I Became the Academy’s Female Delinquent Chapter 48. A Peaceful Morning

Elsie twitched her eyebrows.

A large chicken, no, an eagle, was staring at her with the sharp eyes characteristic of birds of prey.

And on its head was perched the talking hawk from before.

[Greetings, sister of Dane. I am Vedrfolnir.]

Vedr tapped his front paw, pointing to the massive eagle.

[This one doesn’t have a proper name. Just a nameless eagle. Call it whatever you like, it doesn’t even care about its name.]

Elsie nodded awkwardly, forcing a smile. Trembling, she offered a dry piece of firewood to the eagle.

Crunch!

The nameless eagle swiftly snatched the firewood with its massive beak.

“Eek!”

Elsie yelped and recoiled.

Regardless, the eagle simply swallowed the firewood, spewing furnace-like flames from its mouth.

Doyun, realizing that this was the giant eagle he had accidentally witnessed at the academy, nodded.

‘It seems to have shrunk in size quite a bit… so that was Elsie’s Hyung after all.’

“Elsie!”

“Huh?!”

Elsie flinched and stepped back at the sight of Dane approaching without hesitation.

Seeing this man evoked conflicting emotions, both unfamiliar and familiar.

‘Honestly, it’s a bit overwhelming… but for some reason, I don’t dislike it…’

“Now, look at me and call me!”

“W-what… do you mean?”

“Oppa! Or Orabeoni! Anything is fine! Hurry!”

“Sigh…”

Elsie was slightly repulsed by Dane’s desperate plea for her to use such embarrassing terms, which she found difficult to even utter.

“But, I don’t have any memories… suddenly using those terms is a bit…”

Dane, his eyes widening at his sister’s reluctance, grabbed her hand tightly.

And with the hope that Elsie’s memories would return, he began to pour out stories non-stop.

Memories of their childhood together.

Visiting Valaskjálf and Himinbjörg together.

Her joyful expression while tending the garden.

Her favorite foods, her cherished hobbies, and so on.

He began to recount all sorts of stories at an incredible pace.

It felt as if he was determined to hammer the memories into Elsie if she couldn’t recall them herself.

Elsie’s eyes began to spin from his almost brainwashing-like, frenzied eloquence.

His overprotective behavior was so extreme that he could be mistaken for her father rather than her Hyung.

Doyun, who had been watching with a lukewarm expression, went up to his room to change.

After all, it was getting close to the time to go to the academy.

Creak-

Entering his room, Doyun silently stared at the neatly arranged bedding.

“Elsie was here…”

It was entirely his decision to stop Elsie from sleeping on the streets, to give her his room, and to choose to sleep uncomfortably on the sofa.

Perhaps that was why.

Even after tossing and turning all night, he didn’t regret it.

*

“Look at this, Elsie.”

Dane took out a photo from his pocket and handed it to Elsie.

Elsie, deciding that it would be too much of a headache to wonder how he had a developed photograph, simply accepted it.

“It’s a photo of us together in your favorite garden.”

In the old photo, a young Elsie stood in front of a garden full of blooming freesia flowers.

And Dane, who looked much the same as he did now, was smiling next to her.

The young Elsie, looking slightly shy, reached out her small hand and tightly grasped Dane’s sleeve, smiling brightly. She was quite adorable.

‘It’s the same as the garden I saw in my dream.’

Although it was a somewhat jumbled dream, it was definitely the same garden that had appeared in it.

‘So, even if it’s not complete, I still have Elsie’s memories.’

Elsie stared intently at the photo.

Then, she turned to look at Doyun, who had just come downstairs in his school uniform.

“Han Doyun. Look at this.”

“?”

Doyun took the photo that Elsie abruptly held out.

Seeing the adorable young Elsie smiling brightly, he couldn’t help but cover his mouth.

“It’s me when I was little. I just thought it was interesting.”

“Cough-”

So, this cute little girl in the photo had grown up to be so wonderful.

Doyun felt like he could understand Dane’s feelings a little.

It was quite an interesting photo for her, who only knew Elsie as a character and the current Elsie.

‘Did my creation of the character Elsie in the Aesir Saga ‘coincidentally’ match the appearance of this Elsie? Is that even possible?’

If so, it would be an unbelievably miraculous coincidence that could be mistaken for fate.

“So, Elsie! Do you think you can call me Orabeoni now?”

Dane, with his arms wide open, shot her an expectant look.

Elsie recalled the memories that he had told her, which were close to brainwashing.

Her head was spinning.

‘I’m Elsie now, and this person is my family. So, maybe I can do that much…’

Was this the moment when Dane’s brainwashing, no, his efforts, would bear fruit?

Elsie, her eyes spinning, finally opened her mouth slowly.

“O…”

“Y-yes, Elsie! It’s not difficult! Hurry…”

“O, Ooo…”

However, his subconscious, which had become one with Elsie,

That final defense was thicker than he had expected.

Unlike Elsie, he didn’t have any proper existence that he could sincerely call family, and he didn’t have any siblings either.

‘I was only met with the disapproving glares of my stepmother, who treated me like a nuisance in the family.’

Could that be considered similar to Elsie?

Elsie’s mind, which had briefly descended into her subconscious and returned, stopped her mouth from uttering the word Orabeoni.

And instead, she spat out a different word.

“O… Hyung.”

“….”

“…Hyung?”

She still had a long way to go. In many ways.

*

Minor incidents exist everywhere and can happen at any time.

Dane, who appeared with bizarre rumors, was a good example.

Elsie, held in Dane’s arms like a doll, flailed her legs powerlessly.

How many times had she been held in such a short amount of time?

