I Became the Academy’s Female Delinquent Chapter 50. Battle Competition (2)

I take a breath.

I feel the energy swirling within my body like a slow, rotating tide.

An intangible force emitting golden light and creating convection currents.

Elsie visualized her own energy.

Feeling the neatly refined energy, she slowly opened her eyes.

She felt the countless gazes pouring down on her in the middle of the training ground.

“Hngh…”

She had expected it, but as always, it was more overwhelming than she had imagined. This embarrassment.

Like an actress on stage, Elsie shrank under the attention of both her own class and the neighboring one.

The training, which was ostensibly a joint class and sparring session, but in reality a class-versus-class competition, had begun.

Blinded by the prospect of battle, Elsie had rushed to the front lines, and was now bearing the brunt of all the attention.

“Ugh…”

It might have been her imagination, but she felt some of the gazes were a little too intense.

While Elsie was fidgeting, unsure of what to do, a student from Hildebrand’s class stepped forward as their vanguard.

It was a male student with a massive build.

Even compared to Thrud, who was quite tall by Elsie’s standards, or Han Doyun, he was a full hand’s breadth taller. And his physique was thick and sturdy.

He wasn’t quite as big as the giant she had fought in the cafeteria before, but he was comparable.

When Elsie met his ardent gaze, her fighting instincts began to stir.

Click-

A switch was flipped. Her consciousness rapidly shifted into battle mode.

“Hoo-”

In this moment, fully focused on her opponent, she momentarily forgot the embarrassment that had been making her anxious.

Elsie straightened her back and reached out her hand.

She deployed her inventory space.

From within, she drew one of her troublesome weapons.

“Treasure Sword, Colada.”

A golden guard, like a fully bloomed and elegantly curved flower, appeared.

Soon, the pure white blade, intricately engraved with patterns, was completely drawn from the dark space.

The Treasure Sword, Colada, which Elsie had obtained as a prize for winning an event, had revealed itself.

Holding the beautiful sword, which could easily be mistaken for a work of art,

Elsie calmly stared at her opponent, causing those watching to hold their breath.

Her aura had changed in an instant.

Her noble bearing.

The combination of these things was beautiful.

Even those who had been intimidated by Elsie’s destructive reputation or had dismissed her were silenced.

The male student who had walked up to Elsie also quietly drew his sword.

The neighboring class students, who were watching, began to murmur, realizing the size difference was even more significant than they had thought.

“Wow, can she even handle that?”

“No, you weren’t there to see it… that kid really wrecked the academy…”

“Come on, isn’t that rumor a bit exaggerated? Even Teacher Hildebrand doesn’t seem to believe it.”

“No, really… it’s because you and the teacher didn’t see it! I… I’m scared…”

One student, who had happened to witness Elsie’s duel with the giant student while looking out the window, rubbed his shoulder.

“Don’t be so dramatic… isn’t she more famous for her great ass?”

“No, the problem isn’t her ass, it’s…”

“Whatever, whatever. You’ll find out soon enough, so what are you worried about?”

“…Should we make a bet, then?”

The male student looked down at Elsie and slowly opened his mouth.

“Since this is sparring disguised as training, it’s only right to introduce ourselves before we start.”

Elsie, receiving his somewhat blunt gaze, nodded.

“Alright, I’m Elsie… Adorencia. Nice to meet you.”

“My name is Jondo. I’ve heard quite a few rumors about you, but I’m the type who doesn’t believe anything until I see it with my own eyes.”

“Jo, Jondo…? More importantly, rumors about me? What, what are they… Could it be…”

‘The ass story is still going around, isn’t it…?’

A little uneasy, Elsie lowered her sword and shifted her gaze from side to side.

“Rumors about you tearing down the academy, defeating a student from the giant elite warrior corps. Honestly, I think they’re exaggerated. Ass-girl.”

Ass-girl.

At Jondo’s final taunt, the content of the rumors he had mentioned earlier didn’t even register in her mind.

“…What did you say?”

“Ass-girl.”

Elsie was thoroughly enraged by Jondo’s brazen behavior.

With her head bowed low and her shoulders trembling, Elsie returned to her position under the control of Reginleif and Hildebrand.

Sparring would begin with sufficient distance between them.

