The Granddaughter of the Manhyang Escort Agency Hides Her Magic - Chapter 23

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Chapter 23

Ok Chifung looked at the sun after devouring the rice ball Shin Ah had given him in the blink of an eye.

‘It’s too early to visit Cheonrim. Then shall I go there first?’

Before deciding whether to accept Cheonrim’s request to take charge of the children’s education, there was something he needed to confirm.

He detested wasting time like pouring water into a bottomless jar. If possible, he wanted his teachings to be meaningful.

So checking the children’s level and condition beforehand was essential.

According to the letter Cheonrim had sent, this time was when the So Family Estate children had their cultivation time.

He said he would have them do basic cultivation until Chifung arrived at the escort agency, so Cheonrim’s children would also be at the training ground.

‘Cheonrim’s children…’

Chifung’s lips naturally curved upward as he recalled the days when he and Cheonrim cultivated together at Mount Hua.

In Chifung’s view, Cheonrim had an upright character with the tenacity to constantly strive, and his talent as a martial artist was also outstanding.

‘If Cheonrim had remained at Mount Hua, perhaps fresh winds would have blown through Mount Hua, which had become stagnant and rigid.’

Since that didn’t happen, Chifung left the old-fashioned Mount Hua to wander the martial world.

In truth, Chifung’s departure from Mount Hua was due to a secret mission from the sect leader, but the absence of a friend with whom he could truly share his heart also had no small influence on his wandering.

Just as Chifung was gradually becoming lost in sentiment.

“Go call our father right now!”

Chifung’s eyes flashed open at the sharp voice.

‘Isn’t that voice the servant from earlier?’

Could something have happened to that child?

Chifung spread his energy sensing widely. Then the sounds became clearly audible.

It seemed to be a quarrel among children, but the content was quite serious.

Someone appeared to be seriously injured or had collapsed.

Feeling it was an urgent matter, Chifung circulated his true energy to make his body as light as possible.

Then he kicked off the ground with his feet infused with internal energy.

In an instant, a signboard reading ‘Bogukgak’ appeared before Chifung’s eyes.

‘This place is?’

The place where the commotion was happening was the location he had been targeting from the beginning.

Chifung leaped over the door of Bogukgak in one bound and surveyed the training ground.

In the middle of the training ground were the protagonists of the commotion. Among them, he spotted a familiar child.

It was that servant from before.

That child was examining a boy who had collapsed on the ground while glaring at another girl nearby.

At a glance, the relationship between the two was very bad.

The girl with dangling hair ornaments on her head laid hands on the servant Shin Ah, whom Chifung had met.

“Move aside, So Shin Ah. Let me check that kid’s condition.”

Shin Ah rolled her eyes and moved her lips.

“Fireball.”

At the end of those incomprehensible words, the girl’s clothes caught fire.

“Kyaaaaa!”

A chilling scream shook the training ground.

“Th-that crazy girl is using the Demon Cult’s wicked arts again! Ilbi, Ilbi!”

A boy as big as a mountain stamped his feet in a frenzy.

“Brother, fire, fire! What do we do about this!”

Ilbi shed tears while flapping her arms. Like a child, she clearly didn’t know what to do about even a small fire.

Regardless, Shin Ah was absorbed in examining the boy who had collapsed on the ground.

Chifung, who had been momentarily flustered by the suddenly rising fire, immediately kicked off the ground and drew his sword.

As his sword swept through the air, Ilbi’s burning sleeve fell to the ground with a thud.

“Uaaaah!”

Startled by the flashing blade, Ilbi screamed and collapsed.

“Y-you tried to kill me. What are you? Are you a Demon Cult member that Shin Ah called?”

Wrinkles formed on Chifung’s brow.

‘How dare she call the second disciple of Mount Hua Sect a Demon Cult member.’

If she weren’t a child, Ilbi would have met her end right here and now.

Chifung ignored Ilbi and grabbed Shin Ah’s shoulder.

“Move aside.”

Shin Ah, who was frantically examining Mugyeol, reflexively swung her arm.

Chifung caught the child’s wrist as it cut through the air and lowered it.

The face that had been pale and pleasant to look at until just moments ago was now covered in tears.

