I Became the Academy’s Female Delinquent Chapter 15. Confirmation

Thrud and Doyun were startled by Elsie suddenly clutching her chest and collapsing, and they rushed to her side.

Just moments ago, they’d thought she was up to some strange antics, seeing her grasp at something in the air, but now her condition seemed serious.

“Elsie!”

“Hah, ha… You’re early today.”

“What, what’s wrong?! Are you hurt?”

Thrud, flustered, tried to support Elsie. Her golden eyes were wide with worry.

“It’s nothing like that, so don’t make a fuss. I just ran a little… fast.”

“You clutched your chest from running a little fast? Are you kidding me?”

“I was incredibly fast, okay? You can’t even imagine. Haa… I’ll show you properly next time.”

“Elsie! Don’t joke around! You look seriously ill!”

It was just a bit of staggering from overexertion, but they were overly concerned.

Suddenly!

“Hick!”

Did she have a habit of hugging when flustered? Elsie was horrified by Thrud’s sudden embrace without warning.

Squish—

“Let go, let go! You’re touching! No, you touched! You goddamn—”

Ever since she realized that what she had on her chest wasn’t exactly average-sized, she had been even more wary of this hopeless skinship monster.

After explaining in detail that she was perfectly fine, Elsie finally managed to escape Thrud’s grasp.

“Haa… If I ever catch a cold, she’ll probably carry me on her back.”

Dusting herself off, Elsie left Thrud behind and approached Doyun, nudging his shoulder.

“What brings you here today?”

“I got dragged here on the way…”

Doyun glanced at Thrud with a slightly aggrieved expression.

He shook his head at Thrud, who was crossing her arms and glaring at him as if to say, “What can you do about it?”

“Aren’t you going to get a bad reputation for walking to school with us again? Like last time…”

Doyun’s face flushed slightly at Elsie’s words, and he shook his head in denial.

“It’s not like that, so don’t worry about it. There’s also the teacher’s request to Thrud to take care of you.”

Being around such conspicuous girls like Elsie and Thrud was bound to attract attention. People who didn’t know the situation often gave him jealous looks, but what did it matter?

“Anyway, I don’t dislike it. Well, being grabbed and dragged by Thrud every time we go to school is a bit much… but I have to fulfill my responsibilities.”

“You have an unnecessarily diligent side to you.”

“What, Han Doyun! You’ve been pretending to hate picking Elsie up on the way to school all this time? You just didn’t want to go out of your way?”

“No, I really don’t like having to go out of my way. If you hadn’t dragged me here today…”

As usual, Elsie arrived at the academy bickering, naturally hiding behind Thrud.

“Elsie, you’re really something else.”

Thrud turned around with a weary expression.

“Sh, shut up! It’s only been a few days since that insane commute! I’m mortified!”

The legendary butt-sprinting incident was still being talked about. Elsie felt her mental strength draining whenever she heard the story being brought up somewhere.

“Great butt, amazing. That’s all anyone said, you know? No one said anything bad. Don’t be so embarrassed.”

“Wow, that’s not comforting at all. Amazing. But don’t forget that you’re the one who spread the rumor, Thrud?”

Thrud gave an awkward laugh and patted Elsie’s head.

Doyun quietly nodded, unnoticed by anyone.

‘It was quite a sight.’

“L, let’s just get to class quickly.”

Elsie, annoyed by Thrud’s rare trembling voice, shot a rapidly charged heat ray from her eyes.

Zhiing—!!

A thin golden heat ray was emitted.

“Eep!”

And for some reason, at Doyun as well.

Zhiing—!

“Waaah! Why, why me?!”

“I don’t know, but I felt something incredibly creepy. So… just because?”

“……”

Doyun had no retort for Elsie, who was wearing a disgruntled expression. It was truly a terrifying intuition.

As the attention of those around them gathered, Elsie, her face flushed with embarrassment, quickly shrank back. Thanks to this, Thrud and Doyun were able to quickly get Elsie to the classroom.

Laughing at the contradictory situation where this wild child’s only weakness was her shyness.

Reginleif greeted them with her usual suspicious smile. For some reason, she took Elsie’s hand and welcomed her.