No, it was a duel now.

Jondo’s provocation had thoroughly upset Elsie.

“Elsie! Crush him!”

Elsie, feeling a surge of emotion at Thrud’s thunderous cheer, turned her head.

“It’s all your fault!”

“What is!”

“Ass… Ugh, never mind!!!”

Huffing and puffing, Elsie lowered her Treasure Sword Colada and entered a battle stance.

Glaring at Jondo, who had brazenly provoked her, Elsie used this anger as a driving force and unleashed the power of the Valkyrie.

Clap!

“Alright- now that the training ground has been reinforced, shall we begin?”

Hildebrand, who had walked to the center between Elsie and Jondo at Reginleif’s cheerful shout, raised his hand.

“This sparring is, after all, part of a joint class. It’s certainly an opportunity to test each other’s skills and make up for shortcomings, but that doesn’t mean you have to go all out- uh… Elsie…?”

He flinched involuntarily when he met Elsie’s gleaming blue eyes.

It felt like meeting the eyes of an awakened Reginleif.

“I’ll make you pay for calling me ass-girl…! I’ll make you pay, you ass bastard!”

“….”

Hildebrand turned his head to look at Jondo.

“…Wasn’t that a bit too much, Jondo? Calling a girl ass-girl?”

“Uh… I, I’m sorry.”

“Regardless of the outcome, apologize properly to Elsie after the sparring is over.”

“Yes, sir.”

Jondo, flinching despite his large size, straightened his posture.

Hildebrand looked back at Elsie with a troubled expression and thought.

‘That being said. Even though she’s angry, her aura is incredible… Maybe the rumors aren’t so exaggerated after all.’

Hildebrand sighed and, as the atmosphere began to heat up, subtly stepped back and signaled the start.

His raised hand fell, and the class-versus-class match officially began.

Augmenting the energy within her body.

Quickly converting the explosively rotating power directly into propulsion.

Thwack-!

Elsie, kicking off from her spot, charged forward.

Bang-!

An incredible acceleration that shattered the air.

It was an incredible speed that exceeded her opponent’s expectations.

Even though she was clearly charging straight ahead, she was moving so fast that she appeared as a blur.

Jondo, who had been watching Elsie closely, swung his sword almost instinctively.

Swish-!

But his sword only cut through the air.

Elsie, lowering her stance and lightly dodging the sword, launched herself forward.

“Wh, what?!”

Elsie, rotating and sliding gracefully as if dancing, made good use of her relatively small stature.

Sliding between Jondo’s spread legs, she instantly seized the position behind him.

“Let’s get one hit on that ass.”

The position behind him had been taken in an instant. There wasn’t even time to react.

It was the moment Jondo, his heart pounding, desperately tried to turn around.

Releasing the augmented energy that was rotating at high speed.

Focusing the power on her leg and kicking upwards.

Flash!

A white light flashed for a moment in front of Jondo’s eyes as he turned his head.

“?!”

Pure Strike!

_Thwack-!_

Elsie’s Pure Strike, unleashed as a kick rather than a punch, landed on his ass from behind.

Jondo, kicked in the ass, was launched into the air with tremendous force.

“Ugh!”

Looking up at him as he rose, Elsie withdrew her raised leg and lowered her stance.

Spreading her legs wide and firmly planting them on the ground, she gripped the Treasure Sword Colada with both hands and activated her Valkyrie skill.

“Deploy!”

**Warrior’s Entrance to Valhalla, Dómhald!**

A technique that creates a whirlwind that spins at high speed and unleashes indiscriminate attacks, aided by the activated skill. Dómhald.

As golden particles began to swirl in the surrounding wind currents, Elsie leaped.

Whoosh!

“Ugh!”

Without a means of defense, a counterattack in mid-air was extremely difficult.

Jondo, kicked in the ass by Elsie, lost consciousness for a moment, but quickly recovered and tried to swing his sword.

“Y, you ass!!!”

Swoosh-!

“Don’t shorten it to ass, you bastard!!!”

Elsie, explosively ascending, collided with Jondo.

Golden particles swirled in the sky, and Elsie, accelerating in a short burst, began to unleash countless sword strikes.

Slash, slash!

Jondo’s torn clothes fluttered and fell to the ground.

