The Granddaughter of the Manhyang Escort Agency Hides Her Magic - Chapter 5

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

Chapter 5

Mando’s expression twisted. Then he burst out laughing just like Shin Ah had done.

Deep wrinkles formed between Shin Ah’s brows.

“Puhahahahahaha, are you still in a coma? You should dream in moderation.”

Mando poked Shin Ah’s wrinkled brow. Small-framed Shin Ah was pushed backward again.

“Get a grip, So Shin Ah. What can you do? You’re too weak to even receive escort training.”

Shin Ah’s eyes widened.

Thanks to Mando, she remembered what she needed to do immediately.

To be recognized as the successor of the escort agency, she needed to build up escort mission records. Before that, she had to become an escort, and to become an escort, she had to receive training.

‘Of all things, So Mando is actually helping my life.’

Shin Ah, who had been planning to teach Mando a lesson using magic, took a step back.

Now wasn’t the time to quarrel with Mando. She needed to quickly check if she could use magic and meet her grandfather.

Because she needed her grandfather So Hyeokho’s permission to resume the escort training that had been suspended due to her frail health.

“I don’t want to talk to you anymore. Please leave.”

Will you get lost?

Shin Ah waved her hands dismissively.

“Are you really crazy? Who are you telling to come and go?”

“I never told you to come.”

“Are you going to keep talking nonsense? Do you really need to get hit to come to your senses?”

Mando raised his hand high.

I’m going to get hit!

Shin Ah’s body instinctively cowered, having learned Mando’s violence for years since childhood. Cold sweat instantly broke out on her forehead.

Shocked by the learned fear and the helplessness that naturally followed, Shin Ah pulled herself together.

Me! Now that I have a Circle! There’s no reason to endure this anymore!

The resentment that had been suppressed since her previous life exploded.

Then a magic spell naturally burst from Shin Ah’s mouth.

“Fire Ball!”

At the small but precise pronunciation, the Circle spun vigorously.

Just before Mando’s hand came down, a fist-sized fireball bloomed from Shin Ah’s hand.

The fireball flew toward Mando’s face.

“Uh, uaak, what is this!”

Mando barely avoided the flames by flailing his hands and tumbled backward.

“Aaak!”

Terrified Mando screamed.

On the other hand, Shin Ah wanted to shout with joy. Though it was a very small fireball, that alone was wonderful.

‘Magic works. And it’s 2nd Circle magic!’

A thrill ran from her toes to the top of her head.

This feels incredibly good.

Even reuniting with a long-lost first love wouldn’t feel this good. Though she’d never had a first love.

“Hey! What was that just now? What did you do?”

‘I can use magic! It works!’

Though Mando cursed harshly and threw a fit, none of it reached Shin Ah’s ears.

“What, what, fire, you threw fire at me… so you made fire from your hand…”

Mando’s pale pupils shook anxiously.

“What did you do?”

Shin Ah, who had been rejoicing inwardly, came to her senses at Mando’s grip suddenly seizing her shoulder.

Shin Ah remained silent for a moment, thinking.

Though she had instinctively used magic to protect herself, it would be troublesome if rumors spread.

‘I need to figure out how far I can use magic, and there’s nothing good about standing out.’

Those who stand out inevitably make enemies, and in the martial world, you must hide thirty percent of your abilities to survive.

‘I need to become a hidden dragon.’

Only then could she stop So Baekrim.

For now, let’s play dumb.

Having reached a conclusion, Shin Ah tilted her head with a calm expression.

“Oh my, what. did. I. do?”

Shin Ah widened her eyes, pretending to be innocent.

“Fi, fire, you shot fire with your hand!”

“What? I shot fire with my hand? Are you saying I used Samadhi True Fire?”

“Yes! Samadhi True Fire!”

So Mando glared at Shin Ah with a pale face.

“Brother.”

Shin Ah approached Mando with a pitiful expression.

“You, you, why are you acting like this?”

“Brother… did you have a dream while standing? Or has your body become so weak that you’re seeing things?”

Shin Ah looked straight into Mando’s eyes and spoke.

“Samadhi True Fire? How could I use Samadhi True Fire, which only supreme masters can use?”

