I Became the Academy’s Female Delinquent Chapter 47. The Adorencia Siblings

Dodging Dane’s Hrunting that pierced in sharply by a hair’s breadth, Doyun broke out in a cold sweat.
*(T/N: Hrunting, Beowulf’s sword)*

A few strands of his black hair were cut off and fell to the ground.

‘He’s incredibly skilled.’

As expected of Elsie’s older brother.

He couldn’t gauge Dane’s true potential.

Thus, Doyun, as a fellow swordsman, was realizing the difference in their skills.

Cold sweat trickled down from his forehead.

Tensely lowering his stance, he watched Dane’s movements.

A duel unfolding in the backyard. Or perhaps, it would be more accurate to call it a sparring match.

They were competing purely with swordsmanship.

“Impressive skill and talent. Did you learn it all on your own? In terms of swordsmanship, you’d have no equal among the academy students.”

Dane had thought Doyun was just some scoundrel trying to flirt with Elsie, but he was more interesting than he’d expected.

Smiling slightly, Dane took a step forward.

One step. From the moment he stepped, he accelerated as if sliding.

Doyun’s eyes widened at the simple movement.

Dane closed the distance in a straight line, sliding as if on ice.

But in an instant, as if his center of gravity had shifted, he changed direction to the side.

His movements seemed to ripple, leaving afterimages.

‘What…!’

Doyun’s innate talent was his vision.

The ability to grasp the movements of his opponent, taking in every detail without missing a thing.

It was a natural gift for predicting or preparing for the next move.

For a swordsman, it was an unparalleled blessing.

Yet, even so, it was difficult to follow and respond to Dane’s bizarre movements.

In an instant, Dane lunged to the side and swung his sword diagonally. A perfect motion without any wasted movement.

Doyun’s arm, wielding Balmung, moved urgently.

Clang-!

Barely managing to block Dane’s Hrunting, Doyun had no time to think about his next move.

Cheee-

Dane, having deflected Balmung by sliding Hrunting along its blade, unleashed another strike with tremendous speed.

“Kuh!”

A series of attacks followed immediately after the initial block. There was no gap in Dane’s incredible responsiveness and transition between attacks.

‘It’s hard enough just to keep up!’

Clang!

Doyun barely managed to defend again with Balmung’s guard. Dane’s eyes widened.

“Truly amazing. Are you seeing all of these movements and reacting to them?”

Doyun wasn’t responding to the attacks with equal physical ability to keep up with Dane’s movements.

That was still an impossible feat for Doyun.

He was merely forcing his sword to meet Dane’s, chasing after his astonishing movements with his exceptional eyes.

‘Even so, it’s truly remarkable. To be able to keep up with my movements this far with pure swordsmanship.’

Doyun was a promising talent with a bright future.

He could be called a genius without exaggeration.

‘No! Why am I evaluating this guy so highly?!’

This guy is a beast who approached Elsie.

Dane’s aura changed.

Dane gripped Hrunting with one hand.

And with nothing but unbelievable grip strength and arm strength, he began to unleash a series of fierce strikes.

“I-, insane!”

Dane’s Hrunting began to crash down like a raging storm.

‘There’s no set pattern. It’s no different from swinging wildly! And yet…’

Clang!

It was hard to block. It was a heavy attack, hard to believe it was being wielded with one hand.

‘I have to find a chance to attack somehow-‘

Doyun tried to see a certain pattern in Dane’s seemingly random attacks.

Dane, a swordsman who had clearly been trained to the extreme, definitely had his own style.

He was simply swinging with the most optimal movements.

Doyun’s exceptional eyes began to capture that pattern.

Clang-!

Balmung vibrated as it deflected Hrunting’s barrage.

Dane’s sword struck diagonally. Doyun tilted it to the side, deflecting it.

The gap in Dane’s defense was revealed. Finally, his front was completely exposed.

Not missing the opportunity, Doyun immediately lunged into the opening.

‘The difference in our skills is clear. Then at least one hit!’

The corners of Dane’s lips turned up as he saw Doyun lunging in.

“Nailing!”

Swish!

A clean, silver blade, the gleaming white sword Nailing, appeared in Dane’s empty left hand.

Dane’s Nailing flew into the gap that Doyun thought he had created.

“!!!”

Dane’s counterattack happened in an instant.

Once again, the situation tilted in Dane’s favor.

‘I can’t block it!’

“Gram!”

Clang!

Gram, hastily summoned to the side, became a shield and blocked Dane’s sword.

But Dane’s attack didn’t end there.

As Doyun quickly retreated, creating distance, Dane released Hrunting and raised his right arm.

“Giant’s Sword, Trollesverd!”
*(T/N: “sverd”, meaning sword, so troll sword, or troll slaying sword)*

A greatsword.

A massive, crude sword that seemed to deserve that name was summoned into his hand.

The vertical slash of the greatsword made the distance they had created meaningless. Doyun was once again cornered.

“Notung!”

He summoned his strongest weapon. The treasured sword Notung, boasting absolute attack power.

Holding Balmung and Notung in each hand, Doyun crossed the swords and received the Giant’s Sword.

‘A bad move! Holding a sword in each hand will only disperse your strength, making it harder to block attacks.’

It was over. That’s what Dane thought.

Doyun pretended to block the Giant’s Sword, then boldly abandoned Balmung and leaped to the side.

Reckless. But it was a brilliant move.

