I Became the Academy’s Female Delinquent Chapter 75. Nóatún (7)

The three walked down the street.

“Elsie! Let’s go over there too!”

“Where?”

“There!”

“So, where is ‘there’?”

Thrud smiled brightly and grabbed Elsie’s hand, pulling her along.

“Just follow me! It says there are lots of sweet things!”

Had she spotted a street vendor or something?

Even though it was morning, the street was so crowded that Elsie couldn’t see what Thrud had seen, and she narrowed her eyes.

“I’m not really into overly sweet things…”

“What are you talking about? You love sweet stuff!”

“Yeah, well, I didn’t used to?!”

“Yeah, yeah. Now you’re just a fool obsessed with sweet desserts!”

Thrud laughed playfully.

She tugged on Elsie, who looked unfairly treated for some reason.

‘I definitely didn’t like them before… damn it…’

Elsie repeated inwardly.

But now, as Thrud said, she was so fond of them that she didn’t know what to do.

She had become a pushover, defeated by a single sweet dessert.

From the moment she had possessed Elsie, her previous preferences and tastes had long since changed.

Her body had changed, and her soul had become one with the remnants of Elsie Adorencia.

She had no choice but to submit to the change.

Which meant…

She couldn’t escape the dazzlingly sweet feast of snacks before her eyes.

“Ooh…”

Led by Thrud, Elsie arrived in front of a street vendor and let out a silly exclamation.

Pretty desserts of a good size to eat were captivating her eyes.

Elsie tried not to show how much she liked them, but she couldn’t help but sparkle her eyes.

Watching Elsie, Doyun muttered quietly.

“You like sweet food.”

Doyun smiled at Elsie, who was staring at the sparkling fruit desserts as if possessed.

“I, I don’t like them!”

Elsie, embarrassed that she had come to like such cute snacks, strongly denied it.

Of course, it was a denial that was not at all convincing.

“Oh, really?”

“O-of course! What am I, a kid, to like this… this kind of thing…”

“Ahaha! Elsie, try this!”

Thrud picked up a fruit dessert and popped it into Elsie’s mouth.

“Oop-?!”

With the dessert in her mouth, Elsie felt the intense sweetness of the cherry.

The texture of the dessert, melting softly, made Elsie’s expression melt without her even realizing it.

‘This little thing… isn’t… delicious at a…’

“It’s delicious…”

“Elsie, aren’t you eating with too happy a face? Cute…”

Thrud pinched Elsie’s cheeks with an irresistible expression.

Her happy face was so striking that it even stole the attention of passersby.

“Look at that kid over there!”

“Oh my gosh, how can she eat with such a happy face?”

“A beauty eating deliciously is just a picture…”

“By the way, what is she eating? Looking at her face makes me want to eat it too!”

Because there were many people on the street, it was easy to get attention.

As it was a resort, many people from all over began to surround the street vendor.

Attention was focused on Elsie, who was lost in savoring the honey cherry tart that had gone into her mouth.

From people blushing and scanning Elsie up and down, to people staring with burning eyes.

Doyun frowned at the sight.

Feeling a little uncomfortable, he grabbed Elsie’s wrist with impatience.

“Grab!”

“There are too many people gathered. Let’s get out of here quickly.”

“Huh…? W-wait a minute?!”

Doyun started running through the crowd.

“Huh? Hey! Han Doyun! Wait! Where are you taking Elsie by yourself! Wait for me-!”

Thrud, who had finished paying, chased after them.

Doyun, holding Elsie’s wrist, ran down the street and entered a quiet alley.

Only then did he feel Elsie’s slender wrist, which he had unconsciously grabbed.

Doyun let go of her hand and turned around, and Elsie, slightly out of breath, was looking at him with a surprised face.

“Why all of a sudden? Without waiting for Thrud?”

He had felt a stuffiness in one corner of his chest at the rather blatant gazes directed at Elsie.

Even so, he seemed to have taken her out too hastily.

Scratching the back of his head awkwardly, Doyun slowly opened his mouth.

“I thought too many people were staring…”

In fact, he was bothered by the nasty looks directed at Elsie.

But he couldn’t say such a true feeling as it was.

Elsie smiled at Doyun’s explanation and replied.

“Oh, was that it? I was so out of it that I didn’t even realize people were gathering.”

Softly curving eyes.

Silvery hair flowing down smoothly.

Even her lips, drawing a pretty arc.

Perhaps it was because she was in a better mood than usual thanks to enjoying the Nóatún tour.

It was a day when he couldn’t take his eyes off her smile.

