The Granddaughter of the Manhyang Escort Agency Hides Her Magic - Chapter 19

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Chapter 19

That didn’t mean Cheonrim had left the child alone for two whole days.

He had visited frequently, but each time Shin Ah was asleep.

So it had been a long time since they faced each other like this.

Even if there were circumstances, from Shin Ah’s perspective, it would be natural to feel disappointed.

In any case, hearing that the child had been waiting made Cheonrim feel both sorry and secretly pleased.

“You were waiting for me?”

Cheonrim lifted up Shin Ah, who was sitting quietly, and placed her on his lap. After stroking Shin Ah and looking at her lovingly for a while, he spoke.

“Shin Ah, do you like the things grandfather gave you?”

“Yes!”

When Shin Ah answered energetically, Cheonrim burst into laughter.

“It’s not expensive fabric or jewels, so what do you like so much?”

“You gave me something more precious than fabric or jewels, the Plum Blossom Pills!”

Shin Ah answered without hesitation. Cheonrim paused.

“Do you know what those are?”

“I know everything! They make you strong, right?”

Shin Ah bent her arm as if trying to make muscles. However, there was no change in her folded forearm.

For a moment, Cheonrim’s eyes trembled slightly. It was a completely unexpected answer.

Don’t ordinary girls usually like things like silk or jewels?

‘It must be because she’s sick. How much she must have wanted to get better…’

Cheonrim continued the conversation while shedding tears in his heart.

“Yes, the Plum Blossom Pills…”

“When will you give them to me?”

Shin Ah’s eyes sparkled brightly.

A child who hated medicine was begging for Plum Blossom Pills, so as a father he should be happy, but Cheonrim felt sad.

“The doctor came by recently, didn’t he?”

“Doctor Ju? Yes.”

Shin Ah nodded her head vigorously.

Since Doctor Ju had left without saying anything, she had been secretly curious about what condition her body was in.

“The Plum Blossom Pills, you see.”

Cheonrim hesitated instead of speaking readily. And he repeatedly stroked Shin Ah’s head.

Shin Ah became anxious.

“Should our Shin Ah eat them after growing a little more?”

“Why?”

“For our Shin Ah to eat Plum Blossom Pills, this place here.”

Cheonrim placed his hand on Shin Ah’s navel. His large hand covered the child’s small belly and more.

“This place hasn’t grown enough yet.”

Shin Ah saw through Cheonrim’s lie. Because he spoke while avoiding her eyes.

Though she wanted to question why he was lying, Shin Ah decided to act like a child and hopped down from the chair.

“Then when can I eat them? How much does Shin Ah need to grow? This much, this much much? Or as much as brother Cheondo?”

Shin Ah raised her hands high and stood on her tiptoes.

The sight of the child’s body stretching upward was quite adorable, but Cheonrim couldn’t fully cherish it and only felt anxious.

The reason he couldn’t carelessly give Shin Ah the Plum Blossom Pills was because her dantian was deformed.

Doctor Ju had said that Shin Ah’s body, which should have one dantian, had several similar things.

So even with generally effective Spirit Pills, he advised being careful since they didn’t know what effects they might have.

To imagine an extreme case, the Plum Blossom Pills might elevate Shin Ah’s level, but conversely, they might cause her to fall into qi deviation.

Though the Plum Blossom Pills didn’t contain much energy, it was more than enough to damage young Shin Ah’s meridians.

He couldn’t take such a risk just to build Internal Energy.

And Shin Ah was only at about level 1 with the Internal Energy Cultivation Method she had barely learned. She couldn’t even properly handle the tiny amount of Internal Energy she had accumulated.

…Of course, all these thoughts were Cheonrim’s misunderstanding.

After the Circle formed and synchronized with her dantian, Shin Ah had become able to handle Internal Energy easily, and now she had reached a level where she could skillfully circulate the Tiger Walk Heart Method, the Escort Agency’s basic Mind Method.

But Cheonrim, who knew none of this, was extremely worried.

‘It would be better to try the Plum Blossom Pills after she’s more familiar with the Internal Energy Cultivation Method.’

In that amount of time, wouldn’t Shin Ah have grown by a hand’s width?

Cheonrim held his hand slightly above Shin Ah’s crown and said.

“When you’re this tall. Let’s eat them then.”

“Both pills?”

“Do you want to eat both pills?”

“No! One pill is enough for me.”

“Then what about the other pill?”

“There’s someone I want to give it to! Can I do what I want with it?”