An inexplicable pressure emanating from the gently speaking Shin Ah overwhelmed Mando.

Mando unconsciously nodded.

“Ri, right. You using Samadhi True Fire! Haha, that’s ridiculous. You who barely entered the Mind Method!”

It was something that defied common sense.

Shin Ah snorted inwardly.

‘Mock me all you want. Soon I’ll make you wet yourself just by looking at me.’

When Shin Ah stepped back, the pressure that had been suppressing Mando disappeared.

Mando tried to hide his surprise and scolded Shin Ah.

“Behave properly from now on.”

“Yes yes.”

It was a strangely unpleasant response.

Mando clenched his fists, thinking about punching her, then released them.

Because the flames he saw earlier flickered in his mind. Those flames were too vivid to dismiss as illusions.

Mando glanced at Shin Ah and slowly backed away.

‘If you’re going to leave, leave quickly. Why are you being so slow?’

Tired of waiting for him to disappear, Shin Ah raised her hand in the same manner as when she used Fire Ball. Then startled Mando began to run.

Seeing him flee in fear, an amusing thought crossed Shin Ah’s mind.

Shin Ah’s lips twitched.

The second magic used in this world.

“Grease.”

“Uaaaaaaak!”

Mando, who had been running well, flailed his arms in the air and tumbled backward. As if he had slipped on ice.

Shin Ah covered her mouth tightly with her hands to suppress her bursting laughter.

Mando hurriedly got up and left the courtyard with a dazed expression.

“Stay confused all day, you idiot.”

Shin Ah laughed at Mando to her heart’s content, then stopped short.

“Huh? That’s strange…”

Suddenly her head spun and her vision became blurry. Shin Ah was startled by the familiar sensation.

‘I just woke up, surely I’m not dying again?’

As soon as she had that frightening thought, darkness came.

* * *

When Shin Ah opened her eyes again, she was on a bed that was both familiar and strange.

The furniture and blanket she had used when she was 10 years old. It was Shin Ah’s bedroom.

“Young Miss! Are you alright? Young Master Mando went too far this time! To beat you until you fainted!”

As soon as Danmi confirmed that Shin Ah had opened her eyes, she fumed with indignation.

Shin Ah figured out what had happened. It seemed Danmi had discovered her after she collapsed from using Grease on Mando.

Naturally, she would think she had fainted because of Mando.

‘It might be unfair regarding this particular incident, but what can I do? Considering everything he’s done so far.’

It was his own doing.

“This time I’m definitely going to tell the Master of Biwongak. Please show me where you were hit. Let me see, Young Miss. Don’t cry.”

Danmi, who was only four years older than Shin Ah, acted like her parent.

Look at her now. Shin Ah was the one who got beaten by So Mando, yet Danmi seemed to hurt more.

“You don’t need to tell Father. I wasn’t beaten.”

“Don’t try to hide it from me! If you fainted from one blow, did Young Master Mando strike the back of your neck? Or did he hit a pressure point?”

Come to think of it, why did I faint?

When she examined her body’s condition, she found the answer.

She had lost consciousness due to the aftereffects of overusing magic.

‘Still, my mana shouldn’t be so little that I’d faint just from using Fire Ball and Grease consecutively… Is it because this world is different? The efficiency is absolutely terrible.’

Tsk, Shin Ah clicked her tongue inwardly and added one more item to her list of things to do.

‘Let’s find a way to either increase my mana enough to offset this terrible efficiency or improve mana efficiency. I was a Great Mage, for crying out loud – can’t I overcome a problem like this?’

Unaware of what Shin Ah was thinking, Danmi offered comfort.

“Young Miss, you must be upset.”

Yes, I’m extremely upset.

“Because of Young Master Mando.”

That’s not it.

“I’ll put my finger in Young Master Mando’s food. If possible, my toe…”

That’s not necessary.

After a long period of persuasion, Shin Ah succeeded in talking Danmi out of her plan.

Revenge was her responsibility. Shin Ah intended to make Mando unable to even open his mouth.

And that plan, regardless of Shin Ah’s intentions, was already half successful.

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————