‘That’s why people on the street can’t just pass by…’

It was scary that she wasn’t aware of it.

Besides, Elsie, wearing shorts and a tank top that revealed her figure, was troublesome in many ways.

To be exact, he liked her casual attire, which was hard to see often.

But he somehow didn’t like the fact that it was attracting the attention of others.

‘Even if she just stands still, she stands out… this…’

Such a bewitching outfit.

Doyun, whose thoughts were running wild like that, examined Elsie and clenched his fist.

He was very displeased that she had casually thrown on a thin beachwear hoodie to roughly cover her skin.

‘The really important parts aren’t covered at all. It’s even see-through…’

In fact, by the standards of the vast majority, Elsie’s outfit was nothing out of the ordinary.

Especially considering the characteristics of Nóatún, a resort.

It only felt different to Doyun, who was overly conscious of Elsie.

Elsie nudged Doyun’s arm.

“You figured out that I’m uncomfortable in that kind of situation and ran away right away?”

Elsie, tilting her body slightly and looking up at Doyun, thanked him.

“Thanks. You’re such a loyal guy!”

Doyun, clutching his chest at the sight, calmly took a step back.

“Elsie…”

“Yeah?”

“Wouldn’t it be better to zip up your hoodie all the way…?”

“…Is it?”

Elsie, tilting her head at Doyun’s unexpected suggestion, looked down.

There was a fatal problem that the area right below wasn’t properly visible because it was blocked by her chest anyway.

So it was just an unconscious action.

The front was coolly open because the zipper wasn’t closed.

She still felt a little uneasy because it was more casual than usual, but it didn’t seem bad enough.

After finishing that thought, Elsie looked at Doyun again.

“Is there a need to?”

“…It would be more reassuring… no, it would suit you.”

Is it a matter of suiting or not?

‘In the first place, it’s just the difference between zipping it up or not?’

Elsie’s eyebrow twitched at the questionable answer.

“Hmm…”

Elsie, shrugging her shoulders once, zipped up the hoodie according to his suggestion.

Ziiip-

With the pleasant sound of the zipper teeth meshing together, the hoodie was quickly fastened from the bottom up.

However, the zipper’s unstoppable ascent was stopped at a certain point.

“Ugh?!”

Thud!

The zipper’s slider hit Elsie’s lower chest with a cheerful sound.

It was because the chest area hadn’t been closed in time because she was pulling the zipper up quickly.

No, even if she had pulled it up carefully, it was questionable whether she could have closed the tight chest area.

Anyway, to make matters worse, the zipper got caught in her clothes and became completely fixed.

It was neither this nor that, and it only emphasized her chest even more.

“T-the zipper’s stuck! It won’t come out!”

Elsie, flustered, stamped her feet and struggled, but the zipper, which was properly stuck, remained unmoved.

“Kugh!”

Doyun, who had intended to reduce Elsie’s momentum by at least fastening her hoodie zipper, staggered as the power became even stronger.

Elsie scratched her cheek with a troubled expression.

“I guess the size was a little off. I didn’t know because I had only been wearing it. Ahaha.”

“…It doesn’t seem like a little.”

“What did you say?”

“No. Nothing…”

“You’re so boring… more than that, the zipper doesn’t seem to want to come out!”

It wouldn’t budge whether she pulled it up or down.

Besides, the problem was that the zipper was stuck exactly near her lower chest.

She couldn’t see it, so she couldn’t check where it was stuck.

‘If I recklessly use force, the clothes will tear… at this rate…’

“Ah, this is frustrating! Doyun, take a look!”

“H-huh?!”

“I’m asking you to look at where the zipper is stuck!”

It was very difficult to be asked while sticking out her chest.

Elsie herself was frustrated because the zipper wouldn’t move at all, but Doyun felt like it would be difficult to endure in a different sense.

Doyun closed his eyes.

‘Get a grip, Han Doyun! Get a grip!’

He screamed inwardly and opened his eyes wide.

He couldn’t betray Elsie’s expectations of trusting him.

He couldn’t check the zipper while standing because of the height difference with Elsie, so he bent his knees.

And Doyun, who raised his head, almost lost his composure for a moment.

It was because he felt a very different impression when looking up from below.

‘This is this way…’

“Where is it stuck?”

Doyun, startled by Elsie’s frustrated voice, looked for the zipper’s slider.

But it was hard to judge because it was slightly buried between her lower chest.

Besides, he couldn’t concentrate because Elsie, who was complaining of discomfort, kept moving and shaking.

His eyes only widened and his face only flushed.

“E-Elsie… stay still…”

And, such a sight could not be seen favorably by a third party.

