I Became the Academy’s Female Delinquent Chapter 46. The Pain of the Three Blades

“Huh? W-what?”

Elsie’s mind went blank at the sudden turn of events.

Her body, filled with bewilderment, froze in place.

Her wide eyes stared blankly at the doorway through which Han Doyun had disappeared.

Han Doyun, grabbed by the collar by a strange but somehow familiar man, was thrown into the air without a chance to resist.

Left behind were only Elsie and the suspicious man, who was even larger than Han Doyun.

‘He knows my name… and called me his sister… could it be?’

Elsie, looking blankly at the man’s back, flinched and remembered.

The dirt-stained letter that seemed to be from Elsie’s Hyung.

And the letter’s content, saying he would come to see her soon.

And then, the memory that followed.

That sturdy build and silver hair were very familiar.

‘No doubt… he’s the shirtless weirdo from the rumors I saw in front of the house yesterday!’

Everything clicked into place.

Elsie’s Hyung had come to the academy to see her, just as the letter said.

And he had become the subject of such ridiculous rumors as a shirtless pervert weirdo.

‘How much of it is true, and how much is just exaggerated rumors?’

If the rumors about breathing fire and stealing female students’ panties were true, she would run away without hesitation.

Elsie became confused.

She wasn’t even sure if this man, Elsie’s Hyung, was friend or foe.

Based on the information she had obtained from the family’s assassin, the Hyung, who had only been away, was probably innocent.

‘But you never really know.’

It couldn’t hurt to be suspicious and wary.

Elsie had already been abandoned by her family.

She began to tense up, keeping the worst-case scenario in mind.

‘All the information I got could be false, and all the cheesy content of the letter could be fake.’

If that man was in cahoots with the woman who was the current head of the family, this situation was very dangerous.

Elsie was the only one who knew about Elsie’s lonely and miserable death in this world.

Knowing that terrible malice, this was a reasonable caution.

Therefore, tense, she glared at the man presumed to be her Hyung with wide eyes.

However.

All of Elsie’s doubts and wariness.

Her anxiety and worry.

Vanished like snow melting the moment the man who had entered the house dropped his devilishly twisted expression,

And gave her an infinitely tender and kind smile.

‘What is this… what is this…’

As soon as she saw his smile, she felt a surge of emotion and tears welled up in her eyes.

A storm of emotions she couldn’t control raged within her.

She realized.

This was Elsie’s emotion, one with his soul.

Like a remnant of memory etched into the unified soul.

Elsie had longed for this man. She had wanted to meet him.

Because he was almost the only family she could lean on in the face of her stepmother’s oppression.

That was what she was thinking as she died.

Thud- Crash!

Elsie knocked over her chair and roughly stood up. Tears streamed down her face.

Surprised by the unfamiliar and intense emotions, she staggered backward, showing symptoms of hyperventilation.

“Haaah-”

“Elsie! There’s nothing to be afraid of! It’s me! Your Orabeoni, Dane!”

At Dane’s shout, Elsie snapped back to her senses.

Her body trembled slightly from the lingering emotions.

‘I… don’t know this person. He’s just someone whose existence I’ve only confirmed through letters.’

Therefore, this person should be unfamiliar.

But the emotion she felt in one corner of her heart was not.

She was happy to see him to an unacceptable degree.

It was a hard emotion to accept.

Elsie’s eyes, which had been full of surprise, turned sharp.

Elsie stepped back and created distance, glaring at Dane.

Dane didn’t chase after Elsie.

His actions were extremely cautious and careful.

He simply stood in place, smiling kindly and gently to calm his startled younger sister.

The same silver hair, the same blue eyes.

A beautiful face that seemed somewhat similar at first glance.

Looking at him this closely, Elsie had to admit it.

Elsie and he were definitely siblings, family.

In that brief silence, the two simply looked at each other.

Then, breaking the silence, Dane slowly began to approach Elsie.

