I Became the Academy’s Female Delinquent Chapter 67. Bifrost

Elsie marveled as she arrived at the central Bifrost platform of Glitnir, the largest of its kind.

Kiiiiing-!

Space cracked, and the Bifrost, hidden outside the reality of the universe, began to reveal itself.

A hyperspace gate emitting seven colors of energy appeared.

It was on a different scale than the small, makeshift Bifrost that Ratatoskr used.

Crack-

To hold the temporarily opened Bifrost in place, the roots of the World Tree rose from the floor.

Elsie gaped as the large gate, wrapped in tree roots, was completed.

‘It was just an ordinary gate in the Aesir Saga…’

Elsie brushed her hair back, recalling the moment she had gotten lost and mistakenly entered the Bifrost platform in the early days of her possession.

If it had been this massive, like this central platform, she wouldn’t have been mistaken.

Perhaps because it also served as Midgard’s largest trading city, various races were bustling about on the platform.

People glanced at Elsie, who was looking around with a curious expression.

“That person is a frost giant… that person is… a wind giant? Oh…”

As she looked up at the giants, whose sizes varied greatly, some of them waved at Elsie as they passed by.

Elsie waved back and smiled gently.

Elsie left the staggering giants behind and hurried on.

Just as she was about to reach the meeting point, she was blocked by a group of dwarves.

These dwarves, called Dvergr, were born in Svartalfheim and were greedy beings who couldn’t resist beautiful things.

“Noona, where are you going? Play with us!”

“N-Noona…?”

Elsie was surrounded by tiny dwarf children who didn’t even reach her waist.

The dwarf children, both girls and boys, were looking up at Elsie with sparkling eyes.

“This Unni is so, so pretty!”

“Yeah! Mom will fall in love at first sight too!”

“U-Unni?!”

Elsie panicked and fidgeted.

The dwarf children were staring at Elsie as if she were a work of art, maintaining a certain distance.

‘What is going on…’

The dwarf children gathered, and the atmosphere became chaotic, naturally drawing the attention of those around them.

Elsie, who was starting to feel nervous, flinched and looked around with an uneasy expression.

“Hic…”

A dwarf girl spoke to Elsie, who was wiggling her fingers.

“Unni, are you from here?”

“Uh, I don’t think so…?”

“You’re not? Where are you from?”

“…Asgard?”

The children hesitated for a moment at the word Asgard, then exclaimed in admiration and took a step closer to Elsie.

“Wow- a kind Asgard Unni!”

Elsie crouched down, feeling overwhelmed by the strangely pleased gazes of the people passing by, not to mention the dwarf children.

Then she asked the girl who had asked her the question.

“W-What is a kind Asgard person?”

“Mom said that there are many pretty and kind people in Asgard, but there are also many nasty people who live for their own sake!”

“Hmm…”

Elsie patted the dwarf girl’s head lightly and made an embarrassed expression.

‘What is Asgard like?’

The evaluation of Asgard from a child’s mouth was extreme.

It was hard to empathize since she had never been there, but thinking of the people in her family who had tried to kill her, she certainly didn’t have a good impression of Asgard.

An overbearing and aristocratic image that valued bloodline and ability.

That was the image Elsie had of Asgard.

‘But thinking about Dane, it doesn’t seem like everyone is like that…’

Elsie smiled awkwardly and stood up.

“Um… well, Unni has to go now? I have to go to the meeting place.”

Elsie, who was in trouble if she was held back any longer, stepped back and waved to the children.

The children, who were so impressed with Elsie that they were almost enamored, waved back enthusiastically.

“Ha, haha…”

*

Around the time Elsie entered the Bifrost platform.

Doyun, who had accidentally spotted Elsie from the plaza, had somehow naturally started following her.

Doyun, who was happily watching Elsie looking around with a curious expression, realized once again how noticeable she was.

Elsie was capturing people’s attention even more than the seven-colored Bifrost.

‘What will she be like in Nóatún…’

The moment he had witnessed Elsie in her swimsuit flashed through his mind.

His face turned red, and he continued to steal glances at Elsie as he followed her.