She resentfully looked down at her legs, which couldn’t reach the ground.

“Put me down… please! It’s a little, embarrassing… to go to school like this.”

Why was he even trying to follow her to the academy in the first place? Dane’s obsession was extraordinary.

Dane, patting Elsie’s head with his large palm as she politely spoke to him, put her down.

Then, with a slightly serious expression, he asked her.

“The letter that tried to poison you. You said you still have it, right?”

Feeling Dane’s concern in his serious gaze, Elsie hesitated and nodded.

‘Herya… that woman has finally crossed the line. What would have happened if Elsie hadn’t miraculously survived…’

He almost lost Elsie, whom he loved dearly, without knowing anything.

The fact that Elsie had lost her memories and was a little unfamiliar with him was nothing short of a miracle.

The Nidhogg’s venom that Herya had sent her with the deceitful letter was that terrifying.

It was precisely at times like this, when the family’s new mistress was starting to go too far, that the head of the family was needed.

‘I wonder when Father plans to return…’

In any case, securing that letter would be of great help in pressuring her.

Dane received the house key that Elsie shyly offered and put it in his pocket.

“To be alive like this… and even to have awakened… sniff… this Orabeoni is moved to tears…”

Now, even Elsie, Doyun, and even the bizarre bird Vedr and the eagle were looking at his antics with disdain.

And without a doubt, Dane’s behavior was not a pleasant sight for Thrud, who was coming to pick up Elsie.

A tall, silver-haired man. And a giant chicken (not).

Except for the fact that he wasn’t shirtless, everything matched the characteristics of the rumors that Thrud found so amusing.

That existence was now in front of Elsie.

“Kyaaaa!”

Thrud, letting out an uncharacteristic scream, charged forward.

“Elsie… then Orabeoni will be waiting at home. But before that, just one more hug-”

Fist of the Heart!

“Ptooey-!”

_Boom- Crash-_

“???”

Dane, suddenly struck by Thrud, flew away, breaking through the wall.

“Elsie! Run away!”

“Huh?”

Elsie, her wrist grabbed by Thrud, was dragged away.

Doyun, who had been watching the scene in a daze, hesitated for a moment before chasing after Elsie.

“Thrud! Stop!”

The nameless eagle, trudging towards the collapsed wall in the street, looked down at Dane.

[Your sister has made some very good friends… They protect her so devotedly.]

Dane, receiving Vedr’s soulless consolation, stood up and dusted off his clothes.

“…What kind of place is the Main Academy?”

He could understand this much, given the way the rumors about him had spread.

However, he was starting to wonder a little after that blow.

What kind of academy life was Elsie leading?

*

The Fist of the Heart reads the sincerity engraved in the heart of the target.

As Thrud ran with Elsie, Dane’s emotions began to flood in.

It was the moment when Thrud, who had stopped for a moment, was about to look at Elsie and ask her worriedly.

“Elsie, are you okay?! Did he do anything weird to you?!”

Zzzzz-

A dizzying shock, as if lightning had struck her head. An unimaginable flood of emotions rushed into her mind.

“Hey, what’s wrong?!”

Elsie, panicked by Thrud’s trembling and clutching her head, shook her.

Beloved Elsie. I’m glad you survived. I’m relieved. I’m proud of you. You’ve grown up wonderfully.

I’m worried about you being alone. I wish you would call me Orabeoni again. You’re so cute I could die.

ElsieElsieElsieElsieElsieElsieElsie-

“?!?!”

It was a tremendous storm of emotions.

So much so that she was about to sympathize with his desperate feelings.

Thrud, who had been panting for a moment, looked up at Elsie.

“Why are you suddenly like that?!”

“E-Elsie. Be careful of that weirdo… He likes you so much, unbelievably so.”

“Oh…”

“How does he even know your name? It’s the first time I’ve ever read such intense feelings.”

“He’s… my family.”

“What?!”

Elsie squeezed her eyes shut.

She had no choice but to explain to Thrud, whom she often interacted with. She also had to clear up the misunderstanding.

“O, O…”

“O?”

“O- Orabeoni or something…”

“Aha?”

So, the panty-snatching weirdo was Elsie’s Hyung! It was the moment Thrud’s questions were answered.

“…Did you understand?”

“Of course!”

Elsie, glaring at Thrud with distrustful eyes, sighed.

Then, another question arose, and Thrud grabbed Elsie’s head and began to smell the top of her head.

“Wh-what are you doing?!”

Elsie, struggling against Thrud’s behavior, belatedly asked Han Doyun for help.

However, there was no way he could stand up to Thrud’s determined strength. Doyun could only shake his head with a pitiful expression.

“Elsie, did you change your shampoo? This isn’t… the usual Elsie…”

“What are you, a dog?! How do you know that?”

“This is…”

Thrud, thinking about something, began to glare at Han Doyun with a terrifying look.

“Eep…”

Doyun sensed that things were going wrong as Thrud beckoned him to come closer.

‘This is bad. If Thrud finds out about what happened yesterday…’

Wouldn’t the same future as Dane be waiting for him?

However, there was no way to escape. It was useless even if he didn’t reveal it himself.

If she just asked Elsie, the innocent Elsie would spill everything to Thrud.

Doyun took heavy steps like a prisoner facing execution.

…

“Why does Elsie smell like the same shampoo as you?”

Empty, cold eyes. Doyun flinched and stepped back.

It was Elsie who answered Thrud’s question in his place.

“Ah, that’s a bit of a long story.”

“…Tell me.”

A bright way to school.

A long story began.

At the end of that story was Han Doyun, ascending to the sky after being hit by the Fist of the Heart.