“D-don’t, d-don’t come any closer!”

Elsie shouted, backing away until she reached the wall where she could retreat no further.

Dane’s eyes crinkled, and he shed a few tears of joy at Elsie’s beautiful voice, which he hadn’t heard in so long.

His nose tingled.

‘Elsie’s voice…!’

It wasn’t the gentle and kind tone he remembered, but it was definitely Elsie’s voice.

Dane, his emotions surging, couldn’t hold back and began to stride toward Elsie.

“Sniff-! Elsieeee!!!”

“Uwaaaah! I, I told you not to come closer! I told you not to come closer-!”

Elsie, pressing her body against the wall and tilting her head, shouted in panic.

Thanks to that, the gown she had barely managed to close began to loosen and slip off.

At that dangerous moment when Elsie’s loosened gown was about to open and reveal her nakedness,

Dane quickly reached out his hand.

“Hic-!”

Dane.

Elsie, unsure how to treat this man who was her brother, squeezed her eyes shut at the approaching hand.

Rustle-rustle-

But what she felt was the sound of clothes neatly wrapping around her body and overlapping.

A large hand passing over the clothes as if tickling, almost touching.

“Eh…”

Elsie cautiously opened her eyes.

Before her was Dane, closing her loosened gown and securely tying the sash with his large hands.

He was kneeling and tidying her clothes as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

There was no hostility or malice to be found in his expression.

“You were scared, weren’t you? It’s okay now. Elsie, even if you don’t remember me right now…”

Dane, unable to finish his sentence, sniffled as he tied the sash.

“…I am your Orabeoni. Elsie. I will never let you go through anything painful again.”

He knew it was a reckless promise he couldn’t guarantee.

Still, Dane spoke, hoping that Elsie would remember him.

It hurt a little to see her staring at him with wide eyes as if looking at a stranger.

But even if she had lost her memories, this lovely figure was definitely his younger sister.

“Elsie…”

Dane, still lingering, couldn’t take his hand away even after tying the sash.

Another flood of emotions washed over him, and he murmured with the heart of a parent.

“You’ve grown up so wonderfully while I haven’t seen you…”

A voice like a soft whisper.

Elsie felt goosebumps all over her body.

Flash!

“?!”

**Pure Strike!**

_Wham-!_

A white light flashed, and Elsie’s fist struck Dane.

Elsie, momentarily horrified, unconsciously activated an attack skill.

Dane, who had been blown out of the house through the open front door, stroked his stomach where Elsie’s dainty fist had landed with a very surprised expression.

That innocent and kind Elsie had hit him.

But that wasn’t the real reason he was surprised.

Dane stood up with a slightly pleased expression.

He hadn’t even seemed fazed by the Pure Strike.

Elsie was appalled by the sight of Dane getting up immediately with a happy expression.

‘I was so surprised that I did it without thinking… but it didn’t have any effect at all?’

The sight of him approaching with a happy expression even after being hit made her feel truly scared.

“Elsie, you’ve really awakened your combat aptitude!!!”

His younger sister, whom he had worried about for not having any talent, had finally achieved what she had so desired. Combat aptitude.

Just as Forseti had told him, Elsie had truly awakened her combat aptitude.

“Ooh, Elsie-!!”

It broke his heart to think of the dangerous things Elsie had gone through alone, but right now, he was just purely happy.

Because she had achieved what she had so desired.

He knew very well that she had worked hard and shed blood and sweat in unseen places to achieve it.

That’s why Dane couldn’t help but be happy.

He forgot for a moment that Elsie was feeling uncomfortable with him and approached her to hug her.

“D-don’t come… near! I, I get uncomfortable when strangers keep coming closer… near…”

Wiping away the tears that hadn’t stopped yet, Elsie looked at Dane a little pitifully and said.

“I’m a, stranger-”

Dane froze in shock at being treated like a stranger.

Thump-!