“Elsie! I’m so glad you came today! Your teacher is happy that you’re attending school so diligently!”

“Hiyak…!”

Their hands met. Elsie’s heart fluttered at the soft, warm sensation.

Meanwhile, the jewel on the bracelet on Reginleif’s wrist began to emit a faint white light.

“Oh? The jewel is reacting?”

“Pardon?”

“…It’s nothing. Elsie, would you hold this for a moment?”

Reginleif opened her eyes slightly and offered something to Elsie. It was a rectangular, translucent jewel with a gold frame.

Reginleif’s purple eyes gleamed slightly eerily.

“Yes… I guess I can handle that much.”

As Elsie held it, the translucent jewel turned white and emitted a soft glow.

“It’s really reacting…”

“What do you mean by reacting?”

“I needed to confirm something as your homeroom teacher. It seems Elsie does have Aesir blood.”

“Pardon?”

“It means you’re from Asgard. Anyway, now that I’ve confirmed it, you can go back to your seats.”

“…?”

Elsie gaped at Reginleif’s bewildering behavior before returning to her seat with Thrud and Doyun.

“What, what is it, Elsie?”

“I don’t know either. Han Doyun, do you know what that is?”

“I’ve never seen it before either… what is that?”

The three of them whispered as they moved to their respective seats, unable to understand the meaning of Reginleif’s actions. Student information should be recorded.

‘Was she checking if I’m from Asgard? Why?’

Elsie felt an inexplicable unease as she recalled Reginleif’s half-opened purple eyes.

In the game, Reginleif had a strong image as a mastermind plotting something. So, her inexplicable actions were bound to be unsettling.

Whether Elsie was worried or not, Reginleif clapped her hands as if nothing had happened, changing the atmosphere.

“Now, this may be sudden, but… it’s magic class today! We’ve invited a very talented professor from outside!”

“Huh… suddenly? Magic class, which we haven’t had for days?”

“…Magic?”

Elsie tilted her head, hearing Thrud’s dissatisfied voice from the next seat.

‘Magic is actually a subject in the curriculum?’

It was an unfamiliar sound to Elsie, who had only been in this other world’s academy for five days.

‘The magic I saw in the game didn’t feel real, probably because it was a game…’

So, Elsie was a little excited.

To actually see magic in real life.

It was a bizarre feat close to magic that she could draw on and wield the abilities of a game character. But strictly speaking, Elsie wasn’t a magic-type character, so it didn’t count.

‘I’m more of a warrior. So is Thrud, and so is Han Doyun. The other Valkyries in this class are a bit different from mages.’

The other Valkyries of the Aesir Saga, whom she had yet to meet. Elsie thought of the two Valkyries among them who were skilled in magic.

‘Ölrún… Göndul…’

Could they be somewhere in the academy too?

Elsie briefly recalled the Valkyries she had faced in the game.

Before long, she shifted her gaze to the old gentleman who was entering the classroom, guided by Reginleif.

A well-groomed gray beard covering his mouth and chin. He was an old gentleman wearing a calm, light brown robe embroidered with simple triangular patterns. He stood tall on the platform.

“Greetings. I am Hárbarðr, and I will be giving you a special lecture on magic as a visiting professor.”

After a moment of silence, he looked around at the students, his gaze lingering for a long time near Thrud and Elsie.

“I believe the original schedule was for weapons training, but it has been unavoidably postponed to the next session. I feel sorry for Mr. Hildebrand.”

After a brief introduction, Hárbarðr turned his head slightly and exchanged glances with Reginleif.

Reginleif nodded. She soon turned her gaze and looked straight at Elsie.

“The jewel reacted properly.”

Reginleif held the accessory that she had asked Elsie to hold.

Then, as with Elsie, the jewel began to emit a faint white light.

“At least it’s not a fake.”

The old gentleman nodded as if he understood.

The situation suddenly took a strange turn, and the students who had been welcoming the visiting professor couldn’t help but be bewildered.

“Teacher?”

Thrud stood up and asked, but Reginleif only gave a cryptic smile.

“Don’t worry. I was just checking something before the professor’s class started.”

