I Became the Academy’s Female Delinquent Chapter 85. Two People in Distress
Elsie and Doyun approached a reef relatively close to the land. There, a large raven was lying, bleeding.
“This guy is Loki’s…”
Huginn, Loki’s raven, who appeared to be about 1 meter in size, was still conscious and wary of Elsie approaching.
“L, Loki… what happened to Loki?!”
It was a natural question, as Loki, who had faced Elsie alongside Jormungandr, was nowhere to be seen.
Elsie shrugged.
“He took a Finger of Light head-on… so he either turned to ashes, sank to the bottom of the sea, or became a star in the sky.”
Huginn trembled at Elsie’s calm explanation.
“T, that can’t be… it can’t be…!”
“It’s over. So you should give up too.”
“Kuh…”
Huginn, with his eyes tightly closed, gradually shrank in size. Reduced back to his original small raven form, he looked up at the sky with a desolate gaze.
Elsie looked down at Huginn quietly. After pondering something, she carefully picked up Huginn with both hands.
“Elsie?”
“He’s still breathing. Let’s at least take him to the land. It’s close, right?”
Showing mercy to an enemy who had tried to kill her several times. Doyun smiled wryly at Elsie’s kind gesture.
“And with his master gone, what harm can this raven do?”
Elsie raised her index finger and smiled at Doyun. Her finger began to emit light again.
“That’s true…”
Doyun nodded, having witnessed the extreme power of the light beam that could change the terrain and split the sea.
Elsie, brushing back her black-dyed hair, smiled brightly.
“Then let’s go back!”
*
Everything is easy in words. It’s hard when you actually try to put it into action.
Elsie was wiggling her toes and staring intently at the raven Huginn in her arms. There was nothing else she could do.
Because she was currently being held in Doyun’s arms like a baby.
“Doyun, I’m sorry… I haven’t transformed in so long that I couldn’t control my power…”
She had been swept away by the excitement of finally transforming and had consumed more energy than necessary. She barely had enough strength to leap to the land.
So, she had become indebted to Doyun once again.
“It’s okay, Elsie.”
Doyun said, putting strength into the arms holding Elsie. His true feelings were not just “okay,” but great.
The short time it took to leap to the land. This happiness was entirely his.
Elsie, with her black-dyed hair, had her own mysterious charm. And being held like a princess like this, he couldn’t help but feel his heart flutter at the subtle scent he caught.
‘It’s comfortable being like this… but it’s a bit embarrassing.’
Considering the height difference between Doyun and herself, being held like a baby was the best option. Still, she couldn’t help but feel a little embarrassed.
‘I couldn’t even piggyback because of the raven. Well, I guess there’s no helping it… It’s my fault for not controlling my power…’
She sighed softly and looked at the approaching land. Being like this reminded her of the time she had received Doyun’s help during the aphrodisiac incident.
She was sure it was poison, but when she later found out it was actually an aphrodisiac… she had been so embarrassed that she wanted to hide in a mouse hole.
‘Just thinking about all the embarrassing things I did while clinging to him…’
Just thinking about it made her feel hot all over with embarrassment. Was this how it felt to act badly towards a close friend and then remember it the next day?
Doyun seemed unfazed, but Elsie had no idea what he was thinking inside, so her embarrassment continued alone.
‘Wait… could it be that I was so sensitive to her scent back then because of… no, it can’t be…’
Elsie, reluctant to accidentally catch Doyun’s scent, craned her neck as much as possible and began to look at the sea.
Bang! Doyun, having landed stylishly on a secluded beach quite far from the city, felt the strength drain from his body.
Maintaining Tarnkappe for a long time and repeatedly leaping in near-flight had been extremely energy-consuming.
‘It’s still too much to maintain for long…’
He looked around and walked to the sandy beach.
Around that time, he felt Elsie wriggling in his arms. She was kicking her legs as if asking to be put down.
Doyun glanced down at Elsie and swallowed hard.
Elsie and him alone on a secluded beach. The Elsie in his arms was looking up at him with sharp eyes that seemed a little sulky.
In this dreamlike situation, he unconsciously tightened his grip on Elsie.
“Hic! Wh, what are you doing?! I told you to put me down?!”
Elsie, surprised by Doyun’s sudden strong grip, began to struggle even more.
No, he should put her down quickly now that they had arrived. What was he even doing?
Elsie rolled her eyes fiercely as she thought that.
Doyun, swallowing hard, glanced down at Elsie and opened his mouth.
“J, just a little…”
“…Just a little?”
What did he mean by “just a little”? Elsie was finding it increasingly difficult to understand.
After being held in Doyun’s arms against her will for a while, Elsie began to gradually feel his scent, and she jumped up and escaped his embrace.
Thinking that the aphrodisiac that kept making her conscious of his scent was really annoying.
“Smell…”
Doyun froze with a shocked expression at Elsie’s figure, who was wiping her nose and muttering softly.
