I Became the Academy’s Female Delinquent Chapter 68. Organizing the Path

Five years since the Bifrost connected Glitnir and the vicinity of Nóatún.

Elsie, who had moved to a small city near Nóatún via it, used a carriage that had been arranged in advance.

The somewhat unpleasant feeling from the aftereffects of the Bifrost was fleeting.

A carriage running along a wide road, an open sky, and clear air.

Reginleif kept emphasizing that it was an experiential and educational extracurricular activity, but it was such a smooth journey that it could easily be called a vacation.

Yes, a smooth journey.

_Thwack!_

As Elsie threw a punch, a man who had completely covered his face with a hood and mask went flying.

“Smooth my foot!”

No sooner had she retracted her fist than she sensed a presence from behind.

Without hesitation, she emitted a flash of light from her body.

Pure Strike!

With a flash of light, another assailant who had been ambushing her from behind was struck by Elsie’s fist and sent flying.

“Kuheck-!”

“Oh, right. Is this also part of the extracurricular activity? The academy is amazing…!”

Even as she said it, Elsie was so dumbfounded that a burst of hollow laughter escaped her, and a blunt weapon flew fiercely towards her.

_Swoosh-!_

Elsie’s eyes narrowed.

Spin Evasion.

Her body, which had accelerated and rotated at the moment of impact, allowed the attack to pass right through.

The force absorbed by the Spin Evasion was so insignificant that she barely noticed it.

Enemies of this level weren’t even worth using skills on.

Elsie sighed and unleashed a refreshing kick, crushing the bandit’s weapon.

Immediately following with a clean straight punch, the bandit clutched his stomach and crashed into a nearby tree.

‘To be attacked by bandits while traveling in a carriage… I’m so dumbfounded, really…’

_Clatter-!_

Chains flew and began to wrap around the fallen bandits.

“I heard rumors that there were vicious bandits committing robbery and murder on this nearby road… I never thought they would target the academy’s carriage.”

Reginleif approached Elsie, binding the fallen bandits one by one.

“Robbery and murder? Ugh…”

Was the security in this area so terrible?

Elsie, disgusted by Reginleif’s explanation, looked around with a repulsed expression.

The bandits seemed to have picked the wrong opponents today.

Elsie scanned the bandits being smashed by the academy students here and there with a lukewarm gaze.

Thinking about it differently, it was fortunate that they attacked, allowing them to be rounded up in one fell swoop.

As Elsie was thinking this, Doyun came into her view.

Confronting a group of bandits, he began to rampage with beast-like, fierce movements.

Precise swordsmanship without a single error flowed seamlessly.

The way he relentlessly cut down the bandits was not something he had done just once or twice.

‘He’s not ordinary after all…’

Reginleif, who seemed to be aware of Elsie’s concern for Doyun, opened her mouth with a meaningful look.

“Are you worried about Doyun?”

At her question, Elsie glanced at Reginleif for a moment.

Certainly, he was someone she was concerned about.

Starting with his appearance, which reminded her of her hometown, he possessed three powerful swords that she couldn’t help but be concerned about.

‘His skills are improving day by day, and considering the synergy with the swords he possesses, I still can’t gauge his full potential.’

After organizing her thoughts about Doyun internally, Elsie slowly nodded.

“Of course. I’m worried.”

“Oh my!”

At Elsie’s firm answer, Reginleif covered one cheek with her hand, her face flushed.

“…?”

Elsie, unable to understand her reaction, simply stared at her suspiciously.

“Do your best!”

“Uh, yes…?”

“Doyun seems to be surprisingly popular because he’s diligent?”

“Ah…?

Was it that there were many people who wanted to fight him? If so, it would be tiring in many ways.

Thinking that, Elsie nodded.

“He’s been quite noticed as a genius swordsman since he entered…”

“Oh…?”

Reginleif muttered and lightly patted Elsie’s shoulder, who was answering absentmindedly.

“Still, I think Elsie, if you set your mind to it, you could win him over in one go.”

Elsie, who had been quietly watching Reginleif winking while speaking meaningfully, raised one eyebrow.

Something… What was this feeling that the conversation didn’t seem to be meshing?

‘It must be my imagination.’

In the meantime, Thrud came running from afar, carrying the unconscious bandits on her back.

_Thud!_

She shook off the useless baggage and placed a number of bandits in front of Reginleif, then dusted off her hands.

_Clatter-!_

Without panicking, Reginleif mechanically used her chains to bind the bandits and began to pile them up next to the carriage.

“Elsie, you look bored.”

“It was less boring when I was riding in the carriage and looking at the scenery.”