Elsie, who had made several giants stagger with a light wave and a smiling face, was quickly heading to the meeting place.

Then Elsie was surrounded by dwarf children.

Dvergr, who were crazy about beautiful things.

Among them, curious children couldn’t just pass Elsie by.

Perhaps because of the chaotic atmosphere caused by the children, the attention of those around them began to focus on Elsie.

‘I have to help.’

If she was surrounded by children and the attention of those around her was focused on her, Elsie’s personality would definitely make her shrink and freeze.

However, contrary to Doyun’s worries, Elsie crouched down and lightly patted the head of the dwarf girl who had approached her.

Elsie’s gentle smile towards the children.

Doyun froze at her kind smile, which he had never seen before.

Does she like children?

She had never shown such a kind smile when she was with him or Thrud.

His heart pounded at Elsie’s fresh smile.

*

Elsie, who arrived at the meeting place in the corner of the platform, found Thrud waving at her.

“Elsie, over here!”

“Everyone’s already here?”

The classmates were gathered, laughing and chatting.

“Now we just need Doyun and Eir… Oh, what, did you come with Doyun?”

“Huh?”

Elsie tilted her head and turned around, and Doyun was walking over from a few meters away.

“What, since when…?”

He seemed to have a red face every time she saw him, and he waved to Elsie and Thrud.

“…Hello.”

“If you were behind us, you should have said something.”

“…I didn’t know it was you.”

“…?”

Elsie, who briefly gave Doyun, who seemed nervous, a puzzled look, lost interest and looked at the Bifrost in front of her.

That gate, entangled in the large roots of Yggdrasil, was the Bifrost they would be using this time.

Elsie swallowed hard and looked a little uneasy.

‘A portal connecting dimensions and space… Bifrost.’

Elsie looked at the Bifrost with complicated feelings.

Someone tapped her on the shoulder.

“Hello, Elsie.”

It was the twin sisters Radgrid and Randgrid, with their impressive navy blue hair.

“Hello.”

Radgrid, who smiled slightly, and Randgrid, who was chewing on candy with a blank face, passed by.

After that, with Eir, who arrived last, the number of people was complete, and Thrud began to move to check the number of people as the class president.

“I’ll be back.”

Elsie, whose back felt cool as Thrud, who had been clinging to her, left, waved her hand and sent her off.

“Are we going to Nóatún in one go on that…?”

And she quietly muttered the question she had been asking herself.

“I heard that’s not the case.”

Doyun, who was next to Elsie, answered her question.

Elsie looked up at Doyun and gave him a look asking for an explanation.

“Um… you remember that the Bifrost is basically a bridge that connects the Nine Worlds, right?”

Elsie nodded at Doyun’s question.

She knew that much. It was the same in the Aesir Saga.

“Basically, since it’s a hyperspace that connects worlds, small-scale Bifrosts that connect cities are rare.”

“Then what is that?”

“It must be a special case that occurs temporarily.”

Elsie, who looked at the Frost again with a fresh expression, recalled the rude letter carrier Ratatoskr.

It wasn’t a temporary condition like a summoning skill, and the damn squirrel who jumped through hyperspace at will felt a little amazing, even though it was annoying.

Elsie, who had a lot of questions, pulled on Doyun’s sleeve to get his attention.

“Have you ever ridden that?”

Doyun, who was surprised when Elsie pulled on his sleeve, stroked the back of his neck and answered hesitantly.

“Uh, uh… yeah. I haven’t had many opportunities to cross worlds, so it was only a few times.”

“Oh… what’s it like? What does it feel like?”

His face turned red as Elsie urged him.

At this point, Elsie was worried that there might be a problem with his blood circulation.

“W-Well, it’s different for everyone… I think I just felt a little ticklish.”

“Ticklish?”

A portal that feels ticklish to ride.

Elsie tilted her eyebrows with an absurd expression.

That’s when it happened.

“What are you two doing together!”

Thrud, who had finished checking the number of people and returned, stomped over and clung to Elsie.

Elsie’s back started to feel hot again as she rubbed against her as if asking to be included.

“Ah, it’s hot.”

“Cute.”