Did he smell bad? It was quite shocking to see the girl he liked frowning and seeming to dislike his scent.
“Elsie… do I smell…?”
As Doyun took a step closer, Elsie took a step away from him.
“No… it’s not what you think, so don’t worry about it. Really.”
That action clearly meant that he smelled.
Doyun, his heart sinking, froze with a shocked expression. He had showered cleanly this morning, so where had he picked up the foul odor that made Elsie uncomfortable?
Flustered, Doyun began to sniff his own body.
“Hey! I really don’t mean it like that!”
Elsie visibly panicked and tried to stop Doyun.
However, Doyun thought that Elsie was just being polite. So he even tried to go into the sea to get rid of the smell.
Elsie, to prevent Doyun from going into the sea due to a misunderstanding, grabbed his pants and hung on.
“I’m telling you, you don’t smell! I said something unnecessary! I’m sorry!!!”
“Thanks for the kind words, Elsie! But still!”
“But what! Ugh!”
The two men and women bickering and splashing around on the beach.
The raven Huginn, lying on a rock, looked at them with lukewarm eyes.
“There’s no way Loki-nim could have been defeated by such idiots… Kuh…”
Elsie, perking up her ears at Huginn’s mocking voice, turned her head sharply.
“Who are you calling an idiot! You lost to us after doing useless things!”
Elsie, with a fierce look in her eyes, pulled on Doyun’s pants in excitement.
“E, Elsie, wait a minute!”
Doyun’s pants, stretched twice their size by Elsie’s pull, were on the verge of tearing. He had overlooked the strength she possessed in her transformed state.
In the end, to protect his pants, Doyun staggered and lost his balance, unable to help being dragged by Elsie.
“Dodge, Elsie!”
“Dodge what… Ugh!”
Doyun, who had lost his balance and fallen, crushed Elsie as if covering her.
“Keheung-!”
Elsie, completely crushed by Doyun due to the significant difference in their physiques, was buried in the sand.
Doyun widened his eyes as he felt two large, soft masses pressing against his chest. All his senses were focused on the soft sensation that was almost unbearable.
“Eugh.”
Elsie’s warm breath, flustered, touched the back of his neck. His face seemed to flush hot.
Elsie, her head spinning from the sudden scent of Doyun, pushed him away with a tearful expression.
‘Why does this guy’s scent keep bothering me… damn it.’
Elsie was annoyed, feeling like she had become a strange person for no reason.
“Get up! You keep touching me!”
“Ahaha… sorry.”
“Damn it… I’m telling you, you don’t smell?! Why do you keep trying to go into the sea?”
“…”
Elsie, who had gotten up, glared at Doyun, who was sitting down with a dazed expression, and then sighed.
Then, she looked down at the pair of shorts in her hand and threw them at Doyun.
“Put on your pants, you idiot!”
“Gasp.”
Elsie, averting her gaze from Doyun, who was hastily putting on his stripped pants, looked for the raven Huginn.
“He was definitely on the rock… where did he go?”
She rolled her blue eyes around, but couldn’t find the raven.
“He escaped with such injuries? No… well, I was going to let him go anyway…”
Whoosh!
Elsie flinched and cowered at the sudden gust of wind.
The giant raven Huginn, bleeding profusely, descended from the sky and cursed at Elsie.
“Farewell, you morons! I will avenge Loki-nim… no, there’s no way Loki-nim could have been defeated… anyway, I will definitely avenge him!!!”
Flap!
Huginn, having said his piece, flew away.
Elsie stared blankly at Huginn, who was flying away, scattering black feathers.
“I’m speechless.”
Doyun, who had put on his pants and approached, also muttered, looking in the direction Huginn had flown.
“…Yeah.”
“Hey, you went easy on him just because he was a raven, right?”
“Of course not. He was quite a tricky opponent.”
“Hmm?”
Elsie, looking up at Doyun with a suspicious expression, stepped back and shrugged.
Anyway, that wasn’t the important thing right now.
“But… where is this place?”
“It’s definitely outside the city. And quite far away.”
Elsie’s blue eyes trembled uneasily at Doyun’s nonchalant certainty.
“W, we can go back today, right?”
“That… I can’t guarantee.”
Doyun scratched the back of his head.
“I overdid it a bit, so I’ve lost quite a bit of energy. It’ll be hard to pick up speed like this. How about you, Elsie?”
“…I’m no different from you. If I was okay, I wouldn’t have been carried here by you.”
“…”
Elsie and Doyun exchanged glances, sweating cold.
It was the moment they both realized they were screwed.
Coming up to the land, their vision narrowed, and they couldn’t even see Nóatún, which they had been able to see before. It was difficult to estimate how far they were from the city.
Moreover, they had both recklessly wasted energy, so their stamina was precarious. To make matters worse, their clothes were inadequate and they had no food.
“Are we stranded?”
Elsie’s voice trembled as if begging for a denial.
However, Doyun had no choice but to disappoint her and nod.
And so, the two of them were stranded.
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