“Please save him, mister.”

Shin Ah pleaded as soon as she recognized Chifung.

“Please save our Mugyeol.”

The child’s plea was extremely earnest.

Chifung unconsciously nodded and set Shin Ah down next to Mugyeol.

He examined the condition of the boy who was having convulsions.

Contrary to appearances, it wasn’t at a serious level. Of course, that was by Chifung’s standards, having traveled the Central Plains.

‘His blood vessels are tangled. I can treat this level quickly.’

Chifung gently infused internal energy into Mugyeol’s body. This was a method possible because the child hadn’t yet accumulated internal energy.

As he regulated the energy within the body, the child’s condition quickly improved.

“Huh, huh, hoo.”

The child’s breathing gradually stabilized. The child slowly straightened his curled-up body. Only then was the child’s face properly revealed.

“…! You are?”

Chifung’s eyes widened.

Though some time had passed, Chifung remembered the child clearly.

The only child who survived from the village massacred by the Dark Path.

How could he forget the will to live that had filled the child’s eyes at that time?

“Mister?”

Mugyeol also recognized Chifung immediately.

Indeed, it was that child whom Chifung had picked up in Shanxi and left near Manhyang Express.

Chifung’s heart became urgent. He moved his hands even faster.

Meanwhile, Mando shouted loudly at Shin Ah.

“What’s that? Hey, you pretended to worry about Mugyeol, but why are you asking some beggar-like guy for help?”

“Shut your mouth. If something happens to Mugyeol, I won’t let you off.”

Shin Ah blocked Mando, who was trying to rush at Chifung without warning.

Having seen Shin Ah create fire twice, Mando became scared and stopped.

“You, you… I’m going to tell grandfather! That you brought in someone whose identity isn’t even certain and learned the Demon Cult’s wicked arts to try to kill me and Ilbi!”

Mando criticized Shin Ah while spitting.

Normally, Mando would have already swung his hands and stomped his feet, but being scared, he only ran his mouth.

Shin Ah sneered.

“Go ahead and tell on me. And say more. What am I? What is that mister?”

“You’re an incorrigible Demon Cult member and that guy is a beggar!”

Shin Ah wanted to strike Mando with lightning right away but held back.

Because there was someone who would scold Mando even without her risking exposure of her magic.

“Do I look like a beggar to you?”

A huge shadow fell in front of Shin Ah. Chifung, having finished treating Mugyeol, had lifted the child with one arm and stood up.

Mando’s head tilted upward. Piercing eyes were looking down at him.

Mando’s shoulders instinctively shrank under the overwhelming pressure emanating from those flashing eyes.

“A beggar is…”

“Do I still look like a beggar to you?”

Clearly the clothes he wore were rags and his face was a mess with dirt smeared here and there, but his gaze was extraordinary.

As he focused his gaze, the air grew heavy and pressed down on So Mando.

‘He’s an incredible master!’

I should have realized it when he cut through So Ilbi’s sleeve in an instant!

Though So Mando hadn’t expected Ok Chifung to be from Mount Hua Sect, he realized this wasn’t someone he could easily handle.

‘Only our father could face that man! Ah, father needs to come!’

Deciding to call So Baekrim, So Mando limped backward, looking for a chance to escape.

The man looked down at the top of Shin Ah’s head, then called out to So Mando.

“You there.”

“Y-yes?”

So Mando, who had been slowly retreating while dragging the dazed So Ilbi by the shoulder, tensed up.

“This little one didn’t use the Demon Cult’s sorcery. The world is mysterious, and sometimes fire ignites on its own.”

“That’s complete nonsense…”

Though So Mando feared the man, he managed to speak up. His determination to punish Shin Ah made him brave.

“Doesn’t the So Family Estate teach children about natural phenomena? For a family that raises couriers who must use the sky as their blanket and the road as their home to be so ignorant about nature, tsk tsk.”

He clicked his tongue and raised his head. His gaze reached beyond So Mando’s shoulder to the door of Bogukgak.

“What do you think, Cheonrim?”

“You’ve arrived already? More importantly, what’s all this commotion?”

So Cheonrim, who had been entering the training ground with the Bogukgak education officer, glared fiercely at the chaotic training ground.

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