It could be said that it was fortunate that this was a secluded alley.

It was at that moment that someone reached out.

Grab!

Doyun could only freeze the moment someone grabbed his head.

Turning his head slowly like someone caught doing something terrible, he saw it.

Thrud, staring down at him murderously with empty eyes.

“Han Doyun. What is this situation?”

Pajijik!

Lightning was pouring out of Thrud’s body even though she wasn’t using Járngreipr.

“I thought it was strange that you suddenly ditched me and ran away. You nasty pervert!”

Thrud only witnessed the situation where Doyun was looking at Elsie’s chest without understanding the context.

Just as the fist of anger was about to fall.

“Thrud!”

Elsie stopped Thrud.

“Elsie! I knew I shouldn’t leave you alone with this lecherous guy…!”

“I don’t know about that, but please do something about this zipper!”

“Zipper…?”

As Thrud hesitated, Elsie began to explain the whole story.

Doyun, who didn’t want his head to become concave due to unfair misunderstanding, quickly helped Elsie.

…

“The zipper got stuck, so you were trying to… take it out?”

“That’s right? Don’t make me explain it over and over, just help me!”

Thrud stroked Elsie’s head.

“Haa-”

“Why, why are you doing that? I’m asking you to help me take out the zipper…”

Thrud, who was quietly stroking the top of Elsie’s head, muttered quietly.

“This much is good.”

“…?”

“How can she carelessly ask a boy to do something like that!!!”

Thrud’s spicy knuckle hit Elsie’s head.

**Bang!**

“Eughyak-!!!”

Elsie, struck by lightning, grabbed her head and fell down.

Thrud, with a glare, immediately turned her head and looked at Doyun.

“W-wait a minute-”

**Kwaang!**

*

The Nóatún Observatory is a famous spot where you can overlook the city with the sea at a glance.

Anyone visiting Nóatún for the first time will go there at least once because you can always see great scenery, day or night.

On top of such an observatory, three people were admiring the clear sky and refreshing city scenery.

Next to a girl with her pink hair tied up, stood a silver-haired girl and a black-haired boy with sparks flying from their heads.

“The weather is really nice!”

Elsie shouted with a bright expression, holding onto the railing of the observatory.

Clear sky, refreshing breeze, endless sea, and the vibrant city below.

It felt like her heart was being healed just by looking at it.

Elsie looked back at the two, trying to ignore the sparks flying from her head after being hit by Thrud’s lightning knuckle.

Doyun, who also ignored the sparks flying from his head, added a word at the sight.

“Looking at the scenery after coming all the way up to the observatory makes me feel like I’ve finally come to Nóatún.”

“I agree. Let’s not cause any accidents since it’s a rare occasion.”

“”Yeah…””

The three of them each threw out a word of impression like that.

Now, it was time to think about the afternoon schedule after lunch, leaving behind the fulfilling morning.

The academy’s extracurricular activities basically guarantee students’ autonomous activities, except in some cases.

Most of the time is left to the students’ discretion, as long as they don’t go outside the city or cause accidents that are not in line with their duties.

There was a need to discuss the afternoon schedule.

The three, who came down from the observatory with light steps, passed through the exit and were about to step out onto the street.

Each one step.

The moment they stepped onto the street.

**Darkness came.**

The numerous crowds walking down the street disappeared in an instant.

A world where everything was blacked out.

It felt like they had fallen into a pitch-black space where nothing existed.

In that darkness, a black being emitting ominous magical waves was briefly seen at the end of the three’s vision before disappearing.

The three, who witnessed the jade-colored eyes reminiscent of a spooky wraith, couldn’t move for a while.

_Flash-!_

Suddenly, light flickered in front of their eyes.

When they opened their tightly closed eyes again, the street was full of bustling people as if nothing had happened.

Was it all a dream?

Everything they had just seen felt like a lie.

Doyun and Thrud were finally able to breathe.

They had been so nervous about the sudden anomaly that they hadn’t even been breathing.

“Heok- what, what was that?”

“H-hallucination?”

Had they been hit by magic for a fleeting moment?

If so, then who? For what reason?

“Elsie, did you see it too?”

If they hadn’t seen something false, then all three of them would have seen the same thing.

Thinking that, Thrud called Elsie.

“…Elsie?”

But there was no answer from Elsie.

An image flashing through her head.

Jade-colored eyes in a black robe.

Doyun, whose heart sank at the moment, desperately looked around and searched for Elsie.

“Elsie? Elsie!!!”

“Elsie! Where did you go?!”

No answer came to the two’s desperate cries.

Elsie’s figure could not be found anywhere.