Elsie, who yawned lightly, looked up at Thrud, who was smiling brightly.

“Well, it seems like things are roughly sorted out, so shall we wipe them out in one go?”

As if she had come up with a good idea, Thrud shook Elsie, her eyes shining.

“What are you going to do?”

“Hehe… I’ve come up with a fun and effective idea!”

Thrud, who let out a laugh that made her feel uneasy for some reason, jumped onto the carriage.

Then, she brought out Randgrid, who had been hiding in the carriage, munching on Muspelheim sun-dried jerky.

“Randgrid?!”

Had she been hiding in the carriage eating jerky all this time?

Elsie was rarely taken aback by her absurd gluttony and nonchalance.

Randgrid, slung over Thrud’s shoulder, nonchalantly munched on jerky with a blank expression.

“Elsie. You have to help too.”

“Huh…?”

As Elsie looked at Thrud with a puzzled expression, she began to explain her idea to Elsie.

…

“Ah, no way…”

“Great!”

Elsie, having heard Thrud’s explanation, stepped back in disgust, but Thrud, regardless, slung Elsie over her remaining shoulder.

“I said no!”

Thrud, carrying Elsie and Randgrid on both shoulders like cannons, approached Reginleif.

And when she explained the plan, the person who was supposed to be the homeroom teacher said-

“That’s an interesting idea? Skjaldmaer Cannon? I couldn’t have imagined such an idea in my time.”

“….”

Even Randgrid, who had been munching on jerky, was speechless at the absurd situation.

“I’m not a Skjaldmaer, I’m a Valkyrie…”

Thrud’s plan was simple.

To put Elsie and Randgrid, who could use Heat Ray Emission, on her shoulders and fire the rays to wipe out the remaining bandits.

‘Is this even a plan? Is this even a plan?’

If Thrud could control the recoil of the Heat Ray Emission with her own immense strength, a perfect human turret would be born.

Regardless of Elsie’s unwillingness, Thrud’s plan was quickly put into action.

“Everyone! Gather ’round!”

Thrud’s booming shout echoed across the road and plains.

Her loud shout was enough to make not only the students but even the bandits turn to look at Thrud.

Thrud, carrying Elsie and Randgrid on her shoulders, looked as solemn as a legendary hero.

“Th, Thrud’s going to do something!”

The students, feeling an unknown anxiety at her appearance, quickly retreated from the battle and gathered around the carriage.

The remaining bandits, who had been watching it blankly, did not miss the opportunity and began to flee.

And that was the last misjudgment of the bandits who had attacked, thinking it was just a carriage of ordinary travelers.

“Elsie! Randgrid! Get ready!”

“No, ha… fine.”

“Jerky…”

As the students who had returned from the battle gathered around the carriage, Thrud lowered her stance.

She strained her arms to avoid dropping Elsie and Randgrid, who were slung over her shoulders.

“Now…!”

Elsie sighed and prepared Heat Ray Emission at Thrud’s signal.

Randgrid, who had not reacted at all, stopped eating jerky and began to gather the surrounding light.

As the two Valkyries simultaneously began to gather the surrounding light into their eyes, the area instantly darkened.

Golden light shone in Elsie’s eyes, and white light shone in Randgrid’s eyes.

_Buzzing-!_

At the moment when the surroundings were darkened to the limit by the concentrated light, Thrud aimed the Valkyrie ray cannon at the fleeing bandits.

“Fire!”

**Heat Ray Emission-!!**

_Flash!_

At the same moment that the light exploded, the Heat Ray Emission began to spew out.

_Kwaaaaa-!!!_

The golden and white rays mixed together and turned into one large ray of light, sweeping across the road and plains.

“Uwaaaaaaack!!!”

“T, they’re crazy!!!”

The bandits, who let out screams and curses, were swept away by the tremendous power of the ray, comparable to a dragon’s breath, and disappeared.

She stirred the emitted ray here and there as if she were watering a garden.

Thrud was enduring that destructive energy with her own strength alone.

The ground cracked and dust was swept away.

“Who are you to call us crazy when you’re the ones killing people and looting their valuables!”

With Thrud’s fierce shout, the bandits were swept away by the ray and wiped out.

It was truly a mythical sight, a legendary ending.

The students, who were watching it from behind with their mouths open, could not say anything.

Was Thrud amazing for coming up with such an idea, or were Elsie and Randgrid amazing for amplifying and strengthening the ray with simultaneous amplification?

They didn’t know.

They could only cling to the carriage and admire it.

However, no one at the scene knew how that sight would have appeared to the eyes of the road guards who had arrived just in time.