The Granddaughter of the Manhyang Escort Agency Hides Her Magic - Chapter 4

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Chapter 4

Of course, she would later train in martial arts for escort missions, but magic was more urgent for now.

‘I need to check how far I can use magic and how much mana I have first.’

Shin Ah looked up at Danmi with earnest eyes.

Shin Ah needed a place and time to secretly use magic without being caught by anyone. That’s why Danmi’s cooperation was very important.

“Please. I’ll be careful, okay? If it gets even a little difficult, I’ll definitely call for Danmi. I need to become a courier too.”

When Shin Ah pleaded so earnestly, Danmi couldn’t refuse anymore.

“You promised, young miss.”

Danmi held out her pinky finger. When Shin Ah firmly hooked her pinky, Danmi smiled brightly.

“Young miss becoming a courier, just thinking about it is so cool.”

Shin Ah quietly followed behind Danmi, who was chattering as she walked ahead, and left Biwongak.

“No one comes here at this time.”

The place Danmi brought her to was the back courtyard of the servants’ quarters.

The fairly spacious clearing had stones jutting out here and there, making it shabby compared to a proper training ground, but it wasn’t bad for trying simple magic.

‘The high walls built to prevent servants from escaping are helpful at times like this.’

Thanks to the walls surrounding the area, it would be difficult for anyone to peek in from outside.

“Everyone’s working now so it’s completely empty. No one will come for about an hour. I’ll keep watch outside and signal immediately if anyone comes. Don’t overdo it, young miss!”

Danmi gave Shin Ah firm warnings and stepped aside.

Standing in the middle of the courtyard, Shin Ah took a deep breath.

Would she be able to use magic?

When she first checked her circles, she had a gut feeling she could use them, but since the circles were in an unusual location, she couldn’t help feeling anxious inside.

‘It’ll be fine.’

Shin Ah recalled the sensation of when she was a 7th Circle Great Mage, playing with mana and casting magic.

The principle of how magic worked was simple. Create circles in the body, fill them with mana, and operate them.

Circles were like dantians in this world, vessels that contained mana.

There was a limit to the amount of mana one circle could hold, and the magic spells that could be used were also limited.

Though circles seemed separate from each other, they were organically connected, and higher-level magic could only be implemented by linking multiple circles.

Simple Brighting magic that brightens the surroundings was possible with just one circle, but Fireball that shoots fire required linking two circles.

And now Shin Ah’s body had two circles.

‘Theoretically, I should be able to use 2nd Circle Fireball… shall I try?’

Shin Ah closed her eyes and concentrated on the mana flowing within her body.

Magic that she had used as naturally as breathing when she was a 7th Circle Great Mage in her previous world, but this was her first time in this world, so she was nervous.

Shin Ah operated her mana and stimulated her circles. Soon the two circles in her body meshed together and began to rotate.

With the smooth movement of the circles, Shin Ah was certain that she had finally regained magic.

Shin Ah’s lips curved into a gentle arc.

Now if she just recited the incantation, a fireball would appear!

It was the moment Shin Ah opened her lips with anticipation.

“Hey!”

A voice more unpleasant than the sound of slaughtering a pig was heard. Shin Ah opened her eyes irritably.

“So Mando…”

‘This bastard worse than cattle.’

Shin Ah frowned as she muttered inwardly.

“Look at this. Your older brother came but instead of greeting me, you’re making faces?”

Mando approached, showing off his bulk that was three times larger than Shin Ah’s. Following behind him with quick steps was Danmi.

Danmi’s eyebrows drooped like a rain-soaked puppy’s tail as she stood behind Mando.

It was obvious how Mando had acted toward Danmi without even seeing it.

‘He probably raised his pot-lid-like hands to threaten Danmi. He would have also intimidated her saying something bad would happen to me if she didn’t move aside immediately.’

It wasn’t Danmi’s fault that she couldn’t stop Mando’s approach.

But if Mando bullied Shin Ah, Danmi would definitely blame herself.

That Shin Ah suffered because she failed to stop him.

Shin Ah didn’t want to see Danmi blame herself.

“Danmi, could you step aside for a moment?”

