I Became the Academy’s Female Delinquent Chapter 58. What Must Be Accepted (2)

Inventory open.

“Nullification Shield, Brigða Skjǫldr. Shield of El Cid summon.”

Whoong!

A dark blue circular shield with elaborate rune decorations and a golden shield shaped like a fierce dragon appeared.

Elsie quietly looked down at the two shields.

In Aesir Saga, due to system limitations, it was impossible to equip and use more equipment than the designated slots.

For example, summoning shields in pairs like now would prevent the use of weapons.

“This is also a shield I got from an event, but its performance wasn’t bad.”

Elsie stroked the golden, shimmering Shield of El Cid with her hand and picked it up.

Both pieces of equipment were shields with excellent defensive capabilities.

Clang!

Elsie activated the equipment function of the shields.

Then, the two shields vibrated and stuck to Elsie’s front and back.

The Shield of El Cid with the golden dragon shimmering on the front. The dark blue Brigða Skjǫldr on the back, positioned like a turtle shell.

Elsie, equipped with the two shields like large armor on her front and back, grinned.

The shields fixed by the shield equipment function would not fall off.

That meant she could feel considerable stability, protected from both front and back.

‘The appearance might be a bit ridiculous… but who cares.’

It was a trump card to deal with the uneasy feeling that subtly gnawed at her mental strength and the abnormal condition of her body.

“Turtle Mode!”

Elsie shouted timidly.

It was the moment when the dual shield, which had been a pillar of the personality-destroying build in Aesir Saga, reappeared.

In a more vicious form because there were no equipment slot restrictions.

Doyun and Thrud could only stare with somewhat bewildered expressions at Elsie’s rather unsightly appearance, hanging large shields on her front and back.

“Elsie… do you really have to do that?”

“I feel a little more comfortable doing this. Haa… good…”

“….”

What was she feeling anxious and sensitive about today? Doyun couldn’t understand.

‘Thrud seemed to notice something different…’

What could it be? Did Thrud have something that allowed her to empathize with Elsie?

Thrud glanced back at Doyun and approached Elsie, who had transformed into a shield monster, and whispered.

“Elsie, Elsie…”

“What is it again… what trick are you trying to pull…”

“A trick? I’m worried about you.”

Thrud, sensing that Elsie’s anxiety had manifested in the form of shields, stood in front of her and said.

“Let’s go to the infirmary together later.”

“…Why? Are you sick somewhere?”

“Oh, geez. You’re the one who’s sick. No, it’s more accurate to say it’s natural rather than sick…”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. Well… my body doesn’t feel the same as usual…”

Thrud shook her head with a look of exasperation. Then, she pressed down on Elsie’s forehead, which was peeking out from above the large shields.

“Haa… this amnesiac innocent really…”

Elsie tilted her eyebrows with an expression that she couldn’t understand what was happening to her body, even though it was happening to her.

Looking at her, she was worried about the future.

‘I can already picture how shocked she’ll be if I tell her that she has to go through this every month…’

How would this child accept the physical and mental changes that appear in her body, not someone else’s, in a situation where she has no basic knowledge at all?

“Hiding your body with shields won’t solve anything. Make sure you go later.”

“Don’t you know how crazy a dual shield setup is? Do you know how relieved I am right now?”

“I feel like I’m going crazy looking at you, so put it away.”

“….”

In the end, Elsie didn’t take off Turtle Mode. She had her own stubbornness.

Elsie’s unusual appearance, entering the academy with shields attached to her front and back, leaving only her face exposed. Soon, many eyes gathered.

But Elsie wasn’t going to succumb to such things today.

The psychological stability provided by Turtle Mode was that great.

‘It’s a little annoying that it’s bothersome every time my chest shakes, but this much is okay…’

Elsie couldn’t figure out what was happening to her chest.

However, she stopped thinking about it because she knew that thinking about it wouldn’t lead to any answers.

“Hey… look over there…”

“Oh my goodness…”

“Her face is shining today too.”

“That’s not the important thing. What is that look…”

“She looks uncomfortable today, so don’t bother looking at her… You’ll get tired if you get involved.”

The surrounding students glanced at Elsie, who had become a walking shield human.

Thanks to the various incidents that Elsie had caused at the academy over the past few weeks, she was able to shed the stigma of being called ‘Ass Girl’.