Meanwhile, a sound of something falling with a dark red energy was heard from outside the house.

It was Doyun, who had been blown high into the sky.

Having barely managed to return using the energy release of Balmung, he hurriedly rushed into the house.

Elsie was crying.

And standing with his arms spread out threateningly was probably Elsie’s Hyung, or the rumored weirdo.

No matter how you looked at it, it wasn’t a touching scene of siblings reuniting.

Doyun quickly stepped in front of Elsie and blocked Dane.

“Han Doyun?!”

Doyun was a little angry at Elsie’s tearful voice.

“Is it right for a brother to threaten and make his younger sister cry?”

“Hey, it’s not like that-”

Elsie whispered from behind, but Doyun, who was agitated, didn’t hear it.

“You… you came back, huh. Get out of the way. This is not a place for you to interfere.”

He had no business with the beast-like man who might have tried to do something terrible to Elsie.

Throwing him high into the sky was the last bit of mercy he had shown.

“Is your family all like that? Abandoning Elsie to another world, trying to poison her… sending assassins! Now you’ve come here yourself to threaten and make her cry, is that what family is?!”

“Hey, it’s not like that, I said. Can’t you hear me?”

Elsie’s whisper bounced off Doyun’s ears, which were burning with anger.

Dane couldn’t help but pause for a moment at Doyun’s scolding.

He didn’t know what the last part was about, but the threats against Elsie were a clear fact.

It was all because he didn’t know and couldn’t take care of her.

Dane dropped his arms powerlessly and suddenly thought.

‘Why do I have to hear such things from a guy like this? From a beast who clearly has bad intentions towards Elsie?’

“It’s none of your business! You… you! You were trying to do something terrible to my sister!!!”

“Huh?!”

“Eh?”

Doyun staggered at Dane’s loud shout.

He turned around and briefly met Elsie’s eyes.

“I have never had such thoughts…”

Dizzying images suddenly popped up, and he couldn’t finish his sentence.

Doyun shook his head madly, regained his senses, and glared at Dane again.

“A-anyway, even if you’re family, I won’t let you threaten Elsie any further!”

“If you insist on interfering in my and Elsie’s affairs… I have no choice but to teach you a lesson!”

Dane’s demeanor, which had been calm, suddenly changed.

Doyun felt the same pressure as when he first appeared at the door.

Just a simple pressure emanating from an absurdly strong man.

Elsie and Doyun were appalled by the enormous size of the energy.

They couldn’t gauge his strength.

“Balmung!”

Swish!

Doyun, who had instinctively summoned Balmung, took a stance.

“That sword… it’s magnificent! For a swordsman who has been chosen by such a sword to try to do something terrible to Elsie… I can’t forgive you even more.”

Dane, lost in his own delusions and misunderstandings, reached out his hand in the same stance as when Doyun summoned his sword.

“Hrunting!”

Clatter!

Fragments that tore through space were assembled in a flash.

Responding to Dane’s call, the demonic sword made of black metal, Hrunting, appeared.

Chuck- Dane, gripping Hrunting, began to glare at the tense Doyun.

“Dane Adorencia of the Einherjar Knights, Three Blades, will teach you a lesson in the name of my beloved younger sister.”

***

“….”

Elsie slipped out from behind Han Doyun, who wasn’t listening, as if he was deaf.

Leaving her spot, she looked at the two men facing off with a sulky expression.

“He doesn’t listen, he doesn’t listen…”

She wanted to stop the fight, but she couldn’t stop them if they didn’t listen, so she decided to give up.

It was now a situation where it was difficult to interfere with the heightened atmosphere of the duel.

Elsie wasn’t the kind of person who would interfere with a duel without a good reason.

Now, she could only hope that the duel between the two would end without any problems.

“…I should change my clothes first.”

She muttered to herself as she smoothed her hair and went into the bathroom.

How should she accept and face the existence of this Hyung named Dane?

While contemplating her position and identity.