“Young miss…”

Danmi shook her head.

“It’s not a request, it’s an order.”

Since Shin Ah went this far, Danmi couldn’t be stubborn.

She moved her lips hesitantly, then reluctantly turned around.

Now only Shin Ah and Mando remained in the back courtyard.

Shin Ah sighed lightly and looked Mando up and down. It was fourteen-year-old So Mando with a greasy face full of pimples.

“What are you staring at? You little thing!”

Mando poked Shin Ah’s forehead with his finger repeatedly. The force was so strong that Shin Ah’s small body was pushed backward.

‘Look at that rotten personality.’

All he had was brute strength and parents who unconditionally took their son’s side.

‘It was wrong of me to expect personality and conscience from a kid raised under So Baekrim.’

Mando had enjoyed bullying Shin Ah in her previous life too.

He would catch bugs that disgusted Shin Ah and throw them at her, then hit her for being startled, and sometimes pick fights for no reason before leaving.

The Shin Ah of her previous life was supposedly a Great Mage, but it hurt her pride and was bothersome to argue with a child, and later she lacked the energy to fight, so she endured his bullying.

Asking adults for help was never even a consideration.

Even if she reported Mando’s behavior to adults, they would surely dismiss it as child’s play. Or they would have told her to learn martial arts and handle it herself.

That was impossible for Shin Ah at the time.

But now that she had circles, things would be different from now on.

“What brings you here?”

Shin Ah asked, raising her eyes.

“I heard the one who was groveling got up, so I came to see your face, and look how rudely you’re staring?”

“We’re not the type to ask after each other’s well-being.”

Mando’s eyes narrowed.

‘Has So Shin Ah changed?’

She was unbelievably energetic for someone who had been unconscious for about a month, and the one who used to tremble just seeing him was now looking him straight in the eye and answering back.

For Mando, this was an unwelcome change.

“Where do you get off talking back when your older brother is speaking? Are you showing your lack of upbringing? Did your mother teach you like that… oh right, you don’t have a mother?”

Mando touched on Shin Ah’s most painful spot.

Mando was inwardly full of anticipation. For Shin Ah to sniffle and say ‘stop it.’

But Mando’s expectations were shattered.

“Did you learn from your father to bully me so well?”

Shin Ah snickered.

“You? Did you just speak informally to me?”

“Yeah, I spoke informally. I’ve been speaking informally this whole time, you know? Like you said, I wasn’t raised well.”

“Ha! This one has been lounging around the escort agency and begging like a beggar, and now has lost all manners and shame!”

Excited Mando pointed and shouted.

“Hey! Do you know who you have to thank for living warmly and with a full belly? You don’t know, do you. If you knew, you couldn’t act so rudely to me. You should be prostrating yourself flat, yet where do you get off raising your head!”

“Thanks to whom?”

Mando wouldn’t believe it, but Shin Ah wasn’t trying to argue—she was genuinely curious.

How could someone who was part of Manhyang Express, which taught ‘help people,’ act like such a thug?

“Thanks to whom, you ask. Thanks to my father! Since your father won’t go on escort missions saying he’ll treat you, my father takes on that share too. Dangerous, important, difficult work! My father does it all. You live off my father’s earnings, yet where do you get off acting up!”

“So that’s what you thought.”

When Shin Ah answered strangely, Mando’s eyebrows bent like mountains.

“I understand well that our father can’t earn money.”

Personally, Shin Ah found that part very regrettable.

Until Shin Ah was born, Cheonrim had been an excellent escort who was on the verge of earning the title of Master Escort.

‘If it weren’t for me, he would have already gained grandfather’s trust and become the successor.’

Shin Ah’s stomach churned.

“It’s true that I live comfortably thanks to the escort agency. But that can’t be a reason for you to torment me. You don’t do any work at the escort agency either. Most importantly, the escort agency belongs to grandfather. What are you to him?”

“That’s because I’m the successor to Manhyang Express!”

Shin Ah burst out laughing, then turned serious.

“That’s not going to happen.”

“What?”

“I should say that won’t happen. Because.”

Shin Ah moved close to Mando and whispered.

“Manhyang Express will be mine.”

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