It was the result Elsie had wanted, but… judging from the reactions of the surrounding students, it was a bit doubtful whether it had changed in a positive direction.

“Huh…?”

Elsie, who was passing by, turned her head and looked at the students when she heard her name mentioned among the whispering students.

Then, the startled students gave awkward smiles and quickly left the scene.

“…Why are they like that?”

“Look at your appearance. Do you think they wouldn’t run away?”

Elsie tilted her head at Thrud’s words, tapping the shield.

“What’s wrong with this?”

“Well… no. It’s okay if it makes you feel a little better, considering things might get tougher in the future.”

Elsie narrowed her brows and looked up at Thrud. What was she talking about since earlier?

“Do I look weird to you too?”

Elsie asked Doyun, who was next to her.

Then, Doyun scanned Elsie up and down and scratched the back of his neck, saying.

“Um… why are you suddenly dressed like that?”

“It makes me feel safe because I feel properly protected? And it started to hurt a little every time I shook.”

Having said that, Elsie pulled the Shield of El Cid, which was fixed in front of her, even closer.

Using the handle part of the shield on the inside, Elsie rested her chest on it and continued triumphantly.

“If I put it on like this… it gets a little more comfortable.”

Of course, Doyun, who couldn’t see the process at all because it was hidden by the shield, still had a clueless expression on his face.

“It hurts every time you shake? What…?”

So he asked again. The subject was omitted, so Elsie’s explanation was not understood.

Elsie narrowed her eyes and avoided his gaze for a moment.

She brushed her hair back and tapped the inside of the shield meaninglessly, then stammered.

“…There, there is such a thing!”

Doyun, who couldn’t understand at all, started to persistently ask, and Elsie blushed and shouted.

“There, there is such a thing! Damn it! It’s good that you don’t have them!”

Doyun could only watch Elsie, who was huffing and walking ahead.

Because her waddling appearance, with shields attached to her front and back, was quite cute.

Thrud nudged Doyun’s side with her elbow and said.

“You’re not doing that on purpose, are you?”

“What, what?”

“…Never mind if you don’t know. Anyway, don’t tease Elsie too much today. There might be more sensitive days coming?”

Thrud tapped his shoulder and ran after Elsie.

Doyun, left standing blankly, muttered as he looked at Elsie’s receding back.

“More sensitive than today…? That’s…”

Thinking that it might be a little scary.

Time passed.

Elsie, who had turned the weapons class upside down, sniffled as she touched a large bump on her head.

“Elsie. How can you just knock everyone down with only a shield in weapons class? Hildebrand is going to lose all his hair because of you.”

“But, but… the teacher said to try it if I could…”

Hildebrand, the homeroom teacher of the neighboring class who took over the academy restoration duties from Reginleif, and the weapons teacher.

He had been literally out of his mind for the past few weeks, cleaning up the various accidents that had occurred during class.

There was no doubt that Elsie was at the center of all those accidents, and because of that, his worries only deepened.

It was the same today.

He scolded Elsie, who had participated in the class with shields wrapped around her, and soon made a provocation that she wouldn’t be able to do anything with just a shield.

As if responding to that provocation, Elsie, who was quite prickly today, showed…

‘I’ll block and hit, so you just get hit.’

Elsie’s so-called Turtle Mode exceeded everyone’s expectations and achieved results beyond imagination.

Many students were swept away because they could not cope with the strategy of blocking and hitting, which was at a level where their personality was shattered.

‘Y, yikes, you scoundrel-!!!’

Hildebrand’s screams still seemed to ring in her ears.

Elsie, who had devastated the weapons class with a simple strategy of shield rushing, was subdued after being hit with Thrud’s common sense injection headbutt.

That’s how it came to this.

Elsie, who was being dragged away by Thrud with her nape grabbed, shed tears and touched her head.

It hurt, but she felt sad. And because she felt sad, tears started to flow.

Her emotional swings were more severe than usual. Even while being aware of it, Elsie was swept away by the emotion and cried quietly.

“Hng… hng… hng…”

The tears of a beauty who captivated people’s eyes as if they were possessed.

Everyone wore worried expressions at the pitiful sight.

They couldn’t take their eyes off Elsie being dragged away.

‘She caused another accident…’

Everyone was thinking the same thing.