Everyone stared blankly at Jondo, who was being beaten in mid-air without being able to fall.

The only thing falling was his clothing.

The sharp blade of Colada cut through his clothes.

At the same time, Elsie, mixing in punches in between, neatly pummeled Jondo’s large body, preparing for the final blow.

Slash!

As a finishing move, she struck his ass and, at the same time, the skill’s levitation effect was canceled, and Elsie fell to the ground.

Thud!

Jondo, who had fallen to the ground, was lying face down with his ass exposed.

“Don’t ever call me ass-girl again.”

Elsie, clearing her throat and puffing out her chest, sheathed Colada and looked down at the fallen Jondo.

“G, great…”

He gave a final thumbs up, trembling while lying face down, and then fainted.

“Ass…”

“Oh, you little-!”

Perhaps he had caught a glimpse while falling. Elsie, covering her skirt, scurried away.

*

Reginleif approached Hildebrand, who was staring blankly at Elsie, who had fled to the edge of the training ground.

“Teacher Hildebrand. She’s really amazing, isn’t she?”

“Y, yes, she certainly is… There’s no doubt about her skill. To subdue Jondo so easily…”

It was also a shocking feat to selectively tear his clothes without inflicting even a light wound with her sword.

Hildebrand swallowed hard and suddenly began to worry.

What if all of his class’s students were defeated by that one student, who he had dismissed as reckless?

The other students who had watched the sparring had similar thoughts.

*

Thrud and Doyun approached Elsie, who had gathered her legs and sat down.

“Elsie, why didn’t you just blow him away like you usually do!”

“Thrud… Do I look like a madwoman who just blows everything away when I fight?”

“…”

“Answer me…”

Thrud responded by avoiding Elsie’s gaze. It was a magnificent sight.

Elsie, narrowing her eyes and looking up at Thrud, shook her head.

“Haa- So there’s still this weird rumor going around about me being an ass-girl…”

Looking down at Elsie, who was disheartened, Doyun blushed slightly and scratched his cheek.

He couldn’t help but think that it was thanks to Thrud’s crazy education that he had been able to observe Elsie’s skirt so vividly.

It wasn’t a sight that a virile man could easily forget.

Especially since he had been burned by Elsie so many times, he had been thinking about it almost all day-

‘What am I thinking!’

“Elsie, don’t be too discouraged. I don’t think the rumors are going around in a bad way.”

Elsie looked up at Doyun, who had offered words of comfort.

And she jumped up from her seat and walked up to him.

With her hands on her hips, she blinked at Doyun with a calm expression and stared at him.

“If it’s not in a bad way, what do you think?”

“Wh, what?”

“You’ve probably seen it the most.”

“So, what…?”

“My ass, I mean. If it’s not in a bad way, what do you think-”

“Uh…”

Doyun scratched the back of his neck at Elsie’s unhesitating question.

He had seen it the most, which wasn’t wrong…

‘It’s not wrong… I’ve seen even more than that…’

It was truly fortunate that Elsie’s Oppa wasn’t here.

“Han Doyun, you pervert!”

But Doyun felt a little wronged when he saw Thrud, the one who had caused the problem, getting angry.

Doyun, looking at Elsie, who was quietly waiting for his answer, hesitated for a moment about how to respond.

No matter what he said, it would seem like he was harassing her, so was this the right thing to do?

After much deliberation, Doyun chose to answer as his instincts led him.

“Personally, I think it’s great. It’s impressive. It’ll be hard to forget.”

“Cough…”

Elsie, feeling overwhelmed by Doyun’s courageous answer, covered her mouth with a flushed face.

So it had been exposed to the point where he was openly sharing his impressions in front of the person herself.

Elsie, backing away from Han Doyun, lowered her head.

“Do, Doyun! You didn’t have to be so blatant and make Elsie cry.”

“No, I meant it in a good way…”

“Who’s crying! I was thinking about how to make everyone forget about my ass, okay?”

“How?”

“It’s perfect since it’s a class-versus-class match.”

Elsie, clenching her fist, raised her head.

“I’m going to beat them all up and erase their memories of my ass.”

‘So you’re going to beat me up too…’

Doyun’s pupils trembled with anxiety as he broke out in a cold sweat.