There’s someone she wants to share the precious Plum Blossom Pills with?

‘Ah, she must mean Cheondo.’

Cheonrim felt secretly pleased by Shin Ah’s consideration for her brother and asked.

“Who do you want to give it to?”

Shin Ah hesitated for a moment. She had decided to give it to Mugyeol, but she was also secretly concerned about Cheondo.

‘I’ll get something better for brother later.’

Shin Ah squeezed her eyes shut and answered.

“I’ll give it to my friend Mugyeol!”

“Mugyeol?”

At the name that came out of nowhere, Cheonrim raised his left eyebrow crookedly.

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Shin Ah looked into the Plum Blossom Pills box that Cheonrim had left.

‘By now, father and Mugyeol must be meeting, right?’

Shin Ah’s face was full of smiles.

There was a reason she had told Cheonrim she would give the Plum Blossom Pills to Mugyeol.

‘Father needs to know that I value Mugyeol.’

That way, when Mugyeol gets bullied by Mando or Ilbi, Cheonrim will help him.

Though Mando and Ilbi were quiet now, they would definitely cause trouble soon.

‘They must be grinding their teeth over what happened to them last time because of me.’

Anger tends to flow downward, so it was obvious that Mugyeol would become their target.

Though Shin Ah held Mugyeol’s slave contract, outwardly he was still a slave of the So Family Estate.

‘I need to settle this matter clearly soon too.’

In any case, in the current state, if the grandson and granddaughter of the Wolhwa Hall master bullied him, Mugyeol would have to endure it. If he resisted, he would only suffer under their merciless hands.

But if Cheonrim protected Mugyeol, even Mando and Ilbi wouldn’t dare act recklessly.

Even though he had fallen out of So Hyeokho’s favor now, wasn’t Cheonrim the person who was once called Manhyang Express’s unrivaled successor?

Though Cheonrim hadn’t been able to focus on cultivation for several years while caring for Shin Ah, his martial arts were outstanding enough to handle solo escort missions.

He hadn’t neglected basic training even while caring for Shin Ah.

‘Mando used to admire our father once.’

She clearly remembered what the grown-up Mando had shouted when he barged into Shin Ah’s private quarters drunk in her past life.

‘Uncle! Whose fault was it that his life was ruined? If it weren’t for you, he would have been more than capable of dominating Murim! Our Escort Agency! Wouldn’t have had to worry about the Murim Alliance! I, I, when I was young, how much I respected him. I, how much I wanted to learn swordsmanship from uncle just once, how much, how much…’

Mando, who had been rambling alone, collapsed on the floor and fell asleep snoring. So she didn’t know the detailed circumstances, but she remembered one thing clearly.

‘Father’s skills are not lacking even compared to Murim’s masters. Ah, but how good is that exactly? I can’t even check since I have less Internal Energy than father.’

Isn’t there some magic that can scan dantians?

Being able to check how much Internal Energy an opponent had would make it easier to survive in a world full of masters.

If you met a master with higher Internal Energy than yourself, you could quickly flee.

Of course, having a lot of Internal Energy didn’t mean someone’s level was entirely high, but generally those with high levels tended to have a lot of Internal Energy too.

That’s why people with high Internal Energy live long. Since they live long, they accumulate even more Internal Energy, creating a cycle where masters become supreme masters.

‘Let me look into methods for reading others’ Internal Energy later. Before that, hiding my own power comes first.’

That wasn’t difficult.

Shin Ah recalled how Doctor Ju had failed to properly assess her condition even after doing pulse reading.

‘Did he see the connection between my Dantian and Circle as an illness?’

Since people usually only check the Internal Energy in the Dantian, if she converted everything to Mana and stored it in her Circle, she could hide her power without taking any special measures.

“Young miss! It’s time to go to class!”

Shin Ah snapped out of her thoughts.

‘Observe So Ilbi and So Mando’s lessons until your teacher arrives.’

Those had been Cheonrim’s words.

‘It might be difficult to follow right away, but seeing the Martial Arts you’ll learn in the future will be good study.’

Shin Ah agreed with that.

‘But you must go with So Cheondo.’

Separate from the necessity of cultivation, Cheonrim had earnestly insisted on this, not forgetting that Shin Ah had gotten into a quarrel with So Mando.

“Where’s big brother?”

“Young Master So Cheondo said he’ll be departing soon too.”

Shin Ah nodded.

“But young miss, are you really sure it’s okay for you to do cultivation?”

Danmi’s voice was full of worry.

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