then tells Canchome that while it’s great he can make people laugh, it would be an even better experience if he could make people cheer for him. After hearing this, Canchome decides then that he’ll practice harder in order to achieve this. He then decides that Rushka could be his little sister from then on and Rushka tells him that this idea makes her very happy.

Some time later, Rushka takes Canchome home with her where he sees a large flock of sheep that belong to her. Rushka’s guardian, Lily, eventually comes out and greets her and Canchome. Lily introduces herself to Canchome and tells him that she lives in the neighborhood and takes care of Rushka. While Rushka occupies herself by taking care of her sheep, Lily and Canchome talk. Canchome asks about Rushka’s parents and he learns from Lily that they had passed away a long time ago. She adds that the sheep that Rushka cares for are the only things that her parents had left for her and she takes great care of them because of that. In the early evening, Canchome and Rushka head inside to eat. There, Canchome learns about the village’s recent trouble with thieves stealing livestock. Lily expresses her worry with the thieves eventually targeting Rushka’s sheep next but Canchome declares that he will protect Rushka’s sheep as he takes his title of being Rushka’s new brother seriously. Rushka smiles hearing this but the moment is soon interrupted when the thieves had finally arrived.

The group overhear the thieves discuss their intentions to take away all of Rushka’s sheep and eventually eat them. The situation causes Rushka to become scared but Canchome reassures her that he will handle the thieves for her. He runs outside feeling confident he’ll be able to do this but he suddenly stops when he sees that the thieves in question are a bookkeeper and a large and menacing dragon-like demon. As Canchome looks at the demon, he begins to question himself as to what he could actually do in this troubling situation.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Gash Bell
* Umagon
* Canchome
* Parco Folgore
* Rushka
* Lily
* Frito
* Bago

### Locations

* Japan
	+ Mochinoki City
		- Takamine Residence
* Spain