The Granddaughter of the Manhyang Escort Agency Hides Her Magic - Chapter 20

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Chapter 20

“Of course! The tonic medicine that Doctor Ju prepared for me, that was really good. It makes me feel so energetic.”

Shin Ah answered with a vigorous voice.

“When I asked the Medicine Brewing Maid, she said the medicinal herbs the family head gave were incredibly precious and good. Doctor Ju was surprised too, wasn’t he?”

Her grandfather So Hyeokho was a generous person.

‘I didn’t even do anything particularly great, yet he readily gave me such expensive medicinal herbs?’

Shin Ah didn’t think Hyeokho’s gift was excessive. She could just repay him with more than that in the future.

Shin Ah was confident.

“But I’m worried.”

Danmi said while helping Shin Ah change clothes.

“About what?”

Shin Ah fluttered her still-untied sleeve ribbons. She tried to tie them herself, but being still a child, her fingertips weren’t deft enough to make it easy.

Danmi firmly tied Shin Ah’s sleeve ribbons.

“Young Master Mando and Miss Ilbi must be far ahead of you, Miss. They’ve already been learning for several years longer than you.”

The children of the So Family Estate received various lessons once they reached a certain age.

Among them, only Shin Ah was uniquely excluded from classes.

It was because she was too sick to possibly attend lessons.

As far as Danmi knew, all Shin Ah had learned were a few basic movements of the Tiger Walk Heart Method and Tiger Walk Sword Technique.

In contrast, Mando and Ilbi, who had been training steadily for years, had completed all the basic conditioning that supposedly took a full year, and were currently learning the early forms of the final chapter of the Tiger Walk Sword Technique, the Escort Agency’s beginner-level martial art consisting of six chapters total.

So Danmi was worried that Shin Ah might be looked down upon, but the person in question was full of confidence.

‘I’ve already learned all of it.’

In her previous life, that is.

Whether her ten-year-old body could handle all that knowledge was questionable, and she couldn’t openly show off what she knew, but she wasn’t as far behind as Danmi’s world-ending expression suggested.

‘Should I try becoming a prodigy of the ages?’

Having memories from her previous life, becoming a prodigy would be easy.

Listen to a few technique lessons, then complete them a few days later – that would make her a prodigy!

‘Mando would probably fall over backwards, right?’

Just thinking about it was enjoyable.

However, Shin Ah neatly folded away her plan to become a prodigy.

The nail that sticks out gets hammered down, and those who stand out get cut down.

Until she recovered her magic to some degree, it was beneficial to stay quiet.

‘But I can’t let them look down on me as a fool, so let’s do it moderately.’

But how moderate was moderate?

Shin Ah tilted her head as she headed toward the training ground.

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“Brother, you said that Shin Ah girl made flames appear, right?”

On the way to the training ground, Ilbi asked Mando.

Ilbi had previously mobilized Mando to check on Shin Ah’s condition.

Specifically, she told him to deliberately pick a fight by talking about toll fees and such.

However, Mando got called away and scolded by Hyeokho, so she couldn’t properly hear about the situation.

Even after that, there hadn’t been much opportunity to ask, but today she finally had time.

“Yeah, that’s what I said! It was a really bright red fire. Red like blood! How could that girl make such flames? And she made lightning strike right next to my foot too. Does that make sense? Did she eat something like Ten Thousand Year Snow Ginseng or something?”

Ilbi grabbed the excited Mando’s arm.

“Brother, lower your voice! With all the spirit medicines Uncle has gotten for her to eat over the years, now suddenly they’re effective enough for her to produce Samadhi True Fire? If it was going to work, it would have worked long ago. And it’s not just any technique – it’s Samadhi True Fire!”

“Right? I think so too. So I’ve been thinking, maybe she got involved with some strange people?”

“Strange people?”

“You know, people who use devious methods…”

Mando trailed off. Ilbi keenly understood what he meant.

Shin Ah had met with Demon Cult members!

Demon Cult members controlled animals and used all sorts of bizarre techniques.

If she had made a deal with them, or learned something from them, it would explain all the mysterious arts Shin Ah had displayed. The strange incantation Mando heard must have been something the Demon Cult members taught her.

Ilbi’s eyes flashed.

“If Brother’s thinking is right, this is serious! Our Escort Agency could face a major problem.”