“What, what is it?”

Reginleif smiled and remained silent, only looking at Elsie.

“I mean, what is it?”

Following her gaze, the students’ attention naturally turned to Elsie.

Elsie, whose condition worsened due to the sudden attention, flinched and hiccuped.

“Hic! Wh, what is it… It’s, it’s embarrassing…”

A few people would be fine, but this kind of collective attention was still difficult. Since it wasn’t a situation where she could ignore the focused gazes, Elsie’s voice quickly trailed off.

The students chuckled at the sight.

“It’s rare for someone’s personality to change after losing their memory.”

However, Hárbarðr, who had been silent, opened his mouth.

“Therefore, we need to verify. Since they are precious students of our academy… Teacher Reginleif.”

Hárbarðr struck the floor heavily with the ash wood staff he was holding.

Thump!

At the same time, Reginleif activated her ability.

Weapon Summon: Chains of Binding, Leyding.

Chrararara—!

The rune chains that Reginleif had used in the previous commotion appeared.

The Leyding, chains of binding that erupted from her body, quickly stretched out, blocking the exits of the classroom.

The surroundings were being wrapped in chains, cutting off any escape routes.

A situation reminiscent of a raid boss fight.

Elsie naturally couldn’t help but feel tense.

“Well then. Students, let’s begin the lesson.”

But the opponent wasn’t Reginleif.

The visiting professor, the old gentleman Hárbarðr, once again struck the floor with his staff.

Thump!

The space began to distort, centered around the tip of the staff that struck the floor.

Soon, everything expanded as if engulfed in a pitch-black fog.

An expanding black space.

It wasn’t a feeling of being sucked in, but rather the space itself being reversed.

And just like that, the classroom had completely transformed into a different space.

“What?!” “Ah!”

The students were thrown into confusion by the sudden change in environment.

They had never even heard of a magic class where the space itself was reversed.

The environment had transformed into a terrain resembling a vast gorge with a waterfall cascading down.

From afar, the scent of the forest rode on the wind.

It was as if the terrain was changing as they entered a raid.

Elsie’s heart pounded as she surveyed her surroundings.

‘This is on a completely different level from the magic in the game?’

“Elsie!”

Thrud, who had been looking around, found Elsie and ran over.

It was a situation where anything could happen.

Even if all of this was part of the lesson, it was necessary to be cautious.

“Thrud! Come closer!”

“O-Okay!”

“No, don’t cling to me!”

Elsie pushed away Thrud, who was clinging to her, and surveyed the students.

Han Doyun, who was far away, was being cautious with his two friends who he often hung out with.

Eir and Radgrid were hiding.

“What on earth is going on?”

“Magic, isn’t it?”

“I’ve never even heard of magic like this before? Reversing space…”

It seemed difficult to expect any magical knowledge from Thrud.

But at least she would be better than herself, whose knowledge of this world was limited to game settings.

‘If that’s the case, then this isn’t a typical magic class at the academy… What is Reginleif and that old geezer up to?’

What was the gaze directed at her, and what exactly were they trying to confirm?

‘They checked if I had Æsir blood or something… What are they up to?’

While Elsie was pondering, the situation began to escalate even further.

Kugung!

“What is that!” “Kyaa!”

A massive lump fell into the valley where the students were trapped.

The impact sent out intense tremors.

In the meantime, Reginleif and Hárbarðr had disappeared.

A bizarrely wriggling black mass.

Elsie felt an indescribable aura from it.

This was no ordinary class.

“That’s…!”

The black mass began to raise its body, which had been crouching as if it was deeply unpleasant.

The students were overwhelmed by the enormous size that was revealed.

“N-No way! Until just now, it was definitely a classroom!”

Someone’s scream was close to a cry of despair.

But this situation was not a dream.

The unimaginable behemoth looming over the valley began to look down at the bewildered students.

Yellow pupils split vertically.

Thick scales that gleamed like steel on a black body.

Relatively small wings compared to the thick, massive body spread out threateningly.

[Krawaack—!!]

“Dragon…”

The curse of the gorge,

The Black Dragon Urmiz began to roar.