“Tsk…”

How long had it been?

Reginleif, who suddenly appeared, walked out in front of the students.

“Everyone’s here? Well, shall we get started?”

The Bifrost to Nóatún, which had been created for the first time in five years.

However, because of its small size, each class would depart sequentially.

Reginleif, who had confidently won the opportunity to depart first through a ladder game, led the students with an excited face.

On her back was a large bag fixed with chains of restraint.

“Wow… the teacher seems to be planning to enjoy it properly…”

“…”

Elsie, looking at Reginleif, only looked down at her own small bag at Thrud’s exclamation.

Was there that much to pack? She didn’t know.

“Okay! Everyone! Go into the Bifrost! We’re not going straight to Nóatún, so don’t get excited and wander around when you arrive!”

Reginleif’s appearance, which was more excited than the students, was not convincing.

One by one, the students disappeared into the Bifrost.

The portal, which emitted seven colors of light every time someone entered, rippled and shook the space.

“Let’s go in too.”

Elsie quickly shook her head at Thrud’s words.

“Wait, wait a minute! Let me prepare myself…”

Elsie, who had only experienced portals in games and movies, not the Elsie from this world, was very nervous.

Perhaps sensing Elsie’s feelings.

Thrud and Doyun looked at each other for a moment and smiled meaningfully.

“What, what’s wrong… why are you doing that…”

The two grabbed Elsie’s arms as she hesitated and stepped back.

“People riding the Bifrost for the first time always act like cowards.”

“W-Who are you calling a coward!”

“Hmph-”

Thrud looked down at Elsie with a teasing expression.

Even Doyun, whose face was red, was chuckling in a voice that could barely be heard.

Elsie, who was annoyed, shook off the arms that were holding her and started to rush towards the Bifrost, huffing and puffing.

“T-This is nothing!”

Elsie knew her weaknesses well.

That’s why she wasn’t afraid of portals like this. Probably.

‘Who’s scared of something that everyone else is riding?!’

The only things that could scare her were unknown things that she couldn’t identify, or something grotesque and huge.

Elsie couldn’t be stopped unless it was something that people would naturally be afraid of.

“Uwaaaaa!”

Elsie disappeared into the Bifrost with a determined shout.

Thrud and Doyun, who were watching it quietly, seemed to realize something and quickly followed her.

Kiiiing-!

With a strange sound that tore through space, a vast world unfolded before Elsie’s eyes.

The magnificent universe adorned with stars momentarily seized her vision and disappeared.

Numerous elongated starlight drew a single line and guided Elsie.

She couldn’t tell if she was moving forward or standing still in the air.

In the ambiguous sensation, the only thing that was certain was the beautifully stretched, radiant starlight.

“Heuh-”

Is this what it feels like to pass through the Bifrost, which transcends time and space and even divides dimensions?

Feeling a sensation that was hard to express, Elsie saw many illusions.

The appearance of her longed-for hometown.

Elsie’s abused appearance.

Images flashed by in a jumble.

Finally, even her own appearance running towards somewhere.

_Paaat-!_

White light flashed before her eyes, and at the same time, reality began to return.

She felt herself standing on solid ground.

She had arrived at another platform on the other side of the Bifrost.

And…

“Ugh…”

Elsie grabbed her aching waist and knelt down, gagging.

The numerous illusions she had seen while passing through the Bifrost.

She couldn’t forget what she had seen at the end.

At the end of the blurry illusion, she was running towards someone, somewhere.

Towards someone holding a sharply honed sword that emitted a chillingly cold light.

Doyun and Thrud, who had belatedly emerged from the Bifrost, panicked and helped Elsie up.

What on earth had she seen?

It was unpleasant.

“Damn it…”

If she had such an unpleasant experience every time she used the Bifrost, she would rather not use it.

Elsie, who put strength into the hand holding her waist, passed Thrud and looked at Doyun.

Who was the last version of herself running towards?

No, there was no need to worry about meaningless illusions.

All she had to do now was curse that damn portal with the worst ride.

“I feel bad…”

Elsie decided that she would have to relieve this dirty feeling in a beautiful city with a view of the sea.