While the Escort Agency wasn’t affiliated with the Murim Alliance, strictly speaking, it could be considered part of the Orthodox Sect.

The Escort Agency master himself was from Mount Hua as a lay disciple, had helped the Murim Alliance with many tasks, and advocated righteousness while calculating profit and loss.

“That’s right! My sister is smart. Let’s tell Father!”

Mando made a fuss.

“Wait, Brother.”

“Why? We should immediately inform Father and Grandfather and drive that wicked thing out of the family!”

“We don’t have evidence. If we’re not careful, we might be the ones who get in trouble. For making false accusations.”

“I’m a witness! That Shin Ah girl made fire appear from her fingertips! When she muttered something, the ground became slippery and lightning struck!”

As the excited Mando’s voice grew louder, Ilbi frantically tugged at his sleeve.

“I told you to be quiet!”

Mando was frustrated with Ilbi, who only told him to wait and watch.

It was certain that Shin Ah had joined hands with Demon Cult members. Mando, who had directly experienced it, knew for sure.

He briefly considered the possibility of Taoist Arts, but even in Wudang, people who used Taoist Arts were rare.

And for her to create such phenomena using Formation Techniques like the rumored Zhuge Family – formations had to be set up in advance and then activated, so that didn’t seem right either.

So all that remained were the Evil Arts unique to the Demon Cult.

Meanwhile, Ilbi sighed quietly while watching Mando throw a fit.

While she liked that Mando would believe her even if she said rice cakes were falling from the sky, his personality of getting emotional and jumping to conclusions frustrated her.

‘Brother is a bit lacking to do big things together.’

Yet just because he was male, he was mentioned as the Escort Agency’s successor – it left a bitter taste in Ilbi’s mouth.

‘Aren’t I much better?’

Better than stupid Mando, better than Cheondo who had no interest in the Escort Agency, and certainly better than weak Shin Ah.

As they got closer to the training ground, Ilbi kept her mouth shut while Mando raised his voice.

“How can we just watch her act so arrogant? We need to put her in her place once.”

Mando’s eyes flashed wickedly.

Ilbi agreed with his words.

She knew they had to be careful, but separately from that, she couldn’t stand Shin Ah continuing to act so insolently.

‘We need to break her spirit once.’

What method could there be? As she pondered and raised her head, Mugyeol came into view.

She remembered how Mugyeol and Shin Ah had embraced each other.

Ilbi’s insides twisted as her eyes narrowed upward.

How dare that dog not recognize who the real future master would be and look elsewhere – she had to teach him, even if it meant beating him.

‘Shin Ah cherishes Mugyeol, doesn’t she?’

Finally, a method to teach both Shin Ah and Mugyeol a lesson came to mind.

Ilbi turned to look at Mando.

“Brother, what happens when a person loses something precious?”

“They get angry!”

“That’s right, isn’t it?”

Ilbi pointed at Mugyeol with her finger. Mando’s face contorted viciously.

“That bastard, why is that lowly thing here? In the sacred training ground!”

“I heard that Shin Ah decided to take him to the servant examination. So he’s going to train with us.”

“What? That bastard is going to become a servant? I have to take classes with such a worthless guy?”

Mando snorted angrily. Ilbi gently pushed Mando’s back.

“Brother, shouldn’t we show him his place? Who the master is, and how a slave should behave.”

“Me?”

Mando hesitated. The memory of being scolded by his grandfather for bothering Mugyeol came flooding back.

Though he found it infuriating that Mugyeol dared to stand in the middle of the training ground, when it came to actually teaching him a lesson, the incident from a few days ago held him back.

‘That thing is still grandfather’s property, so if I mess with him and get caught again…’

So Ilbi egged on the hesitating Mando.

“If not you, brother, then who? You’re going to be the owner of the So Family Estate and Manhyang Express eventually, right? Or should I do it? Is it okay for me to play master?”

“That’s not right! Yes, you’re right that I’m going to be the master!”

“Exactly. And he’s the one in the wrong. A slave having lessons at Bogukgak? That’s ridiculous.”

“Fine, I’ll go have a word with him.”

Mando flared his nostrils and stomped his feet vigorously.

“Brother really is the best.”

So Ilbi, who had quietly cheered him on, watched Mando’s retreating back and snickered softly.

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