His shoulder was slightly cut by the gust of wind created by the giant sword, but he succeeded in sacrificing Balmung to get close to Dane again.

It had been a long time since he had met such a high wall as a pure swordsman.

That’s why he was burning with the will to succeed in at least one attack.

It was the moment when Doyun’s determination bore fruit.

“Oh-”

Elsie, who had changed out of her uniform and come to watch their fight, let out a short exclamation without realizing it.

A very small exclamation. But Dane wasn’t one to miss his younger sister’s voice.

Forgetting about responding to Doyun’s brilliant counterattack, Dane turned his head and widened his eyes.

Elsie, neatly dressed in her pretty uniform, was leaning on the railing, looking at him.

His mind reeled with emotion.

From Elsie’s childhood, when she toddled around, to her growing up-

“Elsie in her uniform- Ptooey!!!”

Doyun’s spicy fist, aiming for a final counterattack, landed on Dane’s face, whose eyes were glazed over.

Pow!

Dane spun around and flew away cleanly.

Elsie merely let out a short exclamation as she watched him collapse coldly.

“Oh…”

It was a wonderful punch that ended the early morning commotion.

***

It didn’t take long to explain the whole story and clear up each other’s misunderstandings.

However, Elsie still couldn’t decide how to accept and treat Dane.

When she looked at him, she felt warmth, familial affection, and longing.

And she knew that those were the emotions that the dead Elsie had held.

And yet.

And yet, somehow, those emotions were starting to feel unfamiliar.

Elsie looked at Dane, placed her hand on her chest, and pressed down firmly. Her heart felt heavy.

I missed you. It’s good to see you again.

This definitely shouldn’t be her own emotions.

‘It’s like my own emotions…’

Sensing Elsie’s ambiguous gaze, Dane looked at her and smiled slightly.

“Elsie. Does anything come to mind?”

The same blue eyes curved gently. Elsie swallowed hard at his infinitely kind tone.

‘I still don’t know how to treat him.’

Doyun, watching Elsie and Dane’s awkward interaction, thought.

‘They really are siblings.’

Aside from the similar hair and eye color, if Elsie was a mesmerizing beauty, Dane was a handsome man.

A beautiful sibling pair. Putting them together, it was clear that they were family from the same bloodline.

Doyun was relieved to know that Dane was very friendly towards Elsie.

He was worried about Elsie’s amnesia, which had made her forget even such a devoted older brother.

“But… um.”

Elsie, watching Dane’s reaction, opened her mouth awkwardly.

Dane, no matter how awkward his younger sister’s tone was, simply looked at her with a beaming expression, as if he couldn’t be happier.

“Tell me anything, Elsie. If it will help you remember me, I’ll answer anything. Come on, go ahead!”

Ask this older brother! Elsie almost recoiled at Dane’s exaggerated gesture of shouting that and opening his arms, but she calmly opened her mouth.

It was a question that she had been itching to ask ever since their duel.

“Why did you steal the female students’ panties… um? Is it a hobby-”

Thump!

“No!!! I didn’t steal them! It’s not a hobby! I’ve never done that in the first place-!”

Dane slammed the table when the contents of that absurd rumor came out of his younger sister’s mouth.

Elsie jumped in shock, and Doyun’s eyes narrowed, worried about the table.

“…I’m sorry for suddenly raising my voice. Did I scare you? This older brother would never do such a terrible thing.”

Dane said that and glanced at Doyun.

Doyun also returned the gaze with a slightly wronged expression.

However, the image of Elsie’s alluring figure came to mind, and he couldn’t bring himself to argue.

“Hic!”

Elsie nodded with surprised eyes and hiccuped.

Dane, startled by the sight, began to wave his arms around, not knowing what to do.

The sight of the tall man fussing over his little sister’s hiccups was completely doting.

In the end, the last resort he chose to soothe the startled Elsie was to hug her tightly.

“Heeek-?!”

‘All this fuss over just one hiccup…’

Elsie flinched and began to struggle, but she became quiet as if by magic when Dane began to pat her back.

Doyun, remembering Elsie’s desperate resistance when Thrud hugged her, couldn’t help but be shocked by her docile appearance.

Elsie, like him, was also in shock.

Someone was hugging her, but she didn’t feel this much resistance?

She, who knew her own nature better than anyone else, widened her eyes.

“No way…”

“Elsie, I’ve always calmed you down like this when you were scared and crying since you were little. You may not remember now, but… sniff!”

A little time passed, and Elsie’s legs, which didn’t reach the ground, swayed gently.

“Are you calm now?”

“…Yes.”

A change brought about by the union of souls.

Elsie didn’t realize it, but it was a truly amazing change.

She was so calmed down that she could only nod obediently.

‘Is this the warmth of family…’

Elsie, who was starting to relax, tilted her head when Dane suddenly started trembling.

He had finally met his younger sister.

A younger sister who was still precious even though she had lost her memories.

That fact would never change.

Dane’s heart was inexplicably touched, and he began to stroke Elsie’s head wildly.

“Wa, wait! What are you-!”

“Elsie! You’re so cute!”

“Tsk, tsk-”

Elsie could finally be sure.

‘It’s Thrud! He was the same type as Thrud!’

Dane. Before he was an older brother, he was a skinship monster just like Thrud.

Doyun simply nodded, engraving Dane’s secret to calming Elsie in his mind.